US 12,248,834 B2
Integration of RFID technology into management of products
Mark W. Roth, North Miami, FL (US)
Assigned to Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC, Mentor, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/642,376
Filed by Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC, Mentor, OH (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/050501
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/050947, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,560, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0327347 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC G06K 19/07758 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A product management system, comprising:
at least one receiving location configured to receive a product associated with at least one smart device encoded with a unique identifier identifying the product, the smart device being attached to a container of the product;
a reader system configured to
receive a first signal transmitted from the at least one smart device due to the product being received at the at least one receiving location,
determine a time measurement by evaluating when the first signal was received from the at least one smart device,
determine a state of the product based on the unique identifier of the product and the time measurement, wherein the state of the product indicates a processing stage of a plurality of possible process stages to be performed on the product, wherein the product management system is configured to recognize at least three different process stages, including a holding state process stage in which the product should be held for additional time before further processing, a first food product stage where the product is ready for use as a first food product type, and a second food product stage where the product is ready for use as a second food product type and is no longer ready se as the first food product type based on the time measurement, the second food product type being different from the first food product type, and
transmit a second signal based on the state of the product; and
at least one display associated with the product and configured to
receive the second signal from the reader system, and
generate a visual indication of the state of the product based at least in part on the second signal.