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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Arun Ayyagari, Seattle, WA (US);
Craig Battles, Seattle, WA (US);
William Phillip Coop, Kent, WA (US);
Kevin Y. Ung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian J. Smith, Seattle, WA (US);
Arun Ayyagari, Seattle, WA (US);
Craig Battles, Seattle, WA (US);
William Phillip Coop, Kent, WA (US);
Kevin Y. Ung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian J. Smith, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for an automated safety device inspection system for a vehicle are provided. The system includes an RFID reader including a transmit portion and a receive portion wherein the reader is physically translatable along a predetermined path, a directional antenna communicatively coupled to the reader wherein the antenna is configured to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals in a direction substantially normal to the path, a relative position indicator configured to determine a relative position of the reader from a starting point, and a controller communicatively coupled to the reader. The controller includes a user interface, a processor communicatively coupled to the user interface, and a database communicatively coupled to the processor wherein the database includes location data of a plurality of safety devices in a plurality of different types of vehicles, the processor is configured to control the transmitted RF signals based on the location data.