Object tracking in an enclosure
AssigneeWinware, Inc.
InventorsLawrence Edward Harper, Derry Thomas DeNise
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Abstract
Various embodiments of object tracking systems and related methods and devices are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, includes scanning an interior space of an enclosure, the enclosure having at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and at least one object associated with the at least one RFID tag, receiving an indication that a user is attempting access to the interior space, and responsive to receiving the indication, determining whether access to the interior space is permitted by the user.
Claims22
A method, comprising:
- scanning an interior space of an enclosure, the enclosure having at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with at least one switch, and at least one object associated with the at least one switch, the RFID tag configured to communicate at least one RFID signal to a reader;
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- shielding the at least one RFID tag when the at least one object is removed from the at least one switch thereby substantially blocking RFID signal transmission between the RFID tag and the reader.
A system, comprising:
- a reader configured to scan an interior space of an enclosure;
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with an object in the enclosure, the RFID tag transmitting a signal to the reader;
- a switch associated with the RFID tag, the switch shielding the RFID tag when the object is removed from the switch, thereby substantially blocking RFID signal transmission.
A system, comprising:
- means for scanning an interior space of an enclosure, the enclosure having at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with at least one switch, and at least one object associated with the at least one switch, the RFID tag configured to communicate at least one RFID signal to a reader;
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- means for shielding the at least one RFID tag when the at least one object is removed from the at least one switch thereby substantially blocking RFID signal transmission between the RFID tag and the reader.
An enclosure defining an interior space, the enclosure comprising:
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag configured to transmit a signal to a reader;
- a switch associated with the RFID tag, the switch having a first position and a second position, wherein when the switch is in the first position the RFID tag is shielded thereby substantially blocking RFID signal transmission between the RFID tag and the reader,
- wherein the enclosure is configured to include within the interior space an object coupled to the switch, wherein presence of the object in the enclosure adjacent to the switch can be associated with one of the first position and the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.