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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2018
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Richard Galera, Nashua, NH (US);
John Pritchard, Great Missenden', GB;
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
An industrial visualization system generates and delivers virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) presentations of industrial facilities to wearable appliances to facilitate remote or enhanced interaction with automation systems within the facility. The presentation system can also leverage safety zone definition data to visualize graphical representations of defined safety zones within a line of sight of the wearable appliance. The safety zones can be rendered as three-dimensional semi-transparent overlays corresponding to the defined dimensions and location of the safety zone relative to its corresponding safety sensor. By visualizing defined safety zones as overlays within a wearer's field of view as part of an AR presentation, the presentation system can serve as a visual guide that helps the wearer to avoid inadvertently entering the safety zones, thereby reducing machine downtime due to accidental initiation of safety actions.