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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/0225 (2013.01); B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for reporting proximity in an assembly environment. One method includes equipping a technician with a first proximity detector that is wearable, disposing a second proximity detector at a robot that moves within a cell of the assembly environment, and directing the first proximity detector to provide a warning to the technician if a distance between the first proximity detector and the second proximity detector is less than a threshold.