US 9,000,885 B2Granted

Portable interface device for controlling a machine

AssigneeHewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.

InventorAsaf Amran

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Abstract

Portable interface devices for controlling machines at control locations. One example device is arranged, in response to a positive verification that it is at a control location, to enable a user to control the machine by means of the device. Another example device is arranged to display information comprising control-location-specific information, based on which of at least two control locations was identified. Another example device is arranged to enable machine control for a limited period of time after a positive detection that it is located at a control location. Another example device includes a barcode reader. The device enables a user to control the machine in response to a positive verification that the barcode read is associated with the at least one control location.

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Dependent claims

A portable interface device for controlling a machine at at least two control locations,

wherein the portable interface device is arranged to control the machine at either of the at least two control locations,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to detect whether the portable interface device is located at the at least two control locations,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to identify at which of the at least two control locations the portable interface device is located,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to enable the machine to be controlled via the portable interface device for a limited period of time after a positive detection,
wherein the limited period of time depends on which of the at least two control locations was identified,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to verify that the portable interface device is located at the either of the at least two control locations,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged, in response to a positive verification, to enable a user to control the machine via the portable interface device, thereby providing a facility for the user to control the machine via the portable interface device, and
wherein the portable interface device is arranged, in response to a negative verification, to disable the facility for the user to control the machine, but to enable information about the machine to be displayed.

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A portable interface device for controlling a machine at at least two control locations,

wherein the portable interface device is arranged to control the machine at either of the at least two control locations,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to detect whether the portable interface device is located at the at least two control locations,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to identify at which of the at least two control locations the portable interface device is located,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to enable the machine to be controlled via the portable interface device for a limited period of time after a positive detection;
wherein the limited period of time depends on which of the at least two control locations was identified, and
wherein the portable interface device is arranged, in response to a negative detection, to disable the machine to be controlled via the portable interface device, but to enable information about the machine to be displayed.

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A portable interface device for controlling a machine at at least two control locations equipped with a unique identification,

wherein the portable interface device comprises a barcode reader,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to control the machine at either of the at least two control locations,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to detect whether the portable interface device is located at the at least two control locations,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to identify at which of the at least two control locations the portable interface device is located,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to enable the machine to be controlled via the portable interface device for a limited period of time after a positive detection;
and
wherein the limited period of time depends on which of the at least two control locations was identified, and
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to verify that the barcode reader is associated with either of the at least two control locations,
wherein the portable interface device is arranged to enable a facility for a user to control the machine via the portable interface device, in response to a positive verification, and
wherein the portable interface device, in response to a negative verification, is arranged to disable the facility for the user to control machine but to enable information about the machine to be displayed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/561,906Filed 30 Jul 2012
Published: US 2014/0028441 A130 Jan 2014
Granted: 7 Apr 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G05B 19/409
Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to…
G05B 2219/36159
Nc in input of data, input key till input tape: detachable or portable programming unit, display, pc, pda
G05B 2219/36371
Nc in input of data, input key till input tape: barcode reader
G05B
Control or regulating systems in general

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