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

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9928721
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14035525

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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.

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  • INTERMEC IP CORP.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kelly, Stephen J Marion, US 43 1958
Nikitin, Pavel Seattle, US 73 1167

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