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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2018
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Amit Asthana, Germantown, MD (US);
Christopher P. Klicpera, Westbury, NY (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A scanning device is disclosed for enabling radio frequency identification (RFID) sessions based on imager based object detection. The scanning device includes an optical imaging assembly having an optical field of view (FOV) and an effective reading range for capturing image(s) corresponding to product code(s). The scanning device includes an RFID reader having an RFID antenna configured to emit a radiation pattern extending over at least the optical FOV and the effective reading range of the optical image assembly for reading RFID tag(s). During a scanning session, initiated when a product enters the effective reading range and optical FOV, or the radiation pattern, a processor activates the optical imaging assembly, activates the RFID reader, and terminates the scanning session upon the occurrence of either: the optical imaging assembly scanning a product code associated with the product, or the RFID reader reading an RFID tag associated with the product.