Synthetic aperture RFID handheld with tag location capability

    公开(公告)号:US09459343B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-04

    申请号:US14870150

    申请日:2015-09-30

    Abstract: A system for determining a bearing or location of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag using a handheld RFID reader is described. In one embodiment, the reader is equipped with an accelerometer. A user moves the reader while the reader receives the tag's signal and determines the tag signal's phase at multiple locations. The locations of the reader antenna can be reconstructed using the accelerometer data. By using the phase determined at multiple locations in conjunction with the location of the reader antenna, the reader can determine the bearing of the tag. For an RFID reader not equipped with an accelerometer, the sign and ratio of the rate of change in the phase of a tag's signal to the distance traveled by the reader antenna can be used to determine the location of the tag relative to the reader.

    Wirelessly reconfigurable antenna

    公开(公告)号:US10985445B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-20

    申请号:US15645310

    申请日:2017-07-10

    Inventor: Pavel Nikitin

    Abstract: A reconfigurable antenna element is controlled using a wirelessly powered and wirelessly activated switch, where the antenna element is part of an antenna or antenna array. A control signal for reconfiguring the antenna element is embedded into a wirelessly transmitted data signal for transmission by the antenna.

    RFID system with location capability

    公开(公告)号:US09904818B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-27

    申请号:US15606445

    申请日:2017-05-26

    CPC classification number: G06K7/10128 G06K19/0716 G06Q10/00

    Abstract: Provided are RFID systems, methods and RFID tags according to various aspects. An infrared (IR) beam, from an IR transmitter, is outputted in a first direction so that an RFID tag with an IR sensor adds a flag to stored data in the RFID tag in response to the RFID tag's IR sensor detecting the IR beam. An RF interrogation signal is outputted by an RFID reader, and a response is received from the RFID tag to the RF interrogation signal. It is determined whether the flag is contained in the RFID tag's response to the RF interrogation signal, and if so, the RFID tag is determined to be in the first direction relative to the IR transmitter.

    Systems and methods for displaying location information for RFID tags

    公开(公告)号:US09872135B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-16

    申请号:US14587742

    申请日:2014-12-31

    CPC classification number: H04W4/02 E05B73/0017 G06K7/10009 G06K7/10158

    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable medium are provided. One system includes a transmit antenna, at least one receive antenna, and an imager configured to acquire one or more images in a scanning area having one or more radio frequency identifier (RFID) tags including an RFID tag of interest. The system further includes a controller configured to operate the transmit antenna and the at least one receive antenna to acquire location information from the RFID tags, wherein the controller is further configured to operate the imager to acquire the images while the location information is acquired. The system includes a processor configured to correlate the acquired location information and the one or more images to determine an image corresponding to a location of the RFID tag of interest. The system additionally includes a display configured to display the image corresponding to the location of the RFID tag of interest.

    WIRELESSLY RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA
    5.
    发明申请
    WIRELESSLY RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA 有权
    无线可重新配置的天线

    公开(公告)号:US20140375501A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-25

    申请号:US13922095

    申请日:2013-06-19

    Inventor: Pavel Nikitin

    CPC classification number: H01Q1/245 H01Q1/248 H01Q3/24 H01Q21/005

    Abstract: A reconfigurable antenna element is controlled using a wirelessly powered and wirelessly activated switch, where the antenna element is part of an antenna or antenna array. A control signal for reconfiguring the antenna element is embedded into a wirelessly transmitted data signal for transmission by the antenna.

    Abstract translation: 可重新配置的天线元件使用无线供电和无线激活的开关进行控制,其中天线元件是天线或天线阵列的一部分。 用于重新配置天线元件的控制信号被嵌入到无线传输的数据信号中以供天线传输。

    Systems, methods, and apparatus to permit communication between passive wireless transponders

    公开(公告)号:US10186136B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-22

    申请号:US15911907

    申请日:2018-03-05

    Abstract: Passive wireless transponders can perform transponder-to-transponder communication when illuminated by an interrogation carrier wave. The transponder-to-transponder communication permits each transponder to determine the identity of “other” proximately transponders. The transponder-to-transponder communication optionally permits each transponder to identify a “nearest neighbor” using one or more backscatter signal properties such as received signal strength or time-of-flight. Using this information and one or more externally supplied or internally stored instruction sets transponders can provide neighboring transponder data to an interrogator. Using this “neighbor” data, the interrogator can provide a system user with data indicative of the relative locations of a plurality of tags arranged in a one or two dimensional matrix.

    Systems, methods, and apparatus to permit communication between passive wireless transponders

    公开(公告)号:US09928721B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-27

    申请号:US14035525

    申请日:2013-09-24

    Abstract: Passive wireless transponders can perform transponder-to-transponder communication when illuminated by an interrogation carrier wave. The transponder-to-transponder communication permits each transponder to determine the identity of “other” proximately transponders. The transponder-to-transponder communication optionally permits each transponder to identify a “nearest neighbor” using one or more backscatter signal properties such as received signal strength or time-of-flight. Using this information and one or more externally supplied or internally stored instruction sets transponders can provide neighboring transponder data to an interrogator. Using this “neighbor” data, the interrogator can provide a system user with data indicative of the relative locations of a plurality of tags arranged in a one or two dimensional matrix.

    RFID system with location capability

    公开(公告)号:US09665750B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-30

    申请号:US14956910

    申请日:2015-12-02

    CPC classification number: G06K7/10128 G06K19/0716 G06Q10/00

    Abstract: Provided are RFID systems, methods and RFID tags according to various aspects. An infrared (IR) beam, from an IR transmitter, is outputted in a first direction so that an RFID tag with an IR sensor adds a flag to stored data in the RFID tag in response to the RFID tag's IR sensor detecting the IR beam. An RF interrogation signal is outputted by an RFID reader, and a response is received from the RFID tag to the RF interrogation signal. It is determined whether the flag is contained in the RFID tag's response to the RF interrogation signal, and if so, the RFID tag is determined to be in the first direction relative to the IR transmitter.

    Synthetic aperture RFID handheld with tag location capability
    10.
    发明授权
    Synthetic aperture RFID handheld with tag location capability 有权
    合成孔径RFID手持设备,具有标签定位能力

    公开(公告)号:US09176215B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-03

    申请号:US13826758

    申请日:2013-03-14

    Abstract: A system for determining a bearing or location of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag using a handheld RFID reader is described. In one embodiment, the reader is equipped with an accelerometer. A user moves the reader while the reader receives the tag's signal and determines the tag signal's phase at multiple locations. The locations of the reader antenna can be reconstructed using the accelerometer data. By using the phase determined at multiple locations in conjunction with the location of the reader antenna, the reader can determine the bearing of the tag. For an RFID reader not equipped with an accelerometer, the sign and ratio of the rate of change in the phase of a tag's signal to the distance traveled by the reader antenna can be used to determine the location of the tag relative to the reader.

    Abstract translation: 描述了使用手持式RFID读取器确定射频识别(RFID)标签的方位或位置的系统。 在一个实施例中,读取器配备有加速度计。 用户在阅读器接收到标签的信号并在多个位置确定标签信号的相位时移动阅读器。 可以使用加速度计数据来重构读取器天线的位置。 通过结合读取器天线的位置使用在多个位置确定的相位,读取器可以确定标签的方位。 对于不配备加速度计的RFID读取器,标签信号的相位变化率与读取器天线行进的距离的符号和比率可用于确定标签相对于读取器的位置。

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