US 12,235,678 B2
System and method for controlling an interaction between an operator and a machine
Paolo Belluco, Milan (IT)
Assigned to LWT3 S.R.L., Milan (IT)
Appl. No. 17/907,085
Filed by LWT3 S.R.L., Milan (IT)
PCT Filed Mar. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/052385
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/191784, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000006238 (IT), filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0231429 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/163 (2013.01) [B25J 9/16 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2013.01); B25J 19/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); B25J 9/0006 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. System for controlling at least one interaction between at least one operator and at least one machine provided with one or more actuators and with one or more moving elements that are driven by actuators, wherein the actions of the actuators can be controlled by means of control data, wherein said system comprises at least one wearable device which:
a. is suitable to be worn by the operator,
b. is provided with one or more sensors comprising one or more surface electromyographic sensors suitable to measure the muscular activity of the operator during his interaction with the machine,
c. comprises at least one data acquisition system suitable to receive and aggregate the data received from the sensors,
d. comprises at least one data processing system suitable to process the data received from the sensors,
e. comprises at least one data storage system suitable to store the data received from the sensors and/or processed by the data processing system,
f. comprises at least one data display system suitable to display the data received by the sensors and/or processed by the data processing system,
wherein the system further comprises:
g. one or more sensors suitable to detect parameters or actions of one or more of said actuators of the at least one machine and/or of one or more of said moving elements driven by the actuators,
h. at least one control subsystem suitable to manage the data received from the sensors of the wearable device and of the machine, wherein the control subsystem comprises:
h1. at least one data hub module suitable to acquire and aggregate the received data, and
h2. at least one data storage system suitable to store the received data and the results of the processing of these data,
wherein the control subsystem also comprises at least one expert system suitable to analyse the data acquired and aggregated by the data hub module to generate control data according to at least one interaction pattern between operator and machine, which interaction pattern is stored in the control subsystem, wherein the control subsystem is suitable to send said control data to the data display system of the wearable device and to the actuator(s) of the machine to control actions of the operator and of the machine.