Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monitoring parts in a facility
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Application No.: US15230386Application Date: 2016-08-06
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Publication No.: US10430754B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Andrew Amann
- Applicant: The Weir Group PLC
- Applicant Address: GB Glasgow
- Assignee: WEIR GROUP IP LIMITED
- Current Assignee: WEIR GROUP IP LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Glasgow
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; H04W4/80 ; H04B17/27 ; H04W4/02 ; H04B17/318 ; H04W4/70 ; H04W4/029 ; H04W4/33 ; H04W4/04 ; H04W4/06 ; H04B17/23

Abstract:
Parts in a manufacturing or service facility are electronically tracked using wireless beacons and location tags, strategically positioned receiver devices in the facility, and a monitoring server. The wireless beacons and location tags are individually coupled to parts in the facility to be tracked and store beacon-, tag-, and part-specific identifiers that can be wirelessly communicated to the monitoring server through receiver devices or mobile devices of workers in the facility. In particular, the location tags transmit various identifiers when the mobile devices or wireless beacons are brought into close proximity to the location tags. The mobile devices allow workers to request on-demand and up-to-date work orders for the parts with location tags, and the wireless beacons communicate the location tags' identifiers to the monitoring server. The monitoring server uses the identifiers to track the locations of the parts and manage electronic work orders for the parts.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170041452A1 MONITORING PARTS IN A FACILITY Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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