The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2021
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Mark Thomas Fountain, Hitchin, GB;
Nils Allan Stefan Stalgren, Cary, NC (US);
Ronald Zancola, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Benjamin Jean Limongi, Marseilles, FR;
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
Example wearable devices having multiple distributed radio frequency identification (RFID) antennas are disclosed. A disclosed example wearable device includes a first RFID antenna; a second RFID antenna; a processor configured to activate one of the first RFID antenna or the second RFID antenna based upon at least one of a location or a type of an RFID object external to the wearable device; and a body, wherein an RFID radio, the first RFID antenna, and the second RFID antenna are disposed at respective positions along the body. The wearable device may include the RFID radio, wherein, when the wearable device is worn, the RFID radio and the processor are disposed at one or more fingers of a user's hand, the first RFID antenna is disposed at an upper side of the user's hand, and the second RFID antenna is disposed at a user's wrist.