Touch panel for manually operating machinery

{
  "publication_number": "US10719226B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Touch panel for manually operating machinery",
  "abstract": "A touch panel of a portable operation panel for manually operating machinery normally operated automatically, in particular, various types of material handling equipment operated in an emergency, machinery has an operation screen for making the machinery perform a specific operation. A swipe operation button image can be moved on to the operation screen by a swipe operation and a continuation operation button image is displayed in a place from which the swipe operation button image is moved. By performing a tap operation on the continuation operation button image, the machinery is made to perform the specific operation.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A touch panel of a portable operation panel for manually operating machinery, comprising: an operation screen for making the machinery perform a specific operation being provided on the touch panel; a stop operation button image being provided on the operation screen, and the performance of the specific operation on the machinery is made to stop by a tap operation on the stop operation button image; a swipe operation button image being provided in a first position on the operation screen, the swipe operation button image being movable on the operation screen from the first position to a second position by a swipe operation and the swipe operation button image having a display indicating a predetermined direction; and upon the swipe operation on the swipe operation button image in the predetermined direction, the swipe operation button image being moved to and provided in the second position on the operation screen and a continuation operation button image is displayed in the first position from which the swipe operation button image is moved; and the machinery is made to perform the specific operation by performing a tap operation on the continuation operation button image displayed after the swipe operation on the swipe operation button image; wherein the swipe operation button image also serves as the stop operation button image that stops the specific operation on the machinery when a tap operation is performed on the swipe operation button image without the swipe operation being performed thereon.",
    "2. The touch panel for manually operating machinery according to claim 1, wherein: the swipe operation button image is formed with a window that is displayed on the operation screen of the touch panel; a display that displays information to an operator and a display that indicates the predetermined direction of the swipe operation are provided on the window; and the continuation operation button image is displayed in a small window displayed in the first position from which the window is moved when the window is moved by the swipe operation.",
    "3. The touch panel for manually operating machinery according to claim 1, wherein: when the tap operation is not performed on the continuation operation button image within a set time after the swipe operation on the swipe operation button image, the swipe operation button image is automatically returned to the first position such that the continuation operation button image is hidden."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relates to a touch panel of a portable control panel which is utilized in a case where various types of machinery that are normally automatically operated, in particular, various types of machinery that belong to the field of material handling are manually operated in an emergency.\n\nIt has been considered that, as an operation panel for manually operating machinery, an operation panel is utilized which is generally called a tablet such as a handheld terminal or a notebook personal computer and which includes a touch panel where a tap operation can be performed on a screen. Although a patent literature which discloses a preferred conventional example for this touch panel for manually operating the machinery cannot be provided, it can be considered that in its generally conceivable configuration, on windows displayed on the screen in the individual stages of the manual operation, various types of information for an operator such as the details of an intended operation to be performed and a precondition for safely performing the operation are displayed, and a continuation operation button image for performing the operation, a stop operation button image for a case where inconvenience occurs if the operation is performed while maintaining the current conditions and the like are displayed. In any case, in order for the properties of the touch panel to be utilized, an operation for the continuation operation button image, the stop operation button image or the like is a tap operation which is performed with a fingertip of the operator.",
  "cpc": [
    "G06F 3/04883",
    "B65G 43/08",
    "B65G 9/006",
    "G05B 15/02",
    "G05B 19/409",
    "G06F 3/0481",
    "G06F 3/04817",
    "G06F 3/0484",
    "G06F 3/0488"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "B65G 43/08",
    "B65G 9/00",
    "G05B 15/02",
    "G05B 19/409",
    "G06F 3/0481",
    "G06F 3/0484",
    "G06F 3/0488"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Daifuku Co Ltd"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Jun Hamaguchi"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2017-11-10",
  "publication_date": "2020-07-21",
  "grant_date": "2020-07-21",
  "priority_date": "2015-06-05",
  "application_number": "US-201715809722-A",
  "family_id": "57441067",
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