RFID PET DOOR
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Abstract
An RFID reader for use in a pet door to control access for a pet bearing an RFID tag or implant. The RFID reader incorporates and is operable in two modes, a learn mode and a normal mode. In learn mode, the reader stores the ID code of an RFID transponder in the vicinity of the reader and also derives additional reader information corresponding to the RFID transponder. In normal mode, the reader compares the ID codes stored in memory to the RFID signal returned from an RFID transponder in the vicinity of said the reader. The RFID reader behavior is at least in part determined by the additional reader information corresponding to said ID codes stored in memory. We also describe a confidence threshold for acceptance of an ID code in learn mode and normal mode. The confidence threshold in normal mode may be less than in learn mode.
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56 Claims
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- 35. An RFID reader wherein said RFID reader incorporates a learn mode, wherein said learn mode stores the ID code of an RFID transponder in the vicinity of the reader and wherein said RFID reader also derives additional reader information corresponding to said RFID transponder.
- 43. An RFID reader wherein said RFID reader incorporates a learn mode, wherein said learn mode stores the ID code of an RFID transponder in the vicinity of the reader and wherein said RFID reader also applies error checks to confirm that said ID code is a valid ID code.
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52. An RFID reader for reading an RFID transponder in the vicinity of the RFID reader, the apparatus comprising a processor or circuitry to:
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read the ID code of said RFID transponder in a learn mode; store said ID code in memory; derive additional reader information corresponding to said RFID transponder;
measure the return signal from said RFID transponder in a normal mode, where the behavior of said RFID reader is at least in part determined by the additional reader information corresponding to at least one ID code stored in memory; and
compare said measured return signal to at least one ID code stored in memory of said RFID reader to determine a match.
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53. An RFID reader for reading an RFID transponder in the vicinity of the RFID reader, the apparatus comprising a processor or circuitry to:
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read the ID code of said RFID transponder in a learn mode; apply error checks to verify said ID code; store said ID code in memory; read the ID code of said RFID transponder in a normal mode; apply error checks to verify said ID code, wherein the confidence threshold to pass said error checks is below that used in said learn mode; and compare said ID code in normal mode to at least one ID code stored in memory of said RFID reader to determine a match.
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54. An RFID reader having two modes, a first, learn mode and a second, operational mode, wherein when operated in said learn mode said reader is configured to interrogate a tag using a plurality of different interrogation methods and responsive to a result of said reading, to store interrogation data defining a method of interrogating of said tag;
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wherein in said operational mode said reader is configured to use said interrogation data to read a said tag. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56)
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