46 results about "Factory floor" patented technology

A security system that relates to industrial automation security comprises a component that receives a request to modify security relating to a zone of a factory floor, the zone being less than an entirety of the factory floor. A zonal security component generates security procedures for the zone, the security procedures differ from security procedures implemented on the factory floor outside the zone.

The invention provides methods and appartaus for analysis of images of two-dimensional (2D) bar codes in which a model that has proven successful in decoding of a prior 2D image of a 2D bar code is utilized to speed analysis of images of subsequent 2D bar codes. In its various aspects, the invention can be used in analyzing conventional 2D bar codes, e.g., those complying with Maxicode and DataMatrix standards, as well as stacked linear bar codes, e.g., those utilizing the Codablock symbology. Bar code readers, digital data processing apparatus and other devices according to the invention be used, by way of non-limiting example, to decode bar codes on damaged labels, as well as those screened, etched, peened or otherwise formed on manufactured articles (e.g., from semiconductors to airplane wings). In addition to making bar code reading possible under those conditions, devices utilizing such methods can speed bar code analysis in applications where multiple bar codes of like type are read in succession and / or are read under like circumstances—e.g., on the factory floor, at point-of-sale locations, in parcel deliver and so forth. Such devices can also speed and / or make possible bar code analysis where in applications where multiple bar codes read from a single article—e.g., as in the case of a multiply-encoded airplane propellor or other milled parts. The invention also provides methods and apparatus for optical character recognition and other image-based analysis paralleling the above.

A laser-based line projection system that is suitable for selectively placing lines on a floor surface, such as a factory floor. Several projectors are used in a typical installation. Each projector includes a laser directed through a diverging lens to create a planar projection of laser light. The planar projection creates a bright line when it falls on a surface. Each projector is optionally equipped with a movable mask that alters the angle of divergence for the laser light after it passes through the cylindrical lens. This component allows the projector to vary the length of the line projected.

The technology disclosed can provide improved safety by detecting potential unsafe conditions (e.g., collisions, loss of situational awareness, etc.) confronting the user of a wearable (or portable) sensor configured to capture motion and / or determining the path of an object based on imaging, acoustic or vibrational waves. Implementations can enable improved safety to users of virtual reality for machine control and / or machine communications applications using wearable (or portable) devices, e.g., head mounted displays (HMDs), wearable goggles, watch computers, smartphones, and so forth, or mobile devices, e.g., autonomous and semi-autonomous robots, factory floor material handling systems, autonomous mass-transit vehicles, automobiles (human or machine driven), and so forth, equipped with suitable sensors and processors employing optical, audio or vibrational detection.

A method for measuring flatness of a factory floor upon which machinery is to be mounted using a rotating laser beam that emits a rotating laser beam in an essentially horizontally plane. A photosensitive position sensor delivers an electrical pulse, which is identified by its timing and phase angle, during illumination by the laser beam. The phase angle and timing of these pulses constitute a measure of the position of the sensor in the coordinate system. Measurements are taken with the sensor positioned at each location at which the machinery is to be fixed to a factory floor. The method determines any differences in height between the measurement points and the amount, if any, that the floor needs to be adjusted at each mounting point to insure that a machine that is affixed to the floor these points will be level.

Mesh node modules are associated with movable and fixed items in a building such as a grocery store or factory floor to maintain a database of the locations of those items as they are processed through the establishment. The items form a mesh network and relay location information through access points, when in range, to control / monitoring computers.

The invention discloses an automatic cleaning device for factory floor, which belongs to the technical field of factory cleaning. The technical solution is: an automatic cleaning device for factory floor, including a drive system, a cleaning system and a motion system. The beneficial effects of the present invention are: the present invention establishes a device for automatic cleaning of the workshop floor, which is reliable in performance, small in size, and has flexible movement capabilities in complex and smooth ground environments. The cleaning device in this solution can completely replace traditional manual cleaning The form of the factory building improves work efficiency and improves the working environment for workers.

A method of constructing a palletizer cell by providing square platform bases which are assembled into an array in abutment with each other, each platform base mounting a respective component of palletizing equipment, such as a robot, one or more conveyors, a slip sheet bin, a discharge module, etc. with one platform base anchored to the factory floor and the rest attached to one or another of the platform bases to form the array of platform bases thereby properly locating the various equipment with each other by the fitting together of the platform bases. Safety fencing sections are mounted atop one or more outer sides to substantially enclose the space within the palletizer cell. Each platform base is formed with side openings which may be engaged with the tines of a fork lift.

The invention relates to a novel industrialized production efficiently-assembled type building floor slab. The novel industrialized production efficiently-assembled type building floor slab comprises a floor slab body capable of being connected with a column and a beam, and the longitudinal cross section of the floor slab body is trapezoid; a rebar support is embedded, the ends of the rebar support extend to the four lateral walls of the floor slab body and protrude out of the lateral walls to form rebar heads; welding hole slots are formed in the trapezoid end face of the floor slab body, and the rebar heads located on the trapezoid end face are exposed out from the welding hole slots. As the novel industrialized production efficiently-assembled type building floor slab is prefabricated in a plant, the quality can be better guaranteed; assembling and installation are achieved on site so that a large number of formworks can be saved, and the construction period can be shortened; only three main working procedures including placing the floor slab in place, mutual welding and joint filling are needed on the engineering construction site, and construction is convenient.