Abstract: A machine tool control system. A machine tool controller is provided to receive commands from an input source and provide control instructions to a machine tool based at least in part on the commands. An operator interface is provided for inputting commands to the controller. The interface includes a display screen having images of individual command functions, the images being selectable on the screen to place into a sequence of command functions selected by an operator. A sequence generator indicates sequential ordering of the command functions represented by the sequence of images on the screen, such that a sequence of images on the screen selected by the operator is translated by the operator controller sequence generator into a sequence of commands to be inputted into the controller. The operator interface may include one or more images each representing a plurality of individual command functions in a defined sequence.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 2007
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2011
Assignee:
Vermont Machine Tool Corporation
Inventors:
Robby J. Little, Jeffrey P. Ramen, David W. Lauzon, Philip H. Caron, Richard L. Desbiens