Method and device for interactive control of a machine
First Claim
1. Method for interactive control of a plastics material injection molding machine, where, via an input unit, which is provided with actuating fields, operating parameters necessary for an operating sequence of a machine are input, in a form which prompts an operator, into a data processing unit which stores these operating parameters, and subsequently one or more operating sequences are carried out in accordance with the stored operating parameters, wherein a data set covering basic rules of the operating sequence of the machine is recorded in the data processing unit and, by using the data set, as a result, the operator is provided on a surface with visualization of a selected choice of input possibilities, based on a machine configuration and a machine environment, for additional parts of the operating sequence that can be added in a compatible manner into existing parts of the operating sequence, wherein for manual input and/or for input by means of a manipulator, the input unit makes available to the operator on the surface a selected choice of actuating fields corresponding to the additional parts of the operating sequence and for navigation on a navigation surface statically arranged on the surface, wherein the navigation surface comprising at least three lines or three columns of actuating and input fields is hierarchical from line to line or column to column, and is represented on the surface with a plurality of navigation levels associated with one another.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for interactive control of a machine, whereby the operating parameters necessary for the working process of the machine are inputted into a data processing unit (12), for storing the operating parameters, using an input unit (10) with input fields in a form which guides the user. Working processes are thus carried out as a result of the inputs. A data set of the base rules for the working process of the machine is recorded in the data processing unit. A limited selection (11) of possible input choices is provided for the user by application of the data set based on the machine configuration and machine environment, which further comprise compatible parts for addition to the extant parts of a working process. Operator guidance is facilitated, whereby the user is provided with a limited selection (11), corresponding to the further parts of the process, on operating fields, by the input unit (10) on the surface (16) for manual input and/or for input using a manipulator (38).
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- 1. Method for interactive control of a plastics material injection molding machine, where, via an input unit, which is provided with actuating fields, operating parameters necessary for an operating sequence of a machine are input, in a form which prompts an operator, into a data processing unit which stores these operating parameters, and subsequently one or more operating sequences are carried out in accordance with the stored operating parameters, wherein a data set covering basic rules of the operating sequence of the machine is recorded in the data processing unit and, by using the data set, as a result, the operator is provided on a surface with visualization of a selected choice of input possibilities, based on a machine configuration and a machine environment, for additional parts of the operating sequence that can be added in a compatible manner into existing parts of the operating sequence, wherein for manual input and/or for input by means of a manipulator, the input unit makes available to the operator on the surface a selected choice of actuating fields corresponding to the additional parts of the operating sequence and for navigation on a navigation surface statically arranged on the surface, wherein the navigation surface comprising at least three lines or three columns of actuating and input fields is hierarchical from line to line or column to column, and is represented on the surface with a plurality of navigation levels associated with one another.
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15. Apparatus for interactive control of a plastics material injection molding machine, having
a data processing unit, an input unit with fields arranged on a surface for manual input and/or for input by means of a manipulator, by means of which fields, in a form which prompts an operator, operating parameters necessary for an operating sequence of the machine can be input into the data processing unit which stores the operating parameters for subsequently carrying out one or more operating sequences in accordance with the stored operating parameters, wherein the fields are actuating fields for navigation on a navigation surface statically arranged on the surface, a data set recorded in the data processing unit and covering basic rules of the operating sequence of the machine, using the data set and as a result, a selected choice, offered to the operator displayed on a surface, of possible input possibilities, based on machine configuration and machine environment, for additional parts of the operating sequence that can be added in a compatible manner into existing parts of the operating sequence, wherein the navigation surface comprises at least three lines or at least three columns of actuating and input fields and is hierarchical from line to line or column to column and comprises a plurality of navigation levels associated with one another.
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