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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Sick Ag, Waldkirch/Breisgau, DE;
Patric Beinschob, Hamburg, DE;
Christian Rapp, Hamburg, DE;
SICK AG, Waldkirch/Breisgau, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a position determination apparatus for the position determination of at least one RFID tag, comprising an RFID reader and a control device, wherein the control device is configured to transmit a radio signal by means of the RFID reader, said radio signal exciting an RFID tag to transmit a response signal. The position determination apparatus is movable to different locations from an original position and the control device is configured to transmit a respective radio signal at at least two different locations and to receive the respective response signal or the respective response signals.