Alarm display system using non-contact type IC tag

• US 9,946,254 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2015
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
• Inventors: Toda, Shuntaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Quan-Zhen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Foxx, Chico A
• Application Number:
  US14/810,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20160027288A1
• Time in Patent Office: 994 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/027 Alarm generation, e.g. communication protocol; Forms of alarm

Abstract

An alarm display system includes: an IC tag storing ID information for identifying components of a control device; an IC tag reading part capable of reading the ID information stored in the IC tag in a non-contact manner; a storage part storing alarm handling information in association with alarm information for identifying a type of an alarm and the component related to the alarm; a handling information extracting part extracting, when an alarm is generated, alarm handling information related to the component which is identified by the ID information from the alarm handling information corresponding to the alarm based on the alarm information and the ID information read by the IC tag reading part; and a handling information display part displaying the alarm handling information extracted by the handling information extracting part.

Claims

1. An alarm display system configured to display an alarm of a computer for controlling a robot or a numerically controlled machine tool, the alarm display system comprising:

an IC tag configured to store ID information for identifying a component of the computer, wherein the component of the computer includes at least one of a control unit, a signal processing unit, a power supply unit, a data storage unit, a display unit, a printed circuit board, a cable and a breaker;

an IC tag reading part capable of reading the ID information stored in the IC tag in a non-contact manner;

a storage part configured to store alarm handling information in association with alarm information for identifying a type of an alarm and with the component of the computer relevant to the alarm;

a handling information extracting part configured to extract, when the alarm is generated, alarm handling information related to the component identified by the ID information from the alarm handling information corresponding to the alarm being generated, based on the alarm information and the ID information read by the IC tag reading part; and

a handling information display part configured to display the alarm handling information extracted by the handling information extracting part.

2. The alarm display system according to claim 1, wherein the IC tag is attached to at least one of a housing of the computer and the component in the housing.

3. The alarm display system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm display system further comprises a teach pendant or portable machine operator'"'"'s panel connected to the computer, the teach pendant or portable machine operator'"'"'s panel comprising the IC tag reading part.

4. The alarm display system according to claim 3, wherein the IC tag reading part is connected to the teach pendant or portable machine operator'"'"'s panel via a USB connection.

5. The alarm display system according to claim 3, wherein the teach pendant or portable machine operator'"'"'s panel and the computer are interconnected by a wired or wireless communication system.

6. The alarm display system according to claim 1, wherein the storage part is configured to store the alarm handling information by a storage device of the computer, a storage device of the teach pendant or portable machine operator'"'"'s panel connected to the computer, or a detachable external storage device connected to the computer or the teach pendant or portable machine operator'"'"'s panel, or a storage device of a server capable of communicating with the computer or the teach pendant or portable machine operator'"'"'s panel.

7. The alarm display system according to claim 1, wherein the handling information extracting part is configured to extract the alarm handling information by a CPU of the computer, or a CPU of the teach pendant or portable machine operator'"'"'s panel connected to the computer, or a CPU of a server connected to the computer or the teach pendant or portable machine operator'"'"'s panel.

8. The alarm display system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm display system further comprises a portable terminal capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a server, the portable terminal comprising the IC tag reading part.

9. The alarm display system according to claim 8, wherein the portable terminal is a mobile phone, a smartphone or a tablet.

10. The alarm display system according to claim 1, further comprising a display device configured to display the ID information read by the IC tag reading part.

11. The alarm display system according to claim 1, wherein the ID information stored in the IC tag contains at least one of a type, a model number, a lot number and a serial number of the component.

12. The alarm display system according to claim 1, wherein the IC tag is an RF tag.