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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:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

May. 24, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rosanna S. Mannan, San Jose, CA (US);

Dennis J. Wurth, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G01V 3/08 (2013.01); G07C 9/00111 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an approach for identifying an object using an electromagnetic tag, an electromagnetic signal is received by a sensor, wherein the electromagnetic signal originates from an electromagnetic tag affixed to an object, and wherein the electromagnetic signal passes through a physical propagation channel. A processor searches a database for an electromagnetic signature corresponding to the electromagnetic signal, wherein the database comprises, at least, object information associated with the electromagnetic signature. A processor determines the electromagnetic signal corresponds to the electromagnetic signature. A processor presents the object information associated with the electromagnetic signature.


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