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US 8,683,004 B2Granted
Apparatus for controlling a machine
AssigneeTRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
InventorKlaus Bauer
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a machine includes a machine-sided control computer. The machine-sided control computer includes computer readable media on which a virtual computer is stored, and the virtual computer includes one or more computer programs selected from the group consisting of a machine operating computer program, a communication network connection computer program, and a communication network encryption computer program.
Claims11
An apparatus for controlling a machine tool or a laser machine, the apparatus comprising:
- a machine-sided control computer configured to operate the machine tool or the laser machine;
- wherein the machine-sided control computer includes computer readable media on which a first virtual computer and a second virtual computer are stored,
- wherein the first and second virtual computers are connected to each other through a virtual network connection;
- wherein the first virtual computer operates using a first operating system and the first virtual computer is configured to establish a connection to a communication network and/or encrypt communication over the communication network, and the second virtual computer operates with a second operating system and is configured to control the machine tool or the laser machine.
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A system for remote communication comprising:
- a service computer or a service portal;
- a machine-sided control computer configured to operate a machine tool or a laser machine, wherein the machine-sided control computer includes computer readable media on which a first virtual computer and a second virtual computer are stored,
- wherein the first and second virtual computers are connected to each other through a virtual network connection;
- wherein the first virtual computer operates using a first operating system and is configured to establish a connection to a communication network and/or encrypt communication over the communication network, and the second virtual computer operates using a second operating system different from the first operating system and is configured to control the machine tool or the laser machine;
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- a communication network between the service computer or the service portal and the machine-sided control computer, wherein the machine-sided control computer is configured to connect to the service computer or service portal using the communication network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.