Tooling system
AssigneeProper Digital LLC
InventorsGeoffrey C. O'Brien, Sean M. Brolley, Mark A. Rusch
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Abstract
A tooling system may comprise a device configured to communicate with an identifier of a machine tool and a tool database having tool information including a predefined proximity associated with the identifier. The device may be configured to automatically activate, without a user-initiated scan, communication with at least one of the machine tool and the tool database in response to the identifier being within the predefined proximity. The device may also be configured to transfer tool information of the machine tool with respect to the tool database.
Claims20
A tooling system, comprising:
- a tag associated with a machine tool;
- a tool database having tool information including a predefined proximity associated with the tag;
- and
- a communication device configured to
- automatically activate, without a user-initiated scan, communication with at least one of the machine tool and the tool database in response to the tag being within the predefined proximity;
- and
- transfer tool information of the machine tool with respect to the tool database.
A method of a tooling system, the method comprising:
- providing an identifier of a machine tool, a tool database having tool information including a predefined proximity associated with the identifier, and a proximity device;
- automatically activating, without a user-initiated scan, communication with at least one of the machine tool and the tool database in response to the identifier being within the predefined proximity;
- and
- transferring tool information of the machine tool with respect to the tool database.
A tooling system, comprising:
- a device configured to communicate with an identifier of a machine tool and a tool database having tool information including a predefined proximity associated with the identifier, the device being configured to:
- automatically activate, without a user-initiated scan, communication with at least one of the machine tool and the tool database in response to the identifier being within the predefined proximity;
- and
- transfer tool information of the machine tool with respect to the tool database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.