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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Inventor:
David A. Vasko, Hartland, WI (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4183 (2013.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G07C 9/00896 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lockout tagout auditing and guidance system provides a mobile device that can guide an individual to particular tags either to perform the operations required for lockout procedures or to perform an auditing activity. In both cases, images of the tags are obtained and imaged and tag locations compared to corresponding information in the database to assess the existence and clarity of the tags for auditing purposes.