US 12,008,148 B2
Safety device configuration cloning
Alejandro Ruiz Sanchez, Newark, CA (US)
Assigned to OMRON Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/593,216
Filed by OMRON Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/020220
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/190473, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/819,406, filed on Mar. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0180002 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/73 (2013.01) [G06F 21/44 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system configured to facilitate safety sensor configuration, the system comprising:
an automated device comprising a safety sensor configured to perform a safety feature based on one or more sensor parameters, wherein a sensor serial number and a sensor password are linked with the safety sensor;
a removable memory card configured to be accessed by the automated device and having stored thereon a parameter set, and a flag indicative of whether the parameter set is unique to the automated device;
a processor coupled to the safety sensor; and
a memory storing computer-executable instructions, wherein execution of the computer-executable instructions by the processor causes the processor to determine, based on the flag, whether the parameter set is unique to the automated device or not;
when the processor determines that the parameter set is not unique to the automated device, the execution of the computer-executable instructions by the processor further causes the processor to:
determine whether a password stored on the card matches the sensor password; and
in response to the password stored on the card matching the sensor password, configure the safety sensor to perform the safety feature based on the parameter set from the card, and
when the processor determines that the parameter set is unique to the automated device, the execution of the computer-executable instructions by the processor further causes the processor to:
determine whether information in the flag corresponds to the sensor serial number; and
in response to the information in the flag corresponding to the sensor serial number, configure the safety sensor to perform the safety feature based on the parameter set.