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Automatic machine application program development system and computer product

  • US 6,735,764 B2
  • Filed: 09/03/2002
  • Issued: 05/11/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automatic machine application program development system comprising a program development unit which includes:

  • a graphical tool area in which a plurality of new components, being elements for describing a program as a flowchart, are depicted; and

    a drawing area for creating a flowchart using these new components, wherein the new components include;

    a parallel execution component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area and having a single input and a plurality of outputs, and a parallel execution waiting component paired with the parallel execution component and having a plurality of inputs and a single output;

    an interruption component intervening in the flowchart in the drawing area but placed outside of a main stream of the flowchart, and connected to the main stream of the flowchart using an interruption line extending in a direction perpendicular to the main stream of the flowchart; and

    a subroutine component intervening in the flowchart and including a subroutine program.

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