RFID TAG LOCATIONING USING DYNAMIC BEACON TAG ASSOCIATION
First Claim
1. A method for using with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags comprising:
- measuring the position of an active device to an accuracy of better than 1.0 meter using a radio locating system to determine the position of a reference point;
detecting a first RF signal from a reference RFID tag with an RF receiver in an RFID reading system, wherein the reference RFID tag is located essentially at the same position of the reference point, with the distance between the reference RFID tag and the reference point being less than 0.2 meter, and wherein the distance between the reference RFID tag and the RF receiver in the RFID reading system is more than 3.0 meter;
detecting a second RF signal from a RFID tag of interest with the RF receiver in the RFID reading system; and
processing both the first RF signal and the second RF signal and relying upon at least partially the position of the reference point to determine the position of the RFID tag of interest.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining the position of a RFID tag. The method includes the following: (1) measuring the position of an active device to an accuracy of better than 1.0 meter using a radio locating system to determine the position of a reference point; (2) detecting a first RF signal from a reference RFID tag near the reference point with an RF receiver in an RFID reading system; (3) detecting a second RF signal from a RFID tag of interest with the RF receiver in the RFID reading system; and (4) processing both the first RF signal and the second RF signal and relying upon at least partially the position of the reference point to determine the position of the RFID tag of interest.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for using with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags comprising:
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measuring the position of an active device to an accuracy of better than 1.0 meter using a radio locating system to determine the position of a reference point; detecting a first RF signal from a reference RFID tag with an RF receiver in an RFID reading system, wherein the reference RFID tag is located essentially at the same position of the reference point, with the distance between the reference RFID tag and the reference point being less than 0.2 meter, and wherein the distance between the reference RFID tag and the RF receiver in the RFID reading system is more than 3.0 meter; detecting a second RF signal from a RFID tag of interest with the RF receiver in the RFID reading system; and processing both the first RF signal and the second RF signal and relying upon at least partially the position of the reference point to determine the position of the RFID tag of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for using with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags comprising:
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a radio locating system configured to measure the position of an active device to an accuracy of better than 1.0 meter to determine the position of a reference point; an RFID reading system having a RF receiver configured to detect a first RF signal from a reference RFID tag that is more than 3.0 meter away from said RF receiver, wherein the reference RFID tag is located essentially at the same position of the reference point, with the distance between the reference RFID tag and the reference point being less than 0.2 meter, and wherein said RF receiver in the RFID reading system is further configured to detect a second RF signal from a RFID tag of interest; and a controller configured to process both the first RF signal and the second RF signal and relying upon at least partially the position of the reference point to determine the position of the RFID tag of interest. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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