Magnetic radio frequency tag reader for use with a hand-held terminal
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1. Apparatus comprising:
- hand held terminal means for receiving, processing and storing information;
radio frequency receiver means for receiving information;
transponder means for transmitting information in a radio frequency form to said receiver means when said transponder means is disposed in a low frequency magnetic field;
magnetic means for selectively emitting a low frequency magnetic field when it is desired to activate said transponder means;
means for operatively attaching said receiver means to said hand held terminal means; and
hand held pistol shaped housing means for holding said magnetic means and said radio frequency receiver means whereby said hand held pistol shaped housing means can be pointed at said transponder means, said magnetic means can be activated and said radio frequency receiver means can receive a signal from said transponder means.
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Abstract
A magnetic RF tag reader is shown for reading RF tags which transmit information to the receiver when the RF tag is disposed in a low frequency magnetic field. The reader is of a size which can be hand-held and is operatively attached to a separate hand-held terminal for receiving, processing and storing information. The hand-held terminal can be used independently for other purposes when it is not operably connected to the RF tag reader. A regular bar code reader can also be attached to the hand-held terminal means if desired.
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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hand held terminal means for receiving, processing and storing information; radio frequency receiver means for receiving information; transponder means for transmitting information in a radio frequency form to said receiver means when said transponder means is disposed in a low frequency magnetic field; magnetic means for selectively emitting a low frequency magnetic field when it is desired to activate said transponder means; means for operatively attaching said receiver means to said hand held terminal means; and hand held pistol shaped housing means for holding said magnetic means and said radio frequency receiver means whereby said hand held pistol shaped housing means can be pointed at said transponder means, said magnetic means can be activated and said radio frequency receiver means can receive a signal from said transponder means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A hand-held RF label reader for receiving RF transponder label data from an RF label reader, comprising:
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(a) a generally pistol shaped housing having, (1) a barrel, (2) a grip depending from said barrel, and (3) activating trigger associated with said grip; (b) receiver means for receiving RF label data transponder from RF labels, said receiver means associated with the barrel of said housing; and (c) means for indicating at least one of two conditions indicative of the quality of the reception of the transponder label data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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