A manufacturing apparatus includes a manufacturing unit; a cover that includes a see-through portion; an input unit that occupies a predetermined area on a surface of the see-through portion and detects a contact to the predetermined area and outputs information regarding the detection; a display that displays a predetermined image at a position of the cover; and a controller that in response to a predetermined input to the input unit, controls the display to display the predetermined image at or near a position where the predetermined input is detected, controls the display to display a predetermined operation panel image as the predetermined image at or near a position on the cover that overlaps the input unit; and controls the manufacturing unit based on a detection position of the predetermined input on the predetermined operation panel image.

A method for controlling a robot device using a portable terminal including a touchscreen is provided. The method includes displaying an enable button in a first area of the touchscreen, displaying an emergency stop button in a second area of the touchscreen, displaying a plurality of robot control buttons in a third area of the touchscreen, in response to simultaneously receiving from a user an input on the first area and an input on the third area, transmitting a robot control signal to a control device configured to control the robot device, and in response to receiving an input from the user on the second area, transmitting an emergency signal to the control device.

The invention relates to a mobile security basic control device (15) of a robot (1), comprising a hand-held housing (16), an emergency stop switching means (17) arranged at the housing (16), a communication device (18) for establishing a link in terms of control between the mobile security basic control device (15) and a robot controller (12) of the robot (1), and further comprising a holder (19) connected to the housing (16), which is designed to mount the mobile security basic control device (15) on a mobile terminal (20). Said mobile terminal has a terminal control system (21) and a multi-touchscreen (22), which is designed to transmit inputs to the terminal control system (21) via the multi-touchscreen (22). The mobile security basic control device (15) comprises a coding device (25) which, in a state where the mobile security basic control device (15) is mounted on the mobile terminal (20) by means of the holder (19), is designed to automatically transmit at least one identification code identifying the mobile security basic control device (15) to the terminal control system (21) via the multi-touchscreen (22).

A control device is provided with: an extraction unit which extracts, on the basis of a machine configuration including the number of axes and/or the number of systems in a machine tool, a plurality of task items included in setup work for the next process in the machine tool, as essential settings or optional settings; a determination unit which dynamically determines, in accordance with operation details of setup work performed on the machine tool during a period from the completion of the latest process by the machine tool to the present point in time, whether each of the plurality of task items extracted as an essential setting or optional setting corresponds to an essential setting or an optional setting; and an action control unit which does not permit a process action of the machine tool if there is an essential setting which has not been completed or updated.

A numerical controller making it possible to manipulate a processing machine just as an operator intends without visually observing a screen is for controlling the machine and is provided with: a touch-type pointing device capable of detecting a plurality of touch manipulations performed at the same time; a manipulation analyzing portion analyzing and extracting a first manipulation which is a touch manipulation by at least one touch and a second manipulation which is a manipulation performed while a touch state by the first manipulation is maintained, from among manipulations detected by the touch-type pointing device; and an operation deciding portion deciding a function to be caused to operate, based on the first manipulation and the second manipulation and giving an instruction to perform the operation.

A method, apparatus and system are for displaying measurement information. An embodiment of the method includes: obtaining a display instruction for displaying measurement information of at least one second transmitter; and displaying, after obtaining the display instruction, the measurement information of the at least one second transmitter on a display screen of the a first transmitter. The first transmitter and the at least one second transmitter perform data communication with a distributed I/O device according to a preconfigured data transmission path. Further, the measurement information of the at least one second transmitter is obtained by means of the distributed I/O device according to the preconfigured data transmission path. The embodiment of the method enables an operator to conveniently view the measurement information of the second transmitter on the first transmitter nearby, without viewing the information on a remote device manager or the second transmitter.

According to the invention, it is provided that, on a machine tool (1) which has a machine part (2) which can be adjusted by motor, a touch-sensitive display (4) is used to display the machine part (2) in its instantaneous state on the display (4) and to adjust said machine part by motor by a swiping gesture being executed on the display (4). The objective of this is to simplify operator control of the machine tool (1).

A processing apparatus includes a chuck table for holding a workpiece thereon, a processing unit for processing the workpiece held on the chuck table, a touch panel for entering processing conditions, and a control unit for controlling the touch panel. The control unit controls the touch panel to display a plurality of input fields corresponding to a plurality of items included in the processing conditions, and controls the touch panel to display a copy processing key and a paste processing key when one of the input fields is selected. The control unit copies information entered in the selected one of the input fields when the copy processing key is selected, and enters information that has been copied in advance into the selected one of the input fields when the paste processing key is selected.

To provide a machine teaching terminal, a machine, a program, and a safety confirmation method capable of ensuring the safety of a worker without providing an additional device or the like. A machine teaching terminal communicably connected to a robot so as to be used for teaching the robot within a work area of the robot includes a touch panel display configured to accept input performed by a worker, an input detection part configured to detect input to the touch panel display, an abnormality detection part configured to detect an abnormal state on the basis of the detection by the input detection part, and an abnormal signal transmission part configured to transmit, in the case where the abnormality detection part detects the abnormal state, a signal indicating the abnormal state to the robot.

A control system to locate a motorized entity on a display having an electronic device with a display is provided. The electronic device may include a microphone and an electronic device integrated circuit with a set of entity locating software instructions with a capability to generate and display a sequence of pixels in a location pattern, and to further receive an audio output detection signal from the microphone. The entity may include a speaker and one or more sensors in communication with an entity integrated circuit including a set of entity control software instructions. The one or more sensors may be capable of detecting pixels and to send a pixel detection signal to the entity integrated circuit upon detection thereof.