INVENTORY SYSTEM FOR RFID TAGGED OBJECTS

• US 20080297356A1
• Filed: 04/17/2008
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RCD Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: RCD Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Oberle, Robert R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,085,150 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

A case for containing objects can include a RFID Reader antenna to detect any RFID tags placed within the case.

Claims

1. A case for containing objects, the case including a RFID Reader antenna to detect any RFID tags placed within the case.

2. The case of claim 1, wherein the case has a mating connector to connect the RFID reader antenna to external RFID reader components.

3. The case of claim 1, further comprising RFID tags positioned in the case.

4. The case of claim 3, wherein the RFID tags are associated with objects.

5. A case for containing objects, the case including a passive resonant antenna to couple with RFID tags when they are in the case, the case being sized to contain multiple objects with RFID tags.

6. The case of claim 5, further comprising the RFID tags.

7. The case of claim 6, wherein the RFID tags are on objects.

8. The case of claim 7, wherein the RFID tags antenna are arranged to be coplanar with the passive resonant antenna.

9. A method comprising:

providing a case including a passive resonant antenna;

placing multiple objects with RDID tags into the case; and

using the passive resonant antenna to detect the RFID tags.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the RFID tags antenna are arranged to be coplanar with the passive resonant antenna.