- Patent Title: Method and apparatus pertaining to an RFID tag reader antenna array
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Application No.: US14163231Application Date: 2014-01-24
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Publication No.: US09640875B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Bruce W. Wilkinson , Nicholaus A. Jones
- Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q1/22
- IPC: H01Q1/22 ; H01Q21/29 ; G06K19/077 ; G06K7/10 ; H01Q21/20

Abstract:
One or more frame components that each comprise 1/Xth of a 360 degree RFID tag reader antenna array can be physically coupled to one another to thereby form a multi-frame component. One or more RFID tag reader antenna mounts can comprise a part of such frame components and can be configured to aim a corresponding RFID tag reader antenna outwardly of the frame component. These teachings also accommodate disposing a plurality of RFID tag reader antenna units within a facility such that these antenna units are disposed higher than an expected location of, say, at least 90% of the RFID tags when the latter are in the facility. By one approach these antenna units can all be disposed at a substantially same height within the facility. These antenna units may, or may not, be visually concealed as desired.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140139397A1 Method and Apparatus Pertaining to an RFID Tag Reader Antenna Array Public/Granted day:2014-05-22
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