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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
Applicant:
George K. Schuster, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Inventor:
George K. Schuster, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G08B 1/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An industrial control system includes a machine, a machine controller, and a safety controller. The machine controller is operable to identify a need for a human interaction, place the machine into a ready state for the human interaction, and generate a ready message responsive to placing the machine into the ready state. The safety controller is operable to receive the ready message, place the machine into a safe state responsive to receiving the ready message, and provide a human interaction indication responsive to placing the machine into the safe state.