Operating device and movable machine controlling system

• US 9,513,607 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2012
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daihen Corporation
• Original Assignee: Daihen Corporation
• Inventors: Mizuura, Shigeto, Kudou, Tatsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Ali, Mohammad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Azad, Md
• Application Number:
  US13/682,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20130138229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,477 Days
• Field of Search: 700/44, 700/45, 700/83, 700/84, 700/85, 700/245, 463/37, 463/38
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 13/06 Control stands, e.g. consoles, switchboards
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 11/01 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 9/0235 specially adapted for remote control, e.g. of audio or video apparatus

Abstract

An operating device is provided with an operating section, in which a plurality of operating keys for operating a control target is laid out, and a display section, in which a screen corresponding to an input of the operating keys is to be displayed. The operating section does not have names of the operating keys printed thereon. The operating device or a controller has a storage means that stores guide information that guides the names of the operating keys. The names and an image of the operating keys corresponding to a selected language are displayed on the display section in accordance with a predetermined operation.

Claims

1. An operating device configured to operate a control target, the operating device comprising:

a key sheet having a plurality of laid out manipulanda to be operated upon to operate the control target, the key sheet without having names of the manipulanda printed thereon;

a display section on which a screen corresponding to an input of the manipulandum is to be displayed;

a storage device that stores guide information for guiding the respective names of the plurality of manipulanda; and

a guide information controlling device that outputs the guide information to the display section in accordance with a predetermined operation, wherein the guide information is configured of guide display data in which the names of the respective manipulanda are added in an identifiable manner to operating section image data, in which the key sheet is imaged;

wherein the guide information controlling device outputs the guide display data to the display section in accordance with the predetermined operation, the storage device stores a plurality of guide display data, and the plurality of guide display data respectively corresponds to a plurality of languages;

wherein the operating device is connectable to a controller including;

an interpretation performing section interprets a teaching data and outputs movement controlling signals to a movement controlling section, the movement controlling section performs a trajectory calculation for a robot based on the movement controlling signals.

2. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the guide information controlling device creates the guide display data by using name data in a predetermined first language.

3. The operating device according to claim 2, further comprising a language switching device for switching the guide display data in the first language displayed on the display section to guide display data of another language.

4. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the operating section image data includes identification codes for identifying the respective manipulanda.

5. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the guide information controlling device processes the guide display data to be semitransparent, and displays the guide display data to be overlapped with a screen that is displayed on the display section.

6. An operating device that operates a control target, the operating device comprising:

a key sheet having a plurality of laid out manipulanda to be operated upon operating the control target, the key sheet not having names of the manipulanda printed thereon;

a display section, on which a screen corresponding to an input of the manipulandum is to be displayed;

a storage device that stores guide information for guiding the respective names of the plurality of manipulanda; and

a guide information controlling device that outputs the guide information to the display section in accordance with a predetermined operation;

wherein the storage device stores operating section image data, in which the key sheet is imaged, and a key name table capable of supporting a plurality of languages,

wherein in the key name table, a plurality of name data of the manipulanda respectively corresponding to the plurality of languages and name layout information indicating layout positions of the plurality of name data on the operating section image data are associated, and

the guide information controlling device creates guide display data by layering the name data on the operating section image data, in which the key sheet is imaged, based on the name layout information in accordance with the predetermined operation, and outputs the guide display data to the display section;

wherein the operating device is connectable to a controller including;

an interpretation performing section interprets a teaching data and outputs movement controlling signals to a movement controlling section, the movement controlling section performs a trajectory calculation for a robot based on the movement controlling signals.

7. The movable machine controlling system according to claim 6,

wherein the operating device, a movable machine as a control target, and the controller are connected in a communicable manner.

8. The movable machine controlling system according to claim 7, wherein the controller includes the storage device and the guide information controlling device.