专利名称：MATERIALS MONITORING SYSTEMS,
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ANDRELATED METHODS
发明人：Cowe, Alan B.,Werres, Roland申请号：EP96912597.0申请日：19960404公开号：EP0819277A1公开日：19980121
摘要：An inventory monitoring system which is operative at a point of storageautomatically to sense the presence and number of materials or product items stored ina storage volume generating a logical inventory map of the storage volume so that time-related mappings can be compared to detect item receipts and withdrawals. Preferredembodiments employ a novel electronic shelf unit equipped with a sensing grid or arrayof sensors that detect items supported on the shelf optically, or by pressure transducersor the like. Inventory information can be collected from multiple shelves and relayed toremote vendors or local computer systems for billing and reordering using infraredtransceivers for communication between the shelves. A novel shelf supervisory unit has amodem to communicate remotely via the phone lines and an onboard processor tomanage communications. The system has particular application to consignmentmarketing of surgical and medical supplies in medical suites.
申请人：Cowe, Alan B.,Werres, Roland
地址：12 Towpath Road Denville, NJ 07834 US,27 Chesterfield Drive Warren, NJ 07059US
国籍：US,US
代理机构：de Bruijn, Leendert C.
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