Abstract: A control device executes a step of starting a computation processing of a prediction model; a step of computing a remaining processing time until the computation processing is completed after starting the computation processing of the prediction model; a step of determining whether the determination of the command value based on an output obtained from the prediction model is made within a control timing for controlling the operation of manufacturing by the manufacturing device, on the basis of a computed remaining processing time; and a step of stopping, when it is determined that the determination of the command value is not made within the control timing, the computation processing of the prediction model, determining the command value on the basis of a value of an intermediate result of the computation processing, and controlling the operation of the manufacturing device on the basis of the determined command value.

Abstract: This learning device provides a learned model to an adjuster including the learned model learned to output a predetermined compensation amount to a controller based on parameters of an object to be processed, in a system including the controller outputting a command value obtained by compensating a target value based on a compensation amount; and a control object performing a predetermined process on the object and outputting a control variable as a response to the command value. The learning device includes: a learning part generating candidate compensation amounts based on operation data including a target value, command value and control variable, learning with the generated candidate compensation amounts and the parameters of the object as teacher data, and generating or updating the learned model; and a setting part providing, to the adjuster, the generated or updated learned model.

Abstract: A work process management system includes at least one work device and a tag type individual controller that is directly or indirectly attached to a work object to control the work device. Each of the work device includes a work-device-side communicator, a work part, and a work-device-side control part. The tag type individual controller includes an individual-controller-side storage in which a work content of a work process performed with the work device is stored, an individual-controller-side communicator, and an individual-controller-side calculation controller that transmits the work content of the work process performed with the work device in which a performance result is reflected to the work-device-side communicator, and additionally stores the received performance result in the individual-controller-side storage.

Abstract: A communication system includes first transmission means for transmitting first data to be used for control of a manufacturing apparatus or a production facility every predetermined cycle and second transmission means for transmitting, during a period in which the first data is not being transmitted, second data which should he delivered to a destination within a designated time period. The second transmission means includes determination means for determining whether or not the second data can be delivered to the destination through a first transmission path over a network within the designated time period and path changing means for changing, when it is determined that the second data cannot he delivered to the destination within the designated time period, a path to transmit at least a part of the second data to the destination through a second transmission path different from the first transmission path over the network.

Abstract: A communication system in which a plurality of communication apparatuses in time synchronization with one another are connected over a network is provided. Each of the communication apparatuses includes management means for allowing transmission in accordance with a predetermined communication schedule, of cyclically transmitted first data to be used for control of a manufacturing apparatus or a production facility, second data which should be delivered to a destination within a designated time period, and third data different from the first and second data, selection means for selecting a data transfer scheme for each piece of data to be transmitted from among an on-the-fly scheme, a cut-through scheme, and a store-and-forward scheme based on the communication schedule, and a transmission and reception circuit which transfers each piece of data received from another communication apparatus to yet another communication apparatus in accordance with the data transfer scheme determined for that data.

Abstract: A communication apparatus connected to a network over which data is updated every predetermined cycle is provided. The communication apparatus includes first scheduling means for securing a first communication band necessary for updating every predetermined cycle, first data to be used for control of a manufacturing apparatus or a production facility, second scheduling means for securing a second communication hand necessary for delivering second data to a destination within a designated time period in a communication hand other than the first communication band of communication bands of the network, and third scheduling means for securing a third communication band for transmitting third data in a communication band set as neither of the first communication band and the second communication band of the communication bands of the network.

Abstract: A work process management system includes at least one work device and an individual controller that is directly or indirectly attached to a work object to control the work device. Each of the work device includes a work-device-side storage, a work-device-side communicator, a work part, and a work-device-side control part. The individual controller includes an individual-controller-side storage in which a work content of a work process performed with the work device and associated setting information are stored, an individual-controller-side communicator, and an individual-controller-side calculation controller that transmits the work content of the work process performed with the work device and the associated setting information in which a performance result is reflected to the work-device-side communicator, and additionally store the received performance result in the individual-controller-side storage.

Abstract: A controller includes a control operation unit that cyclically performs a control operation for controlling a control target, a data generator that generates data showing a chronological change in a value associated with a control target, and an analyzer that analyzes the data and outputs an analysis result in a predetermined analysis target period. The analysis target period includes a plurality of sections. The data generator sequentially outputs section data showing a chronological change in a value for each of the plurality of sections in the analysis target period. The analyzer analyzes the sequentially output section data for each section. When an analysis of section data for a section in the analysis target period shows a predefined result, the analyzer eliminates an analysis of section data for one or more sections in the analysis target period that are subsequent to the section for which the analysis shows the predefined result.

Abstract: A controller performs a control operation associated with a control target. The controller includes a communication interface that electrically connects at least one function unit to the controller through a data transmission path, a writing unit that writes an observation value obtained through the function unit into a database, and a delay obtaining unit that obtains a delay time taken from when a signal indicating an observation value is input into the function unit to when data representing the observation value becomes usable in the controller, and stores information indicating the obtained delay time.

Abstract: A work process management system includes at least one work device and an individual controller that is directly or indirectly attached to a work object to control the work device. Each of the work device includes a work-device-side storage, a work-device-side communicator, a work part, and a work-device-side control part. The individual controller includes an individual-controller-side storage in which a work content of a work process performed with the work device and associated setting information are stored, an individual-controller-side communicator, and an individual-controller-side calculation controller that transmits the work content of the work process performed with the work device and the associated setting information in which a performance result is reflected to the work-device-side communicator, and additionally store the received performance result in the individual-controller-side storage.

Abstract: A work process management system includes at least one work device and a tag type individual controller that is directly or indirectly attached to a work object to control the work device. Each of the work device includes a work-device-side communicator, a work part, and a work-device-side control part. The tag type individual controller includes an individual-controller-side storage in which a work content of a work process performed with the work device is stored, an individual-controller-side communicator, and an individual-controller-side calculation controller that transmits the work content of the work process performed with the work device in which a performance result is reflected to the work-device-side communicator, and additionally stores the received performance result in the individual-controller-side storage.

Abstract: An information processing terminal, includes an inter-area movement detecting unit for detecting that a position of the information processing terminal is moved from one area to another area by detecting undulations, and an outputting unit for outputting a question to a user asking the position of the information processing terminal in response to the detection of inter-area movement by the inter-area movement detecting unit. The terminal also includes an answer recognizing unit for recognizing an answer by the user in response to the question output by the outputting unit, and an information sending unit for sending information recognized by the answer recognizing unit to an external apparatus.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to collect a data without using a specialized system such as sensor terminals and provide a data to a terminal device. The information provision system according to this invention is provided with fixed data transmitters and sensing data transmitters. When terminal device 23 moves into a predetermined space (sensor field), the terminal device receives a predetermined fixed data from the fixed data transmitter, and/or a sensing data obtained by sensing from the sensing data transmitter. The terminal device then transmits these received data to data processing server 21 along with a process request via a network. The data processing server can execute a processing based on these received data and the process request, and generate a process data in order to provide for the terminal device.

Abstract: An information processing terminal, includes an inter-area movement detecting unit for detecting that a position of the information processing terminal is moved from one area to another area by detecting undulations, and an outputting unit for outputting a question to a user asking the position of the information processing terminal in response to the detection of inter-area movement by the inter-area movement detecting unit.