Injection molding machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10553183-B2
Application number	US-201715480467-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2017
Priority date	Apr 13, 2016
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

In an injection molding machine of the present invention formed to have a plurality of injection apparatuses connected via a communication channel, a first injection apparatus among the plurality of injection apparatuses includes a display apparatus, a first control apparatus included in the first injection apparatus includes an operation screen input/output unit which obtains operation screen data from another injection apparatus and a rendering attribute converting unit which converts rendering attributes of rendering elements configuring an operation screen to be rendered based on the operation screen data. When an operation screen of the other injection apparatus is displayed on the display apparatus based on the operation screen data, the rendering attribute converting unit makes all or part of the rendering attributes of the rendering elements configuring the operation screen different from rendering attributes when an operation screen of the first injection apparatus is displayed. Thus, the operation screens of the plurality of the injection apparatuses are easily distinguishable.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An injection molding machine formed to have a plurality of injection apparatuses connected via a communication channel, the plurality of injection apparatuses each including an injection mechanism unit and a control apparatus, wherein
a first injection apparatus among the plurality of injection apparatuses includes a display apparatus,
a first control apparatus included in the first injection apparatus includes a processor, the processor being configured to
obtain, from a second injection apparatus among the plurality of injection apparatuses, operation screen data of the second injection apparatus, and
convert rendering attributes of rendering elements configuring an operation screen to be rendered based on the operation screen data into other rendering attributes, when an operation screen of the second injection apparatus is displayed on the display apparatus based on the operation screen data, in order to make all or part of the rendering attributes of the rendering elements configuring the operation screen different from rendering attributes when an operation screen of the first injection apparatus is displayed.

2. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rendering attribute conversion table which defines conversion rules for converting the rendering attributes of the rendering elements configuring the operation screen to be displayed based on the operation screen data of the injection apparatus, wherein
the processor converts the rendering attributes of the rendering elements configuring the operation screen to be rendered based on the operation screen data according to conversion rules defined on the rendering attribute conversion table.

3. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the communication channel is a wired communication channel or a wireless communication channel, and
the processor obtains the operation screen data from the second injection apparatus via the communication channel.

4. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the display apparatus includes
a touch panel or a pointing device, and
switches an operation screen to be displayed on the display apparatus to another operation screen based on selection of part of graphic information or character information to be rendered on the operation screen by operation of the touch panel or the pointing device.

5. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the display apparatus includes
an electric-type operation button, and
switches the operation screen to be displayed on the display apparatus to another operation screen based on a pressing operation of the electric-type operation button.

6. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the rendering elements are characters or graphics, and
the rendering attributes are attributes which specify rendering colors or shapes of the rendering elements.

7. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein
when the operation screen of the second injection apparatus is displayed on the display apparatus based on the operation screen data, the processor adds a predetermined character string or graphic to the operation screen.

8. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein
on the display apparatus, the operation screen of the first injection apparatus and an entire or part of the operation screen of the second injection apparatus are displayed as being aligned or overlapping each other.

9. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the plurality of injection apparatuses further has a memory which stores a molding condition regarding operation of the injection apparatus, and
a molding condition of the injection apparatus set via the display apparatus of the first injection apparatus is obtained and stored in the memory.

10. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus is attachable to and detachable from the injection apparatus.

11. An injection molding machine formed to have a plurality of injection apparatuses connected via a communication channel, the plurality of injection apparatuses each including an injection mechanism unit and a control apparatus, wherein
the control apparatus included in each of the plurality of injection apparatuses includes a processor,
a first injection apparatus among the plurality of injection apparatuses includes a display apparatus,
the processor of a first control apparatus included in the first injection apparatus obtains, from a second injection apparatus among the plurality of injection apparatuses, operation screen data of the second injection apparatus, and
when the first injection apparatus obtains the operation screen data of the second injection apparatus, the processor of the second injection apparatus converts rendering attributes of rendering elements configuring an operation screen to be rendered based on the operation screen data, in order to make all or part of the rendering attributes of the rendering elements configuring the operation screen different from rendering attributes when an operation screen of the first injection apparatus is displayed.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Horiuchi Atsushi

Classifications

• B29C2945/76187

  screw · CPC title

• B29C45/03

  Injection moulding apparatus (transfer moulding B29C45/02) · CPC title

• G09G5/377

  for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns (G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence) · CPC title

• G09G2370/20

  Details of the management of multiple sources of image data · CPC title

• G09G5/02

  characterised by the way in which colour is displayed {(details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} · CPC title