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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2013
Applicant:

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);

Inventors:

Steven J. Scott, Oconomowoc, WI (US);

Thong T. Nguyen, Milwaukee, WI (US);

David A. Vasko, Hartland, WI (US);

Marco Wishart, Sussex, WI (US);

Travis Tidwell, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/04 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05B 19/4061 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2013.01); B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); G05B 19/4061 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40203 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to a method for performing industrial automation control may include detecting, via a sensor system, positions and/or motions of a human in an industrial automation system, determining at least one derivative value from the detected positions and/or motions, and determining a possible automation command and an undesirable condition based upon the detected positions and/or motions and the at least one derivative value. The method may then include implementing a control and/or notification action based upon the determined possible automation command and the undesired condition.


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