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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Shigenori Sawada, Takatsuki, JP;
Yasuo Muneta, Kusatsu, JP;
Assignee:
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 9/03 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G16Y 40/20 (2020.01); G16Y 10/75 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 9/03 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2013.01); G16Y 10/75 (2020.01); G16Y 40/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
This control system comprises controllers and slave devices. A control network is formed by connecting the slave devices between the controllers over communication cables. The controller generates and manages control frames for communication through the control network. The controller receives and copies the control frames, and perform loopback communication of the control frames to the controller of the control network. The controller stores the copied the control frames, or transmits the copied control frames to a database device connected by an information communication network.