Patent ID: 9679270
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G05B,G05D,G06K,G06Q,Y02P,Y10S

Claim:
1. A method for managing at least one asset having a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag attached thereto, the method comprising: scanning, via at least one RFID scanner, an area for at least one RFID tag, wherein the at least one RFID scanner is attached to an autonomous mobile robot and the at least one RFID tag is attached to the at least one asset; receiving, via the at least one RFID scanner, information associated with the at least one RFID tag; determining, via at least one processor device programmed to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, a location of the at least one RFID tag within the area based on the received information and a known location and orientation of the autonomous mobile robot; correlating, via the at least one processor device, the determined location of the at least one RFID tag to a position on a map of the area; automatically populating an asset management database based on the received information, wherein the asset management database is stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium; displaying, via the at least one processor device, data representing attributes of the at least one RFID tag by superimposing the attribute data on the map, the attribute data comprising at least one characteristic of the asset to which the RFID tag is attached; and displaying, via the at least one processor device, statuses of each RFID tag based upon the attribute data.