Patent application EP18177471A (EP), filed 2018-06-13
Publication number: EP3416355A1
Title: COMMUNICATOR, ELECTRIC WORKING MACHINES, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
Abstract: [0001]    A communicator (30A; 30B) in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector (36), a communication circuit (31), and a communication controller (32). The connector (36) is electrically coupled to an electric working machine. The communication circuit (31) performs wireless communication. The communication controller (32) cyclically transmits operational information without specifying a recipient via the communication circuit (31) in response to an operating mode of the communication controller (32) being set to an operation-transmission mode. The operational information indicates an operating state of the electric working machine.
IPC codes: B23D  47/    00            A I
B25F   5/    00            A I
G08C  17/    02            A I
H04H  20/    16            A I
H04H  20/    57            A I
H04H  20/    72            A I
H04L  12/    18            A I
H04L  12/    28            A I
H04L  29/    06            A I
H04L  29/    08            A I
H04W   4/    06            A I
H04W   4/    70            A I
H04W  60/    04            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A communicator (30A; 30B) comprising:
number: 2
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to claim 1,
wherein the operational information indicates a driving state of a tool (20) of the transmission side electric working machine (1).
number: 3
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a manipulator (34) configured to be manipulated by a user of the communicator (30A; 30B),
wherein, optionally, the communication controller (32) is further configured to change the operating mode in response to a manipulation being performed on the manipulator (34).
number: 4
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
wherein the communication controller (32) is further configured to cyclically transmit different information corresponding to the operating mode of the communication controller (32) via the communication circuit (31).
number: 5
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a display (35) that is configured to show information,
wherein, optionally, the communication controller (32) is further configured to show mode information on the display (35), and
wherein, optionally, the mode information includes information to identify whether the operating mode is set to the operation-transmission mode.
number: 6
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
wherein the communication controller (32) is further configured to cyclically transmit the operating information at a first transmission cycle in response to the operating mode being set to the operation-transmission mode, and
wherein the communication controller (32) is further configured to cyclically transmit given information at a second transmission cycle, different from the first transmission cycle, in response to the operating mode being set to a given transmission mode different from the operation-transmission mode.
number: 7
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
wherein the first transmission cycle is shorter than the second transmission cycle.
number: 8
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
wherein the communication controller (32) is further configured to cyclically transmit registration information via the communication circuit (31) in response to the operating mode being set to a registration-transmission mode, the registration information including a command directed to a first additional communicator (30A; 30B) to conduct a registration of first communicator information that identifies the communicator (30A; 30B).
number: 9
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
wherein the communication controller (32) is further configured to cyclically transmit deletion information via the communication circuit (31) in response to the operating mode being set to a deletion-transmission mode, the deletion information including a command directed to the first additional communicator (30A; 30B) to delete the registration of the first communicator information.
number: 10
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
wherein the connector (36) is further configured to be electrically coupled to a receiving side electric working machine (50),
wherein, optionally, the communication controller (32) is further configured such that the operating mode is settable to an operation-receiving mode in response to the connector (36) being coupled to the receiving side electric working machine (50),
wherein, optionally, the communication controller (32) is further configured to cyclically monitor, at a first monitoring cycle, whether the operational information is received via the communication circuit (31), in response to the operating mode being set to the operation-receiving mode, and
wherein, optionally, the communication controller (32) in the operation-receiving mode is further configured to output the operational information received.
number: 11
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
wherein the operational information indicates a driving state of a tool (20) of the transmission side electric working machine (1).
number: 12
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
wherein the communication controller (32) is further configured to cyclically monitor, at a second monitoring cycle, information received via the communication circuit (31) in response to the operating mode being set to a wait-receiving mode, and
wherein, optionally, the communication controller (32) in the wait-receiving mode is further configured to change the operating mode to the operation-receiving mode in response to a reception of the operational information via the communication circuit (31).
number: 13
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
wherein the first monitoring cycle is shorter than the second monitoring cycle.
number: 14
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 13,
wherein the operational information is transmitted from a second additional communicator (30A; 30B),
wherein, optionally, the second additional communicator (30A; 30B) is configured to transmit second communicator information that identifies the second additional communicator (30A; 30B),
wherein, optionally, the communication controller (32) is further configured to conduct a registration of the second communicator information received via the communication circuit (31) in response to the operating mode being set to a registration-receiving mode, and
wherein, optionally, the communication controller (32) in the wait-receiving mode is further configured to change the operating mode to the operation-receiving mode in response to a reception of the operational information and the second communicator information, registered in the communication controller (32), via the communication circuit (31).
number: 15
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
wherein the communication controller (32) is further configured to delete the registration of the second communicator information based on given deletion information received via the communication circuit (31) in response to the operating mode being set to a deletion-receiving mode.
number: 16
text: The communicator (30A; 30B) according to any one of claims 1 to 15, further comprising a display (35) that is configured to show information,
wherein, optionally, the communication controller (32) is further configured to show driving information on the display (35) based on the operational information received via the communication circuit (31), the driving information including information to identify whether the tool (20) is being driven.
number: 17
text: A transmission side electric working machine (1) comprising:
number: 18
text: A receiving side electric working machine (50) comprising:
number: 19
text: A communication method comprising:
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-12-19
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: EP2628431A2
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2012252517A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2016325391A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2016373457A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2016325391
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: US2016373457
ref_type: patent
severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2018-12-19)