US 11,703,834 B2
Production system, and method of producing article
Tomonori Sasaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/522,546.
Claims priority of application No. JP2018-144010 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2018; and application No. JP2019-123147 (JP), filed on Jul. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0041984 A1, Feb. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/4184 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4183 (2013.01); G05B 2219/24103 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus configured to, in a system including a plurality of sensors and a plurality of apparatuses, acquire information regarding the plurality of apparatuses, the plurality of sensors being configured to output sensor signals in accordance with operation of the plurality of apparatuses, the plurality of apparatuses including a first apparatus and a second apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising:
a first control unit configured to cause the first apparatus to operate in a first cycle and the first apparatus and the second apparatus to operate in a second cycle next to the first cycle based on control signals; and
a second control unit configured to acquire the sensor signals, the control signals, and operation information that is information regarding operation of the first apparatus and the second apparatus, in the first cycle and the second cycle,
wherein based on the operation information in the first cycle, the second control unit identifies the sensor signals that are outputted in the first cycle as first sensor signals that are to be associated with the first apparatus, and the second control unit identifies the control signals that are outputted in the first cycle as first control signals that are to be associated with the first apparatus, and
wherein based on the operation information in the second cycle, the second control unit identifies the sensor signals that are other than the first sensor signals and are outputted in the second cycle as second sensor signals that are to be associated with the second apparatus, and the second control unit identifies the control signals that are other than the first control signals and are outputted in the second cycle as second control signals that are to be associated with the second apparatus.