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Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2014
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Johan Wadman, Lund, SE;

Peter Ljung, Lund, SE;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10009 (2013.01); G06F 17/30598 (2013.01); G06K 17/0029 (2013.01);
Abstract

Tags may be grouped into a tag cluster to be represented by a master tag. Tag transmission reports may be received from one or more tag readers that receive wireless transmissions from a plurality of tags. Tag IDs corresponding to each tag of the plurality of tags in the tag transmission reports may be determined. A plurality of the tag IDs may be grouped into a tag cluster and one of the tag IDs may be selected as a master tag ID to represent the tag cluster. A control command may be transmitted to each tag of the tag cluster except for the master tag. The control command may instruct each tag of the tag cluster except the master tag to stop broadcasting wireless transmissions. The tags in the tag cluster will be represented by the master tag.


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