| US 7,339,476 B2 | ||
| Systems and methods that integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with industrial controllers | ||
| Filip Macurek, Hostavice (Czech Republic); Pavel Vrba, Plzen (Czech Republic); and Kenwood H. Hall, Hudson, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, Ohio (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/985,621. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0108411 A1, May 25, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—572.1 [235/462.01; 700/215; 700/217; 700/224] | 34 Claims |
| 1. A system that provides electronic product data to a component of an industrial control system, comprising:
a component that stores electronic product data obtained from a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag in a structured
format, the RFID tag is affixed to a product; and
an interface that provides the electronic product data to an industrial controller, the interface utilizes a Programmable
Logic Controller (PLC) interface to read and write at least one of an input, an output, a tag, a state, and a status parameter
to the industrial controller.
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