Patent ID: 9715503
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F

Claim:
1. A programmable display device, comprising: a programmable display device main body having a self-identifier as an identifier unique to the programmable display device main body; and an external storage medium attachable to and detachable from the programmable display device main body, the external storage medium storing data to be read by the programmable display device main body and further storing at least one of (i) an identifier-storing file containing a record identifier that is associated with the data and that is indicative of the self-identifier and (ii) a setting-information-storing file capable of containing setting information that is associated with the data and that is for use in authentication of the data, the programmable display device main body including: an identifier-storing-file detecting section for detecting whether an external storage medium storing the data and connected to the programmable display device main body stores the identifier-storing file; a setting-information-storing-file detecting section for detecting whether the external storage medium connected to the programmable display device main body stores the setting-information-storing file; and a data reading section for reading the data, the data reading section not reading the data in a case where the external storage medium connected to the programmable display device main body stores neither the identifier-storing file nor the setting-information-storing file, and a setting information detecting section for, in a case where the external storage medium connected to the programmable display device main body stores the setting-information-storing file, detecting whether the setting-information-storing file contains the setting information; and an identifier-storing-file creating section for, in a case where the external storage medium connected to the programmable display device main body stores the setting-information-storing file and the setting-information-storing file does not contain the setting information, (i) creating an identifier-storing file containing the self-identifier of the programmable display device main body as the record identifier and (ii) writing the created identifier-storing file to the external storage medium connected to the programmable display device main body.