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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2023
Venaresources, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Jonathan Michael Butler, Gainesville, GA (US);
Timm Sebastian Redder, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
VenaResources, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An adaptive inventory management system for use in a materials handling facility storing a plurality of items that are each associated with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The management system including a global inventory database subsystem and a RFID interrogator subsystem comprising a plurality of RFID interrogators that are each configured to read the unique identifier of the RFID tag associated with each of the plurality of items that are within a defined boundary of at least one scan zone generated by the respective RFID interrogator and to communicate the unique identifier of the each scanned RFID tag identified within each scan zone of the respective RFID interrogator to the global inventory database subsystem. The management system being selectively configured to effect user desired levels of fidelity and/or resolution with respect to the generated unique identifier of each scanned RFID tag within a defined space of the materials handling facility.