Database Event Driven Motion Systems

• US 20150112471A1
• Filed: 06/06/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ROY-G-BIV Corporation
• Original Assignee: ROY-G-BIV Corporation
• Inventors: BROWN, DAVID W., CLARK, JAY S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,588,510 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/114
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/19 characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4185 characterised by the network communication
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31234 Host, router and backplane bus, communication with host or backplane
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/49202 For point to point positioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

A data collection system for distributing data from at least one target asset to at least one software application, comprising a machine platform and a data routing system. The machine platform stores data associated with the at least one target asset. The data routing system collects data from the machine platform. The data routing system operates in a pass through mode and a data processing mode. In the pass through mode, data is passed from the at least one target asset to the at least one software application without modification. In the data processing mode, the data routing system generates modified data based on the data stored by the machine platform and sends the modified data to the at least one software application.

Claims

1. A command processing system for transferring motion commands from at least one command source to at least one command target, where each command target supports at least one command target type, comprising:

a set of motion commands;

a set of command executives each capable of using at least one command target to execute at least one motion command;

a command source configured to communicate at least one communicated motion command to a shared memory block;

a command processor comprising

a reception thread for scanning the shared memory block for communicated motion commands,

a command thread for routing at least one motion command from the set of motion commands to at least one command executive in the set of command executives based on communicated motion commands stored in the shared memory block;

wherein

the command processor routes the at least one communicated motion command to at least one command executive; and

the at least one command executive causes the motion command to be executed using at least one command target.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one motion command is capable of causing the motion control device to move an object.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one motion command is capable of querying motion related data from at least one command target.

4. A system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a source queue used when the command source communicates with the command processor.

5. A system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a target queue used when the at least one command executive communicates with at least one command target.

6. A system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a motion event containing motion related data received from at least one command target.

7. A system as claimed in claim 6, wherein at least one motion event is received by the command processor.

8. A system as claimed in claim 6, wherein at least one motion event is received by the command source.

9. A system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a client, wherein the client and the command processor communicate using the shared memory block.

10. A system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a client and a web service, wherein the client and the command processor communicate using the web service.

11. A system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an operating system service wherein the command processor runs within the operating system service.

12. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of command targets.

13. A system as recited in claim 1, in which the at least one to command target is a motion control device.