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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2006
Robert A. Stephensen, Carlisle, MA (US);
Michael Grady, Boston, MA (US);
Scott Barvick, Arlington, MA (US);
David J. Husak, Windham, NH (US);
Lin Zhou, Action, MA (US);
Nirav R. Shah, Westford, MA (US);
Pattabhiraman Krishna, Westbourough, MA (US);
Jeffrey H. Fischer, Boston, MA (US);
Chilton L. Cabot, Dedham, MA (US);
Robert A. Stephensen, Carlisle, MA (US);
Michael Grady, Boston, MA (US);
Scott Barvick, Arlington, MA (US);
David J. Husak, Windham, NH (US);
Lin Zhou, Action, MA (US);
Nirav R. Shah, Westford, MA (US);
Pattabhiraman Krishna, Westbourough, MA (US);
Jeffrey H. Fischer, Boston, MA (US);
Chilton L. Cabot, Dedham, MA (US);
Reva Systems Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method that facilitates the configuration and control of components of an RFID system, taking into account how the RFID system components are associated with one or more physical locations within an environment in which the RFID system is deployed. A user provides information specifying associations between the system components and the physical locations within the environment to obtain visual representations of configuration data generated therefrom with reference to a facility view, an RF coverage view, and a location view of the data. The facility view serves as a reference plane for placement and orientation of antennas associated with RFID readers, location benchmark tags, and the physical locations of interest. After each antenna is placed and oriented on the facility view, an estimate of the size and shape of the RF interrogation zone of each antenna is computed, and representations of the RF interrogation zones are provided on the facility view to obtain the RF coverage view of the data. Next, the user provides information specifying the physical locations of interest to obtain the location view of the data. A composite of the facility view, the coverage view, and the location view is then generated to obtain an enhanced visual understanding of how the system components and the physical locations exist within the system environment, and how the components and locations are associated with one another.