Radio frequency identification communication and applications thereof
First Claim
1. A device, comprising:
- a processor;
memory operably coupled to the processor;
a digital camera operably coupled to the processor;
a control module to be operated by the processor and configured to;
facilitate transmission of a query signal to a plurality of radio frequency identification (“
RFID”
) tags associated with a plurality of objects;
facilitate reception of a plurality of reply signals from the plurality of RFID tags;
determine information about one or more of the plurality of objects based on RFID data contained in one or more of the plurality of reply signals;
cause the digital camera to capture digital image data;
facilitate association of a portion of the captured digital image data with at least one datum of the RFID data;
identify one or more objects in the captured digital image data; and
discard RFID data received in RFID reply signals from RFID tags on objects that are not identified in the captured digital image data.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and system configurations for communicating and utilizing data received in radio frequency identification (“RFID”) signals to perform various actions. For example, a query signal may be transmitted to a plurality of RFID tags associated with a plurality of objects. A plurality of reply signals may be received from the plurality of RFID tags. Various actions may be performed based on one or more of the reply signals. In various embodiments, an RFID query device may include components such as a camera to capture image data and/or a global positioning system (“GPS”) component. Data from one or more of these components may be used in conjunction with received RFID data to perform various actions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
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15 Claims
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1. A device, comprising:
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a processor; memory operably coupled to the processor; a digital camera operably coupled to the processor; a control module to be operated by the processor and configured to; facilitate transmission of a query signal to a plurality of radio frequency identification (“
RFID”
) tags associated with a plurality of objects;facilitate reception of a plurality of reply signals from the plurality of RFID tags; determine information about one or more of the plurality of objects based on RFID data contained in one or more of the plurality of reply signals; cause the digital camera to capture digital image data; facilitate association of a portion of the captured digital image data with at least one datum of the RFID data; identify one or more objects in the captured digital image data; and discard RFID data received in RFID reply signals from RFID tags on objects that are not identified in the captured digital image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having stored therein a plurality of instructions configured to cause an apparatus, in response to execution of the instructions by the apparatus, to perform the operations of:
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transmitting a radio frequency identification (“
RFID”
) query signal to a plurality of RFID tags associated with a plurality of objects;receiving a plurality of reply signals from the plurality of RFID tags; facilitating determination of information about one of the plurality of objects based on RFID data contained in one or more of the plurality of reply signals; capturing digital image data with a digital camera of the apparatus; facilitating association of a portion of the captured digital image data with at least one datum of the RFID data; identifying one or more objects in the captured digital image data; and discarding RFID data received in RFID reply signals from RFID tags on objects that are not identified in the captured digital image data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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