ASSET TRACKING MANAGEMENT METHOD AND ASSET TRACING MANAGEMENT HOST

• Main Authors: PETERSON NEIL J, DAVID P IMMING, NIXON MARK J, ERIC D ROTVOLT, KARSCHNIA ROBERT J, PETER ZONINO, TREVOR D SCHLEISS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.08.2018
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for tracking and managing an asset in a process control environment.SOLUTION: An asset tracking management system for use in a process control environment includes one or more asset tracking management devices and an asset tracking management host. The asset tracking management device receives signals corresponding to a position or location of an asset to be tracked and managed, and communicates an indication of the position to the asset tracking management host using an industrial automation protocol such as wireless HART. The signals may be GPS signals that are re-radiated into the process control environment. Other information, such as environmental data, may be communicated in conjunction with the position of the asset. The asset tracking management host may store and/or display data or information included in a message, and may send a different message to the asset tracking management device. An asset tracking management device may be included in a field device, network device, or portable communications device used in the process control environment.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】工程管理環境下の資産の追跡管理の提供。【解決手段】工程管理環境内で使用するための資産追跡管理システムは、１つ又は複数の資産追跡管理デバイス及び資産追跡管理ホストを含む。資産追跡管理デバイスは、追跡管理される資産の位置又はロケーションに対応する信号を受信し、無線ＨＡＲＴのような工業オートメーションプロトコルを使用して、位置の指示を資産追跡管理ホストに通信する。信号は工程管理環境内に再放射されるＧＰＳ信号であり得る。環境データのような他の情報が資産の位置とともに通信されてもよい。資産追跡管理ホストは、メッセージ内に含まれるデータ又は情報を記憶及び／又は表示することができ、異なるメッセージを資産追跡管理デバイスに送信できる。資産追跡管理デバイスは、工程管理環境内で使用される野外装置、ネットワークデバイス又はポータブル通信デバイス内に含まれてもよい。【選択図】図３