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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2019
Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh, Heerbrugg, CH;
Asif Rana, Widnau, CH;
Roman Lampert, Göfis, AT;
Bernd Reimann, Heerbrugg, CH;
George Kenneth Thomas, Madison, AL (US);
Johannes Maunz, Widnau, CH;
HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH, Heerbrugg, CH;
Abstract
A workflow generation system comprising a first device with a computing unit, a memory unit and a first communication unit, and a plurality of software agents used with a plurality of electronic apparatuses comprising at least one measuring device, wherein each software agent is installable on an electronic apparatus of the plurality of electronic apparatuses and exchanges data with the electronic apparatus, wherein the first device receives a measuring task and performs a workflow generation process to generate a workflow for performing the task involving one or more of the apparatuses, to generate workflow data allowing a respective apparatus to perform a part of the task, and to provide the workflow data to the software agents of the involved apparatuses, and provide configuration data to the software agents to reconfigure the respective apparatus for providing functions for performing the part of the task by the respective apparatus.