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US 6,487,375 B2Granted
System to communicate information from a plurality of machines to a remotely located receiver
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsGabriel E. Ferrer, Bernard Leibman
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Abstract
The invention provides automatic machinery with the capability to communicate to an operator or technician or other machine user with a description of a machine condition, such as, for example, a machine problem, if the machine requires attention.
Claims25
A system that communicates information to a remotely located receiver, comprising:
- a plurality of machines, each machine comprising at least one sensor, each sensor monitoring at least one aspect or condition of the machine and generating a signal representative of the status of the at least one sensed aspect or condition;
- at least one transmitter, each transmitter usable to input a signal from at least one of the at least one sensor and to transmit the at least one input signal on a determined frequency or a determined group of frequencies that is associated with a particular machine of the plurality of machines and which contains the at least one sensor that generated the at least one signal;
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- at least one remotely located receiver that receives the at least one transmitted signal, each remotely located receiver displaying, based on a received signal, a message to a user to allow the user to respond to the status of the at least one condition represented by the received signal.
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A system that communicates information to a remotely located receiver, comprising:
- a plurality of machines, each machine comprising at least one sensor, each sensor monitoring at least one aspect or condition of the machine and generating a signal representative of the status of the at least one sensed aspect or condition;
- at least one transmitter, each transmitter usable to input at least one signal from at least one of the at least one sensor and to transmit the at least one input signal on a frequency that is associated with the machine containing the sensor that generated the at least one signal;
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- at least one remotely located receiver that receives the at least one transmitted signal, each remotely located receiver displaying, based on a received signal, a message to a user to allow the user to respond to the status of the at least one sensed aspect or condition represented by the received signal;
- wherein each at least one transmitter is located separately and apart from the plurality of machines.
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A system that communicates information to a remotely located receiver, comprising:
- a plurality of machines, each machine comprising at least one sensor, each sensor monitoring at least one aspect or condition of the machine and generating a signal representative of the status of the at least one sensed aspect or condition;
- at least one transmitter, each transmitter usable to input at least one signal from at least one of the at least one sensor and to transmit the at least one input signal on a frequency that is associated with the machine containing the at least one sensor that generated the at least one signal;
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- at least one remotely located receiver that receives the at least one transmitted signal, each remotely located receiver displaying, based on a received signal, a message to a user to allow the user to respond to the status of the at least one sensed aspect or condition represented by the received signal;
- wherein at least one of the at least one receiver is portable and contains protection for the human ear.
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A system for communicating information to a remotely located receiver, comprising:
- at least one sensor, each sensor associated with a machine to monitor an aspect of the machine and capable of generating a signal based on a status of the monitored aspect;
- a controller connectable to at least one sensor so that when the controller receives at least one signal from the at least one sensor, the controller generates at least one second signal based on the at least one received signal, the at least one second signal corresponding to a voice message concerning the monitored aspect;
- a transmitter capable of receiving the at least one second signal and transmitting the at least one second signal on a radio frequency;
- at least one remotely located receiver capable of receiving the at least one transmitted second signal, each receiver wearable by a human and connected to at least one corresponding speaker;
- wherein, when the transmitter transmits the at least one second signal, at least one of the at least one receiver is capable of receiving the at least one transmitted second signal and outputting the at least one received second signal to the speaker, the speaker converting the at least one received second signal into the at least one corresponding voice message that is perceivable and understandable to the human.
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A system for communicating information from a machine to a remotely located receiver, comprising:
- at least one sensor, each sensor associated with a machine to monitor an aspect of the machine and capable of generating a signal based on a status of the monitored aspect;
- a controller connectable to each at least one sensor such that when the controller receives at least one signal from at least one of the at least one sensor, the controller determines a radio frequency at which the at least one signal is to be transmitted;
- a transmitter capable of receiving the at least one signal and transmitting the at least one signal at the determined radio frequency;
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- at least one remotely located receiver capable receiving the at least one transmitted signal, each receiver receiving at least one predetermined frequency;
- wherein, when the transmitter transmits the at least one signal at the determined frequency, at least one of the at least one receiver is capable of receiving the at least one transmitted signal.
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A system for communicating information from a machine to a remotely located receiver, comprising:
- at least one sensor, each sensor associated with a machine to monitor an aspect of the machine and capable of generating a signal based on a status of the monitored aspect;
- a controller connectable to each at least one sensor such that when the controller receives at least one signal from at least one of the at least one sensor, the controller determines a radio frequency at which the at least one signal is to be transmitted;
- a transmitter capable of receiving the at least one signal and transmitting the at least one signal at the determined radio frequency;
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- at least one remotely located receiver capable receiving the at least one transmitted signal, each receiver receiving at least one predetermined frequency;
- wherein, when the transmitter transmits the at least one signal at the determined frequency or group of frequencies, at least one of the at least one receiver is capable of receiving the at least one transmitted signal, and
- wherein the transmitter is located apart from a machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.