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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Ali Salour, Fenton, MO (US);
Douglas D. Trimble, St. Peters, MO (US);
Inventors:
Ali Salour, Fenton, MO (US);
Douglas D. Trimble, St. Peters, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
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.