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US 2015/0090527 A1Published application
Restraining system including near field rfid detection
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsAl Salour, Douglas D. Trimble, Jonathan B. Vance
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Abstract
A restraining system comprises a restraining device including first and second interlockable parts that, when interlocked, restrain the system. The restraining system further comprises a passive RFID tag attached to the first part, and a passive RFID reader coupled to the second part for near field detection of the tag within a prescribed range of the second part.
Claims20
A restraining system comprising:
- a restraining device including first and second interlockable parts that, when interlocked, restrain the system;
- a passive RFID tag attached to the first part;
- and
- a passive RFID reader coupled to the second part for near field detection of the tag within a prescribed range of the second part.
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A platform system comprising:
- a platform;
- a plurality of restraining systems onboard the platform, each restraining system including a passive RFID tag and reader configured to perform near field detection of the tag to determine whether the restraining system is secured to the platform;
- and
- an exciter for broadcasting an exciter identifier to the reader of each of the restraining systems;
- wherein each reader broadcasts a status signal indicating a reader identifier, the exciter identifier, and a secure status.
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A method comprising:
- performing near field RFID detection within a prescribed detection range of a first interlocking part of a safety harness;
- and
- indicating that the first part is interlocked with a second part at the end of a lanyard for as long as an RFID tag associated with the second interlocking part of is detected within the prescribed range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.