Light selectable radio frequency identification tag and method therefor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5874724
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08781755

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A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag includes a photodetector which is receptive to a predefined wavelength and a control circuit which is receptive to a flash pattern of a light source. The RFID tag responds to a predefined command from RFID base station only if the photodetector included in the tag was activated by a light signal having an appropriate wavelength and flash pattern. During or after the photodetector circuit is activated, an operator of a pulsed light source then interrogates a single RFID tag with an unknown identification by using a pulsed light source to illuminate the particular tag. Only the tag illuminated by the pulsed light source responds to the reader.

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TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS CORPORATIONTOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cato, Robert Thomas Raleigh, NC 41 1725

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