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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2021
Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ganesh Nagendra, St Peters, AU;
Tai Wai Pong, St Peters, AU;
SATO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna system () is adapted to receive and implement firmware programming from an RFID reader. The RFID antenna system comprises a plurality of antenna coils () for reading RFID tags, a selection circuit () configured to activate an active antenna coil from the plurality of antenna coils (), and a processor () configured to control operation of the selection circuit (). The RFID antenna system also includes a data transceiver () configured to provide bidirectional data communication between the processor () and the RFID reader so that the RFID antenna system () receives and implements firmware programming from the RFID reader.