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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.
The proper use of protective hoods on panel saws should reliably prevent severe injuries from (hand) contact with the blade or material kickbacks. It also should minimize long-term lung damages from fine-particle pollution. To achieve both purposes the hood must be adjusted properly by the operator for each workpiece to fit its height. After a work process is finished, the hood must be lowered down completely to the bench. Unfortunately, in practice the protective hood is fixed at a high position for most of the work time and herein loses its safety features. A system for an automatic height adjustment of the hood would increase comfort and safety. If the system can distinguish between workpieces and skin reliably, it furthermore will reduce occupational hazards for panel saw users. A functional demonstrator of such a system has been designed and implemented to show the feasibility of this approach. A specific optical sensor system is used to observe a point on the extended cut axis in front of the blade. The sensor determines the surface material reliably and measures the distance to the workpiece surface simultaneously. If the distance changes because of a workpiece fed to the machine, the control unit will set the motor-adjusted hood to the correct height. If the sensor detects skin, the hood will not be moved. In addition a camera observes the area under the hood. If there are no workpieces or offcuts left under the hood, it will be lowered back to the default position.
In the presented project, a new approach for the prevention of hand movements leading to hazards and for non-contact detection of fingers is 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. With an automatic blade guard an improved integration of the protection system can be achieved. In addition a new detection principle is explained. The distinction between skin and wood or other material is achieved by a dedicated spectral analysis in the near infrared region. Using LED and photodiodes it is possible to detect fingers and hands reliably. With a kind of light curtain the intrusion of hands or fingers into the dangerous zone near the blade guard can be prevented.
Vorrichtung zur Authentifikation einer Person anhand mindestens eines biometrischen Parameters
(2008)
Die Vorrichtung zur Authentifikation einer Person anhand mindestens eines biometrischen Parameters, insbesondere anhand eines Fingerabdrucks, ist versehen mit einem Biometrie-Detektor (20) zur Detektion eines biometrischen Parameters, einem Haut-Detektor (24) zur berührungslosen Erkennung lebender menschlicher Haut innerhalb eines Erfassungsbereichs. Der Haut-Detektor (24) weist mindestens eine Gruppe aus mindestens einer Strahlungseinheit (26, 28) und mindestens einer Empfangseinheit (30) auf. Die mindestens eine Strahlungseinheit (26, 28) gibt in Richtung auf den Erfassungsbereich Strahlung bei mindestens zwei unterschiedlichen Wellenlängen im Wellenlängenbereich zwischen 400 nm und 1500 nm ab, wobei mindestens eine der Wellenlängen (26, 28) im Wellenlängenbereich von 900 nm bis 1500 nm liegt und die mindestens eine Empfangseinheit (30) aus dem Erfassungsbereich reflektierte Strahlung empfängt. Ferner ist die Vorrichtung versehen mit einer mit dem Biometer-Detektor (20) und dem Haut-Detektor (24) verbundenen Signalauswerteeinheit (22) zur Auswertung der Intensität der von der Empfangseinheit (30) empfangenen reflektierten Strahlungen der Strahlungseinheit (26, 28). In der Signalauswerteeinheit (22) ist anhand der Intensitäten der von der Empfangseinheit (30) empfangenen reflektierten Strahlungen der Strahlungseinheit (26, 28) bei den zwei unterschiedlichen Wellenlängen ermittelbar, ob der Haut-Detektor lebende menschliche Haut erkennt.