| US 7,551,081 B2 | ||
| Systems and methods that integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with agent-based control systems | ||
| Pavel Vrba, Plzen (Czech Republic); Filip Macurek, Hostavice (Czech Republic); Vladimir Marik, Prague (Czech Republic); Kenwood H. Hall, Hudson, Ohio (US); and Pavel Tichy, Nymburk (Czech Republic) | ||
| Assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, Ohio (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/985,173. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0097873 A1, May 11, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G08B 13/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—572.1 [340/572.4; 340/572.8; 340/572.9; 340/573.1; 340/573.4; 340/5.8; 340/1.52] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A system that facilitates electronic data distribution to one or more agents within an agent-based control system, comprising:
a reader interface that receives electronic data from one or more Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers;
a filter component that filters the electronic data received by the reader interface to recognize data associated with electronic
data of interest and/or to mitigate receiving duplicate electronic data;
a processing component that formats the electronic data and stores it in a table, the electronic data is processed to a format
suitable to the agents; and
a component that provides at least a subset of the stored electronic data to agents subscribed to receive the subset of the
stored electronic data via an inter-agent communication mechanism, the agents are responsible for local decision making and
cooperate to provide desirable global behavior of the agent-based control system.
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