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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2008
Frederic Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Gerard Marmigere, Drap, FR;
Joaquin Picon, St. Laurent du Var, FR;
Xavier Rey-robert, La Gaude, FR;
Pierre Secondo, Tourrettes-sur-Loup, FR;
Frederic Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Gerard Marmigere, Drap, FR;
Joaquin Picon, St. Laurent du Var, FR;
Xavier Rey-Robert, La Gaude, FR;
Pierre Secondo, Tourrettes-sur-Loup, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for visually locating short distance emission RFID tags to locate items in a container. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: initiating a reading sequence of a plurality of first RFID tags, wherein each first RFID tag is associated with a respective item located in the container, and wherein each first RFID tag emits an identification (ID); capturing the ID emitted by each first RFID tag using a plurality of second RFID tags located in the container, wherein each second RFID tag is coupled to a respective illumination source; addressing one of the first RFID tags; and activating the illumination source coupled to each second RFID tag that captured the ID of the addressed first RFID tag.