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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Frank Singel, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
William Romantic, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for enabling a picker to correctly identify and pick inventory items from a warehouse or storage facility are provided. An exemplary portable picking-assistance device comprises first and second communication devices. The first communication device is configured to electronically receive a first item list including one or more items to be retrieved by an operator from a predetermined storage area. The one or more items may be selected from a plurality of items stored in the predetermined storage area. The second communication device is configured to communicate radio frequency signals to a first radio frequency (RF) tag of a plurality of RF tags. The first RF tag is associated with a first item listed on the first item list. An indication is provided to the operator confirming an identification of the first item to be retrieved by the operator.