US 12,323,259 B2
Control device, control method thereof, and control program
Shinichi Toda, Kanagawa (JP); and Minoru Nakaide, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/284,695
Filed by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/005157
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/209334, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-060071 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171417 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H04L 12/12 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/12 (2013.01) [G05B 19/0421 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A control method of a control device configured to control a control target instrument, the control method comprising:
at an I/O adaptor, accepting input of an input signal including input information and transmitting the input information to a digital communication network;
at a processor, receiving the input information from the I/O adaptor via the digital communication network and performing control based on the input information; and
transmitting the received input information via the digital communication network to a further processor configured to control a control target instrument in another device provided independently of the control device such that the input signal is used by a plurality of control devices in a system to transmit the input information from one I/O adaptor to one processor.