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Patent No.:

US 9880963 B1

Date of Patent:

Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2013

Communication device including communication unit configured to communicate via local area network (lan) and at least one i/o port that is connectable to manufacturing apparatus

Applicant:

Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshifumi Tanimoto, Kyoto, JP;

Katsutoshi Daikoku, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:

MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:

Keating & Bennett, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tammara Peyton

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); G06F 13/20 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 13/4221 (2013.01); G06F 13/20 (2013.01); H01L 21/67733 (2013.01);

Abstract

A communication device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a LAN, and IO ports connectable to a manufacturing apparatus, and a controller. The IO ports are configured and/or programmed to exchange ON/OFF signals including multiple bits with the manufacturing apparatus. The controller is configured and/or programmed to receive communication requests from communication destinations via the LAN, store network addresses of communication destinations and IO port designations, change a value of the ON/OFF signals of designated IO ports in accordance with requests from communication destinations, and transmit the ON/OFF signals of designated IO ports to communication destinations via the communication unit and the LAN in accordance with requests from the communication destinations.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tanimoto, Yoshifumi. (2018). Communication device including communication unit configured to communicate via local area network (lan) and at least one i/o port that is connectable to manufacturing apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 9880963). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9880963

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