Method of setting a plurality of part regions of a desired protected zone
AssigneeSick AG
InventorsBernd Rothenberger, Jonas Rist, Manfred Haberer
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of setting a plurality of part regions of a desired protected zone, in which a) the positions of a plurality of monitoring units are detected, with each monitoring unit detecting a detection zone; b) a maximum size of each detection zone is determined; c) the desired protected zone is fixed in a graphical user interface; d) the part regions to be monitored by the respective monitoring units are fixed with reference to the positions of the monitoring units, to the maximum size of the detection zones and of the desired protected zone; and e) the part regions are assigned to the respective monitoring units.
Claims20
A method of setting a plurality of part regions of a desired protected zone, in which
- a) positions of a plurality of monitoring units are detected, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring units detects a detection zone;
- b) a maximum size of each detection zone is determined;
- c) the desired protected zone is fixed in a graphical user interface;
- d) the part regions to be monitored by the respective plurality of monitoring units are fixed with reference to the positions of the plurality of monitoring units, to the maximum size of the detection zones and to the desired protected zone;
- and
- e) the part regions are assigned to a respective one of the plurality of monitoring units,
- wherein the part regions are fixed at least in part for overlap regions of the protected zone which are monitorable by a plurality of monitoring units such that, in as least a portion of the overlap regions, only exactly that respective monitoring unit monitors the overlap region which is closest to the respective overlap region.
A method of setting a plurality of part regions of a desired protected zone, the method comprising:
- a) detecting positions of a plurality of monitoring units, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring units detects a detection zone;
- b) determining a maximum size of each detection zone;
- c) fixing the desired protected zone in a graphical user interface;
- d) fixing the part regions for monitoring by the respective plurality of monitoring units with reference to the positions of the plurality of monitoring units, to the maximum size of the detection zones and to the desired protected zone;
- and
- e) assigning the part regions to a respective one of the plurality of monitoring units,
- wherein, for overlapping regions of the protected zone for which a plurality of the monitoring units have a capability of monitoring, fixing the regions at least in part such that only one of the monitoring units monitors the respective overlap region,
- and wherein boundary regions having a predefined width are fixed for boundaries between two part regions and are each associated with the two part regions.
A method of setting a plurality of part regions of a desired protected zone, the method comprising:
- detecting positions of a plurality of monitoring units, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring units detects a detection zone;
- determining a maximum size of each detection zone;
- fixing the desired protected zone in a graphical user interface;
- fixing the part regions to be monitored by the respective plurality of monitoring units with reference to the positions of the plurality of monitoring units, to the maximum size of the detection zones and to the desired protected zone;
- assigning the part regions to a respective one of the plurality of monitoring units;
- and
- excluding from monitoring a predetermined cut-out region as a region not monitored,
- wherein, for overlapping regions of the protected zone for which a plurality of the monitoring units have a capability of monitoring, fixing the regions at least in part such that only one of the monitoring units monitors the respective overlap region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.