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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2007
John Azevedo, San Marcos, CA (US);
Jeffrey Zhu, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Mikuteit, San Diego, CA (US);
Jason Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
John Azevedo, San Marcos, CA (US);
Jeffrey Zhu, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Mikuteit, San Diego, CA (US);
Jason Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
Neology, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Abstract
A RFID cabinet comprises a cabinet structure and one or more drawers or shelves. Chambers are formed within the cabinet to house the one or more drawers or shelves. An RFID scanner is configured to scan items tagged with RFID tags in the chambers via one or more antennas. The antennas can include transmit and receive antennas or antennas configured to perform both transmit and receive functions. The drawers can have a access cover, or lid that can be controlled so as to control access to the drawer. The scanner can be configured to perform inventory control for the tagged items.