Patents by Inventor Bertil Emmertz

Bertil Emmertz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9785905
    Abstract: A method, arrangement and computer program product for determining overall equipment effectiveness of a robot cell including at least one industrial robot involved in producing products. The arrangement includes an effectiveness determination device, which in turn includes an overall equipment effectiveness determining unit that obtains ideal robot operations data of the robot cell, obtains actual robot operations data of the robot cell, and determines the overall equipment effectiveness based on the ideal robot operations data and the actual robot operations data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Bertil Emmertz, Henrik Andersson
  • Publication number: 20150220863
    Abstract: A method, arrangement and computer program product for determining overall equipment effectiveness of a robot cell including at least one industrial robot involved in producing products. The arrangement includes an effectiveness determination device, which in turn includes an overall equipment effectiveness determining unit that obtains ideal robot operations data of the robot cell, obtains actual robot operations data of the robot cell, and determines the overall equipment effectiveness based on the ideal robot operations data and the actual robot operations data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Bertil Emmertz, Henrik Andersson
  • Patent number: 8670868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing safe remote access to a plurality of robot controllers positioned at a local site for a person positioned on a remote site. The system includes a plurality of robot controllers, each capable of receiving credentials and including an authentication component for authentication of the credentials, and an authorization component for handling authorization for access to the robot controller based on the result of the authentication, a remote computer located at a remote site and capable of communicating with the robot controllers and having an interface capable of receiving credentials and configured to send the credentials to the robot controllers, a server component capable of communicating with the robot controllers, and an identifying component positioned at the local site configured to receive proof of local access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Bertil Emmertz, Jean-Christophe Alt, Steve Murphy
  • Publication number: 20130158708
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing safe remote access to a plurality of robot controllers positioned at a local site for a person positioned on a remote site. The system includes a plurality of robot controllers, each capable of receiving credentials and including an authentication component for authentication of the credentials, and an authorization component for handling authorization for access to the robot controller based on the result of the authentication, a remote computer located at a remote site and capable of communicating with the robot controllers and having an interface capable of receiving credentials and configured to send the credentials to the robot controllers, a server component capable of communicating with the robot controllers, and an identifying component positioned at the local site configured to receive proof of local access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Bertil Emmertz, Jean-Christophe Alt, Steve Murphy