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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2016
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Naoki Kida, Fujisawa, JP;
Shuichi Inada, Fujisawa, JP;
Tsutomu One, Fujisawa, JP;
Takashi Wada, Kobe, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
A control device connected to one or more to-be-controlled devices via a network includes: a storage that stores information of a synchronization period of a time interval for synchronization with the to-be-controlled devices, and communication periods of plural time intervals established in the synchronization period; a calculator that calculates, for each of the to-be-controlled devices, a control instruction instructing the to-be-controlled device to operate in synchronization; and a communication controller that performs, based on the information stored in the storage, a control such that the control instruction is transmitted and received between the control device and each of the to-be-controlled devices during the synchronization period, the communication controller allocating a respective control instruction corresponding to each of the to-be-controlled devices to at least one of the communication periods established in the synchronization period, thereby transmitting/receiving data including the allocated control instruction for each communication period.