US 12,229,339 B2
Method and tactical passive RFID transponder gloves with morphological actuation
Erick Niels Maxwell, Lithia Springs, GA (US); Eres David, Atlanta, GA (US); Steven Paul Eicholtz, Atlanta, GA (US); Samuel Finlayson, Atlanta, GA (US); Dean Fullerton, Atlanta, GA (US); John Kealy, Atlanta, GA (US); Cameron Lewis, Atlantag, GA (US); Michael Matthews, Atlanta, GA (US); Dante Gabriel Orlando, Atlanta, GA (US); Jacqueline Ramirez-Medina, Atlanta, GA (US); Jonathan Ridley, Atlanta, GA (US); Kelden Robinson, Atlanta, GA (US); Rudra Pratap Singh, Atlanta, GA (US); Daniel Andrew Terrell, Atlanta, GA (US); and Samrin Zaman, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,191.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/390,087, filed on Jul. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0160284 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/014 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10336 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprises:
A glove comprising two or more force sensors configured on an exoskeleton, wherein the force sensors measure resistance;
an RFID reader, wherein the RFID reader is a near field communication RFID reader;
one or more antennas, wherein one of the one or more antennas comprises a passive antenna element configured to be woven into a palm region, one or more appendages, or front-facing or back-facing side of the glove, wherein the passive antenna element comprises a flexible material; and
a controller coupled to the glove to evaluate the resistance and to read and/or tally RFID tags, wherein the controller evaluates an action sequence related to the resistance by classifying the action sequence, and wherein a RFID tag reading of an inventory object together with a respective action sequence classification are used for inventory management.