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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
David W Farchmin, Grafton, WI (US);
David Alan Vasko, Macedonia, OH (US);
Brian A Batke, Novelty, OH (US);
Daniel P Noonen, Mentor, OH (US);
David Michael Callaghan, Concord, OH (US);
John Joseph Baier, Mentor, OH (US);
Scot A Tutkovics, Sagamore, OH (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for use with a plurality of resources integrated within a space for performing a process and a program run by a processor for controlling the process, the apparatus for associating the resources with the program and comprising a processor running a program to perform the steps of identifying at least a first reference point within the space, identifying the relative juxtaposition of at least a first resource with respect to the first reference point and associating the first resource with the program as a function of the relative juxtaposition of the first resource to the reference point.