Systems and methods for programming motion control

• US 20070282481A1
• Filed: 08/14/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens Technology-To-Business Center LLC (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Wynblatt, Michael, Arman, Farshid, Ludwig, Hartmut, WANG, LINGYUN
• Application Number:
  US11/893,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282481A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/219
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/35585 Motion command profile
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45054 Handling, conveyor

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer program code for the programming of motion control in load transportation systems are provided which may include programming motion control by specifying desired load motions.

Claims

1-23. -23. (canceled)

24. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a hard disk drive having stored therein instructions that when executed by a machine result in the following;

receiving a command associated with a desired behavior of one or more loads;

selecting a control signal for one or more load actuators, the control signal selected to cause the one or more loads to undertake the desired behavior; and

applying the control signal to the one or more load actuators.

25. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a storage medium having stored thereon programming code, comprising;

code to receive a command associated with a desired behavior of one or more loads;

code to select a control signal for one or more load actuators, the control signal selected to cause the one or more loads to undertake the desired behavior; and

code to apply the control signal to the one or more load actuators.

26. A system, comprising:

a plurality of load actuators for moving one or more loads;

an interface for receiving commands associated with a desired behavior of the one or more loads; and

a processor operable to;

select a control signal for at least one of the plurality of load actuators, the control signal selected to cause the one or more loads to substantially undertake the desired behavior; and

apply the control signal to the load actuator.

27. The system of claim 26, further comprising:

a sensor for determining information associated with the current behavior of the one or more loads; and

a sensor interface for receiving the information from the sensor.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the control signal is selected at least in part based on the information.

29. The system of claim 26, further comprising:

program code operable to be executed by the processor to select the control signal and apply the control signal to at least one of the plurality of actuators.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the program code includes:

code to determine a desired velocity of the one or more loads;

code to convert the desired velocity of the one or more loads to an obtainable velocity; and

code to modify the obtainable velocity to substantially conform to a velocity profile.

31. The system of claim 30, further comprising:

code to determine if the one or more loads will collide with at least one other load.