RFID Storage Systems
First Claim
1. A storage system comprising(a) a storage adapted to store a plurality of different products having a storage position and a product identification, each of said products being provided with a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder, and(b) antennas for identifying said products by means of said RFID transponders, wherein each storage position is provided with one of said RFID antennas which is adapted to detect and/or display said storage position and/or said product identification,and wherein(c) said products provided with said RFID transponders are formed by racks for receiving samples or sample containers at a sample position, said samples or sample containers being provided with a sample identification and additionally with an RFID transponder for storing said sample identification;
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Abstract
The invention relates to a storage system comprising a repository, in which a plurality of different products can be stored, each of the products being equipped with a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder, and an antenna for the identification of the products by means of the RFID transponder, characterized in that each repository location is equipped with an RFID antenna, and the product position, and/or the product identification can be detected by said antenna. The products equipped with an RFID transponder can be configured by racks for receiving sample containers having a product identification, and the position and sample identification can be stored in the RFID transponder of the associated rack. Each sample container is equipped with an RFID transponder for storing the respective sample identification. An antenna arrangement corresponding with the spatial arrangement of the sample container receptacles serves the readout of the sample identification associated with the sample containers and stored in the RFID transponders.
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1. A storage system comprising
(a) a storage adapted to store a plurality of different products having a storage position and a product identification, each of said products being provided with a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder, and (b) antennas for identifying said products by means of said RFID transponders, wherein each storage position is provided with one of said RFID antennas which is adapted to detect and/or display said storage position and/or said product identification, and wherein (c) said products provided with said RFID transponders are formed by racks for receiving samples or sample containers at a sample position, said samples or sample containers being provided with a sample identification and additionally with an RFID transponder for storing said sample identification; - and
(d) said RFID transponders on said racks are adapted to store said sample position and said sample identification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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