US 12,235,622 B2
Data collection device
Nao Onose, Yamanashi (JP)
Assigned to FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi (JP)
Appl. No. 17/759,288
Filed by FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/001665
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/149681, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-010393 (JP), filed on Jan. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104714 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 19/4065 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/4065 (2013.01) [G05B 2219/50185 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data collection device configured to, via a computer communication network, collect data from an industrial machine and output the data to a higher system, the data collection device comprising:
a setting information storage unit storing setting information respectively associated with a plurality of cooperation levels set in accordance with a degree of cooperation with the higher system;
a life-and-death monitoring unit monitoring a state of the cooperation with the higher system via the computer communication network;
a cooperation level determination unit determining a cooperation level of the plurality of cooperation levels with the higher system based on the state of the cooperation with the higher system;
a setting switching unit
reading the setting information corresponding to the cooperation level determined by the cooperation level determination unit from the setting information storage unit and
switching an operation setting of each function in accordance with the read setting information to allocate resources for cooperation with the higher system;
a data collection unit collecting the data from the industrial machine via the computer communication network in accordance with the operation setting switched by the setting switching unit;
a data processing unit executing processing, designated by the operation setting switched by the setting switching unit, on the data collected by the data collection unit, by using the resources allocated for cooperation with the higher system; and
a data output unit outputting the data processed by the data processing unit via the computer communication network to an output destination including the higher system designated by the operation setting switched by the setting switching unit.