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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Komatsu Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Komatsu Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller for a work machine includes a main board and a PC board. The main board includes a main controller that runs on a built-in work machine operating system, a first activator that activates the main controller when an activation signal for activating the controller is inputted, and an activation commander that outputs an activation-command signal to the PC board when the main controller becomes active. The PC board includes a PC controller that runs on an operating system for PCs, a network terminal, a network controller that outputs the activation signal to the main board when a specific signal for commanding activation is inputted, and a second activator that activates the PC controller when the activation-command signal outputted from the activation commander of the main board is inputted.