Method and apparatus for operating an rfid reader
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMICHAEL J. KOCH, BENJAMIN J. BEKRITSKY, ALEXANDER M. JACQUES, NEERAL SESHADRI
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating an RFID scanner is provided herein. During operation, an RFID scanner will utilize beamforming techniques to appropriately beamform an interrogation signal. A first beamforming scheme will be used for a first task (e.g., EAS, inventory management, point-of-sale mode scanning of a first area, . . . , etc.) and a second beamforming scheme will be used for a second task.
Claims17
A method for operating an RFID reader, the method comprising the steps of:
- operating the RFID reader to perform a first task within a first area;
- the RFID reader determining that predetermined period of time has elapsed;
- and
- operating the RFID reader to perform a second task within a second area.
A method for operating an RFID reader, the method comprising the steps of:
- operating the RFID reader utilizing first antenna weights to perform a first task within a first area;
- the RFID reader determining that predetermined period of time has elapsed;
- the RFID reader adjusting antenna weights in response to the determination that a predetermined period of time has elapsed;
- and
- operating the RFID reader to perform a second task within a second area using the adjusted antenna weights.
An RFID system comprising:
- a scheduler operating the RFID reader to perform a first task within a first area;
- the scheduler determining that predetermined period of time has elapsed;
- and
- the scheduler operating the RFID reader to perform a second task within a second area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.