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US6486800:
Fender and management system thereof
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Hattori, Yutaka; Hiratsuka, Japan
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| Assignee: |
Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
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| Published / Filed: |
2002-11-26
/ 1999-08-19
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| Application Number: |
US1999000319948
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
B63B 59/02;
E02B 3/26;
G06Q 10/00;
G07C 3/00;
G07C 9/00;
G08G 3/00;
IPC-7:
G08B 23/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
B63B59/02; E02B3/26; G06Q10/087; G07C3/00; G07C9/00B8; G07C9/00B10; G08G3/00; L63B203/00; L63B59/02P;
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| U.S. Class: |
340/984;
235/384;
340/999;
701/021;
705/028;
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| Field of Search: |
340/999,984,572.8,3.1,539
701/021
705/028
235/384,385
405/215
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| Abstract: |
The present invention relates to a fender, which is used as cushioning material mainly at the time of a ship being moored, and a management system thereof. A transponder is mounted in a fender 1 that is an object to be managed, and an ID code is read by the transponder in the fender 1 being accessed by terminals 2A through 2D provided in areas where are areas to be managed and each have one or more terminals. Historical information showing an installed place and an installed period of the fender 1 and individual update information including the ID code is transferred to a control system 4 through communication networks 6A through 6D. The control system 4 not only stores manufacturing information and historical information of all the fenders 1 that are objects to be managed, but also updates the historical information on the basis of the individual update information received from the terminal 2. Furthermore, the control system 4 displays the manufacturing information and historical information of a specific fender 1 designated by an operator. Thereby, it is possible to perform management of fenders, installed in being dispersed, in real time.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Rader, Fishman & Grauer ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Swarthout, Brent A.;
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| Designated Country: |
EP JP KR NO US FR GB IT NL
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A management system of a pneumatic fencer that is used as a cushioning material for a ship with the fender being fixed to an underwater structure or floated, comprising:
- a transponder, which includes information memory means for storing predetermined information, and information read means for reading information stored in the information memory means, wherein said transponder can provide wireless access to the information read means, the transponder being located inside a tegument surface of the fender;
- a plurality of terminals that can transfer information through a communication network with each other; and
- one or more control systems, wherein each terminal comprises:
- identification information read means for accessing the transponder of the pneumatic fender and reading identification information;
- historical information input means for inputting historical information showing at least an installed place and an installed period of a pneumatic fender having the identification information at this time; and
- transmission means for generating an individual update information, including the identification information and historical information, every pneumatic fender transmitting the individual update information through the communication network; wherein the control system comprises:
- manufacturing information memory means for storing manufacturing information of all the pneumatic fenders, which are objects to be managed, in a one-to-one correspondence between the historical information and the identification information;
- historical information memory means for storing historical information of all the pneumatic fenders, which are objects to be managed, in a one-to-one correspondence between the historical information and the identification information;
- reception means for receiving the individual update information from each terminal through the communication network;
- historical information update means for updating historical information, stored in the historical information memory means, on the basis of individual update information received by the reception means; and
- information display means for displaying manufacturing information and historical information of a specific pneumatic fender that an operator designates.
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| PCT Number: |
PCT/JP98/04751
WO9920845
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| PCT Pub./Filed Dates: |
1999-04-29 / 1998-10-20
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| § 371 / 102(e) Dates: |
1999-08-19 / 1999-08-19
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