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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2010
Todd Franklin Scarola, Crozier, VA (US);
Lynn Ann Derose, Gloversville, NY (US);
John Michael Lizzi, Jr., Wilton, NY (US);
Douglas Roy Forman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Charles Burton Theurer, Alplaus, NY (US);
Brandon Stephen Good, Schenectady, NY (US);
Francis Christopher Hann, Porter Corners, NY (US);
Todd Franklin Scarola, Crozier, VA (US);
Lynn Ann DeRose, Gloversville, NY (US);
John Michael Lizzi, Jr., Wilton, NY (US);
Douglas Roy Forman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Charles Burton Theurer, Alplaus, NY (US);
Brandon Stephen Good, Schenectady, NY (US);
Francis Christopher Hann, Porter Corners, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for reducing the transmission of infrared (IR) signals outside of a reclamation receptacle. Techniques include using a reclamation receptacle having an IR transmitter configured to transmit IR signals when the reclamation receptacle is in a closed configuration and configured to cease transmission of the IR signals when the reclamation receptacle is in an open configuration. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag may be deposited in the reclamation receptacle. The RFID tag may receive the IR signals and generate a radio frequency (RF) signal in response to the IR signals, wherein the RF signal indicates that the RFID tag is in the reclamation receptacle.