Systems and methods for adaptive beam steering for throughways

A method for monitoring a throughway using a radio frequency identification (RFID) detection system, the RFID detection system comprising (i) an image sensor configured to have a field of view directed towards a lane of the throughway;

• (ii) an RFID transceiver arrangement configured to interrogate RFID tags disposed on vehicles within the lane of the throughway, wherein the RFID transceiver arrangement includes an antenna array;
• and (iii) a controller operatively connected to the image sensor and the RFID transceiver arrangement, the method comprising:
• causing, by the controller, the image sensor to capture a frame of image data representative of the lane of the throughway;
• analyzing, by the controller, the frame of image data to detect a presence of a vehicle in the lane of the throughway;
• based on the analysis, determining, by the controller, a position of the vehicle relative to the RFID transceiver arrangement;
• and
• configuring, by the controller, the antenna array to generate a beam directed at the determined position of the vehicle by identifying a predetermined location of the vehicle at which an RFID tag is located, and configuring the antenna array to generate the beam such that the beam is directed towards the predetermined location of the vehicle, wherein
• configuring the antenna array to generate the beam directed at the predetermined location of the vehicle comprises:
• determining, by the controller, a position of the predetermined location of the vehicle based upon a vehicle type of the vehicle;
• and
• based upon the determined position, adjusting, by the controller, a height or width of the beam.