Patent ID: 9152137
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A device controlling unit for controlling at least a portion of operations of a plurality of devices, comprising: a register circuit having a plurality of registers configured so as to enable writing and reading of data by specifying an address; a register controlling circuit monitoring data of the plurality of registers of the register circuit, through specifying the address, and writing data to a register, determined in advance, of the register circuit to activate a device; and a signal transmitting circuit causing one of the plurality of devices to perform a specific operation based on the specified address and on data read out from the register circuit; wherein: in the register circuit, a collection of first bits for controlling jointly the individual operations of the plurality of devices is assigned to a first register, established in advance in the plurality of registers, and second bits for controlling individually the individual operations of the plurality of devices are respectively assigned to a plurality of respective second registers other than the first register.