Selective beam modulation for radio frequency identification device readers

A radio-frequency identification (RFID) method, the method comprising:

• initiating, by one or more applications stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium of a computer system and executable by a processor of the computer system, at least one predefined scanning routine of a plurality of different predefined scanning routines, wherein the computer system is communicatively coupled to a control unit of a RFID reader, wherein the RFID reader comprising a reader antenna with a plurality of separate antenna elements, and wherein the reader control unit comprises a plurality of control modules including a power control module for modulating an emission power of the reader antenna, a frequency control module for modulating an emission frequency band of a radiation beam from the reader antenna, and a beamforming control module for forming and modulating a configuration of the radiation beam;
• operating, by the one or more applications, two or more of the plurality of control modules based on the at least one predefined scanning routine, wherein operating the two or more of the plurality of control modules comprises modulating two or more of the emission power of the reader antenna via the power control module, the emission frequency of the radiation beam from the reader antenna via the frequency control module, or the configuration of the radiation beam via the beamforming control module;
• and
• detecting, by the RFID reader, one or more RFID tags of a plurality of RFID tags in response to modulating the two or more of the emission power of the reader antenna via the power control module, the emission frequency of the radiation beam from the reader antenna via the frequency control module, or the configuration of the radiation beam via the beamforming control module.

A radio-frequency identification (RFID) system, the system comprising:

• a RFID reader comprising a reader control unit and a reader antenna, wherein the reader antenna comprises a plurality of separate antenna elements, and wherein the reader control unit comprises a plurality of control modules including two or more of a power control module for modulating an emission power of the reader antenna, a frequency control module for modulating an emission frequency band of a radiation beam from the reader antenna, or a beamforming control module for forming and modulating a configuration of the radiation beam;
• and
• a computer system communicatively coupled to the reader control unit of the RFID reader, wherein the computer system comprises:
• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer readable medium;
• and
• one or more applications stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executed by the processor:
• initiate at least one predefined scanning routine of a plurality of different predefined scanning routines,
• operate the two or more of the power control module, the frequency control module, or the beamforming control module in accordance with the at least one predefined scanning routine, and
• detect by the RFID reader one or more RFID tags of a plurality of RFID tags in response operating the two or more of the power control module, the frequency control module, or the beamforming control module in accordance with the at least one predefined scanning routine.