Patent ID: 8483864
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: A63J,G05B

Abstract:
1. A controlling console, comprising a console body; a display screen, mounted in said console body; a processor which is programmed to produce an output screen on said display screen which accepts controls for controlling at least first and second movable stage items, said output screen including a plurality of different logical blocks which are connected together, where at least a first of said logical blocks represents said first movable stage item being controlled, at least one parameter of said item being controlled according to values entered into said first logical block, and according to at least one condition of said parameter, where when said first logical block defines a first condition of said first moveable stage item, said logical block advances to a second logical block, and where said second logical block represents said second stage items being controlled, and includes at least one parameter whose condition is to be met, and where said processor arranges said logical blocks into a flow arrangement, and causes said first and second movable stage items to be controlled according to conditions in said first and second logical blocks, wherein said at least one condition is a target position of said at least one movable stage items being controlled via one of said logical blocks, and where said at least one of said moveable stage items is controlled based on commands in said at least one of said logical blocks to move to said target position at a first percentage of its maximum velocity, where said first percentage is less than full velocity, and said first percentage is a parameter that is specified by a user as one of said controls.