Patent ID: 7042346
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A verification system for parts of a structure, comprising: a plurality of radio frequency identification tags affixed to one or more parts of said structure, each of said tags being operative to store unique data regarding an associated part and to issue said unique data in response to a radio frequency signal; a transceiver operative to generate said radio frequency signal and to receive said unique data issued from one or more detected tags; an antenna operative to communicate said radio frequency signals to said tags and said unique data to said transceiver; and a central processor operative to receive said unique data from said transceiver and to utilize said unique data to verify that said associated part is present on said structure, said central processor including a controller, a data storage in communication with said controller, and an input/output for communicating between said controller, said data storage and said transceiver; wherein said data storage includes a list of active tags affixed to said parts of said structure, said list of active tags including a serial number unique to each of said tags, a manufacturer identification unique to the manufacture of said associated part, and a part identification unique to a type of part that includes the associated part, wherein said list of active tags includes said serial number, said manufacture identification and said part identification for some of said detected tags, and wherein controller is operative to match said serial number, said manufacture identification and said part identification from each of said detected tags against said list of active tags to determine if any of said active tags are missing from said structure; wherein said data storage further includes a list of new parts that correspond to said detected tags not listed on said list of active tags, wherein said controller is operative to include one of said detected tags on said list of new parts if said serial number, said manufacture identification and said part identification included within said unique data for each of said detected tags does not match each of said serial number, said manufacture identification and said part identification included within said list of active tags, wherein said data storage further includes a list of acceptable parts, and wherein said controller is further operative to move said detected tags from said list of new parts to said list of active tags if said unique data for said detected tags on said list of new parts matches data on said list of acceptable parts.