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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2011
Applicants:

Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);

Kathrin Berkner, Los Altos, CA (US);

Sergey Chemishkian, San Jose, CA (US);

Xu Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Sapna A. Shroff, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);

Kathrin Berkner, Los Altos, CA (US);

Sergey Chemishkian, San Jose, CA (US);

Xu Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Sapna A. Shroff, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 23/02 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/0716 (2013.01); G06F 3/0425 (2013.01); G06K 19/0718 (2013.01); G06K 19/07701 (2013.01); G06T 7/004 (2013.01); G06K 2017/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract

Passive RFID devices are disclosed that perform image recognition. The device includes an antenna, circuitry, and a camera. The antenna receives a radio frequency (RF) signal from a RFID reader. The circuitry stores image data for objects that is used for image recognition. To operate, the circuitry derives power from the RF signal. With the power derived from the RF signal, the camera captures an image. The circuitry then identifies an object in the captured image based on the image data for the objects, and outputs information for the identified object, such as to the RFID reader.


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