Patent ID: 8836528

Claim:
A data display device for displaying data relating to movement of a machine tool, the data being obtained from a numerical control apparatus which controls movement of the machine tool, the device comprising: a data obtaining part for obtaining data relating to movement of the machine tool from the numerical control apparatus; a parameter obtaining part for obtaining parameters from the numerical control apparatus, the parameters relating to a control condition for controlling the machine tool; a data storing part for storing the data and the parameters so as to associate the data and the parameters with each other; an information extraction specifying part for specifying at least one kind of information to be extracted from the data; an information extracting part for extracting from the data the at least one kind of information to be extracted which is specified by the information extraction specifying part; an extracted information applying part for applying the at least one kind of information extracted by the information extracting part to the data and the parameters associated with each other, so as to further associate the at least one kind of extracted information with the data and the parameters; a condition specifying part for specifying, based on the at least one kind of extracted information associated with the data and the parameters by the extracted information applying part, either an arrangement condition in which at least one of the data and the parameters associated with each other are arranged, or a selection condition in which at least one of desired data and parameters are selected from at least one of the data and the parameters associated with each other; and a display part for either displaying at least one of the data and the parameters associated with each other in an arranged manner based on the arrangement condition, or displaying at least one of the desired data and parameters from the data and the parameters associated with each other in a selective manner based on the selection condition.