Relay circuit for contact preservation and method for controlling relay circuit

    公开(公告)号:US10186390B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-22

    申请号:US14879223

    申请日:2015-10-09

    Abstract: Provided is a relay unit that is inexpensive and has a long life, and a method for controlling a relay circuit. A series circuit of mechanical switches is connected in series to a load and a load power supply, and a control unit selects one of the mechanical switches as a selected switch, and performs a switching timing shift, which is constituted by at least one of a first operation in which the selected switch is switched to the closed state after the mechanical switch other than the selected switch, and a second operation in which the selected switch is switched to the open state prior to the mechanical switch other than the selected switch.

    Optical safety sensor
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11543488B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-03

    申请号:US16219946

    申请日:2018-12-14

    Abstract: An optical safety sensor is inexpensively implemented. An optical safety sensor includes: a plurality of light projectors/receivers (a first light projector/receiver and a second light projector/receiver), which includes light projecting portions and light receiving portions; distance measurement portions, which measure distances using the time from light projecting to light receiving; and detection portions, which detect, based on measurement results, an abnormality occurring in any one of the plurality of light projectors/receivers; each of the light receiving portion provided in the plurality of light projectors/receivers receives reflected light caused by the light projected from the light projecting portions of all the plurality of light projectors/receivers.

    Monitoring system, monitoring device, and monitoring method

    公开(公告)号:US10379513B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-13

    申请号:US15705279

    申请日:2017-09-15

    Abstract: A monitoring system, a monitoring device, and a monitoring method that can facilitate designing of a working environment are provided. Positions of a worker and a robot in a three-dimensional space are specified, at least one protection area to secure safe work of the worker and the robot is set, whether at least one of the worker and the robot intrudes into the protection area is determined, the motion of the robot is limited when at least one of the worker and the robot intrudes into the protection area, a protection area for executing the determination is being switched from multiple set protection areas, and it is possible to set the protection area when the worker works in a common area in which a work area of the worker and a work area of the robot overlap and set the protection area when the robot works in the common area.

    Relay unit, control method for relay unit

    公开(公告)号:US09939491B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-10

    申请号:US14882534

    申请日:2015-10-14

    CPC classification number: G01R31/3278 H01H47/002 H01H47/004 H01H50/16

    Abstract: The reliability of testing a normally closed contact in a relay unit may involve the following. Sending a first test signal to the first normally closed contact and detecting a return state of the first test signal sent, sending a second test signal different from the first test signal to the second normally closed contact and detecting a return state of the second test signal sent; and assessing an abnormality when at least one of the detection result for the return state of the first test signal does not satisfy a first predetermined criteria, and the detection result of the return state of the second test signal does not satisfy a second predetermined criteria different from the first predetermined criteria.

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