Tooling system
AssigneeDifr-Tek Digital, LLC
InventorsGeoffrey C. O'Brien, Sean M. Brolley
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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 near field communication transmitter associated with a tool;
- a tool database including tool information;
- and
- a handheld communication device that is operable to receive a signal from the near field communication transmitter, communicate with the tool database, and display tool information that is in the tool database.
A tooling system, comprising:
- a tag associated with a tool, the tag is one of a near field communication (NFC) transmitter, a Bluetooth, or RFID;
- a tool database including tool information;
- and
- a handheld communication device that is operable to receive a signal from the tag, communicate with the tool database, and display tool information that is in the tool database;
- wherein a product is produced in connection with operating the tooling system.
A method of operating a tool asset management system, comprising:
- providing a near field communication transmitter or Bluetooth, in proximity to a tool, wherein the tool includes a mold or a die;
- storing, in a tool database, information about the tool;
- activating communication between the tool and a mobile device by being within a predefined proximity to one another;
- communicating with the tool database via the mobile device;
- and
- displaying, on the mobile device, information about the tool that is stored in the tool database.
A method of operating a tooling system, comprising:
- connecting, via Bluetooth, a tool and a portable communication device, wherein the tool includes a die or a mold;
- storing, in a tool database, information about the tool including one of:
- history of a tool, tool design, or an image of a tool;
- communicating, the portable communication device, with the tool database;
- displaying, on the portable communication device, information about the tool that is stored in the tool database;
- and
- providing, via the portable communication device, additional information to the tool database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.