System for restoring controlled unit from abnormal condition
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1. A system for restoring a controlled unit from an abnormal condition, comprising:
- storing means for storing a plurality of possible abnormal conditions and corresponding restoring procedures for said controlled unit;
determining means for determining whether an actually generated abnormal condition matches one of said stored possible abnormal conditions;
restoring means for restoring said controlled unit from said abnormal condition based on said stored restoring procedure corresponding to said one of said stored possible abnormal conditions when said determining means determines that said actually generated abnormal condition matches with said one of said stored possible abnormal conditions; and
input means for inputting said actually generated abnormal condition and its corresponding restoring procedure to be stored in said storing means when said determining means determines that said actually generated abnormal condition disagrees with any of the stored abnormal conditions, where said inputted restoring procedure reflects a time required for inputting said inputted restoring procedure through said input means.
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In a system for restoring a controlled unit from an abnormal condition, a plurality of predicted abnormal conditions and corresponding restoring procedures are prestored. When an actually generated abnormal condition matches with one of the prestored abnormal conditions, the system restores the controlled unit from the abnormal condition based on the prestored restoring procedure corresponding to the abnormal condition which matches with the actually generated abnormal condition.
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1. A system for restoring a controlled unit from an abnormal condition, comprising:
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storing means for storing a plurality of possible abnormal conditions and corresponding restoring procedures for said controlled unit; determining means for determining whether an actually generated abnormal condition matches one of said stored possible abnormal conditions; restoring means for restoring said controlled unit from said abnormal condition based on said stored restoring procedure corresponding to said one of said stored possible abnormal conditions when said determining means determines that said actually generated abnormal condition matches with said one of said stored possible abnormal conditions; and input means for inputting said actually generated abnormal condition and its corresponding restoring procedure to be stored in said storing means when said determining means determines that said actually generated abnormal condition disagrees with any of the stored abnormal conditions, where said inputted restoring procedure reflects a time required for inputting said inputted restoring procedure through said input means.
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2. A system for restoring a controlled unit from an abnormal condition, comprising:
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storing means for storing a plurality of possible abnormal conditions and corresponding restoring procedures for said controlled unit; determining means for determining whether an actually generated abnormal condition matches one of said stored possible abnormal conditions; restoring means for restoring said controlled unit from said abnormal condition based on said stored restoring procedure corresponding to said one of said stored possible abnormal conditions when said determining means determines that said actually generated abnormal condition matches with said one of said stored possible abnormal conditions; and input means for inputting said actually generated abnormal condition and its corresponding restoring procedure to be stored in said storing means when said determining means determines that said actually generated abnormal condition disagrees with any of the stored abnormal conditions, where said inputted restoring procedure comprises a plurality of operations performed by said controlled unit, and wherein time storing means are provided for storing a waiting time for each of said operations, said waiting time being determined by a time required for respectively inputting each of said operations through said input means.
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3. A sequence control system in which a sequence program is written in the form of a sequential function chart having a plurality of numbered steps, said sequence control system comprising:
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state output means having step output means for outputting a number corresponding to a currently executed step in said sequence program, and time output means for outputting a current time; abnormality determining means including; time storing means for prestoring a maximum execution time for each step corresponding to each step number of said sequence program, state storing means for storing a step execution starting time comprising said step number received from said step output means and said current time received from said time output means, and determining means, operative in response to said step number output from said state output means matching one of said stored step numbers, for calculating a difference between said current time output from said time output means and said stored step execution starting time corresponding to said matching stored step number, and for determining abnormality of said system when said calculated difference exceeds said prestored maximum execution time corresponding to said matching step number; and restoring means for executing an automatic restoring procedure corresponding to said matching step number when said determining means determines said abnormality of said system. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A sequence control system in which a sequence program is written in the form of a ladder sequence diagram, said sequence control system comprising:
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state output means having operation storing means for storing conditions indicating which steps in said sequence program have been completed, said state output means outputting a state pattern based on said conditions; abnormality determining means for determining a type of abnormality of the system based on said state pattern output by said state output means; and restoring means for executing an automatic restoring procedure corresponding to said abnormality type determined by said abnormality determining means. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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