Patent ID: 9695980
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: F16P,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for configuring a failsafe monitoring device that failsafely monitors the operation of an automated machine or installation that defines a hazardous area, the failsafe monitoring device comprising at least one image recording unit adapted to generate a three-dimensional image of a spatial area that includes the hazardous area and an evaluation unit connected to said image recording unit for monitoring in real-time the spatial area and failsafely interrupting or altering the operation of said automated machine or installation in response to the detection of a predefined event, the method comprising the steps of: connecting a non-failsafe programmable computer having a display device to said monitoring device and using said computer to configure a safety zone outside the hazardous area and within said spatial area, wherein said configure step further comprises the steps of: wherein the evaluation unit thereafter checks the plausibility of said data record, and further wherein said failsafe monitoring device thereafter monitors the spatial area in real-time to detect when an object breaches the virtual boundary between the safety zone and the hazardous area defined by the at least one variable geometry element, said breach comprising said predefined event.