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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2021
Quadient Technologies France, Bagneux, FR;
Guy Venture, Senas, FR;
QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
A system for inventorying items by reading attached identifying RFID tags stored on palette racks comprising at least one vertical reference post equipped with at least one post marker, the system comprising an apparatus configured for reading the attached identifying tags, characterized in that the apparatus comprises: at least one telescopic mast, which can be vertically deployed and folded, at least one RFID antenna mounted onto the telescopic mast for emitting RFID signals towards the identifying RFID tags and for receiving response messages from the identifying RFID tags, a RFID reader for energizing the at least one RFID antenna and for reading the identifying RFID tags, a computer unit for controlling the RFID reader and storing data, and at least one height sensor for detecting the at least one post marker.