Rfid reading apparatus and method for bin occupancy recognition in a shelf
AssigneeSick AG
InventorsMichael FISLAGE, Alexander GUENTHER
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Abstract
An RFID reading apparatus (18) for bin occupancy recognition in a shelf (10) is provided having at least one antenna (16), an RF transceiver (20) connected to the antenna (16), a control and evaluation unit (22) that is configured to communicate with an RFID transponder (24) by means of RFID signals via the RF transceiver (20) and the antenna (16), and having at least one additional sensor (24) for detecting objects at or in the shelf (10). In this respect, the control and evaluation unit (22) is configured to recognize and locally associate changes of the bin occupancy from a combination of information of the antenna (16) and information of the additional sensor (24).
Claims14
An RFID reading apparatus for bin occupancy recognition in a shelf, the RFID reading apparatus comprising:
- at least one antenna,
- an RF transceiver connected to the antenna,
- a control and evaluation unit that is configured to communicate with an RFID transponder by means of RFID signals via the RF transceiver and the antenna, and
- at least one additional sensor for detecting objects at or in the shelf,
- wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to recognize and locally associate changes of the bin occupancy from a combination of information of the antenna and information of the additional sensor.
A method for bin occupancy recognition in a shelf, in which method communication takes place with RFID transponders in the shelf by means of RFID signals via an antenna, wherein objects at or in the shelf are detected using an additional sensor,
- wherein changes of the bin occupancy are recognized and locally associated from a combination of information of the antenna and information of the additional sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.