NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20160116901A1
• Filed: 10/27/2015
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
• Inventors: MORISAKI, Kazuhiko, MURATA, Koichi, HOSOKAWA, Masahiko, TANAKA, Kenji
• Application Number:
  US14/923,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20160116901A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/406 characterised by monitoring or safety G05B19/19 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31186 TCP-IP internet protocol

Abstract

A numerical control device has function of detecting setting location of a machine to be controlled and restricting usage or function of the machine when the setting location is not a predetermined location. The numerical control device includes a machine operation locking unit, a current location information acquisition unit configured to acquire global IP address to be used when the numerical control device is connected to internet, and generate current location information including information of region, address region of the global IP address allocated thereto, a setting location information storage unit, a location information comparison unit, a machine operation locking release unit.

Claims

1. A numerical control device having function of detecting setting location of a machine to be controlled and restricting usage or function of the machine when the setting location is not a predetermined location, the numerical control device comprising:

a machine operation locking unit configured to perform locking control for restricting the usage of the machine;

a current location information acquisition unit configured to acquire global IP address to be used when the numerical control device is connected to Internet, and generate current location information including information of region, address region of the global IP address allocated thereto;

a setting location information storage unit configured to store a setting location information including information of region, setting of the machine is allowed therein;

a location information comparison unit configured to determine whether information of region included in the current location information and information of region included in the setting location information accord with each other or not;

a machine operation locking release unit configured to output command to release the locking control to the machine operation locking unit based on determination result by the location information comparison unit.

2. A numerical control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a usage option storing unit configured to store information of optional function to be used in the machine; and

an option management unit configured to restrict optional function not allowed to be used in the machine based on the determination result by the location information comparison unit and the information of optional function stored in the usage option storing unit;

wherein

the machine operation locking release unit is configured to output the command to release the locking control to the machine operation locking unit based on the determination result by the location information comparison unit and determination by the option management unit.

3. A numerical control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a software version acquisition unit configured to acquire version number of software for controlling the numerical control device;

a software version storing unit configured to version information including version number of software allowed to use in the numerical control device; and

a software version comparison unit configured to determine whether the version number of software acquired by the software version acquisition unit and the version number of software included in the version information stored by the software version storing unit accord with each other or not;

wherein

the machine operation locking release unit is configured to output the command to release the locking control to the machine operation locking unit based on the determination result by the location information comparison unit and determination by the software version comparison unit.