Teleoperation of machines having at least one actuated mechanism and one machine controller comprising a program code including instructions for transferring control of the machine from said controller to a remote control station

US9701023B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ABB Schweiz AG · CH

Inventors

• Biao Zhang · Nanjing, CN
• Jianjun Wang · Troy, US
• George Q. Zhang · Windsor, US
• Sangeun Choi · Simsbury, US
• Remus Boca · Simsbury, US
• Thomas A. Fuhlbrigge · Ellington, US
• Tomas Groth · Västerås, SE
• Harald Staab · Peising, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 3, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 11, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S901/30
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A machine remotely located from a control station has at least one actuated mechanism. A two way real-time communication link connects the machine location with the control station. A controller at the machine location has program code that includes an instruction which when executed transfers control of the machine from the controller to the control station. The program code can have a task frame associated with the predetermined function performed by the machine with the task frame divided into a first set controlled by the controller and a second set controlled from the control station. The system can also have two or more remotely located control stations only one of which can control the machine at a given time.