Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
700115000 | Product tracking (e.g., having product or carrier identification) | 33 |
20080234853 | MARKING AN ITEM WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE - A method for marking items includes determining production-date information indicative of a production date associated with an item; at least in part on the basis of the production-date information, determining a production-date range corresponding to the production-date information; retrieving expiration-date information corresponding to the production-date information; and marking the item with a mark representative of the expiration-date information. | 09-25-2008 |
20100106282 | ITEM WORKFLOW TRACKING IN AN AUTOMATED PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - The progressive tracking of items in relation to other items as they are processed and transformed through a sequence of processes executed in a workflow procedure intended to produce a finished hard copy document product for transport to a destination location, as a result of a production run, enables permission based control of one or more processing steps during the production run and/or effective scheduling of any re-do operations that may be desired upon detection of any discrepancies in the item processing operations. | 04-29-2010 |
20100222913 | METHODS FOR NON LOT-BASED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING - A method for continuous, non lot-based manufacturing of integrated circuit (IC) devices of the type to each have a unique fuse identification (ID) includes: reading the fuse ID of each of the IC devices; advancing multiple lots of the IC devices through, for example, a test step in the manufacturing process in a substantially continuous manner; generating data, such as test data, related to the advancement of each of the IC devices through the step in the process; and associating the data generated for each of the IC devices with the fuse ID of its associated IC device. | 09-02-2010 |
20110015775 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING BATCH PRODUCT MANUFACTURING - A system and method for monitoring product through a batch manufacturing plant is provided. The system includes, a parallel flow mode when product flows concurrently from at least two units to a single unit; and a serial flow mode where product flows from one unit to another at a given time, wherein the batch manufacturing plant is modeled based on the parallel and serial flow modes. A lot association is built based on product flow and a parent/child record is created for lot association. The system also includes a data collection system that collects phase information for every unit and a procedure identifier is used to create a batch identifier, where a batch identifier is associated with each lot on each unit through which product is flowing to and/or from at a given time. | 01-20-2011 |
20110093113 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING, TRACKING AND AUTHENTICATION OF PRODUCTS - Manufactured goods are marked or labeled with a secure unique identifier. A central checking centre allows users to verify the authenticity of a particular good such as a cigarette pack or carton via any convenient interface such as the internet or a cell phone. A system of secret sharing allows secure authentication of each item and prevents code breaking or misuse. | 04-21-2011 |
20110231004 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING CUSTOMIZED PRODUCTS - The present invention relates to a system and method for creating customized products using a product identification device. In some embodiments, the process involves receiving an aggregate order for yearbooks, creating a master list associated with the aggregate order and including single orders, associating at least one number with each single order, manufacturing a first portion of a yearbook for each single order with a first identifier associated with that portion and also being associated with the at least one number, manufacturing a second portion of the yearbook for the single order with a second identifier associated with that portion and also being associated with the at least one number, and combining the first portion with the second portion. | 09-22-2011 |
20110307092 | TRANSPORT SCHEDULING FOR LOW MICROBIAL BULK PRODUCTS - Transport scheduling and transport processes for low microbial (“LM”) bulk products are described. The transport scheduling and processes facilitate low microbial activity in a LM bulk product during the transport of the LM bulk product. | 12-15-2011 |
20120022680 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE READING DEVICE, TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE READING METHOD, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MANUFACTURING HISTORY INFORMATION OF MEMBER HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR SECTION ORTHOGONAL TO THE CENTRAL AXIS THEREOF, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MEMBER USING THE CONTROL METHOD - [Problem to be Solved] | 01-26-2012 |
20120029680 | INTELLIGENT PRODUCTION STATION AND PRODUCTION METHOD - One aspect related to design of systems and methods for manufacturing products that include technology in skilled areas is configuring a production station for use by an operator without specialized skills. The present invention contemplates an approach to designing a station configurable to perform one or more of incoming inspection, assembly, testing, and branding. A preferred approach includes verifying data associated with units prior to accepting them for incorporation, preventing incorporation of an incorrect unit, and guiding an operator in possible remedial action. This approach includes storing data in a server and making such data substantially instantly accessible to production stations once written in the server. Such data preferably includes software to configure the production station such that the operator need not have specialized skills. A production station designed using this approach is particularly useful in the manufacture of an outdoor unit of a split-mount microwave radio system. | 02-02-2012 |
20130274910 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRODUCTION FACILITY BY HIGH-RESOLUTION LOCATION TRACKING OF WORKPIECES - A method for controlling a production facility using high-resolution location tracking of workpieces includes determining the current position of the start of the workpiece and the end of the workpiece being currently transported through the facility using position sensors and interposed displacement sensors arranged at different positions of the production facility, and measuring a length of the workpiece from a combination of at least two position sensors and at least one interposed displacement sensor or of at least two displacement sensors and at least one interposed position sensor. The physically determined positions at the various position sensors are compared with a nominal position of the workpiece calculated from the obtained measurement data, and a message is displayed and/or a test is terminated and/or the production facility is stopped when the physically determined positions exceed deviation limit values. | 10-17-2013 |
20140121807 | Food Supply Chain Automation Farm Tracking System and Method - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically receiving monitoring information related to one or more farming related production factors involved with farming related production of one or more ingestible materials; and electronically associating at least a portion of said monitoring information one or more farming related production factors involved with farming related production of one or more ingestible materials with one or more identifiers accessible through one or more tracers, said one or more tracers logged as being at least momentarily in physical proximity with said one or more ingestible materials. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121808 | FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN AUTOMATION FARM INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically transmitting one or more queries regarding at least in part one or more farming related production factors involved with farming related production of one or more ingestible materials; and electronically receiving at least a portion of response information regarding at least in part one or more farming related production factors involved with farming related production of one or more ingestible materials said electronically receiving logged as being subsequent to said electronically transmitting, said response information including indication of one or more identifiers as being accessible through one or more tracers, and said one or more tracers as being at least momentarily in physical proximity with said one or more ingestible materials. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121809 | FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN AUTOMATION FARM INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically transmitting one or more queries regarding at least in part one or more farming related production factors involved with farming related production of one or more ingestible materials; and electronically receiving at least a portion of response information regarding at least in part one or more farming related production factors involved with farming related production of one or more ingestible materials said electronically receiving logged as being subsequent to said electronically transmitting, said response information including indication of one or more identifiers as being accessible through one or more tracers, and said one or more tracers as being at least momentarily in physical proximity with said one or more ingestible materials. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121810 | Food Supply Chain Automation Food Service Information System And Method - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically obtaining food service activity information associated with at least in part one or more food service activity aspects regarding service of one or more menu items; and electronically correlating at least a portion of food service activity information associated with at least in part one or more food service activity aspects regarding service of one or more menu items with one or more identifiers accessible through one or more tracers said one or more tracers logged as being at least momentarily in physical proximity with one or more ingestible materials. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121811 | Food Supply Chain Automation Food Service Information Interface System And Method - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically sending one or more food service activity information requests associated with at least in part one or more food service activity aspects regarding service of one or more menu items; and electronically receiving subsequent to said electronically sending at least a portion of food service activity response information associated with at least in part one or more food service activity aspects regarding service of one or more menu items, said food service activity response information including description of one or more identifiers as being accessible through one or more tracers, and including description of said tracers as being at least momentarily in physical proximity with one or more ingestible materials. In addition, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 05-01-2014 |
20140188263 | VEHICLE-LOCATION RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND VEHICLE ASSEMBLY-HISTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A vehicle-location recognition system includes an electronic recognition unit provided in a respective vehicle of an ordered set of vehicles which are introduced into an assembling process section, the electronic recognition unit storing an ID number of the respective vehicle therein. A sensor unit detects the electronic recognition unit as the vehicle passes by a location of the sensor unit along the assembling process section. A control unit stores the ID number in sequence order with the ID numbers of the vehicles of the ordered set of vehicles, and determines a location of a particular vehicle in the ordered set of vehicles based on the ordered sequence of stored ID numbers and information on the spacing intervals between vehicles in the assembling process section. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195031 | Serialization of Fuel Cell Components - Systems and methods for fuel cell stack part serialization and tracking. In an embodiment, a barcode may be applied to a fuel cell stack part which may identify the fuel cell stack part. In an embodiment, the barcode may be applied as ink on a green fuel cell stack part prior to sintering. In an embodiment, a portion of a fuel cell stack part may be imaged and pattern recognition techniques may be utilized to identify the fuel cell stack part based on the unique features of fuel cell stack part. In an embodiment, portion of a fuel cell stack part may be measured to generate one or more series of unique volume/area values and one or more series of unique volume/area values may be utilized to identify the fuel cell stack part. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195032 | METHOD FOR THE DEMAND-CONTROLLED SUPPLY TO AND DISPOSAL AWAY FROM AT LEAST TWO PRODUCTION STATIONS OF THE TOBACCO PROCESSING INDUSTRY WITH FULL AND/OR EMPTY TRANSPORT UNITS - A method for demand-controlled supply to and disposal away from production stations. Self-propelled transport vehicles are moved on a rail within an overhead storage and transport system. A transport unit is requested by a transfer unit which forms a linking member between the storage and transport system and an associated production station. A transport task is assigned by a material flow control to a transport vehicle. The transport vehicle is moved in the transport plane on the rail from a start position to the transfer unit of a production station initiating the transport task. The transport unit is transferred to the transfer unit. The full or empty transport unit is lowered by a lift into a transfer plane located below a transport plane. The transport vehicle is released for the next transport task after the transfer of the full or empty transport unit to the transfer unit. | 07-10-2014 |
20150045932 | EtherMark/IP Marking System - The invention is a system that facilitates integration of laser or dot peen marking systems into factory automation networks using the standard EtherNet/IP protocol. Built-in support for the EIP protocol greatly simplifies the PLC programming task, and lowers the cost of integrating the marking system into factory operations. | 02-12-2015 |
20150073580 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC AND ADAPTIVE COLLECTION AND USE OF DATA AND METADATA TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE LEAKAGE AND THEFT - Disclosed is a method of capturing unique device identifiers (“UDI”) associated with products to track movement, time, location via and into a computerized network and then combining the data with additional data outside of the product UDI related data and meta-data such as shipping, distribution, workers, date, and time. In one implementation, Such tracking may be performed in real-time to determine if a leakage or loss alarm or warning threshold has been met. | 03-12-2015 |
20150323927 | METHOD FOR TRACKING AND CONTROLLING GRAINY AND FLUID BULK GOODS IN STREAM-ORIENTED TRANSPORTATION PROCESS USING RFID DEVICES - A method and system for tracking non-discrete goods. The method includes inserting a first identification device into a non-discrete good, detecting the first identification device within the non-discrete good, and determining a characteristic of the non-discrete good from the first identification device. The system includes a plurality of identification devices having characteristics similar to a non-discrete good, and a set of sensors to detect the plurality of identification devices and determine a characteristic of the non-discrete good based on the identification devices. | 11-12-2015 |
20150378355 | Tagless Tracking - A method of identifying an article on a production line, the production line comprising a plurality of articles along its length, the relative positions of the plurality of articles along the length of the production line being predetermined, the method comprising: receiving location information of an object which executes the same motion with respect to at least a first subset of the plurality of articles on the production line; for at least a second subset of the plurality of articles, determining from the location information the location of the object at a predetermined interaction between the object and the article; and identifying an article of the plurality of articles at a specified location of the object in dependence on (i) a known location of any one article of the plurality of articles at any one time, and (ii) the locations of the object at the predetermined interactions between the object and the at least second subset of the plurality of articles. | 12-31-2015 |
20170235297 | SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT BATCH PROCESSING | 08-17-2017 |
700116000 | Having identification controlled manufacturing operation | 10 |
20080269938 | Method Of Manufacturing An Information Handling System - A method of manufacturing an information handling system having at least one hardware component, e.g. motherboard, bearing a unique identifier (component ID) in software-readable form. The method comprises generating a digital identifier (system trackcode) which defines the hardware and software configuration of the item, storing the system trackcode in association with the component ID in a manufacturing database such that the component ID can be used as a key to retrieve the associated system trackcode. During manufacture the component ID is read from the motherboard and used to retrieve the associated system trackcode from the database. | 10-30-2008 |
20080300712 | Method For Tracking and Controlling Grainy and Fluid Bulk Goods in Stream-Oriented Transportation Process Using RFID Devices - A method and system for tracking non-discrete goods. The method includes inserting a first identification device into a non-discrete good, detecting the first identification device within the non-discrete good, and determining a characteristic of the non-discrete good from the first identification device. The system includes a plurality of identification devices having characteristics similar to a non-discrete good, and a set of sensors to detect the plurality of identification devices and determine a characteristic of the non-discrete good based on the identification devices. | 12-04-2008 |
20090076641 | System and Method for Semiconductor Identification Chip Read Out - A system and method for semiconductor identification chip read out is presented. A user uses a stand-alone handheld device to extract product data, which includes manufacturing process attributes, from a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device couples to the hand held device through a subset of pins, such as a power pin, a ground pin, a clock in pin, and a data out pin. When coupled, the handheld device provides a clock signal to the semiconductor device. In turn, on chip logic within the semiconductor device detects the clock signal and gathers internal product data. Once gathered, the on chip logic provides the product data to the hand held device through the data out pin for a user to view. As a result, the user may track semiconductor devices more efficiently. | 03-19-2009 |
20090198368 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a manufacturing apparatus for appropriately managing information about parts of the manufacturing apparatus. The manufacturing apparatus includes: a parts identification information receiving unit receiving parts identification information used to identify parts of the manufacturing apparatus for performing a semiconductor process with respect to a substrate to be processed; a parts attribute information receiving unit receiving parts attribute information indicating the attribute of the parts identified by the received parts identification information; a parts attribute corresponding information memory unit storing parts attribute corresponding information where the parts identification information identifying the parts of the manufacturing apparatus corresponds to parts attribute information identified by the parts identification information; and a parts attribute corresponding information managing unit updating the parts attribute corresponding information by using the received parts identification information and the received parts attribute information. | 08-06-2009 |
20110087361 | Automated Tracking And Storage System For Use With An Automated Thermal Battery Manufacturing System - The present invention is directed at a system for automatically manufacturing thermal batteries. In the present invention, thermal batteries are manufactured using a press system, a stacking system and an enclosing system. The present invention uses a tracking, storage, and/or retrieval system to track various components used in the manufacturing process to improve manufacturing quality and to track the various components throughout the manufacturing process. | 04-14-2011 |
20120173010 | PRODUCT LINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A method testing the quality of products applied to a system is provided. Each product includes a unique identification number. The system includes a data storage device and test devices. The data storage device includes a first table recording identification numbers, test types, and test results, each test device stores a second table records the identification numbers and the test types. The method includes: obtaining the identification number; obtaining the test type; determining whether a test type previous to the test type exists; and generating first information to prompt the operator to return the to-be-tested product to the workstation of previous test type when the test result corresponding to the existed previous test type does not exist or the test result corresponding to the existed previous test type is a first value. | 07-05-2012 |
20130289759 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING CUSTOMIZED PRODUCTS - The present invention relates to a system and method for creating customized products using a product identification device. In some embodiments, the process involves receiving an aggregate order for yearbooks, creating a master list associated with the aggregate order and including single orders, associating at least one number with each single order, manufacturing a first portion of a yearbook for each single order with a first identifier associated with that portion and also being associated with the at least one number, manufacturing a second portion of the yearbook for the single order with a second identifier associated with that portion and also being associated with the at least one number, and combining the first portion with the second portion. | 10-31-2013 |
20150032244 | ROBOT SYSTEM, PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT COMPUTER, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT COMPUTER - To enable recording of which robot has participated in the manufacture of which product without fail, provided is a robot system, including: a robot controller for controlling a robot; and a production management computer, which is to be connected to the robot controller. The robot controller includes a robot information transmitting unit for transmitting robot identification information by which the robot is identified to the production management computer when the robot works on a work piece that is put on a work space for the robot. The production management computer includes: a work piece identification information obtaining unit for obtaining, when the work piece within the work space for the robot is switched, work piece identification information by which the work piece is identified; and a storage for storing the robot identification information in association with the work piece identification information. | 01-29-2015 |
20160252898 | VEHICLE BUILD INFORMATION SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
20180024527 | OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | 01-25-2018 |