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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2021
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
Christoph Hofmann, Waldkirch, DE;
Thomas Neumann, Waldkirch, DE;
Sanketh Ramachandra, Waldkirch, DE;
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Abstract
A safety device is provided for monitoring at least one machine that has at least one sensor for generating sensor data on the machine and a processing unit for the sensor data that is connected at least indirectly to the sensor and to the machine and that is configured as a runtime environment having at least one computing node and to allow at least one logic unit to run on the computing node, wherein at least one logic unit comprises a safety functional unit for a safety relevant evaluation of the sensor data to output in the case of a safety relevant event a safety signal to the machine for triggering a safety response, In this respect, the processing unit is furthermore configured to generate and resolve logic units and/or to assign them to a computing node.