US 12,287,622 B2
Numerical control device and numerical control method
Masakazu Sagasaki, Tokyo (JP); Kensuke Baba, Tokyo (JP); and Takashi Sueda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/417,766
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/000389
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/144772, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0011754 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/41825 (2013.01) [G05B 19/41835 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A numerical control device comprising:
control computation circuitry configured to control a machine tool and a robot by using a numerical control program defined in a first coordinate system, wherein
the control computation circuitry includes:
a memory configured to store the numerical control program, the numerical control program including a first command and a second command, the first command being a command for the machine tool described in a first programming language, and the second command being a command for the robot described in the first programming language; and
conversion circuitry configured to convert the second command into a third command, the conversion of the second command into the third command occurring during execution of the numerical control program to control the machine tool and the robot, and the third command being a robot program used for controlling the robot,
the control computation circuitry is configured to control the machine tool by using the first command and control the robot by using the third command, and
both the second command for the robot and the first command for the machine tool are included in the same numerical control program.