Systems and methods are disclosed for moving a tabletop of a workstation based on biometric input associated with a user, the method being performed by a controller that is configured to send control signals to actuators to move the tabletop. One method includes: accessing a user profile associated with a user device; determining parameters for moving the tabletop, based on the user profile, for eliciting desired biometric inputs from the workstation user at one or more times during the movement of the tabletop; and repeating one or more iterations of: moving the tabletop based on the parameters, by sending control signals to the actuators of the tabletop; receiving, into a data storage device, actual biometric inputs from the workstation user; comparing the received actual biometric inputs with the desired biometric inputs; and if the parameters do not elicit the desired biometric inputs, adjusting the parameters.

A teach pendant for teaching a robot includes an operation unit disposed on a first surface of the teach pendant, to perform an input operation; a display unit disposed on the first surface; and a camera disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface of the teach pendant. An image captured by the camera is displayed on the display unit.

This disclosure describes a distributed reader architecture for a mobile computing device such as cellular telephone handset. One claim recites a portable computing device including: memory for storing a library of processing components, the library including a signal detector component and an audio fingerprinting component; a microphone for capturing ambient audio; one or more processors configured for: invoking the audio fingerprinting component for processing captured audio to produce an audio fingerprint, wherein the audio fingerprinting component comprises a filtering process, in which the filtering process produces components of the captured audio that are used to produce the audio fingerprint; and invoking the signal detector component, in which the signal detector component comprises a fast detect process for analyzing the captured audio to determine the presence of an auxiliary signal within the captured audio, and when the presence of the auxiliary signal is detected, controlling the signal detector component for detecting the auxiliary signal to yield a detected auxiliary signal. The device further includes a communications output for communicating the audio fingerprint and the detected auxiliary signal to a remotely located server. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well.

A processor implemented method for performing and controlling a humanoid robot is provided. The method includes the following steps: (i) obtaining a data from a perception unit to analyze a work environmental conditions, (ii) providing communication between (a) the humanoid robot and a cloud server, and (b) the cloud server and one or more robots, (iii) detecting an acquisition of image and distance information about the working environmental condition or one or more applications to create a map of the working environmental condition for navigation, (iv) providing a feedback and control information to the humanoid robot, and (v) providing an input to the humanoid robot based on the one or more sensors or the user devices or the user to perform a necessary action for the working environmental condition or the one or more applications.

Example methods and systems for controlling operation of equipment are described. An example method for pausing operation of one or more of electrical and hydraulic systems of an equipment includes receiving, at a computing device having one or more processors, biometric data from a wearable biometric interface of a wearer, and based on the biometric data being outside of a range of baseline data, the computing device controlling operation of a power unit coupled to the equipment to pause movement of one or more components of the one or more of electrical and hydraulic systems of the equipment.

An image capture device for a secure industrial control system is disclosed. In an embodiment, the image capture device includes: an image sensor; a signal processor coupled to the image sensor; and a controller for managing the signal processor and transmitting data associated with processed image signals to at least one of an input/output module or a communications/control module via a communications interface that couples the controller to the at least one of the input/output module or the communications/control module, wherein the controller is configured to establish an encrypted tunnel between the controller and the at least one of the input/output module or the communications/control module based upon at least one respective security credential of the image capture device and at least one respective security credential of the at least one of the input/output module or the communications/control module.

A facial recognition framework may be configured for robotic process automation (RPA) to automate a workflow for an application interface. A set of images of a user may be captured after the robot is initiated for the automated workflow. The set of images may be utilized by a deep learning neural network model to identify facial characteristics. The automated workflow may be performed by an attended robot based on successful validation of the user with the facial characteristics and credentials of the user for the attended robot.

A centralized control system including a centralized control device including a storage unit configured to store biometric information of an operator, and operation authority information indicating a range of authority of an operation by the operator for an operation target device in association with each other, a biometric information acquisition unit configured to acquire the biometric information from the operator, a selection information acquisition unit configured to acquire selection information for selecting the operation target device, a biometric authentication unit configured to authenticate the operation of the operator on the basis of the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition unit and the biometric information stored in the storage unit whenever the selection information acquisition unit acquires the selection information, a specific operation reception unit configured to receive a specific operation for the operation target device on the basis of the authentication result by the biometric authentication unit, and the operation authority information stored in the storage unit, and an operation information output unit configured to output specific operation information indicating the specific operation received by the specific operation reception unit to an operation target device, and a network configured to connect the centralized control device and the operation target device with each other.

This disclosure describes a distributed reader architecture for a mobile computing device such as cellular telephone handset. One claim recites a portable computing device including: memory for storing a library of processing components, the library including a signal detector component and an audio fingerprinting component; a microphone for capturing ambient audio; one or more processors configured for: invoking the audio fingerprinting component for processing captured audio to produce an audio fingerprint, wherein the audio fingerprinting component comprises a filtering process, in which the filtering process produces components of the captured audio that are used to produce the audio fingerprint; and invoking the signal detector component, in which the signal detector component comprises a fast detect process for analyzing the captured audio to determine the presence of an auxiliary signal within the captured audio, and when the presence of the auxiliary signal is detected, controlling the signal detector component for detecting the auxiliary signal to yield a detected auxiliary signal. The device further includes a communications output for communicating the audio fingerprint and the detected auxiliary signal to a remotely located server. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well.

A fingerprint sensor system and method is provided for enhancing biometric security. Fingerprints may be recorded according to a particular sequence and orientation. Fingerprint sequences may then be used to control the operation of devices, such as restricting content, or encrypting communications.