Abstract: A workpiece stocker houses a workpiece setting member such that the workpiece setting member is able to be pulled out from a housed position to a vehicle working position side and an opposite vehicle working position side. An automated transport system identifies a target workpiece stocker and a target workpiece setting member for an operation to be performed by a robot mounted on an automated guided vehicle and drives a pullout restriction mechanism unit to prevent the workpiece setting member from being pulled out to the opposite vehicle working position side or being pulled out to the vehicle working position side before the automated guided vehicle arrives at a working position and the robot pulls out the workpiece setting member to the vehicle working position side after the identification.

Abstract: A display apparatus has a display 40, a model data storage unit 37 storing therein three-dimensional model data of a movable structure and a structure having a possibility of interfere with the movable structure, a model generation unit 33 generating a three-dimensional model in which three-dimensional models of the structures are arranged in a three-dimensional space, an interference-caution-portion specifying unit 34 specifying a portion of the movable structure having a possibility of contact with an interfering structure as an interference caution portion when an interfering structure exists and specifying a leading portion of the movable structure in a moving direction as an interference caution portion when an interfering structure does not exist, and an image display unit 35 generating an image with the interference caution portion highlighted based on the three-dimensional model generated by the model generation unit 33 and displaying the image on the display 40.

Abstract: A display apparatus has a display 40, a model data storage unit 37 storing therein three-dimensional model data of a movable structure and a structure having a possibility of interfere with the movable structure, a model generation unit 33 generating a three-dimensional model in which three-dimensional models of the structures are arranged in a three-dimensional space, an interference-caution-portion specifying unit 34 specifying a portion of the movable structure having a possibility of contact with an interfering structure as an interference caution portion when an interfering structure exists and specifying a leading portion of the movable structure in a moving direction as an interference caution portion when an interfering structure does not exist, and an image display unit 35 generating an image with the interference caution portion highlighted based on the three-dimensional model generated by the model generation unit 33 and displaying the image on the display 40.

Abstract: A session initiating method includes specifying an icon image corresponding to a user; determining whether start information is embedded in the icon image; extracting the start information from the icon image based on an algorithm that is unique to the user when it is determined that the start information is embedded in the icon image; setting-up the session; inputting the start information during the session; verifying whether the start information input at the inputting satisfies a condition for initiating the session; and controlling the session based on a result of the verifying. When it is verified that the start information satisfies the condition, the controlling includes initiating the session, and when it is not verified that the start information satisfies the condition, the controlling includes aborting the session.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus that generates an NC program efficiently by using programming base data for a previously similar machined products. The apparatus comprises: a historical data storing section 16 for prestoring programming base data which is base data for NC program generation and comprises machining element data including configuration data concerning a workpiece and a product and process data concerning the kind of machining, and tool-related data concerning a tool and machining conditions; a machining element data generating section 13 for generating the machining element data for the product to be machined, based on three-dimensional shape data for the product to be machined and the workpiece; and a searching section 15 for searching in the historical data storing section 16 on the basis of the generated machining element data, and for extracting programming base data for a product similar to the product to be machined.