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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin J. Bekritsky, Modiin, IL;
Michael J. Koch, Fort Salonga, NY (US);
Charles Burton Swope, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 7/10316 (2013.01);
Abstract
At least some embodiments of the present invention are directed to RFID reader systems, readers, and/or arrangements configured to estimate a directional bearing of an RFID tag. In an embodiment, the present invention is an RFID arrangement configured communicate with an RFID tag via a primary transmit and receive signals and to contemporaneously determine a plurality of RSSI levels of the RFID tag over a 360-degree azimuth range via a plurality of secondary receive signals.