US Patent Application No: 2005/0228,528

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Location based material handling and processing

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling resources integrated to perform a process on a work product within an environment where at least one of a first of the resources and the work product is a moveable item that moves during the process, the method comprising the steps of providing an information device on the moveable item, ascertaining the location of the information device and controlling at least a first of the resources as a function of the location of the information device.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OH1159

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baier, John Joseph Mentor, OH 56 184
Batke, Brian A Novelty, OH 44 165
Callaghan, David Michael Concord, OH 19 164
Farchmin, David W Grafton, WI 20 104
Noonen, Daniel P Mentor, OH 5 51
Tutkovics, Scot A Sagamore Hills, OH 20 75
Vasko, David Alan Macedonia, OH 6 77

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ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (14)
7,551,081 Systems and methods that integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with agent-based control systems 10 2004
7,636,044 RFID tag programming, printing application, and supply chain/global registration architecture 1 2005
7,764,191 RFID tag data affecting automation controller with internal database 12 2005
8,260,948 Enhanced controller utilizing RFID technology 0 2005
7,510,110 RFID architecture in an industrial controller environment 14 2005
7,931,197 RFID-based product manufacturing and lifecycle management 0 2005
7,446,662 Intelligent RFID tag for magnetic field mapping 1 2005
8,025,227 Access to distributed databases via pointer stored in RFID tag 1 2005
7,997,475 Systems and methods that integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with industrial controllers 1 2008
7,932,827 Mobile RFID reader with integrated location awareness for material tracking and management 0 2008
7,772,978 Intelligent RFID tag for magnetic field mapping 1 2008
8,152,053 RFID architecture in an industrial controller environment 0 2009
8,384,544 Systems and methods that integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with agent-based control systems 0 2009
7,994,919 Systems and methods that integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with agent-based control systems 2 2009
 
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. (1)
7,809,458 Process control system with ability to exchange data with production line machine controllers 0 2008
 
PROPACK DATA G.M.B.H (1)
7,616,117 Reconciliation mechanism using RFID and sensors 13 2005
 
THE BOEING COMPANY (1)
7,599,756 Production moving line system and method 0 2007
 
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (1)
7,715,943 Microserver for managing an assembly or repair of a product 2 2008