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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2015
Applicant:

Translogic Corporation, Denver, CO (US);

Inventor:

Kenneth Michael Hoganson, Aurora, CO (US);

Assignee:

Translogic Corporation, Denver, CO (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 51/44 (2006.01); B65G 51/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 51/44 (2013.01); B65G 51/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method provides for controlling a pneumatic carrier system based on identification information read from a carrier or a payload of the carrier. Each carrier or payload which is to be employed within the system includes an identification device such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip which has stored thereon information for the carrier or payload. Positioned throughout the system are communications devices such as antennas and readers which are employed to read and/or write identification information on the identification device. Based on reading the identification device at locations within the system, the operation of the system is altered.


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