US 11,537,113 B2 · System, in particular a manufacturing system

Abstract

A system, in particular a manufacturing system, the system including machines, especially stationary and mobile machines, and at least one vehicle and a control, the vehicle having at least one sensor for ascertaining the relative position of a person, in particular a sensor for ascertaining the distance between the vehicle and the person, and for ascertaining the angle between the driving direction of the vehicle and the connecting line between the person and the vehicle, the vehicle having a position acquisition means for sensing the position of the vehicle, in particular a GPS system or a triangulation system for ascertaining the position of the vehicle, the control including a means for ascertaining the safety zone around the person and the machines situated therein, a data transmission channel being provided between the control and the machines.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a plurality of machines;
a data transmission channel in communication with the machines;
a sensor;
and
a controller adapted to ascertain a position of a movable object relative to the machines based on signals generated by the sensor, to ascertain a safety zone area around the movable object based on the ascertained relative position of the movable object and positions of the machines, to ascertain a safety zone area around the movable object and the machines situated therein based on the ascertained relative position of the movable objected and the positions of the machines, and to place the machines located in the safety zone area into a safety-directed state.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/951,189Filed 18 Nov 2020 · continuation

Priority

DE 102013000851.421 Jan 2013

Published

US 2021/0072739 A111 Mar 2021

Granted

27 Dec 2022

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

G05B 19/41895
Characterised by the transport system: using automatic guided vehicles [AGV]
G05D 1/0055
Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots: with safety arrangements
G05B 2219/50193
Machine tool, machine tool null till machine tool work handling: safety in general
G05B 2219/50393
Machine tool, machine tool null till machine tool work handling: floor conveyor, AGV automatic guided vehicle

Family

PCT/EP2014/000044Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Jan 2014

US 2021/0072739 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 Mar 2021

Application14/761,809Parent of this continuation

US 10,871,770 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2016/0048128 A1Published application

US 11,537,113 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

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Abstract

Claims21