Automated RFID reader detection
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1. An automatic method of calibrating network components comprising:
- repeatedly and automatically carrying out a fiducial component calibration cycle using radio frequency telemetry between stationary fiducial components in a local area network to determine the present position of one or more stationary fiducial components in the local area network, the network including a plurality of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers, the calibration cycle including exchanging, between stationary RFID readers of the plurality or other fiducial components of the local area network, one or more distances between stationary RFID readers of the plurality, the one or more distances calculated by one or more other components of the local area network using radio frequency telemetry between stationary fiducial components of the local area network, andat at least one of the stationary RFID readers receiving the distances in the calibration cycle exchange and verifying the accuracy of the exchanged calculated distances between stationary RFID readers of the plurality in the local area network.
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Abstract
Carrying out a calibration cycle on one or more components in a local area network, the network including a plurality of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and the calibration cycle including exchanging, between RFID readers or other components of the local area network, distances between RFID readers calculated by one or more other components of the local area network.
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1. An automatic method of calibrating network components comprising:
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repeatedly and automatically carrying out a fiducial component calibration cycle using radio frequency telemetry between stationary fiducial components in a local area network to determine the present position of one or more stationary fiducial components in the local area network, the network including a plurality of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers, the calibration cycle including exchanging, between stationary RFID readers of the plurality or other fiducial components of the local area network, one or more distances between stationary RFID readers of the plurality, the one or more distances calculated by one or more other components of the local area network using radio frequency telemetry between stationary fiducial components of the local area network, and at at least one of the stationary RFID readers receiving the distances in the calibration cycle exchange and verifying the accuracy of the exchanged calculated distances between stationary RFID readers of the plurality in the local area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A network component comprising:
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a microcontroller having access to computer readable memory and computer readable storage, the microcontroller operating at a component of a local area network; and
,an antenna in communication with the microcontroller, the antenna configured to at least transmit or receive radio frequency electro-magnetic waves, wherein the microcontroller is configured to repeatedly spatially locate one or more stationary Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers in the local area network in which the microcontroller is a member, wherein the microcontroller is further configured to determine the spatial location of one or more stationary RFID readers by; using a plurality of received wireless signal responses to a previously sent wireless signal, the received responses from two or more stationary RFID readers in the local area network, to determine, using radio frequency telemetry in the local area network, the physical distance between each stationary RFID reader for which a response was received, and wherein the microcontroller is further configured to exchange with other components of the local area network, one or more of the distances between stationary RFID readers calculated by other components of the local area network, and to verify the accuracy of these calculated one or more distances between stationary RFID readers. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a microprocessor cause the microprocessor to carryout steps comprising:
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repeatedly conducting a calibration cycle to determine the present position of stationary fiducial Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers of a local area network, the stationary RFID readers being stationary when in operation, the calibration cycle including exchanging, between two or more RFID readers or other fiducial components of the local area network, distances between two or more RFID readers calculated by one or more other components of the local area network using radio frequency telemetry between components of the local area network, and after receiving distances in the exchange, verifying the accuracy of the exchanged calculated distances between the stationary RFID readers in the local area network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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