Inventory system and methods of using the same
AssigneeBartrac, Inc
InventorsRobert Alan CONRAD, Andrew Thomas YEE
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an inventory system, wherein the inventory system includes at least one Internet of Things (IOT) inventory device having at least one pressure sensor and a radio field antenna, wherein a weighing surface is located on a top side of the at least IOT inventory device, and wherein the radio field antenna is positioned beneath the weighing surface.
Claims18
An inventory system comprising:
- a plurality of tagged inventory items, wherein the plurality tagged inventory items includes a radio field tag attached to an inventory item;
- and
- a plurality of Internet of Things (IOT) inventory devices, wherein the plurality of Internet of Things (IOT) inventory devices includes a weighing surface and contains at least one pressure sensor, a pressure sensor processor, a radio field antenna, a radio field antenna processor, and an Internet of Things (IOT) processor,
- wherein the weighing surface is located on a top side of the plurality of IOT inventory devices, and the radio field antenna is positioned beneath the weighing surface, and
- wherein the IOT processor is connected to the at least one pressure sensor through the pressure sensor processor and the IOT processor is connected to the radio field antenna through the radio field antenna processor;
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- wherein at least one member of the plurality of IOT inventory devices is connected to a communications node.
A method of detecting and reporting a plurality of tagged inventory items, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of tagged inventory items, wherein the plurality tagged inventory items include a radio field tag attached to an inventory item;
- and
- providing a plurality of Internet of Things (IOT) inventory devices, wherein the plurality of IOT inventory devices include a weighing surface and contains at least one pressure sensor, a pressure sensor processor, a radio field antenna, a radio field antenna processor, and an IOT processor,
- wherein the weighing surface is located on a top side of the plurality of IOT inventory devices, and the radio field antenna is positioned beneath the weighing surface, and
- wherein the IOT processor is connected to the at least one pressure sensor through the pressure sensor processor and the IOT processor is connected to the radio field antenna through the radio field antenna processor;
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- wherein at least one member of the plurality of IOT inventory devices is connected to a communications node;
- detecting a weight change of from about 25.0 g to about 45.0 kg when a member of the plurality of tagged inventory items is placed into contact with the weighing surface of a member of the plurality of IOT inventory devices;
- determining that a difference between a load pressure of the member of the plurality of tagged inventory items and the last measured load pressure for the member of the plurality of IOT inventory devices exceeds a threshold value;
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- identifying the member of the plurality of tagged inventory items by scanning the radio field tag with the radio field antenna.
A computer program product for detecting and reporting a plurality of tagged inventory items, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media collectively having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by an Internet of Things (IOT) processor to cause the IOT processor to:
- detect a weight change of from about 25.0 g to about 45.0 kg when a member of a plurality of tagged inventory items is placed into contact with a weighing surface of a member of a plurality of Internet of Things (IOT) inventory devices, wherein the plurality of IOT inventory devices includes the weighing surface and contains at least one pressure sensor, a pressure sensor processor, a radio field antenna, a radio field antenna processor, and the Internet of Things (IOT) processor, wherein member of the plurality of IOT inventory devices is connected to a database through a communications node;
- determine that a difference between a load pressure of the member of the plurality of tagged inventory items and a last measured load pressure for the member of the plurality of IOT inventory devices exceeds a threshold value;
- and
- identify the member of the plurality of tagged inventory items by scanning the radio field tag with the radio field antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.