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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:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2024
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Binoy Thomas, Kozhikode, IN;

Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, IN;

Sudheesh S. Kairali, Kozhikode, IN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Computer-implemented methods for managing an industrial environment having machinery operated by remote workers and physically present workers are provided. Aspects include identifying a first area of the industrial environment suitable for a presence of physically present workers and identifying a second area of the industrial environment that is not suitable for the presence of physically present workers. Aspects also include configuring machinery disposed in the second area of the industrial environment to be operated by remote workers and displaying, via an augmented reality display to the physically present workers, avatars of the remote workers operating machinery disposed in the second area.


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