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Albrecht Schmidt

Axel Spriestersbach

Uwe Kubach

Michael Beigl

Christian Merz

Jorg Mann

Martin Strohbach

Kristof Van Laerhoven

Hans-Werner Gellerson

Adrian Friday

Hans-W Gellersen

Methods and systems are described for sensing force information at a plurality of points on a continuous surface, and detecting contextual information about an object on the surface based on the distribution of force on the surface. For example, a plurality of sensors may be included below different points on such a substantially continuous surface, where the sensors are operable to sense force information. Then, a processor connected to the sensors may determine a location of the object relative to the surface, based on the force information from the sensors.

Context acquisition based on load sensing

A worker carries a sensor that senses a tag device, preferably a passive RFID tag, in or on an article being processed. The sensor obtains wirelessly from the tag device identifying data, such as a numerical tag, which has been recorded as corresponding to a specific article. A computer connected with the receiver uses the identifying data to obtain a network address on a computer data network. Data relating to the worker contact with the article is sent over the network to the address accessed, and the server, or a management computer attached to it, causes a record to be stored reporting the access regarding the article, and other bookkeeping or process control activities are performed as claimed.

Computerized system for automatically monitoring processing of objects

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Crailsheim, Germany

Albrecht Schmidt