Authentication system and authentication method for executing a work process on an object
AssigneeFrancotyp-Postalia GmbH
InventorsClemens Heinrich, Dirk Rosenau, Stephan Gunther, Uwe Hubler
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Abstract
A system and a method for executing a work process on an object. The system includes at least one work station, an acquisition device, a control device and an auditor device.
Claims15
A system (1) for executing a work process on an object (3), wherein the work process comprises at least one process step and wherein at least one state of the object (3) is changed at least temporarily by the work process, wherein the system (1) comprises at least the following components:
- a work station (11) for executing the at least one process step of the work process,
- an acquisition device (5) for acquiring at least one status parameter and/or acquisition information of the work station (11) and/or of the object (3), each work station (11) being assigned an acquisition device (5),
- a control device (7) for controlling the work station (11) while executing a process step of the work process, and
- an auditor device (9)
- characterized in that
- the control device (7) interrogates configuration information of the acquisition device (5) at a time point before a start of said work process, and the auditor device (9) receives and verifies said configuration information and generates auditing information depending on a result of the verification of said configuration information and sends said auditing information to the control device (7), and the control device (7) processes said auditing information and depending on said auditing information starts said work process or not.
A method for executing a work process on an object (3), wherein the work process is executed by a work station (11) and comprises at least one process step and wherein at least one state of the object (3) is changed at least temporarily by the work process,
- the method comprising:
- a) interrogation of configuration information of an acquisition device (5) by a control device (7) at a time point before starting the work process,
- wherein the acquisition device (5) is assigned to the work station (11) and is adapted to detect at least one status parameter and/or acquisition information of the work station (11) and/or the object (3),
- b) receipt of the configuration information by an auditor device (9),
- c) verification of the configuration information by the auditor device (9),
- d) creation of an auditing information by the auditor device (9) depending on a result of the verification of the configuration information,
- e) sending of the auditing information by the auditor device (9) to the control device (7),
- f) processing of the auditing information by the control device (7) and
- g) starting of the work process by the control device (7) in dependence on the auditing information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.