US 12,242,244 B2
Control system and control method
Ken Hatano, Itabashi (JP); and Rei Yano, Fuchu (JP)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP); and TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/457,782.
Application 17/457,782 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/021804, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-105919 (JP), filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0091587 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/4155 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/4155 (2013.01) [G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31372 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system, comprising:
a first device and a second device, each capable of realizing a plurality of functions;
a controller configured to:
store first information indicative of a realizing order of a first function and a second function to realize a process, and store second information indicating that the first function is assigned to one of the first device and the second device and the second function is assigned to another of the first device and the second device, and
operate the first device and the second device based on the first information and the second information;
a terminal connected to the controller and that includes a display device and an input device, the terminal configured to display on the display device a first icon indicative of the first function, a second icon indicative of the second function, and a first route image, the first icon and the second icon arranged in the realizing order, the first route image arranged between the first icon and the second icon; and
a sensor configured to detect a status of the first device and a status of the second device; wherein
when the sensor detects that the second device does not operate, the sensor sends a detection result to the controller;
when the controller receives the detection result, the controller sends an alert to the terminal;
when the terminal receives the alert, the terminal displays a mark on one of the first icon and the second icon indicative of a function assigned to the second device; and
the terminal is configured to:
change a position of the one of the first icon and the second icon on which the mark is displayed, based on an operation of the input device, and
display a third icon indicative of an alternative function of the function assigned to the second device on the display device and a second route image between the third icon and another of the first icon and the second icon on which the mark is not displayed.