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US 5,337,294 AGranted
Control system for controlling plurality of operations of common category by plurality of control units
AssigneeTEAC Corporation
InventorTakashi Ito
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Abstract
Each control unit of a plurality of control units comprises an operation device for operating thereof, the operation device providing an operation signal correspondingly, and a control device for providing a control signal in response to the provision of the operation signal, the control signal causing an execution device to execute a predetermined operation. The control signals provided by the each control unit are different from each other, and the predetermined operations belong to a common operation category and are different from each other. A determination device determines which of the predetermined operations the executed device should execute, without regard to which of the plurality of control units is operated.
Claims11
A control system comprising:
- execution means for executing a predetermined action either in a first predetermined manner or in a second predetermined manner;
- a first control unit comprising:
- first operation means for an operator for performing an operation thereon, said performed operation causing said first operation means to provide a corresponding operation signal;
- and
- first control means for, in response to the operation signal being provided by said first operation means, providing a corresponding control signal;
- a second control unit comprising:
- second operation means for an operator for performing an operation thereon, said performed operation causing said second operation means to provide a corresponding operation signal;
- and
- second control means for either sending the operation signal provided by said second operation means to said first control unit or providing a control signal for controlling said execution means so as to make said execution means execute said predetermined action either in said first predetermined manner if said second control means receives the control signal provided by said first control means or in said second predetermined manner if said second control means receives the operation signal provided by said second operation means;
- and
- determination means for determining which process of a first process and a second process is to be executed, said second control means providing the control signal corresponding to the operation signal provided by said second operation means to said execution means in said first process and the operation signal provided by said second operation means being further sent to said first control means in said second process;
- and
- wherein:
- said first control means provides the corresponding control signal to said second control means if said first control means receives the operation signal provided by said first operation means;
- and also
- said first control means provides the corresponding control signal to said second control means if the first control means receives, via said second control means, the operation signal provided by said second operation means.
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A control system comprising:
- an execution apparatus for executing a predetermined action thereby in a manual control mode wherein said predetermined action is executed in a predetermined manner;
- a remote controller for controlling said execution apparatus remotely so that said execution apparatus executes said predetermined action in an automatic control mode wherein said predetermined action is executed according to an arbitrary program which has been previously created by an operator;
- connecting means for connecting between said execution apparatus and said remote controller;
- and
- switching means for switching a control mode of said execution apparatus to said manual control mode if said connecting means does not connect between said execution apparatus and said remote controller, said switching means switching the control mode of said execution apparatus to said automatic control mode if said connecting means connects between said execution apparatus and said remote controller.
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A control system comprising:
- execution means for executing a predetermined action either in a first predetermined manner or in a second predetermined manner;
- a first control unit comprising:
- first operation means for an operator for performing an operation thereon, said performed operation causing said first operation means to provide a corresponding operation signal;
- and
- first control means for, in response to receipt of an operation signal, providing a corresponding control signal for controlling said execution means so as to make said execution means execute said predetermined action in said first predetermined manner;
- a second control unit comprising:
- second operation means for an operator for performing an operation thereon, said performed operation causing said second operation means to provide a corresponding operation signal;
- and
- second control means for, in response to receipt of an operation signal, providing a corresponding control signal for controlling said execution means so as to make said execution means execute said predetermined action in said second predetermined manner;
- first switching means for switching the destination to which the operation signal provided by said first operation means is to be sent, said destination being either said first control means or said second control means;
- and
- second switching means for switching the destination to which the operation signal provided by said second operation means is to be sent, said destination being either said second control means or said first control means;
- and
- wherein:
- said first control means provides the control signal for controlling said execution means so as to make said execution means execute said predetermined action in said first predetermined manner in either the case of receipt of the operation signal provided by said first operation means or the case of receipt of the operation signal provided by said second operation means;
- and
- said second control means provides the control signal for controlling said execution means so as to make said execution means execute said predetermined action in said second predetermined manner in either the case of receipt of the operation signal provided by said first operation means or the case of receipt of the operation signal provided by said second operation means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.