Patent ID: 11964390
Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. A control system comprising:
an counter unit comprising:
a measurement unit configured to count a number of pulses of a pulse signal and measures an actual measurement value;

a comparison unit configured to determine a match between the actual measurement value measured by the measurement unit and a target value;
an output unit configured to execute an output to an actuator when the comparison unit determines that the actual measurement value and the target value match; and
a communication unit configured to receive the target value and the timing adjustment value from a control device that performs an input and output process on ON/OFF data for controlling ON/OFF of the actuator in a predetermined control cycle,
wherein the output unit comprises an output delay unit configured to adjust a timing of the output from a first point in time when the comparison unit determines that the actual measurement value and the target value match to a second point in time when a time independent of a cycle of the pulse signal indicated by a timing adjustment value has elapsed,
wherein the output unit is constituted by a logic circuit based on hardware, and
the time indicated by the timing adjustment value is an integer multiple of a clock of the logic circuit
wherein the timing adjustment value is updated using a feedback value indicating an actual state of a workpiece realized by the actuator to which the output is accepted from the counter unit;
the control device that performs the input and output process on the ON/OFF data in the predetermined control cycle, the control device comprising:
an update unit configured to update a timing adjustment value using a value indicating an actual state of a workpiece realized by the actuator to which an output is accepted from a counter unit as a feedback value related to the output, wherein the timing adjustment value updated by the update unit and a target value are transmitted to the counter unit; and
a state detection device that detects an actual state of the workpiece realized by the actuator to which the output is accepted from the counter unit and transmits a value indicating the detected actual state of the workpiece as the feedback value to the control device.