Material handling apparatus having a reader/writer
AssigneeNextreme, LLC
InventorScott Muirhead
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Abstract
A material handling apparatus has a communications device associated therewith. The device includes a reader/writer for communicating with RF tags located on products supported upon the apparatus and with RF tags located within distribution networks. A further aspect of the present invention provides a RF tag attached to the apparatus and the device. In still another aspect of the present invention, a wireless local area network communications device is incorporated with the read/writer.
Claims13
1-23. (canceled)
A product conveyance for transporting and storing objects within a supply chain network with an electronic system comprising:
- an RF tag reader/writer operable for communicating with at least one RF tag associated with at least one object transported and stored on the conveyance.
A product conveyance comprising:
- a tag reader for detecting a first RFID tag associated with a product carried by the conveyance,
- said tag reader having an antenna to send a query signal to the RFID tag associated with the product to determine the location of the product,
- a communications device controlling said tag reader and having a second RFID tag,
- said tag reader receiving signals and transferring data contained in the signals to said second RFID tag, and
- a portable power supply for supplying electric power to said tag reader and to said communications device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.