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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Apprentice Fs, Inc., Port Jefferson Station, NY (US);
Frank Maggiore, Port Jefferson Station, NY (US);
Apprentice FS, Inc., Port Jefferson Station, NJ (US);
Abstract
One variation of a system includes: a chassis located over a physical user interface of a production equipment unit that includes a set of physical input fields; a set of actuators coupled to the chassis; a selector manipulated by the set of actuators and interfacing with the set of physical input fields; a communication module configured to receive a command—corresponding to a virtual input entered by a remote operator at a virtual user interface representing the physical user interface and depicted within an operator portal remote from the production equipment unit—during a procedure at the production equipment unit; and a controller configured to: drive the set of actuators according to the command to manipulate the selector across a physical input field on the physical user interface and thus physically reproduce the virtual input at the physical user interface of the production equipment unit.