Real-time automatic RFID inventory control system
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMiklos Stern, Benjamin J. Bekritsky
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes a system for tracking store-items placed in a storage space. The system includes a plurality of wireless RFID readers distributed within the storage space such that at least one store-item, having an RFID tag attached, is within an interrogation range of at least one of the wireless RFID reader. The system further includes a monitoring server operative to communicate wirelessly with the a plurality of wireless RFID readers to obtain information collected by the plurality of wireless RFID readers from the RFID tag attached to the at least one store-item.
Claims22
A system for tracking items present in a storage space, the system comprising:
- a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers distributed within the storage space, wherein at least one item, having an RFID tag attached, is within an interrogation range of at least one of the plurality of RFID readers;
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- a monitoring server operative to communicate wirelessly with the plurality of RFID readers,
- wherein the plurality of RFID readers conduct inventory polls pertaining to items present within the storage space by interrogating RFID tags attached to items in the storage space, and send to the monitoring server the results obtained from each inventory poll, and
- wherein the monitoring server combines the results from each inventory poll to determine which items are present in the storage space, and based on combining the results from each inventory poll, updating a database with the items that are present in the storage space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.