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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1986
Ishida Scales Mfg. Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A control system for a combinatorial weighing or counting apparatus includes a main central processing unit for effecting a combinatorial arithmetic operation, and a plurality of individual drive unit central processing units. The drive unit central processing units are associated respectively with driver units of the weighing machines and connected to the main central processing unit for controlling the drive units, respectively. Operation commands delivered from the main central processing unit to the individual drive unit central processing units, are set by interrupt processes of the individual drive unit central processing units at all times. The control system for the combinatorial weighing or counting apparatus includes a main computer for chiefly effecting a combinatorial arithmetic operation on weight data from a plurality of the weighing machines to select a combination of weighing machines including articles having an optimum added value with respect to a target value. The control system also includes other computers for controlling auxiliary operations such as a supply of articles to the weighing machines or a discharge of the articles therefrom; thus each of the main computer and the other computers carries out its own share of processing functions.