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Industrial data capture system including a choke point portal and tracking software for radio frequency identification of cargo

  • US 20030117268A1
  • Filed: 12/21/2001
  • Published: 06/26/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) capture system for identifying and recording information parameters associated with cargo items, said system comprising:

  • a choke point portal defining a doorway through which passes a plurality of the cargo items in transit from a first location to a second location, said portal including at least one radio frequency scanner and at least one antenna in operative communication with said scanner for issuing a radio frequency signal;

    a plurality of radio frequency sensitive labels, each of said labels being affixed to a selected one of the cargo items; and

    a processor based operating system in interfacing communication with said portal scanner and, in response to each of said labels signaling said portal antenna and processor, capturing and comparing information derived from said labels with an inventory manifest held in a computer readable media.

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