	US 12,152,330 B2
	Apparatus including actuator and/or heater and method for controlling said apparatus
Satoshi Suemasu, Osaka (JP); Tatsuhiro Kishi, Kanagawa (JP); Kenta Murakami, Osaka (JP); Kazuki Sakamoto, Shiga (JP); and Hayato Naruse, Shiga (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/070,796.
Application 18/070,796 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/022825, filed on Jun. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-106607 (JP), filed on Jun. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0088560 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 33/50 (2020.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); D06F 105/50 (2020.01)

CPC D06F 33/50 (2020.02) [F24C 7/08 (2013.01); D06F 2105/50 (2020.02)]

15 Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one of an actuator or a heater; and

a controller that controls the at least one of the actuator or the heater, wherein

the controller:

obtains an application defined by a plurality of blocks that drive the at least one of the actuator or the heater, each of the plurality of blocks including a parameter for driving the at least one of the actuator or the heater;

consults a first rule that defines a first parameter range within which the at least one of the actuator or the heater is not permitted to be driven, and modifies the application by changing at least one block included in the plurality of blocks, the at least one block including a parameter included in the first parameter range; and

drives the at least one of the actuator or the heater based on the application modified, wherein

the controller modifies the application by removing the at least one block including a parameter included in the first parameter range.