The Boeing Company

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Douglas Duane Trimble

Ali Salour

Al Salour

Jonathan Blake Vance

Roger W Engelbart

Christopher Mark Vaccaro

Jagannathan Sarangapani

Steven A Dorris

Christopher Kenneth Zuver

Richard J Steckel

Michael D McInnis

Carl Joseph Hanks

Kent L English

John Robert Dworschak

Bryan G Dods

Joseph M Fletcher

Thomas E Shepherd

Jolynnetta Aisha Neal

William A Lane

Eyad S Taqieddin

Anna Yvette Kalinowski

Ron Newcomer

A method comprises using at least one of a reader and a passive tag to exchange values according to an ultra-lightweight mutual authentication protocol with a substitution operation to change a Hamming weight of the values.

Ultra-lightweight mutual authentication protocol with substitution operation

Manufacturing systems that employ intelligent sensing and methods for processing workpieces using such manufacturing systems, including methods of batch processing workpieces. The manufacturing systems may include a holding device to receive work order documents, where each work order document includes an identification tag, and each work order document corresponds with a specific manufacturing step. A scanner may be proximate to the holding device and associated with a workstation, where the scanner is configured to detect the identification tag of the work order documents held by the holding device. A control system may interpret the detected identification tag, identify the work order document associated with the interpreted identification tag, identify the specific manufacturing step corresponding with the identified work order document, and generate an output that includes an instruction for carrying out the manufacturing step at the workstation.

Systems for intelligent batch processing

A method of locating a tagged movable asset comprises determining blink counts for receivers in a plurality of zones, and selecting one of the zones according to a comparison of the blink counts.

Use of blink counts to locate movable tagged assets

An inventory management system includes an RFID reader, a multiplexing device operably connected to the RFID reader, and a plurality of shelving units. Each shelving unit has an outer boundary defined at least in part by RF blocking material. The inventory management system additionally includes a plurality of shelf antennas multiplexed to the RFID reader via the multiplexing device. At least one shelf antenna is routed within each shelving unit and tuned such that only RFID tags within the outer boundary of the shelving unit respond to an interrogation signal.

Inventory management system and method

An elevated platform system comprises a platform, a vision system configured to detect a number of people on the platform, and a plurality of restraining systems onboard the platform. Each restraining system includes a passive RFID tag secured to the platform and a reader configured to perform near field detection of the tag.

Elevated platform system including restraining systems and vision system

A restraining system comprises a restraining device including first and second interlockable parts that, when interlocked, restrain the system. The restraining system further comprises a passive RFID tag attached to the first part, and a passive RFID reader coupled to the second part for near field detection of the tag within a prescribed range of the second part.

Restraining system including near field RFID detection

An RFID tag container includes a container body having a first container portion and a second container portion detachably engaging the first container portion, wherein the container body is sized and configured to contain an RFID tag in a flame-proof, fluid-tight and vapor-tight seal.

RFID tag container

A method for generating an electronic quality record of a manufacturing operation that may involve generating inputs from a plurality of information sources located within a manufacturing environment. The plurality of information sources may provide information pertaining to at least a tool being used, an individual using the tool, and an operation that the tool is being used by the individual to perform. A locating system may be used that is in communication with the plurality of information sources to monitor a location and an operation of the tool. A processor may be in communication with the locating system to receive the generated inputs and to generate an electronic record upon completion of the operation that the tool is being used by the individual to perform. The electronic record may identify that the operation has been performed by the individual using the tool in accordance with a predefined standard.

System and method for electronic inspection and record creation of assembly, repair and maintenance operations

A method and apparatus for monitoring work flow of a resource is disclosed. The method accounts for the expected work flow of the resource in determining the location of the resource as well as dwell times at each work zone. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by determining if subsequent work zones sequentially follows the first work zone in the expected sequence of work zones.

Method and apparatus for optimized workflow monitoring

Method and apparatus for optimized work flow monitoring

The embodiments of the disclosure relate to a method of displaying an image of an inconsistency on a part. The part may be scanned. An inconsistency on the part may be located. An image of the inconsistency may be displayed on the part. In other embodiments, parts are provided which had images of the parts' inconsistencies displayed on one or more surfaces of the parts.

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Saint Peters, MO, United States of America

Douglas Duane Trimble