Application for a radio frequency identification system
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1. An antenna system for use with items that each include an RFID element, wherein the antenna system comprises (a) multiple antennae, at least one of which can be selected to facilitate the interrogation of RFID elements adjacent a selected antenna(e), and (b) a control system for addressing antennas sequentially, so that the antenna system can determine the order of the items in a storage area.
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Abstract
Antenna shelf tape is disclosed for use with items having radio frequency identification elements or tags associated with items of interest.
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- 1. An antenna system for use with items that each include an RFID element, wherein the antenna system comprises (a) multiple antennae, at least one of which can be selected to facilitate the interrogation of RFID elements adjacent a selected antenna(e), and (b) a control system for addressing antennas sequentially, so that the antenna system can determine the order of the items in a storage area.
- 2. An antenna system for use with items that each include an RFID element, wherein the antenna system comprises multiple antennae, at least one of which can be selected to facilitate the interrogation of RFID elements adjacent a selected antenna(e), wherein an initialization system determines how many antennae are present when the system is first used.
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4. An antenna system for use with items that each include an RFID element, wherein the antenna system comprises multiple antennae, at least one of which can be selected to facilitate the interrogation of RFID elements adjacent a selected antenna(e), and wherein the antenna system supplies RF energy to the RFID elements to enable them to be read by a portable RFID reader.
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5. An antenna system for use with items that each include an RFID element, wherein the system comprises multiple antenna, at least one of which can be selected to facilitate the interrogation of RFID elements adjacent a selected antenna(e), and inventory is conducted to determine information regarding the presence or absence of items, and that information is available in real time to an operator.
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