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US 11,237,395 B2Granted
High-reliability spectacle-type device and method
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMaximilian Glaser, Thomas Kersten, Marc Singer
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Abstract
The invention relates to a spectacle-type device (1) in which a full image can be depicted in a reliable manner by overlapping the first partial image (α3) and the second partial image (α4), wherein a correct full image can be perceived by the operator (2), and an action can be carried out with reliability when at least two items of image information coincide. The invention also relates to a method for depicting a full image and/or for carrying out an action using a spectacle-type device.
Claims14
A spectacle-type apparatus for operating a machine tool, a production machine and/or a robot, said apparatus comprising:
- a first display unit;
- a second display unit independent from the first display unit;
- a first registration unit configured to register a first surrounding region of an operator and to convert the first surrounding region into a first item of image information;
- a second registration unit independent from the first registration unit and configured to register a second surrounding region of the operator in overlapping relationship to the first surrounding region and to convert the second surrounding region into a second item of image information;
- a first computing unit receiving the first item of image information from the first registration unit and generating a first partial image for passing to the first display unit and display by the first display unit;
- a second computing unit independent from the first computing unit, said second computing unit receiving the second item of image information from the second registration unit and generating a second partial image for passing to the second display unit and display by the second display unit,
- said spectacle-type apparatus configured to generate and display a full image using two channels by overlaying the first partial image and the second partial image, with one of the two channels being defined by a data connection between the first registration unit and the first computing unit for passing the first item of image information from the first registration unit to the first computing unit, and with the other one of the two channels being defined by a data connection between the second registration unit and the second computing unit for passing the second item of image information from the second registration unit to the second computing unit, and further comprising
- a higher-level computing unit operably connected to the first and second computing units for comparing the first item of image information and the second item of image information,
- said spectacle-type apparatus being embodied as an interface between the operator and the machine tool, the production machine and/or the robot and comprising a virtual HMI (Human-Machine Interface) having a virtual switch or button to enable the operator to carry out a reliable action by the machine tool, the production machine and/or the robot with a finger of the operator when the first item of image information and the second item of image information coincide, and to stop or not carry out the reliable action of the machine tool, the production machine and/or the robot when the first item of image information and the second item of image information do not coincide which is indicative of an error or malfunction of the spectacle-type apparatus.
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A method, comprising:
- registering a first surrounding region of an operator by a first registration unit;
- converting the first surrounding region into a first item of image information;
- registering a second surrounding region of the operator by a second registration unit;
- converting the second surrounding region into a second item of image information;
- passing the first item of image information from the first registration unit to a first computing unit;
- passing the second item of image information from the second registration unit to a second computing unit;
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- executing a reliable action of a machine tool, a production machine and/or a robot, when the first item of image information and the second item of image information coincide, via two channels through actuation of a virtual switch of button with the finger of the operator, with one of the channels being defined by a data connection between the first registration unit and the first computing unit for passing the first item of image information from the first registration unit to the first computing unit, and with the other one of the channels being defined by a data connection between the second registration unit and the second computing unit for passing the second item of image information from the second registration unit to the second computing unit, said method further comprising comparing the first item of image information with the second item of image information by a higher-level computing unit to determine whether the first item of image information and the second item of image information coincide to initiate execution of the reliable action.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.