Omron Corporation

Motohisa Furukawa

Akira Takaishi

Takeshi Wakabayashi

Masahito Tanaka

Ikuo Nanno

Hirokazu Kitamura

Atsushi Mukai

Hideki Kobori

Tsunetoshi Ooba

Naotaka Uchiyama

Kousaku Ando

Seiya Narimatsu

Yuuki Kataoka

Nobumasa Nakamizo

Katsuki Morimoto

An electronic apparatus is formed with a first module having a plurality of connectors and a plurality of second modules each connected to the first module through a different one of the connectors. The second modules are identified for each connector or as a combination corresponding to a plurality of connectors and it is checked whether they are preliminarily registered or not. If any of them is found to be not preliminarily registered, a display is made to the effect that a connection error has been committed and the start of a normal operation of the apparatus of prevented.

Method of identifying connection error and electronic apparatus using same

A plurality of individually corresponding heaters and temperature sensors are provided along with a plurality of a PID control means. An average temperature/gradient temperature calculating means calculates the average temperatures of the temperatures measured by the temperature sensors and the gradient temperatures based on the measured temperatures. Each of the PID control means outputs an operation signal so that the average temperatures or gradient temperatures may be made equal to the desired values. A distributing means distributes the operation signal from each of the PID control means to each heater so that control by the PID control means may produce no effect on the control of the other PID control means.

Controller, temperature regulator and heat treatment apparatus

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Okayama, Japan

Motohisa Furukawa