Equipment control apparatus having means to communicate with a centralized control apparatus
US5493364A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An equipment controlling apparatus is composed of a counter for counting the operational number of the equipment, memories for storing data indicating the state of the equipment, a communication device for communicating on the stored data with a centralized control apparatus, which controls the communicated data intensively, and a controlling device for causing the stored data to be transmitted to the centralized control apparatus when the counter has counted a predetermined value.
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