Assisting execution of manual protocols at production equipment

    公开(公告)号:US11528582B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-13

    申请号:US16425782

    申请日:2019-05-29

    摘要: One variation of a method for assisting execution of manual protocols at production equipment includes: identifying a site occupied by a mobile device based on a geospatial location of a device; identifying a space within the building occupied by the device based on identifiers of a set of wireless access points wirelessly accessible to the device and known locations of wireless access points within the building; loading a protocol associated with an equipment unit in the space; calculating a position of the device within the space based on positions optical features, detected in a field of view of an optical sensor at the device, relative to reference features represented in a space model of the space; and, when the position of the device falls within a threshold distance of a reference location proximal the equipment unit defined in a step of the procedure, rendering guidance for the step.

    ASSISTING EXECUTION OF MANUAL PROTOCOLS AT PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230073171A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17984996

    申请日:2022-11-10

    IPC分类号: H04W4/029 H04W4/021

    摘要: One variation of a method for assisting execution of manual protocols at production equipment includes: identifying a site occupied by a mobile device based on a geospatial location of a device; identifying a space within the building occupied by the device based on identifiers of a set of wireless access points wirelessly accessible to the device and known locations of wireless access points within the building; loading a protocol associated with an equipment unit in the space; calculating a position of the device within the space based on positions optical features, detected in a field of view of an optical sensor at the device, relative to reference features represented in a space model of the space; and, when the position of the device falls within a threshold distance of a reference location proximal the equipment unit defined in a step of the procedure, rendering guidance for the step.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE OBSERVATION IN A NON-NETWORKED PRODUCTION FACILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20220021847A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-20

    申请号:US17378296

    申请日:2021-07-16

    摘要: A method includes: via a user interface of a hub device, receiving a first set of user credentials associated with a first operator, the hub device connected to a set of mobile devices; accessing a first operator schedule defining a first scheduled manufacturing operation and a first observer of the first scheduled manufacturing operation, the first observer characterized by a first set of observer credentials; detecting disconnection of a first mobile device in the set of mobile devices from the hub device, the first mobile device associated with a first device ID; in response to detecting disconnection of the first mobile device from the hub device, associating the first device ID with the first operator; and routing a first video feed from the first mobile device to the first observer based on the first device ID and the first set of observer credentials.

    METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING CENSORED VIDEOS OF MANUFACTURING PROCEDURES PERFORMED WITHIN A FACILITY TO REMOTE VIEWERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230121907A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17968684

    申请日:2022-10-18

    发明人: Frank Maggiore

    摘要: One variation of the method for distributing censored videos of manufacturing procedures performed within a facility includes: accessing a video feed captured by a local device interfacing with a local operator during performance of a procedure within the facility; interpreting a set of objects depicted in the video feed based on features extracted from the video feed; accessing a minimum censorship specification for the procedure, the minimum censorship specification defining a set of object types corresponding to a first degree of censorship; identifying a subset of objects, in the set of objects, depicted in the video feed related to the procedure based on the set of object types defined in the minimum censorship specification; fogging the subset of objects in the video feed to generate a censored video feed; and serving the censored video feed to a remote viewer portal accessed by a remote viewer.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE OBSERVATION IN A NON-NETWORKED PRODUCTION FACILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20230042370A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17970955

    申请日:2022-10-21

    摘要: A method includes: via a user interface of a hub device, receiving a first set of user credentials associated with a first operator, the hub device connected to a set of mobile devices; accessing a first operator schedule defining a first scheduled manufacturing operation and a first observer of the first scheduled manufacturing operation, the first observer characterized by a first set of observer credentials; detecting disconnection of a first mobile device in the set of mobile devices from the hub device, the first mobile device associated with a first device ID; in response to detecting disconnection of the first mobile device from the hub device, associating the first device ID with the first operator; and routing a first video feed from the first mobile device to the first observer based on the first device ID and the first set of observer credentials.

    METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURING DATA FROM NON-NETWORKED PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220005284A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17478817

    申请日:2021-09-17

    摘要: One variation of a method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment includes: detecting a location of a mobile device within a facility, the mobile device manipulated by an operator while performing a step of an augmented digital procedure at a machine in the facility; estimating a position of a display on the machine relative to a field of view of an optical sensor in the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and a stored location of the machine within the facility; in response to the position of the display falling within the field of view of the optical sensor, selecting an image captured by the optical sensor; extracting a value, presented on the display, from a region of the image depicting the display; and storing the value in a procedure file for the augmented digital procedure completed at the machine.

    Method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment

    公开(公告)号:US11145130B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16700851

    申请日:2019-12-02

    摘要: One variation of a method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment includes: detecting a location of a mobile device within a facility, the mobile device manipulated by an operator while performing a step of an augmented digital procedure at a machine in the facility; estimating a position of a display on the machine relative to a field of view of an optical sensor in the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and a stored location of the machine within the facility; in response to the position of the display falling within the field of view of the optical sensor, selecting an image captured by the optical sensor; extracting a value, presented on the display, from a region of the image depicting the display; and storing the value in a procedure file for the augmented digital procedure completed at the machine.

    System and method for remote observation in a non-networked production facility

    公开(公告)号:US11516438B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US17378296

    申请日:2021-07-16

    摘要: A method includes: via a user interface of a hub device, receiving a first set of user credentials associated with a first operator, the hub device connected to a set of mobile devices; accessing a first operator schedule defining a first scheduled manufacturing operation and a first observer of the first scheduled manufacturing operation, the first observer characterized by a first set of observer credentials; detecting disconnection of a first mobile device in the set of mobile devices from the hub device, the first mobile device associated with a first device ID; in response to detecting disconnection of the first mobile device from the hub device, associating the first device ID with the first operator; and routing a first video feed from the first mobile device to the first observer based on the first device ID and the first set of observer credentials.