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Electronic device and management system

AssigneeJuki Corporation

InventorKazuyuki Ishihara

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Abstract

The present disclosure assists in searching for a specific apparatus among a plurality of apparatuses installed in an installation area. The electronic device includes: a storage portion, installation information for indicating a relationship between position information and a communication apparatus, where the position information is position information of a plurality of installation apparatuses installed in an installation area, and the communication apparatus is associated with the installation apparatus; a communication portion configured to receive an advertising signal transmitted by the communication apparatus installed in the installation area; an estimation portion configured to estimate a relative position between a device body and the installation apparatus associated with the communication apparatus based on identification information of the communication apparatus and the installation information included in a received advertising signal; and a display control portion configured to display causes relative position information on a display portion, and the relative position information is capable of identifying the estimated relative position between the device body and the installation apparatus.

Claims7

Dependent claims

An electronic device, comprising:

a storage portion, wherein the storage portion stores installation information for indicating a relationship between position information and a communication apparatus, the position information is position information of a plurality of installation apparatuses installed in an installation area, and the communication apparatus is associated with the installation apparatus;
a communication portion, wherein the communication portion receives an advertising signal transmitted by the communication apparatus installed in the installation area;
an estimation portion, wherein the estimation portion estimates a relative position between a device body and the installation apparatus associated with the communication apparatus based on identification information of the communication apparatus and the installation information comprised in a received advertising signal, generates relative position information based on estimated relative position, and stores the relative position information in the storage portion, the relative position information comprising information indicating position relationships between the device body and the installation apparatus when a position of the device body is taken as a reference;
and
a display control portion, wherein the display control portion displays the relative position information on a display portion, and the relative position information is configured to identify the estimated relative position between the device body and the installation apparatus.

2 more elements

A management system, comprising:

a communication apparatus, installed in an installation area, and associated with an installation apparatus installed in the installation area;
and
an electronic device, assisting movement to the installation apparatus,
wherein the communication apparatus transmits an advertising signal comprising identification information of the installation apparatus;
and
the electronic device comprises:
a storage portion, wherein the storage portion stores installation information for indicating a relationship between position information and the communication apparatus, the position information is position information of the installation apparatus installed in the installation area, and the communication apparatus is associated with the installation apparatus;
a communication portion, wherein the communication portion receives the advertising signal transmitted by the communication apparatus installed in the installation area;
an estimation portion, wherein the estimation portion estimates a relative position between a device body and the installation apparatus associated with the communication apparatus based on the identification information of the communication apparatus and the installation information comprised in the received advertising signal, generates relative position information based on estimated relative position, and stores the relative position information in the storage portion, the relative position information comprising information indicating position relationships between the device body and the installation apparatus when a position of the device body is taken as a reference;
and
a display control portion, wherein the display control portion displays the relative position information on a display portion, and the relative position information is configured to identify the estimated relative position between the device body and the installation apparatus.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/522,113Filed 28 Nov 2023
Priority: JP 2022-19073029 Nov 2022
Published: US 2024/0176568 A130 May 2024
Granted: 2 Jun 2026
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Classification11 codes

G06F 3/14
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for…: digital…
G06Q 10/06
Administration; Management: resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation…
D05B 19/006
Program-controlled sewing machines: control knobs or display means
D05B 19/04
Sewing machines having electronic memory or microprocessor control unit: characterised by memory aspects