| CPC B61L 15/0081 (2013.01) [B61L 15/0072 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
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1. A position specifying device comprising:
an input interface to receive an indicated read range for an identification tag to be read, the identification tag being affixed to one of a plurality of devices installed in vehicles of a train and storing an individual information item identifying the one device;
a radio frequency identification reader to read, from each of one or more identification tags, the individual information item stored in the identification tag; and
processing circuitry configured to:
obtain at least one design information item indicating a model number of the one of the plurality of the devices within the indicated read range and an installation position of the one of the plurality of the devices with the model number in the vehicles of the train, the model number indicating a type of each of the devices;
obtain at least one model number information item indicating a relationship between the model number and the individual information item;
ascertain, by use of the model number information item(s), the model number of at least one of the plurality of the devices having the individual information item read by the radio frequency identification reader,
determine, by use of the design information item(s), whether or not the at least one of the plurality of the devices having the model number ascertained is present in the indicated read range of the input interface, and
associate an installation position indicated by the design information item with the individual information item of the at least one of the plurality of devices having the model number ascertained when the at least one of the plurality of the devices having the model number ascertained is present in the indicated read range.
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