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
First Claim
1. A system for teleoperation of a machine having at least one actuated mechanism and a predetermined number of degrees of freedom, said system comprising:
- a control station remotely located from a location of said machine, said machine controlled from said control station to perform a predetermined function;
a two way real-time communication link between said machine and said remotely located control station; and
a controller for said machine at said machine location, said controller having therein program code for operating said machine, said program code including an instruction which when executed transfer control of said machine from said controller to said control station.
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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.
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13 Claims
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1. A system for teleoperation of a machine having at least one actuated mechanism and a predetermined number of degrees of freedom, said system comprising:
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a control station remotely located from a location of said machine, said machine controlled from said control station to perform a predetermined function; a two way real-time communication link between said machine and said remotely located control station; and a controller for said machine at said machine location, said controller having therein program code for operating said machine, said program code including an instruction which when executed transfer control of said machine from said controller to said control station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for teleoperation of a machine having at least one actuated mechanism and a predetermined number of degrees of freedom, said system comprising:
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two or more control stations each remotely located from a location of said machine each for controlling said machine to perform a predetermined function, said machine controllable at a given time from only one of said two or more control stations; a two way real-time communication link between said machine and said remotely located control station; and a controller for said machine at said machine location, said controller having therein program code for operating said machine. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A system for teleoperation of a machine having at least one actuated mechanism and a predetermined number of degrees of freedom, said system comprising:
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a control station remotely located from a location of said machine, said machine controlled from said control station to perform a predetermined function; a two way real-time communication link between said machine and said remotely located control station; and a controller for said machine at said machine location, said controller having therein program code for operating said machine, said program code having therein a task frame associated with said predetermined function performed by said machine, said task frame divided into a first set controlled by said controlled and a second set controlled from said control station using said two way real-time communication link. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 13)
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12. The system of claim 12 wherein said machine performs a predetermined function on a workpiece and said control of said machine to perform said predetermined function on said workpiece is switched between control by said controller and control from said control station based on predetermined criteria.
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