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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy M. Mitchell, Seattle, WA (US);
Anil Kumar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Winfeng Li, Renton, WA (US);
Kevin Yong Ung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 25/00 (2006.01); H04Q 5/22 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10158 (2013.01); G06K 7/0008 (2013.01); G06K 7/10217 (2013.01); B64D 11/00 (2013.01); G06K 2017/0051 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader is provided The RFID reader includes a transmitter/receiver module configured to transmit a radio signal at a plurality of different power levels, and a control module coupled to the transmitter/receiver module and configured to control the power level at which the radio signal is transmitted based on a number of RFID tags detected when transmitting the radio signal at an initial power level.