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Device for controlling a member in a system

US5383116A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 1992
Grant dateJan 17, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B19/042
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus or manufacturing system in which a first member executes a desired function or action which is controllable as a function of at least one parameter characteristic for a second member is provided. A first detector detects signals corresponding to values of the at least one parameter of the second member. At least one transmitter receives the detected signals and assigns coded/numbered messages for each value of the parameter. The apparatus further includes at least one receiver with a control module for controlling the desired action of the first member. The signal transmission between the transmitter and the receiver occurs over a connection bus and the signals are transmitted in the form of the coded/numbered messages in a predetermined order, with well defined transmission times between the first detector and the transmitter and between the transmitter and the receiver. A control unit controls operation of the receiver module and send thereto at least information regarding a desired parameter value at which a corresponding desired function or action is to be executed by the first member, or a desired message number to be selected. The receiver obtains the requested d…

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