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US 6,735,764 B2Granted
Automatic machine application program development system and computer product
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoru Nakai
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Abstract
The automatic machine application program development system has a tool area in which a new component as an element for describing a program as a flowchart is installed, and a drawing area in which a flowchart is created using this new component. The new component includes at least one of a parallel execution component and a parallel execution waiting component paired with this parallel execution component, an interruption component, and a subroutine component in which a subroutine program can be described.
Claims22
An automatic machine application program development system comprising a program development unit which includes:
- a graphical tool area in which a plurality of new components, being elements for describing a program as a flowchart, are depicted;
- and
- a drawing area for creating a flowchart using these new components, wherein the new components include:
- a parallel execution component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area and having a single input and a plurality of outputs, and a parallel execution waiting component paired with the parallel execution component and having a plurality of inputs and a single output;
- an interruption component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area but placed outside of a main stream of the flowchart, and connected to the main stream of the flowchart using an interruption line extending in a direction perpendicular to the main stream of the flowchart;
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- a subroutine component intervening in the flowchart and including a subroutine program.
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An automatic machine application program development system comprising:
- a program execution unit which executes a flowchart developed in a drawing area using a plurality of new components, wherein the new components which are elements for describing a program as a flowchart, and include:
- a parallel execution component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area and having a single input and a plurality of outputs, and a parallel execution waiting component paired with the parallel execution component and having a plurality of inputs and a single output,
- an interruption component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area but placed outside of a main stream of the flowchart, and connected to the main stream of the flowchart using an interruption line extending in a direction perpendicular to the main stream of the flowchart, and
- a subroutine component intervening in the flowchart and including a subroutine program.
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A computer-executable program for describing a program development method, the method comprising:
- depicting a plurality of new components being elements for describing a program as a flowchart, in a graphical tool area;
- and
- developing a flowchart using the new components in a drawing area, wherein the new components include:
- a parallel execution component intervening in the flowchart in a drawing area and having a single input and a plurality of outputs, and a parallel execution waiting component paired with the parallel execution component and having a plurality of inputs and a single output,
- an interruption component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area but placed outside of a main stream of the flowchart, and connected to the main stream of the flowchart using an interruption line extending in a direction perpendicular to the main stream of the flowchart, and
- a subroutine component intervening in the flowchart and including a subroutine program.
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A recording medium which stores a computer-executable program in which a program development method is described, the method comprising:
- depicting a plurality of new components, which are elements for describing a program as a flowchart, in a graphical tool area;
- and
- developing a flowchart using the new components in a drawing area, wherein the new components include:
- a parallel execution component intervening in the flowchart in a drawing area and having a single input and a plurality of outputs, and a parallel execution waiting component paired with the parallel execution component and having a plurality of inputs and a single output,
- an interruption component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area but placed outside of a main stream of the flowchart, and connected to the main stream of the flowchart using an interruption line extending in a direction perpendicular to the main stream of the flowchart, and
- a subroutine component intervening in the flowchart and including a subroutine program.
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An automatic machine application program development system comprising a program development unit which includes:
- a graphical tool area in which a plurality of new components, which are elements for describing a program as a flowchart, are depicted;
- and
- a drawing area for creating a flowchart using these new components, wherein the new components include
- a start component;
- a parallel execution component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area and having a single input and a plurality of outputs, and a parallel execution waiting component paired with the parallel execution component and having a plurality of inputs and a single output, wherein the parallel execution component and the parallel execution waiting component are connected to the start component using parallel flow lines;
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- an interruption component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area but placed outside of a main stream of the flowchart, and connected to the main stream of the flowchart using an interruption line extending from the start component in a direction perpendicular to the main stream of the flowchart.
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An automatic machine application program development system comprising:
- a program execution unit which executes a flowchart developed in a drawing area using a plurality of new components, wherein the new components are elements for describing a program as a flowchart and include
- a start component;
- a parallel execution component in the flowchart in the drawing area and having a single input and a plurality of outputs, and a parallel execution waiting component which is paired with the parallel execution component and having a plurality of inputs and a single output, wherein the parallel execution component and the parallel execution waiting component are connected to the start component using parallel flow lines;
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- an interruption component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area but placed outside of a main stream of the flowchart, and connected to the main stream of the flowchart using an interruption line extending from the start component in a direction perpendicular to the main stream of the flowchart.
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A computer-executable program for describing a program development method, the method comprising:
- depicting a program as a flowchart, in a graphical tool area;
- and
- developing a flowchart using a plurality of new components in a drawing area, wherein the new components include
- a start component;
- a parallel execution component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area and having a single input and a plurality of outputs, and a parallel execution waiting component paired with the parallel execution component and having a plurality of inputs and a single output, wherein the parallel execution component and the parallel execution waiting component are connected to the start component using parallel flow lines;
- and
- an interruption component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area but placed outside of a main stream of the flowchart, and connected to the main stream of the flowchart using an interruption line extending from the start component in a direction perpendicular to the main stream of the flowchart.
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A recording medium which stores a computer-executable program in which a program development method is described, the method comprising:
- depicting a plurality of new components, which are elements for describing a program as a flowchart, in a graphical tool area;
- and
- developing a flowchart using the new components in a drawing area, wherein the new components include
- a start component;
- a parallel execution component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area and having a single input and a plurality of outputs, and a parallel execution waiting component paired with the parallel execution component and having a plurality of inputs and a single output, wherein the parallel execution component and the parallel execution waiting component are connected to the start component using parallel flow lines;
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- an interruption component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area but placed outside of a main stream of the flowchart, and connected to the main stream of the flowchart using an interruption line extending from the start component in a direction perpendicular to the main stream of the flowchart.
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