SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AN INVENTORY WITHIN AN ASSET
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1. A method of determining location of an inventory within an asset, the method comprising:
- activating a plurality of antennas in turn for a specified period of time;
receiving a response from an RFID tag attached to the inventory through the plurality of antennas; and
analyzing the response to determine the location of the inventory within the asset.
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Abstract
A technique is provided for tracking and/or monitoring an inventory within one or more assets. The technique includes activating a plurality of antennas on each of the one or more assets in turn for a specified period of time, and receiving a response from an RFID tag attached to the inventory through the plurality of antennas located on an asset having the inventory along with a positional information of the asset having the inventory.
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1. A method of determining location of an inventory within an asset, the method comprising:
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activating a plurality of antennas in turn for a specified period of time; receiving a response from an RFID tag attached to the inventory through the plurality of antennas; and analyzing the response to determine the location of the inventory within the asset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of tracking an inventory within one or more assets, the method comprising:
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activating a plurality of antennas on each of the one or more assets in turn for a specified period of time; and receiving a response from an RFID tag attached to the inventory through the plurality of antennas located on an asset having the inventory along with a positional information of the asset having the inventory. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 27)
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18. A method of tracking an inventory within one or more assets, the method comprising:
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sending a request to one or more RFID readers to locate the inventory within the one or more assets, each of the one or more RFID readers configured to communicate with a plurality of antennas located on each of the one or more assets respectively; activating the plurality of antennas on each of the one or more assets in turn for a specified period of time via an activation signal generated by the one or more RFID readers; receiving a response from an RFID tag attached to the inventory through the plurality of antennas located on an asset having the inventory via the RFID reader along with a position information of the asset having the inventory; and analyzing the response to determine location of the inventory within the asset having the inventory by comparing for each of the plurality of antennas one or more of the number of times the RFID tag is successfully read within the specified period of time by each of the plurality of antennas, or the strength of the response signal from the RFID tag received by each of the plurality of antennas located on the asset having the inventory. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A system for tracking an inventory within one or more assets, the system comprising:
one or more RFID readers configured to activate a plurality of antennas located on the corresponding one or more assets in turn for a specified period of time, the plurality of antennas configured to receive a response from an RFID tag attached to the inventory and relay the response to the corresponding RFID reader upon being activated. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28)
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