Patent ID: 11886951
Assignee: WIRE PULSE, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for tracking a length of a material wound on a reel, the material having a known starting length and a known thickness, the reel having a reel core of known width and known volume, the reel further having reel flanges physically connected to the reel at opposite ends of the reel core such that the reel flanges rotate with the reel core, the material being wound about the reel core between the reel flanges, the system comprising:
a plate module to be physically installed to the reel comprising a reel identification index to identify the reel;
a sensor module removably installed to the plate module comprising:
a sensor to produce a signal indicative of rotation of the reel,
a sensor module processor operably receiving the signal from the sensor and counting cumulative forward rotations of the reel,
a sensor module memory operably associated with the sensor module processor for storing memory contents comprising the cumulative forward rotations of the reel,
a radio frequency transmitter to communicate at least part of the sensor module memory contents, and
a sensor module battery powering at least the sensor module processor, the sensor module memory, the sensor, and the radio frequency transmitter; and

wherein a remaining length of the material wound on the reel is calculated based on at least the cumulative forward rotations of the reel.