Patent ID: 8215549
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for automatically remotely determining a configuration of an installation comprising a number of first devices, each comprising a number of first elementary units, and a number of second devices, each comprising a number of second elementary units, the first devices being of a different type than the second devices, the system comprising: a number of first passive transponders, each configured to store identification data of a corresponding first elementary unit; a number of second passive transponders, each configured to store identification data of a corresponding second elementary unit; a number of active transponders, each associated with a corresponding second device, and configured to store identification data of the second elementary units thereof; a portable updating device operable to update identification data stored in an active transponder fitted to a second device with identification data stored in the second passive transponders fitted to the second elementary units of the second device; a stationary transponder read/write system operable to automatically read identification data out from or write identification data in the first passive transponders and the active transponders; a data gathering system coupled to the stationary transponder read/write system and operable to automatically gather identification data read out from the first passive transponders and the active transponders; and a storage system coupled to the data gathering system to store the gathered identification data.