US 12,145,802 B2
Automated tool control device managed in a tool crib management system
David C. Fly, Maumelle, AR (US); Matthew J. Lipsey, Sherwood, AR (US); Preston C. Phillips, Conway, AR (US); Jason Newport, Conway, AR (US); Andrew R. Lobo, Wadsworth, IL (US); Joseph Chwan, Mechanicsburg, PA (US); Frederick J. Rogers, North Little Rock, AR (US); and Sean W. Ryan, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US)
Assigned to Snap-On Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed by SNAP-ON INCORPORATED, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,111.
Application 18/301,111 is a continuation of application No. 16/915,870, filed on Jun. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,655,102.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,698, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249913 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1371 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inventory control system comprising:
a storage device including a plurality of storage locations for storing objects;
a sensing system configured to associate the storage device with a first location and with a second location;
a data storage configured to store configurable data of the storage device; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the storage device and the sensing system comprising a Bluetooth sensor, the one or more processors configured to:
in response to receiving information associating the storage device with the first location from the sensing system, send configurable data corresponding to the first location to the storage device,
determine the first location or the second location based on a triangulation using the Bluetooth sensor; and
in response to receiving information associating the storage device with the second location from the sensing system, send configurable data corresponding to the second location to the storage device.