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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2003
Donald George Bauer, Laurel, MD (US);
Edward Raymond Buiel, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Richard John Campero, Ellicott City, MD (US);
William Joseph Carpenter, Sykesville, MD (US);
Steven Paul Metzler, Chillicothe, OH (US);
Richard Eric Nordgren, Daleville, VA (US);
Paul Brent Rasband, Frederick, MD (US);
Mark Albert Taylor, Columbia, MD (US);
Howard E. Wood, Jr., Covington, VA (US);
Donald George Bauer, Laurel, MD (US);
Edward Raymond Buiel, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Richard John Campero, Ellicott City, MD (US);
William Joseph Carpenter, Sykesville, MD (US);
Steven Paul Metzler, Chillicothe, OH (US);
Richard Eric Nordgren, Daleville, VA (US);
Paul Brent Rasband, Frederick, MD (US);
Mark Albert Taylor, Columbia, MD (US);
Howard E. Wood, Jr., Covington, VA (US);
Vue Technology, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
An inventory control system and method that tracks inventories of items with RFID tags, includes a reader unit and an intelligent station that tracks RFID tags to determine item information of items to be inventoried. The reader unit transmits and receives RF signals. The intelligent station includes a first RF antenna connected to the reader unit by a first transmission cable through a first switch, and one or more additional RF antennae connected to the reader unit by the same first transmission cable through additional switches. An inventory control processing unit receives item information from the intelligent stations to update inventory information regarding the items to be inventoried.