US 12,353,724 B2
Control device, system program, and method
Tadashi Watanabe, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 18/574,362
Filed by OMRON Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/014425
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/276351, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-110651 (JP), filed on Jul. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0319887 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0617 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A method performed by a control device, the method comprising:
performing a control operation on a control target in accordance with a user program executed by a programmable logic controller (PLC) engine;
receiving one or more pieces of data designated in advance from a field apparatus group in a manufacturing apparatus and/or a production line over a field network and storing the data in a storage designated in advance; and
writing into shared information, information indicating whether data can be stored in the storage and information indicating completion of storage of data in the storage,
wherein
the user program executed by the PLC engine refers to the shared information to perform the control operation on the control target in the manufacturing apparatus and/or the production line.