Embedded RFID scanner for mobile product management

A method for reading a wireless identification tag, comprising:

• a) measuring a pressure value via a pressure sensor connected to a hand-mounted device;
• b) determining if the pressure value measured via the pressure sensor is above a threshold pressure value;
• and
• c) if so, wirelessly reading tag data from the wireless identification tag via an antenna connected to the hand-mounted device.

A tangible computer readable medium including instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform the method comprising:

• a) measuring a pressure value via a pressure sensor connected to a hand-mounted device;
• b) determining if the pressure value measured via the pressure sensor is above a threshold pressure value;
• and
• c) if so, wirelessly reading tag data from a wireless identification tag via an antenna connected to the hand-mounted device.

A device comprising:

• a) a hand-mounted device with an antenna;
• b) a pressure sensor connected to the hand-mounted device;
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• c) circuitry configured to:
• i) measure a pressure value via the pressure sensor;
• ii) determine if the pressure value measured via the pressure sensor is above a threshold pressure value;
• and
• iii) if so, activate the antenna and wirelessly read tag data from a wireless identification tag.

A hand-mounted device comprising:

• a) a hand sensor;
• b) a wireless tag reader;
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• c) circuitry configured to:
• i) determine, using the hand sensor, whether a user is wearing the hand-mounted device;
• and
• ii) if the user is wearing the hand-mounted device, activating the wireless tag reader, wherein the wireless tag reader, when activated, is configured to automatically read wireless tag data from a wireless identification tag placed within a threshold distance from the wireless tag reader.

A hand-mounted device comprising:

• a) a pressure sensor, wherein the pressure sensor is mounted on one or more of the digits of a hand of a user;
• b) a wireless tag reader;
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• c) circuitry configured to:
• i) measure a pressure value via the pressure sensor;
• ii) determine if the pressure value measured via the pressure sensor is above a threshold pressure value;
• and
• iii) if so, read wireless tag data from a wireless identification tag.

A method for reading information from a signal-emitting device, comprising:

• a) receiving, from a signal-emitting device, an identification value corresponding to a product, the signal-emitting device being activated in response to an electronic reading device reading a RF ID tag disposed on a gas cylinder, wherein the electronic reading device is mounted to a body-worn harness adapted to be worn on a body of a user and wherein the electronic reading device is configured to read the RF ID tag upon determining that a pressure value measured via a pressure sensor connected to the body-worn harness is above a threshold pressure value;
• b) transmitting the identification value and tracking data corresponding to the product to a computer system configured to record the tracking data;
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• c) storing the identification value and tracking data corresponding to the product in a memory device of the computer system.