公开(公告)号：US20040088075A1

公开(公告)日：2004-05-06

申请号：US10288352

申请日：2002-11-04

Applicant: Ecolab, Inc.

Inventor： Thomas J. Batcher

IPC: G06F007/00

CPC classification number: A47L15/501 ,  A47L15/0063 ,  A47L15/247 ,  A47L2401/30 ,  A47L2401/34 ,  A47L2501/26 ,  G06K19/07758 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G07C3/08

Abstract: A method and system for collecting information associated with warewashing activities is disclosed. Articles to be cleaned by a warewasher are placed in racks designed to fit inside a wash chamber of the warewasher. Each rack is assigned a unique identifier (ID). No two racks are associated with the same unique ID. An Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag is embedded within or placed on the outer shell of each rack. The RFID tag of a rack is programmed with the unique ID assigned to the rack. An RFID reader reads the unique ID of each rack as the racks are placed into the warewasher. The RFID reader transmits the unique ID to a host computer where the unique ID is stamped with a time reference, stored and eventually uploaded to a server computer. The unique ID and associated time reference are analyzed by the server computer, the host computer or a client computer connected to the server computer in order to monitor performance of the warewasher. For example, the analysis may calculate the total number of racks provided to the wash chamber over a given period in time.

Abstract translation: 公开了收集与洗涤活动有关的信息的方法和系统。 将要由器皿清洗器清洁的物品放置在设计成装在餐具洗涤器的洗涤室内的机架中。 每个机架都被分配一个唯一的标识符（ID）。 没有两个机架与相同的唯一ID相关联。 射频识别（RFID）标签嵌入或放置在每个机架的外壳上。 机架的RFID标签使用分配给机架的唯一ID进行编程。 RFID读取器读取每个机架的唯一ID，因为机架放置在餐具清洗机中。 RFID读取器将唯一ID发送到主机，其中唯一ID被标记有时间参考，存储并最终上传到服务器计算机。 独特的ID和相关的时间参考由服务器计算机，主机或连接到服务器计算机的客户端计算机进行分析，以便监视洗碗机的性能。 例如，分析可以计算在给定时间段内提供给洗涤室的机架的总数。