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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2018
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Takaaki Shogaki, Kitakyushi, JP;
Atsunobu Sakata, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tadashi Okubo, Kitakyushi, JP;
Dai Fukuda, Kitakyushu, JP;
Toshinobu Kira, Kitakyushu, JP;
Amane Ando, Kitakyushu, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A software management system includes a control system connected to a first network and including at least one of control circuitry and a sensor, each controllable by updating first control software in the respective at least one of the control circuitry and sensor, a software distribution device including first circuitry that stores second control software and transmits the second software through a second network, and a software update device including second circuitry that, while the software device is connected to the second network, receives the second software from the distribution device and stores the second software, and while the update device is connected to the first network, transmits the second software to the respective at least one of the control circuitry and sensor to cause the respective at least one of the control circuitry and sensor to update the first software using the second software.