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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Raj Sohmshetty, Canton, MI (US);

Peter A. Friedman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Kevin Richard John Ellwood, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);

Shie Mannor, Haifa, IL;

Udy Danino, Rehovot, IL;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 8/12 (2006.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/103 (2022.01); G01V 8/12 (2013.01); G06V 40/23 (2022.01);
Abstract

The method of monitoring an operation includes acquiring data from sensors including images of a workspace in which the operation is to be performed, identifying a human operator and a controlled element within the workspace using the acquired images, determining whether the operation has initiated based on a known activation trigger, estimating pose of the human operator using the images, monitoring state of the controlled element based on acquired data, and determining whether an abnormality occurred based on the estimated pose, the state of the controlled element, a duration of the operation, or a combination thereof.


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