US 4,628,444 A · Operating information input method in numerical control apparatus

Abstract

An operating information input method in a numerical control apparatus which executes prescribed numerical control processing based on numerical control program data and operating information includes steps of designating the start of operating information input displaying, on the screen of a display device, various operating information items (e.g. MODE, HANDLE AXIS, and HANDLE *10) e.g. and selectable items (MDI, AUTO, EDIT, HNDL, JOG, ZRN, HX, HZ) in the form of characters in response to designating the start of inputting operating information positioning a first cursor (CSR) on a line of an operating information item to be input, thereafter positioning a second cursor associated with the operating information item designated by the first cursor, on a line of a prescribed selectable item to identify the desired operating information based on the positions of the first and second cursors.

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Dependent claims

An operating information input method in a numerical control apparatus having a keyboard, a display device with a screen, non-volatile memory for storing operating information items and which executes prescribed numerical control processing based on numerical control program data and operating information items, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) designating the start of inputting operating information items;
(b) displaying on the screen in response to said designating the start of inputting operating information, pages of operating information items and selectable items associated with corresponding ones of said pages of operating information items, in the form of characters;
(c) entering operating information by positioning a first cursor at a desired operating information item and by positioning a second cursor associated with the desired operating information item at a desired selectable item;
and
(d) storing in the non-volatile memory the desired selectable item identified by the second cursor.

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An operating information input method in a numerical control apparatus having a keyboard, a display with a screen and which executes prescribed numerical control processing based on numerical control program data and operating information items, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) desginating the start of inputting operating information items;
(b) displaying on the screen characters corresponding to a page of said operating information items including selectable items;
(c) positioning a first cursor on the screen for selecting a disired operating information item;
(d) moving a second cursor associated with said desired operating information item to identify a selectable item;
and
(e) displaying a bar graph on the screen in accordance with the movement of said second cursor to specify an operating quantity of said identified selectable item in accordance with the length of said graph.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Operating information input method in numerical control apparatus

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Operating information input method in numerical control apparatus

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