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NC device

US7454256B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 2005
Grant dateNov 18, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/35453
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An NC device includes an accumulation portion for accumulating a report-item corresponding to a report-requiring situation that occurs in a machine. A voice generator control section of the device operates a voice generator to generate a voice for announcing a report-item accumulated by an accumulation portion if a determination portion determines that a operator-in-range information has been generated or in response to a request produced by a request portion. Contrastingly, the voice generator control section does not permit the voice generator to generate the voice if the determination portion determines that the operator-in-range information has not been generated. In this manner, the voice generation is performed efficiently and the operator is reliably informed of the report item.

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