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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
DETAILED ACTION
The action is in response to the Applicant’s communication filed on 05/30/2023.
Claims 1-10 are pending, where claims 1 and 10 are independent.
This application claims the priority benefit of the international application no. PCT/JP2021/046109 filed on 12/14/2021 incorporated herein.
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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1 and 10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant regards as the invention.
Claims 1 and 10 recite the limitation “servo control manner”. The term “manner” represents the term “type” which renders the claim indefinite because the claim(s) include(s) elements not actually disclosed or clearly defined in the specification and it is a broad term, thereby rendering the scope of the claim(s) unascertainable. See MPEP § 2173.05.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness.
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
Claims 1-10 are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Ehara, (JP 2018063394 cited in IDS).
As to claims 1 and 10, Ehara discloses 1. A numerical controller that controls a motor that operates a machine tool, a robot, or an industrial machine (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3, NC machining machine, Numerical Control processing machine, servo motor obviously provides numerical controller that controls a motor that operates a machine tool, a robot, or an industrial machine), the numerical controller comprising:
a control unit that controls the motor in a servo control manner based on a numerical control program (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing - movement of the cutting tool 11 controlled by an NC program, and operated by driving an NC servo motor according to the NC program - cutting tool rotates by a motor or the like - noise generated from the processed portion - called a noise wave” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3); and
a noise-reduction data management unit that stores, in a storage unit, information including at least one of position information and speed information of the motor when the control unit performs first servo control on the motor and sound data of a sound in opposite phase to a sound generated by operating the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine in association with each other, wherein when performing second servo control on the motor operating with at least one of position information equal to the position information and speed information equal to the speed information, the control unit outputs at least one of the position information and the speed information in at least the second servo control to the noise-reduction data management unit, the noise-reduction data management unit reads and outputs the sound data of the opposite-phase sound from the storage unit based on at least one of the position information and the speed information in the second servo control, (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing - movement of the cutting tool 11 controlled by an NC program, and operated by driving an NC servo motor according to the NC program - cutting tool rotates by a motor or the like - noise generated from the processed portion - called a noise wave - microphone collects noise generated - speaker for emitting a sound (sound wave) for reducing the noise collected - referred to as a noise-canceling wave - control unit 16 determines the noise-canceling wave - waveforms of a noise wave and a noise cancellation wave - noise wave L1 generated from time t0 - noise canceling wave for canceling the noise wave L1 - determined to be a wave of the opposite phase to the noise wave L1 - general noise canceling wave - the opposite phase to the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 - waveform of the opposite phase of the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 set as noise canceling wave - noise reduced by using the general noise canceling wave L3, noise of a certain threshold - waveform determination unit 160 stores the noise wave L4 of one cycle - waveform determination unit 160 stores the waveform from the start of cutting the product to the end of cutting -waveform determination unit 160 converts the stored waveform of one cycle before into an inverse phase, and determines the converted waveform as the noise cancellation wave - noise cancellation wave L5 determined by the waveform determination unit 160, and becomes a waveform an inverse phase relationship with the noise wave L4 of one cycle before” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3) and
the sound data of the opposite-phase sound output from the noise-reduction data management unit is used to cancel the sound generated by the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing - control unit 16 determines the noise-canceling wave - waveforms of a noise wave and a noise cancellation wave - noise wave L1 generated from time t0 - noise canceling wave for canceling the noise wave L1 - determined to be a wave of the opposite phase to the noise wave L1 - general noise canceling wave - the opposite phase to the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 - waveform of the opposite phase of the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 set as noise canceling wave - noise reduced by using the general noise canceling wave L3, noise of a certain threshold - waveform determination unit 160 stores the noise wave L4 of one cycle - waveform determination unit 160 stores the waveform from the start of cutting the product to the end of cutting -waveform determination unit 160 converts the stored waveform of one cycle before into an inverse phase, and determines the converted waveform as the noise cancellation wave - noise cancellation wave L5 determined by the waveform determination unit 160, and becomes a waveform an inverse phase relationship with the noise wave L4 of one cycle before” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3, control unit, Numerical Control processing machine, control program, waveform determination unit 160 stores waveform and converts the stored waveform into inverse phase, determines converted waveform as noise cancellation wave, waveform an inverse phase relationship with noise wave reduces noise obviously provides sound data of the opposite-phase sound output from the noise-reduction data management unit is used to cancel the sound generated by the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine).
It would be therefore obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention that NC machining machine, numerical control processing machine, servo motor are assumed as numerical controller controls motor that operates a machine tool, a robot, or an industrial machine.
As to claim 2, Ehara further discloses The numerical controller according to claim 1, wherein the noise-reduction data management unit stores, in the storage unit, a program line number of the numerical control program or an internal step number loaded in units of commands by program analysis of the numerical control program (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing - control unit 16 determines the noise-canceling wave - waveforms of a noise wave and a noise cancellation wave - noise wave L1 generated from time t0 - noise canceling wave for canceling the noise wave L1 - determined to be a wave of the opposite phase to the noise wave L1 - general noise canceling wave - the opposite phase to the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 - waveform of the opposite phase of the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 set as noise canceling wave - noise reduced by using the general noise canceling wave L3, noise of a certain threshold - waveform determination unit 160 stores the noise wave L4 of one cycle - waveform determination unit 160 stores the waveform from the start of cutting the product to the end of cutting -waveform determination unit 160 converts the stored waveform of one cycle before into an inverse phase, and determines the converted waveform as the noise cancellation wave - noise cancellation wave L5 determined by the waveform determination unit 160, and becomes a waveform an inverse phase relationship with the noise wave L4 of one cycle before” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3, control unit, Numerical Control processing machine, control program, waveform determination unit stores waveform and converts the stored waveform into inverse phase, determines converted waveform as noise cancellation wave, waveform an inverse phase relationship with noise wave reduces noise obviously provides noise-reduction data management unit stores, in the storage unit, a program line number of the numerical control program or an internal step number loaded in units of commands by program analysis of the numerical control program).
As to claim 3, Ehara further discloses The numerical controller according to claim 1, further comprising a noise reduction control unit that outputs the sound data of the opposite-phase sound output from the noise-reduction data management unit so as to cancel the sound generated by the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing - control unit 16 determines the noise-canceling wave - waveforms of a noise wave and a noise cancellation wave - noise wave L1 generated from time t0 - noise canceling wave for canceling the noise wave L1 - determined to be a wave of the opposite phase to the noise wave L1 - general noise canceling wave - the opposite phase to the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 - waveform of the opposite phase of the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 set as noise canceling wave - noise reduced by using the general noise canceling wave L3, noise of a certain threshold - waveform determination unit 160 stores the noise wave L4 of one cycle - waveform determination unit 160 stores the waveform from the start of cutting the product to the end of cutting -waveform determination unit 160 converts the stored waveform of one cycle before into an inverse phase, and determines the converted waveform as the noise cancellation wave - noise cancellation wave L5 determined by the waveform determination unit 160, and becomes a waveform an inverse phase relationship with the noise wave L4 of one cycle before” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3, control unit, Numerical Control processing machine, control program, waveform determination unit 160 stores waveform and converts the stored waveform into inverse phase, determines converted waveform as noise cancellation wave, waveform an inverse phase relationship with noise wave reduces noise obviously provides noise reduction control unit that outputs the sound data of the opposite-phase sound output from the noise-reduction data management unit so as to cancel the sound generated by the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine).
As to claim 4, Ehara further discloses The numerical controller according to claim 3, wherein the noise reduction control unit adjusts sound data of an opposite-phase sound output from the noise-reduction data management unit, by feedback control using sound data of a sound in opposite phase to the sound after canceling the sound generated by the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing - control unit 16 determines the noise-canceling wave - waveforms of a noise wave and a noise cancellation wave - noise wave L1 generated from time t0 - noise canceling wave for canceling the noise wave L1 - determined to be a wave of the opposite phase to the noise wave L1 - general noise canceling wave - the opposite phase to the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 - waveform of the opposite phase of the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 set as noise canceling wave - noise reduced by using the general noise canceling wave L3, noise of a certain threshold - waveform determination unit 160 stores the noise wave L4 of one cycle - waveform determination unit 160 stores the waveform from the start of cutting the product to the end of cutting -waveform determination unit 160 converts the stored waveform of one cycle before into an inverse phase, and determines the converted waveform as the noise cancellation wave - noise cancellation wave L5 determined by the waveform determination unit 160, and becomes a waveform an inverse phase relationship with the noise wave L4 of one cycle before” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3, control unit, Numerical Control processing machine, control program, waveform determination unit stores waveform and converts the stored waveform into inverse phase, determines converted waveform as noise cancellation wave, waveform an inverse phase relationship with noise wave reduces noise obviously provides noise reduction control unit adjusts sound data of an opposite-phase sound output from the noise-reduction data management unit, by feedback control using sound data of a sound in opposite phase to the sound after canceling the sound generated by the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine).
As to claim 5, Ehara further discloses The numerical controller according to claim 3, wherein when the storage unit does not store the sound data of the opposite-phase sound, the noise reduction control unit generates and outputs sound data in opposite phase to the sound generated by the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing - control unit 16 determines the noise-canceling wave - waveforms of a noise wave and a noise cancellation wave - noise wave L1 generated from time t0 - noise canceling wave for canceling the noise wave L1 - determined to be a wave of the opposite phase to the noise wave L1 - general noise canceling wave - the opposite phase to the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 - waveform of the opposite phase of the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 set as noise canceling wave - noise reduced by using the general noise canceling wave L3, noise of a certain threshold - waveform determination unit 160 stores the noise wave L4 of one cycle - waveform determination unit 160 stores the waveform from the start of cutting the product to the end of cutting -waveform determination unit 160 converts the stored waveform of one cycle before into an inverse phase, and determines the converted waveform as the noise cancellation wave - noise cancellation wave L5 determined by the waveform determination unit 160, and becomes a waveform an inverse phase relationship with the noise wave L4 of one cycle before” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3, control unit, Numerical Control processing machine, control program, waveform determination unit 160 stores waveform and converts the stored waveform into inverse phase, determines converted waveform as noise cancellation wave, waveform an inverse phase relationship with noise wave reduces noise obviously provides noise reduction control unit generates and outputs sound data in opposite phase to the sound generated by the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine).
As to claim 6, Ehara further discloses The numerical controller according to claim 1, wherein, in the first servo control and the second servo control, the position information is a position command and the speed information is a speed command (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - movement of the cutting tool 11 controlled by an NC program, and operated by driving an NC servo motor according to the NC program - cutting tool rotates by a motor or the like - noise generated from the processed portion - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing - control unit 16 determines the noise-canceling wave - waveforms of a noise wave and a noise cancellation wave - noise wave L1 generated from time t0 - noise canceling wave for canceling the noise wave L1 - determined to be a wave of the opposite phase to the noise wave L1 - general noise canceling wave - the opposite phase to the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 - waveform of the opposite phase of the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 set as noise canceling wave - noise reduced by using the general noise canceling wave L3, noise of a certain threshold - waveform determination unit 160 stores the noise wave L4 of one cycle - waveform determination unit 160 stores the waveform from the start of cutting the product to the end of cutting -waveform determination unit 160 converts the stored waveform of one cycle before into an inverse phase, and determines the converted waveform as the noise cancellation wave - noise cancellation wave L5 determined by the waveform determination unit 160, and becomes a waveform an inverse phase relationship with the noise wave L4 of one cycle before” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3, control unit, Numerical Control processing machine, control program, driving NC servo motor according to NC program along plurality of axes, waveform determination unit stores waveform and converts the stored waveform into inverse phase, determines converted waveform as noise cancellation wave, waveform an inverse phase relationship with noise wave reduces noise obviously provides first servo control and the second servo control, the position information is a position command and the speed information is a speed command).
Claims 7-9 are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Ehara, (JP 2018063394 cited in IDS) in view of Kanukurthy, et al. (USPGPub No. 20220164746 A1).
As to claim 7, Ehara further discloses A numerical control system comprising: a plurality of numerical controllers including the numerical controller according to claim 1; and [a server connected to the plurality of numerical controllers via a network, wherein the server includes a storage unit that stores information including at least one of position information and speed information of a motor] when at least one of the plurality of numerical controllers performs first servo control on the motor and sound data of a sound in opposite phase to a sound generated by operating a machine tool, a robot, or an industrial machine in association with each other (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing - control unit 16 determines the noise-canceling wave - waveforms of a noise wave and a noise cancellation wave - noise wave L1 generated from time t0 - noise canceling wave for canceling the noise wave L1 - determined to be a wave of the opposite phase to the noise wave L1 - general noise canceling wave - the opposite phase to the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 - waveform of the opposite phase of the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 set as noise canceling wave - noise reduced by using the general noise canceling wave L3, noise of a certain threshold - waveform determination unit 160 stores the noise wave L4 of one cycle - waveform determination unit 160 stores the waveform from the start of cutting the product to the end of cutting -waveform determination unit 160 converts the stored waveform of one cycle before into an inverse phase, and determines the converted waveform as the noise cancellation wave - noise cancellation wave L5 determined by the waveform determination unit 160, and becomes a waveform an inverse phase relationship with the noise wave L4 of one cycle before” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3, Numerical Control processing machine, control program, control unit, waveform determination unit stores waveform and converts the stored waveform into inverse phase, determines converted waveform as noise cancellation wave, waveform an inverse phase relationship with noise wave reduces noise obviously provides when at least one of the plurality of numerical controllers performs first servo control on the motor and sound data of a sound in opposite phase to a sound generated by operating a machine tool, a robot, or an industrial machine in association with each other).
But, Ehara does not exclusively teach server connected to the plurality of numerical controllers via a network, wherein the server includes a storage unit that stores information including at least one of position information and speed information of a motor.
However, Kanukurthy discloses server connected to the plurality of numerical controllers via a network, wherein the server includes a storage unit that stores information including at least one of position information and speed information of a motor (Kanukurthy [0041-200] “intelligent safety system 100 - includes a network 102, worksite computing device 104, data center computing devices 106A-106C, and user computing device 108 - perform various tasks - work sites expose workers various types of hazards including elevated noise levels - equipping a worker with hearing protection - amount of noise reduction the worker receives - noise levels measured - microphone measure sound levels - level of noise reduction the worker receives from the hearing protection device - environmental sensors 118A and 118B dosimeter and detect noise information - provide location information - beacons or other devices that provides a location - CNC shop associated with location data, geoposition data, relative location data (e.g., based on a beacon location), build data, or any other data indicating location - location information for different worksites to proactively notify workers/users, provide recommendations, or perform other operations in view of hazards or data associated with the location information - store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures - accessed by a computer - transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source” [abstract] see Fig.1-32, intelligent safety system, network, worksite computing device, data center computing devices, and user computing device, amount of noise reduction the worker receives, plurality of environmental sensors, location information, CNC associated with location data, geoposition data, location information for different worksites to notify workers/users, store desired program, website, server, or other remote source obviously provides server connected to the plurality of numerical controllers via a network, wherein the server includes a storage unit that stores information including at least one of position information and speed information of a motor).
Ehara and Kanukurthy are analogous arts from the same field of endeavor and contain overlapping structural and functional similarities and both contain noise reduction system.
Therefore, at the time the invention was made, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art to modify the above functionalities server connected via network includes a storage unit, position information motor, as taught by Ehara, and incorporating intelligent safety system, network, worksite computing device, data center computing devices, user computing device, location information, CNC with location data, geoposition data, location information, as taught by Kanukurthy.
As to claim 8, the combination of Ehara and Kanukurthy disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The numerical control system according to claim 7, wherein the storage unit stores sound data of a sound in opposite phase to the sound after canceling the sound generated by the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine in association with the information (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing - control unit 16 determines the noise-canceling wave - waveforms of a noise wave and a noise cancellation wave - noise wave L1 generated from time t0 - noise canceling wave for canceling the noise wave L1 - determined to be a wave of the opposite phase to the noise wave L1 - general noise canceling wave - the opposite phase to the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 - waveform of the opposite phase of the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 set as noise canceling wave - noise reduced by using the general noise canceling wave L3, noise of a certain threshold - waveform determination unit 160 stores the noise wave L4 of one cycle - waveform determination unit 160 stores the waveform from the start of cutting the product to the end of cutting -waveform determination unit 160 converts the stored waveform of one cycle before into an inverse phase, and determines the converted waveform as the noise cancellation wave - noise cancellation wave L5 determined by the waveform determination unit 160, and becomes a waveform an inverse phase relationship with the noise wave L4 of one cycle before” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3, control unit, Numerical Control processing machine, control program, waveform determination unit stores waveform and converts the stored waveform into inverse phase, determines converted waveform as noise cancellation wave, waveform an inverse phase relationship with noise wave reduces noise obviously provides storage unit stores sound data of a sound in opposite phase to the sound after canceling the sound generated by the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine in association with the information).
As to claim 9, the combination of Ehara and Kanukurthy disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The numerical control system according to claim 7, wherein the server stores a numerical control program that causes the motor that operates the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine to operate (Ehara [0010-27] “noise reduction system 1 - machining chamber of an NC machining machine - performed using an NC (Numerical Control) processing machine - noise generated exceed a predetermined threshold - reducing noise generated during processing - control unit 16 determines the noise-canceling wave - waveforms of a noise wave and a noise cancellation wave - noise wave L1 generated from time t0 - noise canceling wave for canceling the noise wave L1 - determined to be a wave of the opposite phase to the noise wave L1 - general noise canceling wave - the opposite phase to the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 - waveform of the opposite phase of the collected sound wave L2 collected by the sound collecting microphone 13 set as noise canceling wave - noise reduced by using the general noise canceling wave L3, noise of a certain threshold - waveform determination unit 160 stores the noise wave L4 of one cycle - waveform determination unit 160 stores the waveform from the start of cutting the product to the end of cutting -waveform determination unit 160 converts the stored waveform of one cycle before into an inverse phase, and determines the converted waveform as the noise cancellation wave - noise cancellation wave L5 determined by the waveform determination unit 160, and becomes a waveform an inverse phase relationship with the noise wave L4 of one cycle before” [0002-07] [abstract] see Fig. 1-3, control unit, Numerical Control processing machine, control program, waveform determination unit stores waveform and converts the stored waveform into inverse phase reduces noise obviously provides server stores a numerical control program that causes the motor that operates the machine tool, the robot, or the industrial machine to operate).
Citation of Pertinent Prior Art
It is noted that any citations to specific, pages, columns, lines, or figures in the prior art references and any interpretation of the reference should not be considered to be limiting in any way. A reference is relevant for all it contains and may be relied upon for all that it would have reasonably suggested to one having ordinary skill in the art. See MPEP 2141.02 VI. PRIOR ART MUST BE CONSIDERED IN ITS ENTIRETY, i.e., as a whole and 2123.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. The prior art made of record:
Kinugasa, et al. USPGPub No. 2020/0171661 A1 discloses a robot includes motor to machine workpiece and output speed command and commanded-position information, abnormality encoder, safety unit adding correction value based on differential signal to commanded-position information.
Oyama, et al. USPGPub No. 2018/0232294 A1 discloses a control device for controlling machine on the basis of multiple machine data, monitoring data acquisition instruction unit instructs vibration collection unit and sound collection unit to acquire data and data to be stored into database.
Sagasaki, USPGPub No. 2023/0195073 A1 discloses a numerical controller coordinate management unit indicating positional relationship and interference check processing unit and update machine origin offset data.
Ishill, USPGPub No. 2003/0146727 A1 discloses a servo actuator to multi-axis drive machinery as robots relates to servo actuator and position detector detect the posture and position of rotation axis.
Luo, et al. USPGPub No. 2021/0080921 A1 discloses a servo control system to execute plurality of processes related to servo control processing, using arithmetic processing device.
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