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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:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Scan Technology Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
700 96 ; 700-9 ;
Abstract
A method of operating, controlling, monitoring and analyzing data of control devices used in the manufacturing devices or equipment of a factory automation system is disclosed. According to the method, the system controls itself and executes operations by reading as necessary in real time data in the form of files saved on a memory medium of each type of control device used in manufacturing devices or equipment.