US 2025/0028513 A1 · CONTROL DEVICE THAT CONTROLS EXTENDED FUNCTION OF ROBOT OR MACHINE TOOL AND USER INTERFACE DEVICE

Abstract

A control device that controls the extended functions of a robot or machine tool on the basis of installed extended software includes: an extended software validity/invalidity storage unit that stores validity/invalidity information indicating whether each extended software stored in an extended software candidate storage unit that stores installation candidate extended software is valid or invalid; and an extended software installation processing unit that executes an installation process on the extended software indicated as valid in the validity/invalidity information stored in the extended software validity/invalidity storage unit, from among the extended software stored in the extended software candidate storage unit.

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Dependent claims

A controller that controls an extension function of a robot or a machine tool, based on installed extension software, the controller comprising:

an extension software activation/deactivation storage unit configured to store activation/deactivation information indicating whether each piece of the extension software stored in an extension software candidate storage unit configured to store the extension software being an installation candidate is activated or deactivated;
and
an extension software installation processing unit configured to perform installation processing on extension software indicated to be activated in the activation/deactivation information stored in the extension software activation/deactivation storage unit among the pieces of extension software stored in the extension software candidate storage unit.

A controller that controls an extension function of a robot or a machine tool, based on installed extension software, the controller comprising:

a whole setting storage unit configured to store, for at least one piece of extension software installed on the controller, setting information data in which various pieces of setting information about the extension function in the extension software are defined;
an activation setting storage unit configured to store setting information data to be used when the extension function is controlled based on extension software installed on the controller;
and
a setting activation processing unit configured to write, into the activation setting storage unit, setting information data that are selected from among pieces of the setting information data stored in the whole setting storage unit and need to be activated.

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A user interface device for a controller that controls an extension function of a robot or a machine tool, based on installed extension software, the user interface device being configured to

perform control for displaying, on a display device, an extension software list display item indicating a list of pieces of extension software being installation candidates stored in an extension software candidate storage unit, an activation/deactivation information display item indicating whether each piece of the extension software being the installation candidate is activated or deactivated, and a setting menu display item that prompts setting as to whether to activate or deactivate each piece of the extension software being the installation candidate.

A user interface device for a controller that controls an extension function of a robot or a machine tool, based on installed extension software, the user interface device being configured to

perform control for displaying, on a display device, a setting information data list display item indicating a list of pieces of setting information data in which various pieces of setting information about the extension function of at least one piece of extension software installed on the controller are defined, an activation/deactivation information display item indicating whether each piece of setting information data in the setting information data list display item is activated or deactivated, and a setting menu display item that prompts setting as to whether to activate or deactivate each piece of setting information data in the setting information data list display item.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Control device that controls extended function of robot or machine tool and user interface device

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Control device that controls extended function of robot or machine tool and user interface device

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Abstract

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