Scanner housing
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorJorge Juan Schwalbe
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Abstract
Assemblies and related methods for maximizing scanning accuracy of a RFID desktop card reader utilize a housing to which the RFID desktop card reader is mounted to control the position and orientation of an identification device read by the card reader relative to the card reader. An identification assembly for reading an identification device includes a desktop card reader and a housing. The desktop card reader is configured to read an RFID tag included in the identification device and communicate data read from the RFID tag to a computer. The desktop card reader is detachably mounted to the housing. The housing includes a slot into which the identification device is inserted to restrain the identification device spaced apart from the desktop card reader by a gap.
Claims20
An identification system for reading an identification badge that includes an integrated dual-coil Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) card configured to be read at 125 kHz and at 13.56 MHz, the identification system comprising:
- a computer including a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port, an RS-232 serial port, and/or an Ethernet port;
- a card reader assembly including a connection cable and a desktop card reader connected to a proximal end of the connection cable, the desktop card reader being configured to read the integrated dual-coil RFID card at 125 kHz and at 13.56 MHz, the connection cable being configured to connect the desktop card reader to the computer via one of the USB port, the RS-232 serial port, or the Ethernet port;
- a housing having a back recess into which the desktop card reader is removably fitted, the housing including a slot into which the identification badge is inserted to restrain the identification badge in a fixed position and orientation relative to the desktop card reader in which the identification badge is spaced apart from the desktop card reader by a gap in a range from 1.6 mm to 3.5 mm;
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- a frame to which the housing with the desktop card reader fitted into the back recess is detachably mounted, the desktop card reader being restrained in a fixed position and orientation relative to the housing via the housing and the frame.
A fixture for restraining an identification device that includes a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag relative to a desktop card reader configured to read the RFID tag and communicate data read from the RFID tag to a computer;
- the identification device having a top end, a bottom end, and an insertion direction extending from the top end to the bottom end;
- the desktop card reader having a distal end, a proximal end from which a connection cable of the desktop card reader extends, and a length direction extending from the proximal end to the distal end;
- the fixture comprising:
- a housing having a back recess into which the desktop card reader is removably fitted, the housing having a slot into which the identification device is inserted to restrain the identification device in a fixed position and orientation relative to the desktop card reader in which the identification device is spaced apart from the desktop card reader by a gap, the insertion direction being oriented perpendicular to the length direction when the identification device is restrained via the slot;
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- a frame to which the housing with the desktop card reader fitted into the back recess is detachably mounted, the desktop card reader being restrained in a fixed position and orientation relative to the housing via the housing and the frame.
A method for reading an identification device with a desktop card reader assembly, the identification device including an integrated dual-coil Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) card configured to be read at a first frequency and a second frequency different from the first frequency, the method comprising:
- fitting the desktop card reader into a back recess of a housing;
- detachably mounting the housing with the desktop reader fitted into the back recess to a frame so that the desktop card reader is restrained in a fixed position and orientation relative to the housing via the housing and the frame;
- restraining the identification device in a predetermined fixed position and orientation relative to the desktop card reader in which the identification device is spaced apart from the desktop card reader by a gap of at least 1.6 mm by inserting the identification device into a slot of the housing with the desktop reader fitted into the back recess;
- reading the integrated dual-coil RFID card by the desktop card reader at the first frequency while the identification device is restrained via the slot;
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- reading the integrated dual-coil RFID card by the desktop card reader at the second frequency while the identification device is restrained via the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.