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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2004
Brett A. Brinton, Seattle, WA (US);
William Brinton, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel R. Mayer, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric S. Manegold, Federal Way, WA (US);
Charles Michael Mcquade, Issaquah, WA (US);
Brett A. Brinton, Seattle, WA (US);
William Brinton, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel R. Mayer, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric S. Manegold, Federal Way, WA (US);
Charles Michael McQuade, Issaquah, WA (US);
Zonar Systems, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An accessory () removably attached to a portable computing device () and handheld, portable readers (and) are used to generate and store data that indicate an operator was sufficiently close to each of a plurality of components during an inspection to actually inspect the components. The portable device includes a sensor that detects tokens such as radio frequency identification tags, which are affixed adjacent to the components. Messages appearing on a display and/or audible instructions from the portable reader prompt the operator to proceed to each checkpoint where the state of the component at that location is determined. The date, time and coordinates of each component's inspection (and optionally, the component's state) are included in the data produced by the portable reader. The data are temporarily stored in the portable reader and subsequently transferred to a remote data storage site.