Equipment management methods and systems
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1. An equipment management system, comprising:
- a detector detecting at least one protector in a detection field thereof utilizing wireless communication techniques;
a database storing an equipment rule for an area, wherein the equipment rule comprises a plurality of predetermined types of protectors and a predetermined number for each type; and
a processor coupled to the detector and the database, automatically determining if the equipment rule is satisfied by determining if the types of protectors actually detected by the detector in a period and the number of each detected type are equal to the predetermined types and numbers.
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An equipment management system. A detector detects at least one protector in a detection field thereof utilizing wireless communication techniques. A database stores an equipment rule for an area. The equipment rule comprises predetermined types of protectors and predetermined number for each type. A processor automatically determines if the equipment rule is satisfied by determining if the types of protectors actually detected in a period and the number of each detected type are equal to the predetermined types and numbers.
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1. An equipment management system, comprising:
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a detector detecting at least one protector in a detection field thereof utilizing wireless communication techniques;
a database storing an equipment rule for an area, wherein the equipment rule comprises a plurality of predetermined types of protectors and a predetermined number for each type; and
a processor coupled to the detector and the database, automatically determining if the equipment rule is satisfied by determining if the types of protectors actually detected by the detector in a period and the number of each detected type are equal to the predetermined types and numbers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An equipment management system, comprising:
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a detector detecting at least one protector in a detection field thereof utilizing wireless communication techniques;
a database storing an equipment rule for an area, wherein the equipment rule comprises predetermined types of protectors and a predetermined relationship between the required number of each type; and
a processor coupled to the detector and the database, automatically determining if the equipment rule is satisfied by determining if the types and number of protectors actually detected by the detector in a period match the predetermined types and relationship. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An equipment management method, comprising:
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storing an equipment rule for an area on a database, wherein the equipment rule comprises predetermined types of protectors and a predetermined relationship between the required number of each type; and
automatically determining if the equipment rule is satisfied by determining if the types and number of protectors actually detected in a detection field utilizing wireless communication techniques in a period match the predetermined types and relationship. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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