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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Applicants:
Petteri Kangas, Hyvinkaa, FI;
Ville Haaksluoto, Launonen, FI;
Inventors:
Petteri Kangas, Hyvinkaa, FI;
Ville Haaksluoto, Launonen, FI;
Assignee:
KONE Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 3/02 (2006.01); B66B 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 3/02 (2013.01); B66B 5/0018 (2013.01); G06K 7/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example embodiments relate to a method and arrangement for monitoring the operating condition of a transport system. In one or more example embodiments, the method includes measuring a value associated with operation of a reader device, the reader device configured to transmit a reading signal to read an identifier, if the identifier is situated within range of the reading signal, and detecting a presence of a functional nonconformance in the operation of the reader device based on the value associated with operation of the reader device.