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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Timothy W. Crockett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brad M. Johnson, Raleigh, NC (US);
David John Steiner, Durham, NC (US);
Kimberly Wood, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
[object Object];
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06Q 20/208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) enabled Self-Checkout (SCO) station includes an RF antenna that emits RF energy, such as RFID interrogation signals, through the variable apertures of one or more aperture layers into a scan zone. The size of the scan zone is selectively varied by electrically modifying the effective size of the variable aperture in the aperture layer.