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US 2023/0023970 A1Published application
Control system
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsShigeyuki EGUCHI, Yoshihide NISHIYAMA
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Abstract
A control system for factory automation includes a first unit and a second unit that exchange data with each other, and a synchronization module that synchronizes a control counter included in the first unit and a control counter included in the second unit using a clock. Each of the units includes an information storage that stores information on conversion for calculating a time from a counter value of the counter of the unit, the information being shared between the units.
Claims12
A control system for factory automation comprising:
- a first unit and a second unit configured to exchange data with each other;
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- a synchronization module configured to synchronize a control counter included in the first unit and a control counter included in the second unit using a clock, wherein
- each of the units includes an information storage configured to store information on conversion for calculating time from a counter value of the counter of the unit, the information being shared between the units.
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