US 9,703,282 B2Granted

Portable manipulation command input device and apparatus equipped with manipulation command input device

AssigneesCitizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

InventorsShigeo Yanagidaira, Takaichi Nakaya, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Kazuhiko Sannomiya, Shoji Oda

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Abstract

A portable manipulation command input device, including a sub-console panel attachable to and removable from an automatic lathe apparatus main unit, and includes an input unit to receive input of a manipulation command to the automatic lathe apparatus main unit, a display unit to display information on the automatic lathe apparatus main unit, and a radio communication unit to communicate with the automatic lathe apparatus main unit. The sub-console panel includes a detection unit and a control unit formed with the automatic lathe apparatus main unit. The detection unit includes a radio ID tag and a radio ID reader detecting the sub-console panel being placed within a predetermined range of the automatic lathe apparatus main unit. Depending on a detection result by the detection unit, the control unit allows or restricts manipulations of the automatic lathe apparatus main unit, and allows display of the information even when restricting the manipulations.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A portable device comprising:

a user input interface configured to receive user-initiated input of a manipulation command associated with an operation of separate apparatus;
a display interface configured to display information associated with the separate apparatus;
a radio communication interface configured to communicate with the separate apparatus to receive the information and send a manipulation command signal conveying the manipulation command to the separate apparatus;
the portable device configured to be removably attached to the separate apparatus based on insertion of the portable device into a holder of the separate apparatus and further configured to display the information and manipulate the separate apparatus;
a processor configured to detect the portable device being located at least partially within the holder of the separate apparatus, such that the portable device is at least partially enclosed within a portion of the separate apparatus;
the processor further configured to selectively enable or disable input of the manipulation command of the separate apparatus based on a determination of whether the portable device is located at least partially within the holder of the separate apparatus, such that the processor, based on the determination, performs one of,
enabling the input of the manipulation command of the separate apparatus and further enabling display of the information exclusively based on a determination that the portable device is located at least partially within the holder of the separate apparatus, and
disabling the input of the manipulation command of the separate apparatus while allowing display of the information based on a determination that the portable device is located external to the holder of the separate apparatus.

5 more elements

An apparatus, comprising:

a first device, including a holder;
and
a second device configured to,
removably attach to the first device based on insertion of the second device into the holder of the first device such that the second device is at least partially enclosed within a portion of the first device,
display information associated with the first device,
receive input of a manipulation command associated with an operation of an first device, and
manipulate the first device according to the manipulation command;
the first device and the second device collectively configured to,
selectively enable or disable manipulation of the first device according to manipulation input commands received at the second device, based on a determination of whether the second device is at least partially located within the holder of the first device, such that the first device and the second device collectively, based on the determination, perform one of
enable manipulation of the first device according to the manipulation input commands received at the second device, exclusively based on a determination that the second device is at least partially enclosed within the portion of the first device, and
disable manipulation of the first device according to the manipulation input commands received at the second device, based on a determination that the second device is located external to the portion of the first device.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/430,471Filed 3 Oct 2013
Priority: JP 2012-22500110 Oct 2012
Published: US 2015/0227134 A113 Aug 2015
Granted: 11 Jul 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G05B 19/409
Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to…
G06F 3/041
Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form: digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads,…
G05B 2219/34456
Director, elements to supervisory: authorize control of machine, robot if control panel has been connected
G05B 2219/36004
Nc in input of data, input key till input tape: program mask depends on physical position of panel