Patent ID: 7197969
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: B27G,F16P,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A machine having an operative structure configured to perform a task, where the operative structure includes a cutting tool adapted to move in at least one motion, and where the machine comprises: a detection system adapted to detect the occurrence of an unsafe condition between a person and the cutting tool; a reaction system adapted to mitigate the unsafe condition; and a control system adapted to monitor the detection system and control actuation of the reaction system, where the control system includes a test mode feature configured to allow a user to test whether a particular material would be perceved by the detection system as a person in an unsafe condition, and where the test mode feature indicates whether the particular material would be perceived by the detection system as a person in an unsafe condition by triggering some action other than actuation of the reaction system.