RFID system for identifying location of sensors/indicators
A system of identifying the source location that a particle counter is using to draw its data from. The present invention includes a transmitting sensor placed at the location of interest, and a receiving sensor placed on the particle-counter device. A receiving sensor communicates a new position when a particle counter is not replaced at its origination point.
1. A system for identifying location of sensors and indicators, comprising:
placing a first particle-counting device into a first room;
placing a second particle-counting device into a second room;
placing a first transmitting sensor into the first room;
placing a second transmitting sensor into a second room;
configuring the first transmitting sensor and the second transmitting sensor to communicate with a database, the database containing information unique to the first transmitting sensor and the second transmitting sensor;
placing a first receiving sensor on the first particle-counting device;
placing a second receiving sensor on the second particle-counting device;
communicating between the first transmitting sensor and the first receiving sensor when the first particle-counting device is originally in the first room, such communication including reporting back to the database that any particles counted by the first particle-counting device are coming from a location of the first room;
communicating between the second transmitting sensor and the second receiving sensor when the second particle-counting device is originally in the second room, such communication including reporting back to the database that second room;
allowing the second transmitting sensor in the second room to engage receiving on the first particle-counting device and update the database that any particles being counted by the first particle-counting device are now coming from the second room, such action occurring when the first particle-counting device is erroneously placed in the second room;
allowing the first transmitting sensor in the first room to engage receiving on the second particle-counting device and update the database that any particles being counted by the second particle-counting device are now coming from the first room, such action occurring when the second particle-counting device is erroneously placed in the first room;
providing at least one foot of space between the first particle-counting device and the second particle-counting device;
allowing for additional transmitting sensors, additional particle counting devices, and additional receiving sensors to be placed into respective rooms and to communicate with the database;
positioning RFID tags into the first room, the second room and the respective rooms in fixed locations;
engaging the first transmitting sensor, the second transmitting sensor and the additional transmitting sensors with the RFID tags placed in the first room, the second room and the respective rooms to determine in which locations the first transmitting sensor, the second transmitting sensor and the additional transmitting sensors are located.
transmitting data to the database via data streams from the first transmitting sensor, the second transmitting sensor and the additional transmitting sensors, the data streams containing information from the first particle-counting device, the second particle-counting device and the additional particle-counting devices; and
informing the first transmission sensor, the second transmission sensor and the additional transmission sensors via the RFID tags of a location of the first transmission sensor, the second transmission sensor and the additional transmission sensors, followed by sending the data stream to the database.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising preventing the first particle-counting device and the second particle-counting device from erroneously detecting the second transmitting sensor and the first transmitting sensor 1 , respectively, when the first particle-counting device and the second particle-counting device should actually be detecting the first transmitting sensor and the second transmitting sensor.
3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising mounting the first receiving sensor to the first particle-counting device.
4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising mounting the second receiving sensor to the second particle-counting device.
5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising mounting the first transmitting sensor to a fixed location in the first room.
6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising mounting the second transmitting sensor to a fixed location in the second room.
7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising employing a passive RFID tag.
8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising employing an active RFID tag.
9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising communicating data between the database and a server.