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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Charles Theurer, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Douglas Forman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Brandon Good, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Shaopeng Liu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David Smith, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Todd Scarola, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Robert Wallace, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Judith Guzzo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method to detect an event associated with a first object relative to a second object and a support is provided. The system can include an antenna at a support to receive the first object, a tag reader in communication with the antenna and a tag located on the second object. In response to detecting a change in impedance of the antenna associated with the presence of the first object, the tag reader communicates a presence signal. In response to detecting the tag within a threshold proximity of the tag reader, the tag reader generates a tag signal. A remoter server is operable to detect an association of the first and second objects based on a comparison a time associated with each of the tag signal and the presence signal, and in response then creates an output indicative of a detected event based on the association for illustration.