Patents by Inventor Makio Sakano

Makio Sakano 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).

  • Trouble diagnosis apparatus for controlled device
    Patent number: 4942513
    Abstract: Trouble of a plurality of controlled devices operating in asynchronism with each other can be diagnosed by only connecting a trouble diagnosis apparatus to the conventional programmable controller, without preparing a special trouble diagnosing program on the user program.In another trouble diagnosis apparatus, the reference diagnosis input/output pattern series can be formed by first storing all the input/output pattern series and then deleting unchanged input/output from those to be diagnosed.Further, another trouble diagnosis apparatus includes an input/output designation mode, an instruction mode and a diagnosis mode. In the input/output designation mode, operator can designate important input/output to be registered and deletes unimportant input/output from all the input/output to be diagnosed to find fault locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
    Inventors: Makio Sakano, Kiyoto Hirase