IP Library Granted Patent US 12663919
Granted Patent B2
US 12663919 · App. 18/792,940 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Data display device and molding machine

Inventors: Makoto Inoue (Akashi, JP); Koji Taruya (Akashi, JP)
Assignee: Toyo Machinery & Metal Co., LTD.
G06F3/0485G06F3/14G06F2203/04803
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12663919
App. No.
18/792,940
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A data display device and a molding machine are provided. A control unit displays a monitor screen. The monitor screen is capable of displaying a first data display section and a second data display section. In the first and second data display sections, a plurality of data sets are displayed in vertical alignment in chronological order, each of the data sets including a plurality of data items related to one molding operation displayed in a row. If a switch split-screen display button is touched while only the first data display section is displayed, the second data display section is displayed in vertical alignment with the first data display section. If the switch split-screen display button is touched while the first data display section and the second data display section are displayed, the second data display section is cleared and only the first data display section is displayed.

Claims (32)

1 . A data display device for displaying a plurality of data items related to one or more molding operations, comprising: a display device configured to display a monitor screen; an input device configured to input an operation; and a control device, wherein

the monitor screen has a data display area capable of displaying a first data display section and a second data display section,

in the first data display section and the second data display section, a plurality of data sets are displayed in vertical alignment in chronological order, each of the data sets including a plurality of data items related to one of the molding operations displayed in a row,

the control device is configured to cause a vertical size of the first data display section to be reduced and the second data display section to be displayed in vertical alignment with the first data display section in the data display area if a screen split operation is input to the input device while only the first data display section is displayed in the data display area, and

the control device is configured to cause the second data display section to be cleared to increase the vertical size of the first data display section if a screen unsplit operation is input to the input device while the first data display section and the second data display section are displayed in the data display area.

2 . The data display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first data display section is configured to allow vertical scrolling of the plurality of data sets displayed in the first data display section and

the second data display section is configured to allow vertical scrolling of the plurality of data sets displayed in the second data display section.

3 . The data display device according to claim 1 , wherein, the control device is configured to, if the screen split operation is input to the input device while only the first data display section is displayed in the data display area, cause

(A) a lower end of the first data display section to move upward to reduce the vertical size of the first data display section and to cause the second data display section to be displayed below the first data display section,

(B) the plurality of data sets to be displayed in alignment in chronologically descending order from top to bottom in the first data display section so as to arrange the newest data set in a topmost row, and,

(C) in the second data display section, the plurality of data sets displayed in the first data display section immediately before the screen split operation is input to be displayed in alignment in chronologically descending order from top to bottom.

4 . The data display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first data display section is configured to allow vertical scrolling of the plurality of data sets displayed in the first data display section and

the second data display section is configured to allow vertical scrolling of the plurality of data sets displayed in the second data display section.

5 . The data display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the plurality of data items related to the one or more molding operations are stored in a storage device and,

the control device is configured to, if a new one of the data sets is stored in the storage device while the first data display section and the second data display section are displayed in the data display area,

(D) read a second newest one of the data sets next to the data set displayed in the topmost row of the first data display section from the storage device,

(E) move the data sets displayed in the first data display section to one row below respectively and also display the data set read from the storage device in the topmost row of the first data display section, and

(F) maintain display of the data sets in the second data display section.

6 . The data display device according to claim 3 , wherein the control device is configured to, if the screen unsplit operation is input to the input device while the first data display section and the second data display section are displayed in the data display area,

(G) clear the second data display section and moves the lower end of the first data display section downward to increase the vertical size of the first data display section and

(H) cause the plurality of data sets to be displayed in alignment in the chronologically descending order from top to bottom in the first data display section so as to arrange the newest data set in the topmost row.

7 . The data display device according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of data sets to be displayed in the second data display section are the plurality of data sets displayed in a position corresponding to the second data display section in the first data display section immediately before the screen split operation is input.

8 . The data display device according to claim 7 , wherein

the plurality of data items related to the one or more molding operations are stored in a storage device and,

the control device is configured to, if a new one of the data sets is stored in the storage device while the first data display section and the second data display section are displayed in the data display area,

(D) read a second newest one of the data sets next to the data set displayed in the topmost row of the first data display section from the storage device,

(E) move the data sets displayed in the first data display section to one row below respectively and also displays the data set read from the storage device in the topmost row of the first data display section, and

(F) maintain display of the data sets in the second data display section.

9 . A molding machine, comprising: a molding machine body for molding a molded article; and the data display device according to claim 1 .