Patents by Inventor Timothy Roback

Timothy Roback 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).

  • Recognition-based industrial automation control with redundant system input support
    Patent number: 9798302
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for performing industrial automation control in an industrial automation system. The method may include detecting, via a sensor system, positions and/or motions of a human. The method may then determine a possible automation command corresponding to the detected positions and/or motions, receive an automation system signal from at least one additional control component, and implement a control and/or notification action based upon the determined possible automation command and the received automation system signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Scott, Thong T. Nguyen, Suresh Nair, Timothy Roback, David D. Brandt
  • RECOGNITION-BASED INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION CONTROL WITH REDUNDANT SYSTEM INPUT SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20140244003
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for performing industrial automation control in an industrial automation system. The method may include detecting, via a sensor system, positions and/or motions of a human. The method may then determine a possible automation command corresponding to the detected positions and/or motions, receive an automation system signal from at least one additional control component, and implement a control and/or notification action based upon the determined possible automation command and the received automation system signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Steven J. Scott, Thong T. Nguyen, Suresh Nair, Timothy Roback, David D. Brandt