Patents by Inventor Chikara Ookuma

Chikara Ookuma has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Data display/input method for CNC apparatuses used as online terminals
    Patent number: 6338003
    Abstract: A data display/input method for a CNC apparatus without necessity of using a personal computer which has been served as a relaying device between the CNC apparatus and a host computer and also as a display device, and also capable of constructing an FA network system at low cost. A display screen of the CNC apparatus is split into first and second display areas so that information transferred from the host computer to the CNC apparatus is displayed in the first display area while information inputted to the CNC apparatus by the operator is displayed in the second display area. Display attributes in the CNC apparatus are switched in accordance with display attributes specified by the information transferred to the CNC apparatus from the host computer, whereby restrictions on a data display of the CNC apparatus are removed, permitting text data and graphic data to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Kamiguchi, Atsushi Horiuchi, Chikara Ookuma, Issei Kashiwagi