RFID DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OVERLAPPED OBJECTS
First Claim
1. A method of identifying a plurality of objects, wherein the method comprises:
- placing respective radio frequency identification (RFID) devices on the objects; and
aligning the objects in an overlapping configuration;
wherein the aligning causes the RFID devices to overlap each other; and
wherein adjacent of the overlapped RFID devices have different antenna configurations from one another.
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Abstract
Readability of overlapping radio frequency identification (RFID) devices on overlapping objects, such as RFID labels on stacked garments, is improved by having different antenna configurations for the overlapped RFID devices. Each pair of closest overlapped RFID devices may have different respective antenna configurations. The different respective antenna configurations may be mirror images of one another, or may have the same shape, with a relative rotation between the two. The different antenna configurations may substantially fill an antenna-receiving portion that is located in the same relative location in each of the RFID devices, with the antenna-receiving portion covering most of an area of the RFID devices. Feedpoints of the different antenna configurations, for receiving a strap or interposer for coupling to the antenna configurations, may be in the same relative location.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of identifying a plurality of objects, wherein the method comprises:
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placing respective radio frequency identification (RFID) devices on the objects; and aligning the objects in an overlapping configuration; wherein the aligning causes the RFID devices to overlap each other; and wherein adjacent of the overlapped RFID devices have different antenna configurations from one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A radio frequency identification (RFID) device web or sheet comprises:
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multiple RFID devices; wherein each of the RFID devices has an antenna-receiving position at the same relative location; and wherein adjacent of the RFID devices include different antenna configurations that each substantially fill the antenna-receiving positions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A grouping of objects comprising:
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multiple of the objects that overlap one another; wherein the objects have respective radio frequency identification (RFID) devices mechanically coupled to them; wherein the RFID devices overlap one another; and wherein at least some of the RFID devices have different antenna configurations than other of the RFID devices. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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