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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Fei Cai, Edmonds, WA (US);
Farahnaz Sisco, Mukilteo, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for proximity detection in a fabrication environment. One embodiment is a method for reporting proximity in an assembly environment. The method includes equipping a technician with a first proximity detector, disposing a second proximity detector at a machine that moves within a cell of the assembly environment, operating sensors at the cell to indirectly detect a location of the first proximity detector and a location of the second proximity detector via mirrors when an obscuring object is present, and providing a warning to the technician if a distance between the first proximity detector and the second proximity detector is less than a threshold.