US 11,900,202 B2
Wearable RFID system
Dilek Dagdelen Uysal, Lakeland, FL (US); Ahmet Erdem Altunbas, Gainesville, FL (US); and Jeffrey Lane Wells, Lakeland, FL (US)
Assigned to METRC LLC, Lakeland, FL (US)
Filed by METRC LLC, Lakeland, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/666,123.
Application 17/666,123 is a continuation of application No. 16/715,805, filed on Dec. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,244,125.
Application 16/715,805 is a continuation of application No. 14/217,850, filed on Mar. 18, 2014, granted, now 10,509,927, issued on Dec. 17, 2019.
Application 14/217,850 is a continuation of application No. 12/765,573, filed on Apr. 22, 2010, granted, now 8,674,810, issued on Mar. 18, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/324,044, filed on Apr. 14, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/171,516, filed on Apr. 22, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0164554 A1, May 26, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10009 (2013.01) [G06K 7/0008 (2013.01); G06K 7/10079 (2013.01); G06K 7/10128 (2013.01); G06K 7/10396 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of radio frequency identification (RFID), comprising:
providing an RFID system, wherein the RFID system comprises:
an RFID reader;
a transmitting antenna, wherein the transmitting antenna transmits an interrogating radio frequency (RF) signal when driven by the RFID reader, wherein upon incidence of the interrogating RF signal on an RFID tag, a response RF signal is produced;
a receiving antenna, wherein the receiving antenna receives the response RF signal, wherein the RFID reader receives the response RF signal from the receiving antenna;
a first sensor, wherein the first sensor generates a first sensor signal, wherein the first sensor signal has a corresponding first sensor information;
at least one additional sensor, wherein the at least one additional sensor generates the corresponding at least one additional sensor signal, wherein the at least one additional sensor signal has the corresponding at least one additional sensor information; and
an event recognition module, wherein the event recognition module processes the first sensor signal and the at least one additional sensor signal to recognize a triggering event,
wherein the system is configured such that at least a portion of the system is worn by a user such that the first sensor is positioned with respect to a portion of the user such that when the portion of the user moves the first sensor moves,
wherein the event recognition module recognizes the triggering event based on the first sensor information from the first sensor signal indicating movement of the portion of the user and one or more of the at least one additional sensor information from a corresponding one or more of the at least one additional sensor signal,
wherein when the event recognition module recognizes the triggering event, a trigger event message is transmitted to the RFID reader, wherein upon receipt of the trigger event message the RFID reader drives the transmitting antenna to transmit the interrogating RF signal;
having a user wear the at least a portion of the system such that the first sensor is positioned with respect to a portion of the user such that when the portion of the user moves the first sensor moves; and
moving the portion of the user,
wherein the transmitting antenna transmits an interrogating radio frequency (RF) signal when driven by the RFID reader,
wherein upon incidence of the interrogating RF signal on an RFID tag, a response RF signal is produced,
wherein the receiving antenna receives the response RF signal,
wherein the RFID reader receives the response RF signal from the receiving antenna;
wherein the first sensor generates the first sensor signal,
wherein the first sensor signal has the corresponding first sensor information,
wherein the at least one additional sensor generates the corresponding at least one additional sensor signal, wherein the at least one additional sensor signal has the corresponding at least one additional sensor information;
wherein the event recognition module processes the first sensor signal and the at least one additional sensor signal to recognize the triggering event,
wherein the event recognition module recognizes the triggering event based on the first sensor information from the first sensor signal indicating movement of the portion of the user, and one or more of the at least one additional sensor information from a corresponding one or more of the at least one additional sensor signal,
wherein when the event recognition module recognizes the triggering event the trigger event message is transmitted to the RFID reader, and
wherein upon receipt of the trigger event message the RFID reader drives the transmitting antenna to transmit the interrogating RF signal,
wherein upon incidence of the interrogating RF signal on the RFID tag attached to the object, the response RF signal is produced, and
wherein the response RF signal has signal information allowing the RFID tag attached to the object to be identified.