Remote control system particularly for remotely controlling industrial equipment

US6545607B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Integrated Electronic Systems !SYS Consulting GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Bredow · Mühlacker, DE
• Thomas Burchard · Pforzheim, DE
• Thomas Haug · Bern, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: May 21, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2003
• Expiry date: May 21, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08C2201/31
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A remote control system, particularly for remotely controlling industrial equipment, has a sensor that detects the operator's safety-relevant medical data and transmits them as a control signal to a control circuit in a transmitter or receiver. The control circuit triggers a predefinable control sequence when the value of the control signal exceeds or falls below at least one predefinable value. A malfunction, especially of the “human component” of the total system, can be reliably detected as soon as it becomes safety relevant, i.e., as soon as there is a danger that the operator might no longer be able to control the industrial equipment properly and reliably with the remote control system.