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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1991
Yasuo Tanahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A control device for outputting a selected one of machine control programs in response to program selection signals received from an external device, the device including a memory for storing the programs in relation to respective program identification numbers, a signal input portion having terminals for receiving the respective program selection signals, an arrangement for correlating the identification numbers of selected ones of the programs with respective code values corresponding to respective combinations of states of the program selection signals, a correlation memory for storing a relationship between the identification numbers of the selected programs and the code values, an encoder for encoding the combination of states of the program selection signals received at the terminals into the corresponding code value, an arrangement for reading one of the program identification numbers which corresponds to the code value obtained by the encoder, and an arrangement for outputting to the machine one of the selected programs whose number has been read.