CA2008580A1 - Device for controlling moving object - Google Patents

Device for controlling moving object

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CA2008580A1
CA2008580A1 CA002008580A CA2008580A CA2008580A1 CA 2008580 A1 CA2008580 A1 CA 2008580A1 CA 002008580 A CA002008580 A CA 002008580A CA 2008580 A CA2008580 A CA 2008580A CA 2008580 A1 CA2008580 A1 CA 2008580A1
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moving object
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Valery A. Kononov
Yakov L. Krasik
Oleg F. Danilchuk
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NAUCHNO-PROIZVODSTVENNOE OBIEDINENIE PO SOZDANIJU I VYPUSKU SREDSTV AVTOMATIZATSII GORNYKH MASHIN
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Abstract

DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MOVING OBJECT
A b s t r a c t A device for controlling a moving object compris-es an infrared transmitter, an infrared detector and a control unit connected to the detector and to actuators of a moving object. The detector is installed in the rear portion of the moving object so that it is beamed solely on a zone safe for the operator.

Description

DEVIC~ ~OR CONTROLLI~G l,lOVI~TG OBJ~CT

The present invention relates to mining industry and in particular to devices for controlling a moving ob-ject.
The invention is suitable for remote control of industrial installation~ not requiring cables or ~ires.
There i~ known a device for controlling a moving object over a cable line (cf. Movosti zarubezhnoi ugolnoi promyshlennosti, ~o. 4, 1972, Moscow, "Systema distantsi-onnogo upravlenia dlya pogruzochnykh ma9hin"~,which com-prise~ a control unit arranged on a moving object and a control panel suitable ior installation in any convenient location. In such a device, remote control is effected electrically. The di~tance between the control panel and the moving object may be suitably varied within the vi~-ibility range of the moving object during operation.
With the foregoing device, there is a real hazard that the operator may enter a dangerous zone, that is, a zone wherein the working member o~ the moving object per-forms its functions under control effected over a corres-ponding circuit. Thus, the operator may be injured by the working member of the moving object, lack of opera-tional safety being an apparent disadvantage of the afore-said device.
There is also known a device for controlling a mov-ing object (cf. Glukauf mining journal, 3(2), 1967, K.~,~eber - et al. ~Portable installation for remotc control ol .1in-ing equipm!nt by radio", pp 16 - 21~,which compri~s a port-able radio tran~mitter, a radio receiver and a control .- unit, all of ~hich are in~talled on a moving object. ~he - knorm device ensure~ con-trol of a moving object within 15 m. If thi~ di~tance i3 e~ceeded, the controlled object . i3 turned of~. Said moving object ma~ be controlled with ~ .
the operator found in the zone of action of its working member, due to which injurie3 may not be always prevented. ~:
Moreover, the afore-mentioned device i3 characterized by ~ - :
low reliability of its radio channel due to inadequate noise immunity.
. Another known device for controlling a moving ob-- ject (c~. Ent3yklopedia sovremennoi tekhniki, avtomati-zat3ia proizvod3tva i promyshlennaya elektronika, 1962, vol. 1, vol. 3, Mo3cow vol. 1 pp. 496-497, vol. 3, pO 136) compri3e3 an infrared tra.nsmitter, an infrared detector ~ :
and a control unit in3talled on a moving object and con-: nected to the detector and to actuator3 of said moving .object.
~ he knor~ device doe3 not provide operational sa~e-ty ior the operator may control said moving object in a dangerou3 zone. ~herefore, accidents may not be reliably prevented.
~ he invention re~ides in providing a device ~or controlling a moving object,which would e33entially pre-clude control of a moving object from a zone wherein a work-ing member thereo~ performq it~ function3 30 that injurie3 , .
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to the operator would be prevented and operational safety would be enhanced.
It is, therefore, an object of the present inven-tion to increa~e operational qafety in control of a mov-ing object.
~ here is provided a device for controlling a mov-ing object, comprising an infrared transmitter, an infra-red detector disposed in the rear portion of a moving ob-ject so that it is beamed solely on a zone safe for the operator, and a control unit arranged on said moving ob-ject and connected to the detector and to actuators of said moving object.
The invention prevents injuries to the operator in the zone wherein the working member of the moving ob-ject performq its functions, an advantage substantially increasing operational safety.
The invention will now be described further with reference to a specific embodiment thereof, taken in con-junction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a block diagram of a device ~or cont-rolling a moving object according to the invention;
Figure 2 shows arrangement of ele~ents of the device on a moving object and in the work zone used by the operator according to the invention;
Figure 3 is a functional diagram of the device for controlling a moving object according to the invention;
and Figure ~ is a circuit diagram of an infrared trans-~,,", , , , . . .. . - . . - -~0(~8580 -- '1 --mitter according to the invention.
l~eferring to the drawing3 the device for cont-rolling a moving object in compliance ~rith the invention comprises a portable control instruction tran~mitter 1 (~igure 1) including a power ~ource 2 connected to ~uch series components a3 an e-ncoder 3, a generator 4 and a switch 5 connected to the cathode of a lig~lt-emitting di-ode 6 having it~ anode connected to the po~;rer source 2, the propo~ed device bein~ al~o provided with a control ' ;~
unit 7 and an in~rared detector 3 connected to ~aid cont-rol unit and compri~ing a photodiode 9 ~ld such ~eries components a~ a selective amplifier 10 and a decoder 11.
~he anode o~ the photodiode 9 is connected to the selec-tive ampli~ier 10, while its cathode is connected to a zero potential bus 13. ~he control unit 7 is connected to a mov-ing object 12. In the drawing, arro~r3 A show the direction of in~rared radiation.
The transmitter 1 (~igure 2) is carricd by the operator 14, whereas the control unit 7 and the detector 8 with its photodiode 9 are installed on the moving ob-ject 12. More specifically the infrared detector d is di~-po~ed in the rear portion o~ the moving object 12. ~he detector 8 i~ beamed solely on zone B, said zone B being sa~e ior the operator.
lhe decoder 11 compriseq a pul3e di3tributor 15 (~igure 3) and ~JD gates 161, 162 ... 16n having their ~irst inputs combined and connected to the output of the selective amplifier 10 and their ~econd inputs connected :

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20(38580 to the outputs of the pu'~e di~tributor 15 whose ~irst input i~ combined with the input oi a pulse generator 17 and connected through a sync pulse ~elector to the out-put o~ the selective arnpli~ier 10. ~he sync pul~e select-or comprise~ a re~istor 1~ having it~ one lead connected to the anode of a diode l9 and to one lead o~ a capacitor 20 whose other lead is connected to the zero potential bus 13. The cathode of the diode 19 is connected to the other lead of the re~istor 18 and to the output of the selective amplifier 10. The second input o~ the pulse distributor 15 is connected to the output of the pulse generator 17.
- ~he control unit 7 comprises transistors 211, 212..
..21n wherein bases are connected through resistors 221, 222 ~.. 22n to the outputs of the AMD gates 161, 162 ...
... 16n, emitters are connected to the zero potential bus 13 and collectors are connected to actuator relays 231~
232 ... 23n having their contacts 241~ 242 ... 24n con-nected to circuits 251~ 252 ... 25n for controlling said moving object.
Turning now to ~igure 4 the pulse generator 4 comprises a frequency divider 26 having its first input connected to the output o~ the encoder 3 and its ~ir~t output connected to the input of the switch 5, while the ~:
~econd input o~ the ~requency divider 26 is connected to one lead o~ a quartz crystal re~onator 27, the other lead o~ which is connected to fir~t lead~ o~ a resistor 28 and a capacitor 29. ~he second lead oi the capacitor 29 is :~ :

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20(18580 connected to the zero potential bu~ 13, while the ~econd lead of the re~istor 23 i3 connected to the second output ~ -of the frequency divider 26 and through a resi3tor 30 to , ~ ;
the ~econd input o~ the frequency divider 26.
The ~witch 5 compri~es a tran~istor 31 wherein the emitter is connected-to the zero potential bus 13, the collector is connected to the cathode o~ the light-emitt-ing diode 6 and the base i9 connected to the first output o~ the ~requency divider 26 through a resistor 32.
~ he anode of the light-emitting diode 6 and the ~irst input oP the encoder 3 are connected to one lead of the power ~ource 2 who3e other lead is connected to the zero potential bus 13 which is al~o connected to the se-cond input of the encoder 3.
~ he device ior controlling a moving object in com-pliance with the present invention operates in the manner described below. The tran~mitter 1 (Figure 1) is operated ~rom the power source 2, which may be a storage battery.
The encoder 3 code~ the control instructions. Pulses derived from the output of the encoder 3 are used to cont-rol the operation of the radio-frequency generator 4, that is, to ef~ect amplitude modulation of the high-~re- ~ -quency carrier. ~he output signal of the generator 4 en-ables the ~witch 5 whose ~witching frequency is equal to ~ -the ~requency o~ the generator 4. Directional infrared ra-diation is induced as current i~ pa3qed throu~h the infra~
red light-emitting diode 6. lhe radiation pattern depends ~,.. ,: , . . . .
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`` 2()~s8o on the type of light-emitting diode used.
~ aid infrared radiation i~ received by the photo-diode 9 (Figure 2) of the detector 3. A~ has been stated, the detector 3 and the photodiode 9 are arranged in the rear portion of the moving object 1~, an aperture in the photodiode 9 being turned in the direction opposite to the working member of the moving object 12. Such an ar-rangement o~ the detector 8 provides for ~ormation o~ the infrared radiation receiving zone B behind the moving ob-ject 12 since the photodiode 9 i~ beamed in the direction oppo~ite to the working member o~ the moving object 12.
The ~elective amplifier 10 (~igure 1) passes only the signal at the frequency of the generator 4. Thus, coded control instructions from the transmitter 1 appear at the output o~ the detector 8.
The decoder 11 permits obtaining initial instruc-tions, ~hile the control unit 7 effects control o~ the actuators of the moving object 12.
Said infrared radiation is received by the photo- -~
diode 9 only when the operator 14 (~igure 2) carrying the ;~
transmitter 1 is found in the reception zone B of the photodiode 9. Referring to the dra~ing it i3 apparent that the light-emitting diode 6 (Figure 1) of the trans-mitter 1 acting as a radiator mu~t be turned to the mov-ing object 12 (Figure 2). The configuration of the in- ;~
rrared radiation receiving zone B depends on the type of photodiode 9 used.

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20085~0 If the operator 14 moves towards the working member of the rloving object 12, he leaves the infrared radiation receiving zone B, the actuators of the moving object 12 are turned off and the control of the moving object 12 i9 stopped.
The proposed device for controlling a moving ob-ject ensures remote control of the actuators of the mov-ing object 12 within 20 m.
~hus, the invention prevents energizing and cont- . , rol of a moving object when the operator is found in the zone of action o~ the working member of said moving object, which precludes 100% all injuries to the operator and, in effect, increases operational safety.

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Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
A device for controlling actuators of a moving object in a zone safe for the operator, comprising;
an infrared transmitter;
an infrared detector;
said detector disposed in the rear portion of a moving object;
said infrared detector beamed in a suitable manner;
said infrared detector beamed solely on a zone safe for the operator; and a control unit serving to effect actuators of a moving object, which is installed on said moving object and connected to said detector and to said actuators of said moving object.
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