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Patent No.:

US 9898001 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2015

Systems and methods for enhancing monitoring of an industrial automation system

Applicant:

Rockwell Automation, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);

Inventors:

Kelly A. Michalscheck, Racine, WI (US);

Jimi R. Michalscheck, Racine, WI (US);

Jessica L. Korpela, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Kyle K. Reissner, Hudson, OH (US);

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

Matthew W. Fordenwalt, Hudson, OH (US);

John J. Jauquet, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Matthew R. Ericsson, Lyndhurst, OH (US);

Andrew Wilber, Franklin, WI (US);

Assignee:

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);

Attorney:

Fletcher Yoder, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Daniel Previl

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G05B 19/406 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01); F16K 31/00 (2006.01); F16K 35/00 (2006.01); F16K 37/00 (2006.01); H02J 4/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/18 (2006.01); G07C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4185 (2013.01); F16K 31/00 (2013.01); F16K 35/00 (2013.01); F16K 37/0025 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G05B 19/406 (2013.01); G05B 19/4183 (2013.01); G05B 19/4184 (2013.01); G05B 19/41875 (2013.01); G06F 17/18 (2013.01); G07C 3/00 (2013.01); G07C 9/00111 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00896 (2013.01); H02J 4/00 (2013.01); G05B 2219/21147 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31229 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32368 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39251 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50193 (2013.01); Y02P 80/11 (2015.11); Y02P 80/12 (2015.11); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11); Y02P 90/10 (2015.11);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium includes computer instructions configured to receive image data from an apparatus, wherein the image data comprises a person within a proximity to an industrial automation device, determine whether the person is wearing a set of personal protection equipment (PPE) based on the image data, disable one or more operations of the industrial automation device when the person is not wearing the set of PPE, and track a usage of the set of PPE.

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