Reading short distance emission RFID tags to locate items in a container

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8106776
APP PUB NO 20100097184A1
SERIAL NO

12267712

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The present invention is directed to reading short distance emission RFID tags to locate items in a container. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving, by a plurality of first RFID tags, a signal broadcast by an RFID reader, the signal initiating a reading sequence of the plurality of first RFID tags, wherein each first RFID taq is associated with a respective item located in the container, and wherein each first RFID tag emits an identification (ID); capturing the ID emitted by each first RFID tag using a plurality of second RFID tags located in a vicinity of the first RFID tag, wherein the IDs emitted by the first RFID tags are not captured by the RFID reader; the RFID reader interrogating the plurality of second RFID tags to obtain the captured IDs; and determining a physical location of an item in the container based on the captured IDs.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bauchot, Frederic Saint-Jeannet, FR 210 4741
Marmigere, Gerard Drap, FR 164 3695
Picon, Joaquin St. Laurent du Var, FR 79 1500
Secondo, Pierre Tourrettes-sur-Loup, FR 52 1846

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