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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2006
Anthony G. Gibart, New Berlin, WI (US);
James E. Dogul, Hudson, NH (US);
Richard Galera, Nashua, NH (US);
George E. Rollins, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Derek W. Jones, Dumfries Galloway, GB;
George K. Schuster, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Suresh R. Nair, Amherst, NH (US);
Ray C. Delcher, Oxnard, CA (US);
Anthony G. Gibart, New Berlin, WI (US);
James E. Dogul, Hudson, NH (US);
Richard Galera, Nashua, NH (US);
George E. Rollins, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Derek W. Jones, Dumfries Galloway, GB;
George K. Schuster, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Suresh R. Nair, Amherst, NH (US);
Ray C. Delcher, Oxnard, CA (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
System(s) and method(s) that facilitate utilizing biometric sensors (e.g., fingerprint, hand scan, voice recognition . . . ) in manufacturing systems in order to maintain accurate safety audit trails. A safety audit system, utilizing a biometric sensing device, facilitates determining if a user is allowed to access and change the configuration of the manufacturing system. Once a user is allowed to change the configuration (e.g., programmable electronics, tooling changes, software updates, etc.) the changes are automatically recorded in a safety audit database. Automatic storage of configuration changes mitigates manual recording of changes thereby enhancing the safety audit data often necessary to meet safety standards for manufacturing systems.