@inproceedings{HerpersJungReinertetal.2007, author = {Rainer Herpers and Norbert Jung and Dietmar Reinert and Oliver Schwaneberg and Stefan Hahne and Alexander Barth and Oliver Zilken and Moritz Vieth}, title = {Hand and Finger Protection for Circular Saws}, series = {Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Safety of Industrial Automated Systems, SIAS 2007, 12-13 November 2007, Tokyo/Japan}, pages = {119 -- 124}, year = {2007}, abstract = {In the presented project, new approaches for the prevention of hand movements leading to hazards and for non-contact detection of fingers are intended to permit comprehensive and economical protection on circular saws. The basic principles may also be applied to other machines with manual loading and/or unloading. Two new detection principles are explained. The first is the distinction between skin and wood or other material by spectral analysis in the near infrared region. Using LED and photodiodes it is possible to detect fingers and hands reliable. With a kind of light curtain the intrusion into the dangerous zone near the blade can be prevented. The second principle is video image processing to detect persons, arms and fingers. In the first stage of development the detection of upper limb extremities within a defined hazard area by means of a computer based video image analysis is investigated.}, language = {en} }