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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2013
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Steven J. Scott, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Thong T. Nguyen, Milwaukee, WI (US);
David D. Brandt, New Berlin, WI (US);
Tony Gibart, New Berlin, WI (US);
Gary D. Dotson, Muskego, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to a method for performing industrial automation control in an industrial automation system may include detecting, via a sensor system, positions and/or motions of one or more humans and/or one or more objects in an industrial automation system and distinguishing, via a programmed computer system, between one or more humans and one or more objects based upon the detected positions and/or motions. The method may then include implementing a control and/or notification action based upon the distinction.