Patent ID: 9342065
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G05B,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A processing path generation device that generates a path of a tool by calculating a positional and attitudinal relationship between a device of an NC processing machine and the tool, and a work through simulation executed by a computer, comprising: closest distance calculation unit that calculates a closest distance between the tool and the work at a plurality of arbitrary points on the tool path, wherein the closest distance calculation unit awards a score to each of the plurality of arbitrary points in accordance with a distance and direction of the work from the tool based on a result of the calculation; color or texture imparting unit that imparts one or more different colors or one or more different textures to each of the plurality of arbitrary points in accordance with the plurality of scores calculated by the closest distance calculation means; and display unit that displays the color or the texture imparted by the color/texture imparting unit on a screen as the color or the texture at each of the plurality of arbitrary points on the tool path.