A synchronizing device includes: a machine data acquisition portion which acquires at least one type of machine data related to operation of a machine in a time series based on first time information; a measurement data acquisition portion which acquires at least one type of measurement data measuring the state of the machine in a time series based on second time information; a first extraction portion which extracts, from any of the machine data, a moment at which a feature set in advance indicating a predetermined event is expressed; a second extraction portion which extracts, from any of the measurement data, a moment at which a feature set in advance indicating the predetermined event is expressed; and an output portion which synchronizes a moment extracted by the first extraction portion and a moment extracted by the second extraction portion, and outputs the machine data and the measurement data.

A system for the early detection of and response to faults in a machine includes a machine having at least one furst capture device for capturing first signals inside the machine and a first data transmission interface for the broadband transmission of the captured signals inside the machine, at least one second capture device disposed outside the machine for capturing at least one second signal outside the machine, wherein the second capture device has a second data transmission interface for the broadband transmission of the at least one second signal, a data processing system having a broadband data transmission interface, a broadband data transmission channel for transmitting signals between the data transmission interfaces, wherein the data processing system is configured to detect faults using the signals inside the machine and outside the machine based on a common time base and to directly act on the machine.

Provided is a communication system, in which a first industrial machine and a second industrial machine are configured to communicate to/from each other, the communication system comprising circuitry configured to synchronize first time information updated by the first industrial machine and second time information updated by the second industrial machine with each other, wherein the second industrial machine is configured to: acquire state data on the second industrial machine; and transmit to the first industrial machine the second time information at a time when the state data is acquired and the state data.

An optical measurement device configured for connection to an industrial network, the industrial network functioning to synchronize time between a master device and a slave device, the optical measurement device includes: an interface module configured to receive a synchronization signal transmitted on the industrial network from the master device within a fixed communication cycle; and a measurement unit configured to perform optical measurements in a measurement cycle. The measurement unit synchronizes when a measurement is taken with the communication cycle in accordance with the synchronization signal received by the interface module

A method for synchronizing signals which are related to a machine and/or a machining process, including recording data of a first data source to obtain a first signal track, recording data of at least one second data source, which is independent of the first data source, to obtain at least one second signal track, analyzing the first and second signal tracks based on previously known domain knowledge, and temporally connecting the first and second signal tracks.

A method for temporal synchronization between an automatic movement device and a contactless detection device arranged on the automatic movement device in order to measure a physical parameter along at least one and the same defined trajectory along the surfaces of a plurality of materials to be evaluated.

A control device controls a mechanical device having a movable member driven by a motor. The control device includes a radio signal exchange unit that receives a sensor signal indicating a position, a velocity or an acceleration of a tip part of the movable member, a data acquisition unit that acquires first time-series data of acceleration based on the received sensor signal, a data calculation unit that calculates second time-series data of acceleration at the tip part based on a drive command to the motor, a delay time calculation unit that calculates, when the mechanical device performs a predetermined basic operation, a delay time of the first time-series data to the second time-series data, based on a degree of correlation between the first and second time-series data, and a time synchronization unit that synchronizes time of the sensor part and control device based on the delay time.

A measurement system and method, which increases a degree of freedom for setting a measurement period and a transmission period of measurement values and has a high accuracy, are provided. The measurement system includes a control device and a measurement device that measures a measurement object in a first period and transmits measurement values obtained from the measurement device to the control device. The measurement device transmits the measurement values waiting to be transmitted and additional information including information of the number of the measurement values waiting to be transmitted to the control device using frames transmitted in a second period that is longer than the first period. The control device generates time series data in which the measurement values are arranged in time series using the additional information.

A control device is connected to a synchronization device synchronizing operation data obtained by acquiring information about driving of a machine in time series and measurement data obtained by acquiring information about sound or vibration of the machine in time series by using features of data acquired in time series, and includes a user command generation unit generating a user command to drive the machine according to an instruction from a user of the control device, a synchronization command storage unit storing reproduction information capable of reproducing a synchronization command used for the synchronization at predetermined timing, a synchronization command generation unit generating the synchronization command based on the reproduction information, and a synchronization command output unit outputting, at predetermined timing of the user command, the synchronization command to an oscillation device that generates sound or vibration, and adding effect of the synchronization command to the measurement data.

The present disclosure is to enable simplification of processing for analyzing each sensor value. Provided is a sensor including a continuous excess detection part that detects a continuous excess state, which is a state where an absolute value of a sensor value exceeds a predetermined threshold value continuously for a predetermined period of time and a start specification part that specifies an operation start timing of a robot on the basis of a timing when the continuous excess state is detected.