Portable tool and work management data collection system
US7850071B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 15, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/37587
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A work management data collection system 1 is provided with a data collection mechanism in a tool 2, and by counting a number of times a work operation has been executed or the like, obtains a work data identifying the work task that has been executed and detects a time data required for the work task. The system is provided with an RFID tag 3a on an ID card 3 held by a worker, and by writing data into the ID card 3 of the worker who carried out the work task, using an RFID reader/writer 4 provided on the tool 2, the system obtains data necessary for the work management from the ID card 3 of the worker.
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