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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
May. 26, 2020
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Mohammad Naser, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Paolo Viviani, Poirino, IT;
Mariya Yurchenko, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Aspects of operating an automated machine include: a database device for storing a plurality of machine safety rules (SRj) in terms of relationships between safety-sensor devices and technical devices, in particular requirements between safety-sensor device description data (DSDi) and technical-device description data (DDi); and a control device implemented: to retrieve the safety-sensor device description data (DSDi) and the technical-device description data (DDi) associated to the technical devices and the safety-sensor devices comprised in the automated machine, to retrieve, from the database device, safety rules (SRj) corresponding to the retrieved safety-sensor device description data (DSDi) and the technical-device description data (DDi), to determine as to whether the retrieved safety-sensor device description data (DSDi) and the technical-device description data (DDi) comply with retrieved safety rules (SRj).