Optoelectronic safety sensor and method for safeguarding a machine

    公开(公告)号:US12061457B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US17333872

    申请日:2021-05-28

    Applicant: SICK AG

    Inventor: Markus Hammes

    CPC classification number: G05B19/406 F16P3/142

    Abstract: An optoelectronic safety sensor (10) for safeguarding a machine (34), the sensor (10) comprising a light receiver (24) for optical detection of object data and a control and evaluation unit (26) configured to use the object data to decide whether a safety-critical object (36) is detected in a vicinity of the machine (34) and in this case to trigger a safety-related reaction, and wherein the control and evaluation unit (26) is further configured to adapt the sensitivity of a criterion for deciding whether a safety-critical object (36) is detected as a function of at least one of previously detected objects and simultaneously detected objects.

    Power tool having object detection

    公开(公告)号:US12025271B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-02

    申请号:US18332963

    申请日:2023-06-12

    Abstract: A power tool and methods are provided for detecting objects (e.g., flesh or other materials) in the operating path of a power tool's output component (e.g., saw blade or drill bit). An object detection sensor in the power tool generates an output signal indicative of a type of material detected in the operating path of the power tool. A power tool controller receives the object detection sensor output and determines when a material in the operating path of the power tool changes. The controller changes operation of a motor of the power tool (e.g., increasing or decreasing speed or stopping the motor) in response to the detected material change. The object detection sensor may include, for example, an RF sensor, a capacitive sensor, a camera, a conductivity probe, or an ultrasound probe.

    Dynamically determining safety equipment for dynamically changing environments

    公开(公告)号:US11933453B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US17250882

    申请日:2019-09-19

    CPC classification number: F16P3/147 A41D13/0002 A41D13/002 F16P3/142

    Abstract: A system includes at least one article of personal protective equipment, one or more industrial devices, an industrial controller device configured to output industrial controller data indicative of one or more attributes of the one or more industrial devices, and a computing device. The computing devices is configured to determine a set of one or more safety rules corresponding to a work environment at the first time and determine a change in an attribute of the one or more attributes of the one or more industrial devices. The computing device is further configured to identify an updated set of one or more worker safety rules corresponding to the work environment at the second time and determine whether the status of at least one article of personal protective equipment satisfies the updated set of one or more worker safety rules. The computing devices is further configured to perform at least one action based on determining whether the at least one article of personal protective equipment satisfies the updated set of one or more worker safety rules.

    POWER TOOL HAVING OBJECT DETECTION
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230400150A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US18332963

    申请日:2023-06-12

    Abstract: A power tool and methods are provided for detecting objects (e.g., flesh or other materials) in the operating path of a power tool's output component (e.g., saw blade or drill bit). An object detection sensor in the power tool generates an output signal indicative of a type of material detected in the operating path of the power tool. A power tool controller receives the object detection sensor output and determines when a material in the operating path of the power tool changes. The controller changes operation of a motor of the power tool (e.g., increasing or decreasing speed or stopping the motor) in response to the detected material change. The object detection sensor may include, for example, an RF sensor, a capacitive sensor, a camera, a conductivity probe, or an ultrasound probe.

    Safety system
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11674641B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-13

    申请号:US17314608

    申请日:2021-05-07

    Applicant: SICK AG

    CPC classification number: F16P3/147 F16P3/142

    Abstract: A safety system and a method having a safety system for localizing and identifying a person or an object, a control and evaluation unit, at least one radio location system, and having at least one identification sensor for identifying the person or the object, wherein a marking is arranged on the person or on the object, wherein the radio location system has arranged radio stations, wherein at least one radio transponder is arranged on the person or on the object, wherein position data of the person or of the object can be determined by means of the radio location system, and wherein the position data can be transmitted from the radio station of the radio location system to the control and evaluation unit, and identification data from the marking on the person or the object can be determined by means of the identification sensor.

    SAFETY ARRANGEMENT
    7.
    发明申请
    SAFETY ARRANGEMENT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180170250A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15736525

    申请日:2016-06-09

    Applicant: InnoTrafik Oy

    Inventor: Jouni HÄNNINEN

    Abstract: The invention comprises a safety system comprising a vehicle identifier (10) arranged to a moving vehicle or work machine (1) and capable of radio communication and, arranged in an operating connection therewith, an alarm unit (20), and a personal identifier (30, 30a) arranged in connection with the moving unit and capable of radio communication, the personal identifier (30, 30a) comprising an alerting device for warning of vehicles or work machines in the area. In addition, said alarm unit (20) comprises warning equipment for warning of units moving in the area. The vehicle identifier and/or the personal identifier of the safety system are configured to determine a distance between the vehicle identifier and the personal identifier on the basis of at least one signal transmitted between the vehicle identifier and the personal identifier. The vehicle identifier is configured to activate the warning equipment if the distance between the vehicle identifier and the personal identifier is less than a threshold value determined in advance for the vehicle identifier, and the personal identifier is configured to activate the alerting device if the predetermined distance between the vehicle identifier and the personal identifier is less than a threshold value determined in advance for the personal identifier.

    ZONE PASSAGE CONTROL IN WORKSITE
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170351264A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-07

    申请号:US15538412

    申请日:2015-12-16

    Abstract: A system for zone passage control for a zone of an autonomously operating mobile object includes at least a set of detection units to detect at least one mobile object entering and/or exiting the zone, a set of identification units arranged to identify the mobile object entering and/or exiting the zone, and a central controller being arranged in operational connection with the set of the detection units and with the set of the identification units. An admissibility level for a mobile object to enter the zone is determined and a control signal to stop at least one autonomously operating mobile object existing in the zone is provided in response to the determined admissibility level being negative for the mobile object entered the zone.

    METHOD FOR MONITORING A COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20170276468A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-28

    申请号:US15621276

    申请日:2017-06-13

    Inventor: Otto RUCK Peter UHL

    CPC classification number: G01B7/008 F16P3/142 G01B5/008 G01B21/04 G01B21/045

    Abstract: A method for monitoring a coordinate-measuring machine (CMM), having a monitoring device which is set up to monitor at least one location region of the CMM, in which a movable part of the CMM is movable, wherein the method includes: monitoring the at least one location region with the monitoring device, wherein the monitored location region is variable in terms of its size, ascertaining the position of the movable part of the CMM relative to a fixed position associated with the location region and/or ascertaining the movement of the movable part relative to the fixed position, and setting or varying the size of the monitored location region in dependence on the position and/or the movement of the movable part relative to the fixed position.

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