Door Opener Arrangement for Use with an Industrial Robot
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1. A door opener arrangement of a robot coating device for detecting a position of at least one door of a vehicle, said door opener arrangement comprising:
- at least one first and non-contact sensor member, wherein said first sensor member is arranged mounted on a door opener arm of said door opener arrangement and wherein said first sensor member is arranged for determining a distance to said position of said at least one door.
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Abstract
A door opener arrangement for a robot coating device, used for detecting a position of a part (6) of a door (7) so that the door can be opened and/or closed for interior painting. The door opener is arranged with at least one non-contact sensor member (1), preferably for detecting changes in a field strength of a magnetic or electromagnetic field in a Z and vertical direction, and may be arranged with a plurality of sensors to detect a collision etc. A method, system and computer program are also described.
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1. A door opener arrangement of a robot coating device for detecting a position of at least one door of a vehicle, said door opener arrangement comprising:
at least one first and non-contact sensor member, wherein said first sensor member is arranged mounted on a door opener arm of said door opener arrangement and wherein said first sensor member is arranged for determining a distance to said position of said at least one door. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 34, 35)
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17. A method for operating a robot coating process with at least one door opener arrangement for detecting a position of at least one door of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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moving a non-contact sensor member of the door opener arrangement along a path toward said at least one door, detecting a change in a value sensed in a first vertical direction, detecting a maximum and/or minimum in signal strength dependent on a distance moved by the sensor member, and determining a distance between a part of the door opener arrangement and a part of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer readable medium and computer program instructions recorded on the computer readable medium and executable by a computer or processor to carry out a method comprising moving a non-contact sensor member of the door opener arrangement along a path toward said at least one door, detecting a change in a value sensed in a first vertical direction, detecting a maximum and/or minimum in signal strength dependent on a distance moved by the sensor member, and determining a distance between a part of the door opener arrangement and a part of the vehicle.
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28. (canceled)
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29. A system for robot coating of vehicles, comprising:
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a robot for coating, and a door opener arrangement for detecting a position of at least one door of a vehicle, said door opener arrangement including at least one first and non-contact sensor member, wherein said at least one non-contact sensor member is arranged for determining a distance to said position of said at least one door and comprising at least one door opener arrangement with at least one second sensor member for determining a deflection force applied to the door opener arrangement or to the door opener arm or to a part of the first sensor member. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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