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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Robert D. Hughes, Tualatin, OR (US);
Terry Dishongh, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Robert D. Hughes, Tualatin, OR (US);
Terry Dishongh, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for determining the orientation of an object using one or more RFID tags on the object; and an RFID reader to determine the orientation of the object; wherein the RFID reader is configured to emit a signal to activate at least one of the RFID tags, receive return signals from the RFID tags that are activated, and determine the orientation of the object based on relative signal strengths of the received signals, and the system may be a visospatial testing system.