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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2013
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gateway device includes: a receiving unit configured to receive a response of a field device with respect to a request from a management apparatus managing the field device; a conversion unit configured to reference type information included in the response received by the receiving unit, the type information indicating a type of data format, and convert data included in the response to a data format suitable for processing by the management apparatus, the conversion being made in accordance with the type information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit to the management apparatus the data converted by the conversion unit.