Omron Corporation

Kenji Horie

Koji Shimada

Hajime Takegawa

Hiroyuki Inoue

Hitoshi Oba

Takeshi Yoshiura

Koyuru Nakano

Masahiro Kawachi

Takashi Kamei

Naoya Nakashita

Kosuke Sugiyama

Gaku Shiramizu

Yuki Taniyasu

Kazumi Tsuchimichi

Toru Hosoda

Takuya Murata

Yuichi Doi

Yoshinori Kawai

Masahiro Kurokawa

Mai Takami

Mai Miyawaki

Seitaro Hirano

To enables realization of an image data collection function, a bank switch function and the like at low cost in a juxtaposedly placed type sensor system for handling an image, such as a visual sensor or a displacement sensor, by introduction of the minimum required number of new units into an existing system. A first operation of storing image data acquired by a sensor controller from a sensor head and/or measurement data obtained by processing the image data, into a non-volatile record medium of a data storage unit, and/or a second operation of writing the setting data having been stored into the non-volatile record medium of the data storage unit, on a bank memory inside the sensor controller unit, are made possible.

Sensor system

Image analyzer

A sensor controller is disclosed which transmits large-capacity data such as waveform data and image data within a short time (in rapid cycles, for example) and makes possible various collaborative operations using the transmitted data. A control unit includes a programmable logic circuit and a CPU to control the operation of the sensor controller. A unit connector can be used to connect other sensor controllers. An inter-unit path constitutes a signal transmission path between the control unit and the unit connector and includes a sensing data transmission path between the programmable logic circuit and the unit connector. In the case where another sensor controller is connected to the unit connector, the sensing data can be transmitted between the programmable logic circuit of the local sensor controller and the programmable logic circuit of the particular another sensor controller.

Sensor controller

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Ayabe, Japan

Kenji Horie