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Remotely operating a machine using a communication device

US11493917B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Klaus Bauer · Neuendettelsau, DE
Christian Goerg · Mögglingen, DE
Vinh Phuc Dinh · Wannweil, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 14, 2014
Grant date	Nov 8, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/36167
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, devices and systems for remotely operating a machine using a communication device. In one aspect, a method includes generating images showing at least one operating range of the machine by using at least one camera of the machine, transmitting the generated images and an image of an operating surface of the machine to the communication device via a radio network, displaying at least one of: the operating surface image and at least one of the generated images on an operating display of the communication device, accepting machine operation commands input by an operator using the operating display, and then transmitting the machine operation commands via the radio network, thereby remotely operating the machine.

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