(12) United States Patent
`US 8,073,557 B2
`(10) Patent No.:
`Brown et al.
`(45) Date of Patent:
`Dec. 6, 2011
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`US008073557B2
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`(54)
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`(75)
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`(73)
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`MOTION CONTROL SYSTEMS
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`Inventors: David W. Brown, Bingen, WA (US); Jay
`S. Clark, Bingen, WA (US)
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`Assignee: ROY-G—BIV Corporation, Bingen, WA
`(US)
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`(*)
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`Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 11 days.
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`(51)
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`(52)
`(58)
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`(56)
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`(21)
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`Appl. No.: 12/406,921
`Filed:
`Mar. 18, 2009
`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2009/0271007 A1
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`Oct. 29, 2009
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`Related US. Application Data
`
`Continuation of application No. 10/316,451, filed on
`Dec.
`10,
`2002, now abandoned, which is
`a
`continuation-in-part of application No. 10/021,669,
`filed on Dec. 10, 2001, now Pat. No. 6,516,236, which
`is a continuation of application No. 09/191,981, filed
`on Nov. 13, 1998, now abandoned, which is a
`continuation of application No. 08/656,421, filed on
`May 30, 1996, now Pat. No. 5,867,385, which is a
`continuation-in-part of application No. 08/454,736,
`filed on May 30, 1995, now Pat. No. 5,691,897, said
`application No. 10/316,451 is a continuation-in-part of
`application No. 09/795,777, filed on Feb. 27, 2001,
`now Pat. No. 6,513,058, which is a continuation of
`application No. 09/205,627, filed on Dec. 3, 1998, now
`Pat. No. 6,209,037, which is a continuation of
`application No. 09/191,981, filed on Nov. 13, 1998,
`now abandoned, which is a continuation of application
`No. 08/656,421, filed on May 30, 1996, now Pat. No.
`5,867,385, which is
`a
`continuation-in—part of
`application No. 08/454,736, said application No.
`10/316,451 is a continuation-in—part ofapplication No.
`09/633,633, filed on Aug. 7, 2000, now Pat. No.
`6,941,543, which is a continuation of application No.
`09/191,981, which is a continuation of application No.
`08/656,421, which is
`a
`continuation-in-part of
`application No. 08/454,736.
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`(60)
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`Provisional application No. 60/067,466, filed on Dec.
`4, 1997.
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`Int. Cl.
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`(2006.01)
`G053 19/42
`(2006.01)
`G053 19/18
`US. Cl.
`............................... 700/86; 700/20; 700/56
`Field of Classification Search .................... 700/ 19,
`700/20, 21, 23, 28, 56, 87, 86; 717/107,
`717/ 126
`See application file for complete search history.
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`Primary Examiner 7 Charles R Kasenge
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm 7 Michael R. Schacht;
`Schacht Law Ofiice, Inc.
`
`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`A motion control system comprising an application program,
`a plurality ofmotion controllers, a set of software drivers, and
`a motion component. Each software driver exposes a service
`provider interface comprising a set of driver functions. Driver
`code of at least one software driver associates at least one
`driver function with at least one control command. The
`motion component exposes an application programming
`interface comprising a set of component functions and com-
`ponent code associates at least one of the component func-
`tions with at least one ofthe driver functions. The at least one
`selected software driver generates at least one control code
`from the motion controller language associated with the at
`least one selected motion controller based on the at least one
`component function called by the application program, the
`component code, and the driver code of the at least one
`selectable software driver.
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`GE Fanuc; “Pleadings: Invalidity Contentions of DefendantsiEx-
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