Installation for Monitoring the Manual Transfer of Goods Provided with Identification Carriers

• US 20090134226A1
• Filed: 10/12/2006
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Astra Gesellschaft Fur Asset Management mbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Astra Gesellschaft Fur Asset Management mbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Stobbe, Anatoli
• Application Number:
  US11/992,041
• Publication Number:
  US 20090134226A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/462.440
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10336 the antenna being of the near field type, inductive coil
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10386 the interrogation device being of the portable or hand-handheld type, e.g. incorporated in ubiquitous hand-held devices such as PDA or mobile phone, or in the form of a portable dedicated RFID reader

Abstract

The invention relates to an installation for monitoring the manual transfer of goods provided with identification carriers, by means of a reading appliance which is operated by a user and used to read the identification carrier in a non-contact manner, and an identification data memory. The reading appliance comprises a fixing device by which means it is fixed to the body of the user, and a trigger device by which means it can be freehandedly triggered by the user in order to initiate a reading process.

Claims

1. :

Installation for monitoring the manual transfer of goods provided with identification carriers by means of a reading appliance carried by a user to read the identification carrier in a non-contact manner and an identification data memory, wherein the reading appliance comprises a fixing device by which means it is fixed to the body of the user and a trigger device by which means it can be freehandedly triggered by the user to initiate a reading process.

2. :

The installation according to claim 1, wherein the fixing device consists of a belt or a cuff and surrounds the body or a body part of the user.

3. :

The installation according to claim 1, wherein the fixing device consists of an item of clothing of the user to which the reading appliance is fixed or in which said reading appliance is integrated.

4. :

The installation according to claim 1, wherein the reading appliance comprises at least one reading antenna and at least one transmitting/receiving and evaluating device and that the reading antenna is integrated in the transmitting/receiving and evaluating device.

5. :

The installation according to claim 1, wherein the reading appliance comprises at least one reading antenna and at least one transmitting/receiving and evaluating device and that the reading antenna is spatially offset from the transmitting/receiving and evaluating device and is connected thereto by means of connecting cable.

6. :

The installation according to claim 4, wherein the transmitting/receiving and evaluating device and the reading antenna is dimensioned for an operating frequency in the HF range or in the UHF range.

7. :

The installation according to claim 4, wherein the transmitting/receiving and evaluating device is dimensioned for an operating frequency in the HF range or in the UHF range and can be switched between the operating frequencies and a reading antenna for the HF range and also a reading antenna for the UHF range is connected to said transmitting/receiving and evaluating device.

8. :

The installation according to claim 4, wherein the reading antenna for the HF range is configured as a magnetic antenna by a coil and the reading antenna for the UHF range is configured as an electrical antenna by a dipole.

9. :

The installation according to claim 8, wherein the reading antenna for the HF range and/or for the UHF range is configured by a shielding located at a distance from the coil or a reflector located at a distance from the dipole as a directional antenna.

10. :

The installation according to claim 1, wherein the trigger device comprises an optical or acoustic sensor or a proximity sensor or a touch sensor.

11. :

The installation according to claim 10, wherein the optical sensor is configured as a receiver for a light source fixed to a body part of the user, preferably to the head.

12. :

The installation according to claim 10, wherein the acoustic sensor is configured as a voice recognition circuit for commands spoken by the user.

13. :

The installation according to claim 10, wherein the proximity sensor is configured as an ultrasound or radar sensor.

14. :

The installation according to claim 10, wherein the touch sensor is configured as a mechanical key or a piezoelement.

15. :

The installation according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting/receiving and evaluating device comprises a transmitting power control circuit connected to the trigger device by which means the transmitting power can be increased from an initial value continuously or in steps up to a successful reading process.

16. :

The installation according to claim 1, wherein after a successful first reading process, at least one second reading process can be initiated automatically by means of the trigger device with a time delay.

17. :

The installation according to claim 1, wherein the identification data memory is connected to the transmitting/receiving and evaluating device directly or via a radio interface such as Bluetooth or W-Lan.

18. :

The installation according to claim 1, wherein the identification data memory comprises a comparator between read actual data and stored desired data and a signal device by which means at least deviations of the read actual data from stored desired data can be signalled to the user.