Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Specific application – apparatus or process – Product assembly or manufacturing
Patent
1997-05-06
2000-07-18
Grant, William
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Specific application, apparatus or process
Product assembly or manufacturing
700226, G06F 1900
Patent
active
060920017
ABSTRACT:
A line system has control units each of which is connected to a processing device (a device for processing a workpiece, for example), and which are connected through a network. The system has a memory which stores data for use in processing the workpiece and which is provided for each control unit, and maintains the contents of the memories provided for the respective control units identical to each other.
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Kawachi Hiroshi
Mizuno Yoshihiro
Tsukasaki Hitoshi
Yokoyama Keiro
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Grant William
Rapp Chad
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