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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2008
Sujeet Chand, Brookfield, WI (US);
Vivek R. Bapat, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kenwood H. Hall, Hudson, OH (US);
Richard A. Morse, Hudson, OH (US);
Joseph P. Owen, Jr., Elm Grove, WI (US);
Arthur P. Pietrzyk, Thompson, OH (US);
Andreas Somogyi, Sagamore Hills, OH (US);
Kenneth A. Tinnell, Loveland, OH (US);
Sujeet Chand, Brookfield, WI (US);
Vivek R. Bapat, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kenwood H. Hall, Hudson, OH (US);
Richard A. Morse, Hudson, OH (US);
Joseph P. Owen, Jr., Elm Grove, WI (US);
Arthur P. Pietrzyk, Thompson, OH (US);
Andreas Somogyi, Sagamore Hills, OH (US);
Kenneth A. Tinnell, Loveland, OH (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A portable RFID reader (or reader/writer) that also employs a location determination subsystem that facilitates determination of the reader (or reader/writer) location. The location subsystem can employ a satellite-based GPS (Global Positioning System) location technology where such signals are unimpeded by structures. Additionally, the location subsystem can employ other terrestrial location technologies that operate inside structures such as warehouses and the factory automation environment.