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

Claim 6:
7. A control device that performs an input and output process on ON/OFF data for controlling ON/OFF of an actuator in a predetermined control cycle, adapted to receive a feedback value from a counter unit and transmit a target value and a timing adjustment value to the control device,
the counter unit comprises:
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 the target value;
an output unit configured to execute an output to the 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 the control device that performs an input and output process on the ON/OFF data 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 the 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 comprising:
an update unit configured to update the timing adjustment value using a value indicating an actual state of a workpiece realized by the actuator to which an output is accepted from the counter unit as the feedback value related to the output,
wherein the timing adjustment value updated by the update unit and the target value are transmitted to the counter unit.