Systems and methods for safe operation of a device
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsNicola Diolaiti, David W. Bailey
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Abstract
A control system for a device includes a processor configured to receive, via one or more sensors, a contact signal indicating that an operator is in contact with an input control of an input control console coupled to the control system. The processor is further configured to determine whether the contact signal is an activation signal. The processor is further configured to receive an input representing a commanded motion of the device at the input control. The processor is further configured to execute the commanded motion if the processor determines that the contact signal is the activation signal.
Claims21
A control system for a device, the control system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
- receive, via one or more sensors, a contact signal indicating that an operator is in contact with a first input control of an input control console coupled to the control system;
- determine whether the contact signal indicating that the operator is in contact with the first input control is an activation signal;
- receive a contact signal indicating that the operator is in contact with a second input control of the input control console;
- receive an input representing a commanded motion of the device at the first input control;
- and
- execute the commanded motion if the processor determines that:
- the contact signal indicating that the operator is in contact with the first input control is the activation signal;
- and
- the operator is in contact with the second input control.
A control system for a device, the control system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
- receive, via one or more sensors, a contact signal indicating that an operator is in contact with an input control of an input control console coupled to the control system;
- determine whether the contact signal is an activation signal;
- receive an input representing a commanded motion of the device at the input control;
- execute the commanded motion if the processor determines that the contact signal is the activation signal;
- and
- apply a safety limit to the commanded motion, wherein the safety limit comprises ramping up a scale factor between movement of the input control and the commanded motion.
A method of operating a device, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a control unit using one or more sensors, a contact signal indicating that an operator is in contact with a first input control of an input control console;
- determining, by the control unit, whether the contact signal indicating that the operator is in contact with the first input control is an activation signal;
- receiving, by the control unit, a contact signal indicating that the operator is in contact with a second input control of the input control console;
- receiving an input representing a commanded motion of the device at the first input control;
- and
- executing the commanded motion based on a determination that:
- the contact signal indicating that the operator is in contact with the first input control is the activation signal;
- and
- the operator is in contact with the second input control.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors associated with a device are adapted to cause the one or more processors to:
- receive, via one or more sensors, a contact signal indicating that an operator is in contact with a first input control of an input control console;
- determine whether the contact signal indicating that the operator is in contact with the first input control is an activation signal;
- receive a contact signal indicating that the operator is in contact with a second input control of the input control console;
- receive an input representing a commanded motion of the device at the first input control;
- and
- execute the commanded motion if the one or more processors determine that:
- the contact signal indicating that the operator is in contact with the first input control is the activation signal;
- and
- the operator is in contact with the second input control.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.