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Title:
SYSTEM FOR CONFIRMING POSITION OF DEVICE AND IDENTIFYING THE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002131443
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a method and system for identifying a panel embedding the active or passive component of an electronic device or concealing the specific important component of the fundamental facility of a building in the plenum of the ceiling of the building.

The system which confirms the position of an object concealed by the panel and identifies the object is provided with a transmitter/receiver device which stores the identification information on the object and is embedded in the panel and a scanner device which generates a query signal. The method for identifying the panel includes a step of storing the identification information on the object in the memory of the transmitter/receiver device embedded in the panel, a step of inquiring the transmitter/receiver device by generating the query signal from the scanner device, and a step of comparing the query signal with the identification information on the object stored in the memory. The method also includes a step of generating a detectable output signal when the query signal is coincident with the identification information.


Inventors:
FRECSKA SANDOR A
LEFEVER JOANNE
Application Number:
JP2001212886A
Publication Date:
May 09, 2002
Filing Date:
July 12, 2001
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Assignee:
ARMSTRONG WORLD IND INC
International Classes:
G01V3/12; G01S13/74; G01S13/75; G01V3/08; G08B3/10; G08B5/36; G08B21/18; G08B21/22; G08B29/00; G08C17/00; H04B1/38; H04Q5/22; (IPC1-7): G01V3/12
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shusaku Yamamoto