INTEGRATION OF OPTICAL AREA MONITORING WITH INDUSTRIAL MACHINE CONTROL
First Claim
1. An optical safety system, comprising:
- a memory that stores computer-executable components;
a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the computer-executable components, the computer-executable components comprising;
a pixel array component configured to, for one or more pixel arrays of one or more images of a hazardous industrial area captured by one or more imaging sensor devices, group pixels of the one or more pixel arrays to yield a subset of the pixels on which two-dimensional (2D) analysis is to be performed;
an image analysis component configured to perform 2D analysis on the subset of the pixels;
a distance determination component configured to perform 3D analysis on point cloud data received from the one or more imaging sensor devices; and
a hazard analysis and decision component configured to classify a first object in the image as motorized industrial equipment and a second object in the images as a human based on results of the 2D analysis and the 3D analysis, to correlate the results of the 2D analysis and the 3D analysis to yield correlated information relating to a relationship between the human and the motorized industrial equipment, and to generate a control output that controls the motorized equipment based on the correlated information.
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Abstract
An industrial safety system is provided that integrates optical safety monitoring with machine control. The safety system includes an imaging sensor device supporting pixel array processing functions that allow time-of-flight (TOF) analysis to be performed on selected portions of the pixel array, while two-dimensional imaging analysis is performed on the remaining portions of the array, reducing processing load and response time relative to performing TOF analysis for all pixels of the array. The portion of the pixel array designated for TOF analysis can be pre-defined through configuration of the imaging sensor device, or can be dynamically selected based on object detection and classification by the two-dimensional imaging analysis. The imaging sensor device can also implement a number of safety and redundancy functions to achieve a high degree of safety integrity.
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1. An optical safety system, comprising:
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a memory that stores computer-executable components; a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the computer-executable components, the computer-executable components comprising; a pixel array component configured to, for one or more pixel arrays of one or more images of a hazardous industrial area captured by one or more imaging sensor devices, group pixels of the one or more pixel arrays to yield a subset of the pixels on which two-dimensional (2D) analysis is to be performed; an image analysis component configured to perform 2D analysis on the subset of the pixels; a distance determination component configured to perform 3D analysis on point cloud data received from the one or more imaging sensor devices; and a hazard analysis and decision component configured to classify a first object in the image as motorized industrial equipment and a second object in the images as a human based on results of the 2D analysis and the 3D analysis, to correlate the results of the 2D analysis and the 3D analysis to yield correlated information relating to a relationship between the human and the motorized industrial equipment, and to generate a control output that controls the motorized equipment based on the correlated information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for controlling motorized industrial equipment, comprising:
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collecting, by a safety system comprising at least one processor, image data from one or more imaging sensor devices that monitor a hazardous industrial zone; performing two-dimensional (2D) imaging analysis on a set of pixels of the image data; performing three-dimensional (3D) analysis on point cloud data comprising distance information for selected pixels of the image data calculated by the one or more imaging sensor devices; classifying a first object in the image data as a human based on at least one of the 2D imaging analysis or the 3D analysis; classifying a second object in the images data as motorized industrial equipment based on at least one of the 2D imaging analysis or the 3D analysis; correlating results of the 2D imaging analysis and the 3D analysis to yield correlated information relating to a relationship between the human and the motorized equipment within the hazardous industrial zone; and sending an instruction to alter operation of the motorized industrial equipment based on the correlated information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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collecting image data from one or more imaging sensor devices monitoring a hazardous industrial area; performing two-dimensional (2D) imaging analysis on one or more groups of pixels comprising the image data; performing 3D (3D) analysis on point cloud data comprising distance information generated for selected pixels of the image data received from the one or more imaging sensor devices; classifying a first object in the image data as a human based on at least one of the 2D imaging analysis or the 3D analysis; classifying a second object in the image data as motorized industrial equipment based on at least one of the 2D imaging analysis or the 3D analysis; correlating results of the 2D imaging analysis and the 3D analysis to yield correlated information relating to a relationship between the human and the motorized equipment within the hazardous industrial zone; and sending an instruction to alter operation of the motorized industrial equipment based on the correlated information. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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