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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Hidehiko Sekimoto, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
To cause multiple field devices to operate together in coordination in accordance with a predetermined program through a network allowing periodic communication, a control device includes an estimator that calculates, based on a position of a first field device in a first cycle, a position of the first field device operable in accordance with a first program in a second cycle following the first cycle, and a processor that determines, based on the first program, a first command value to cause the first field device to operate, transmits the first command value to the first field device through an interface allowing communication with the field devices, determines, based on the estimated position and a second program, a second command value to cause a second field device to operate in coordination with the first field device, and transmits the second command value to the second field device through the interface.