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Granted Patent B2
US 11,516,099 · App. 16/569,721 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Resource monitoring system, resource monitoring method, and information storage medium

Inventor: Tomoyuki Nakamura (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
H04L43/065H04L43/045H04L43/0817
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Patent No.
US 11,516,099
App. No.
16/569,721
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer of a resource monitoring system is configured to execute an application for analyzing an operation of an industrial device. A use status acquisition module is configured to acquire a use status of a resource of the computer by the application. A display control module is configured to display the use status on a resource monitoring screen.

Claims (78)

1. A resource monitoring system, comprising:

a computer comprising a CPU configured to execute an application for analyzing an operation of an industrial device that is a robot, a motor controller, a servomotor, an inverter, a machine tool, or a programmable logic controller;

wherein the industrial device is configured to cyclically operate based on predetermined cycle information, and

circuitry configured to:

acquire a use status of a hardware resource of the computer by the application;

wherein the use status is a usage rate of the CPU;

acquire a cycle of the industrial device;

display the use status on a resource monitoring screen;

determine whether the use status satisfies a predetermined abnormality detection condition;

issue a predetermined abnormality notification when the predetermined abnormality detection condition is satisfied based on a ratio of a first period in which the use status is a predetermined situation compared to a threshold period of the cycle,

wherein the predetermined abnormality detection condition is satisfied when the ratio is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, and

wherein the circuitry is further configured to allow the user to check the use status.

2. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the computer is configured to execute each of a plurality of applications, and

wherein the circuitry is configured to:

acquire the use status of each of the plurality of applications; and

display the use status of each of the plurality of applications on the resource monitoring screen.

3. The resource monitoring system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the computer is configured to execute each of a plurality of applications, and

wherein the circuitry is configured to:

acquire a total use status obtained by summing the respective use statuses of the plurality of applications; and

display the total use status on the resource monitoring screen.

4. The resource monitoring system according to claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

acquire a change in the use status before and after the application is added to the computer; and

display the change in the use status on the resource monitoring screen.

5. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the computer is configured to execute each of a plurality of applications, and

wherein the circuitry is configured to:

acquire a total use status obtained by summing the respective use statuses of each of the plurality of applications; and

display the total use status on the resource monitoring screen.

6. The resource monitoring system according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

acquire a change in the use status before and after the application is added to the computer; and

display the change in the use status on the resource monitoring screen.

7. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

acquire a change in the use status before and after the application is added to the computer; and

display the change in the use status on the resource monitoring screen.

8. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to: display the use status in each cycle on the resource monitoring screen.

9. The resource monitoring system according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

acquire an actual cycle of the industrial device; and

display the use status in each actual cycle on the resource monitoring screen.

10. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to: display the use status together with the cycle on the resource monitoring screen.

11. The resource monitoring system according to claim 10 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

acquire an actual cycle of the industrial device; and

display the use status together with the actual cycle on the resource monitoring screen.

12. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

acquire an operation status of a site on which the industrial device operates; and

display the use status together with the operation status of the site on the resource monitoring screen.

13. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the industrial device is a controller that controls one or more motors,

the application analyzes an action relating a motor control, and

the use status is a use status of a resource for analyzing the action relating to the motor control.

14. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the threshold period is a fixed value.

15. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the threshold period is a variable value.

16. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the threshold period is the cycle of the industrial device.

17. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the first period is the amount of time an industrial device is in the use status during one cycle.

18. The resource monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined situation is either an error use status or a warning use status.

19. A resource monitoring method, comprising:

acquiring a use status of a hardware resource of a computer that comprises a CPU by an application for analyzing an operation of an industrial device that is a robot, a motor controller, a servomotor, an inverter, a machine tool, or a programmable logic controller, the computer executing the application and the use status being a usage rate of the CPU; and

wherein the industrial device is configured to cyclically operate based on predetermined cycle information,

displaying the use status on a resource monitoring screen;

wherein the computer is configured to:

acquire a cycle of the industrial device;

determine whether the use status satisfies a predetermined abnormality detection condition;

issue a predetermined abnormality notification when the predetermined abnormality detection condition is satisfied based on a ratio of a period in which the use status is a predetermined situation compared to a threshold period of the cycle,

wherein the predetermined abnormality detection condition is satisfied when the ratio is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, and

wherein the circuitry is further configured to allow the user to check the use status.

20. A non-transitory information storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to:

acquire a use status of a hardware resource of the computer that comprises a CPU by an application for analyzing an operation of an industrial device that is a robot, a motor controller, a servomotor, an inverter, a machine tool, or a programmable logic controller, the computer executing the application and the use status being a usage rate of the CPU; and

wherein the industrial device is configured to cyclically operate based on predetermined cycle information,

display the use status on a resource monitoring screen;

wherein the computer is configured to:

acquire a cycle of the industrial device;

determine whether the use status satisfies a predetermined abnormality detection condition;

issue a predetermined abnormality notification when the predetermined abnormality detection condition is satisfied based on a ratio of a period in which the use status is a predetermined situation compared to a threshold period of the cycle,

wherein the predetermined abnormality detection condition is satisfied when the ratio is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, and

wherein the circuitry is further configured to allow the user to check the use status.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2019
From: NAKAMURA, TOMOYUKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
Reel/Frame 050364/0528 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-172882 · Sep 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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