Method and system for the automated management of objects provided with rfid tags
AssigneeI E R
InventorsFranck Gentelet, Jean-Clement Bouveresse
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Abstract
An automated method is provided for managing objects each provided with an RFID tag having at least one item of identification data associated with the object, the method including a step of reading at least one item of identification data stored in at least one RFID tag arranged on at least one object positioned at the reading site, and further including a deactivation of at least one RFID tag the item of identification data of which has been read so that it is not detected during a fraud detection step. A system implementing such a method is also provided.
Claims21
An automated method for managing objects each provided with an RFID tag comprising at least one item of identification data associated with said object, said method comprising a step (104) of reading at least one item of identification data stored in at least one RFID tag arranged on at least one object positioned at a so-called reading site, said method being characterized in that it also comprises a step of deactivation (114) of at least one RFID tag the item of identification data of which has been read so that it is not detected during a fraud detection step (116).
The method according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that the deactivation (114) of at least one RFID tag is a functional deactivation.
The method according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that it also comprises a step of detection (116) of at least one RFID tag the item of identification data of which has not been read.
The method according to the previous claim, in which the detection step, in particular the determination step, comprises a comparison (126) of an item of identification data of the active RFID tag with identification data previously read during the first reading step, said method comprising a step of storage (106) of the identification data read during the first reading step (104).
The method according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that it also comprises, for at least one item of identification data read during the first reading step (104), a consultation (108) of at least one item of data associated with said item of identification data stored in a database (304).
The method according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that it also comprises a calculation (110) of an item of data relating to all of the tags read during the first reading step (104).
The method according to any one of the previous claims implemented for the automated payment for coffee capsules provided with RFID tags.
An automated device for the management of objects each provided with an RFID tag comprising an item of identification data associated with said object, said device comprising means (202), denoted first reading means, for reading at least one item of identification data stored in at least one RFID tag arranged on at least one object positioned at a so-called reading site, characterized in that said device comprises means arranged for deactivating at least one RFID tag the item of identification data of which has been read.
A device for detecting an object in a predetermined zone, the object being provided with an RFID tag comprising at least one item of identification data relating to the object, each tag being likely to have been previously read by first reading means (202), in particular, of a management device according to the invention, the device being intended to detect RFID tags the item of identification data of which has not been read, characterized in that the detection device comprises second reading means (217, 218) for reading, in a predetermined zone, at least one item of identification data of the RFID tag and means (311) for determining whether the tag has been read by the first reading means, according to data relating to the tags and stored at a predetermined location (309) of a memory to which the detection device is connected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.