US 12,265,867 B2
Detachable radio frequency identification switch tag
Sheshi Nyalamadugu, San Diego, CA (US); and Joe Mullis, Oceanside, CA (US)
Assigned to Neology, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by NEOLOGY, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/511,763.
Application 18/511,763 is a continuation of application No. 17/883,320, filed on Aug. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,853,828.
Application 17/883,320 is a continuation of application No. 17/143,021, filed on Jan. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,410,011, issued on Aug. 9, 2022.
Application 17/143,021 is a continuation of application No. 16/677,444, filed on Nov. 7, 2019, granted, now 10,891,530, issued on Jan. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/757,018, filed on Nov. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0086675 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/0724 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G06K 19/07752 (2013.01); G06K 19/07775 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) switch tag, comprising:
a base component including a booster; and
a detachable component configured to removably couple to the base component, the detachable component including:
at least one first RFID module configured to couple with the booster, and
a second RFID module configured to operate independent of the booster;
wherein the at least one first RFID module is configured to electrically coupled with the booster when the detachable component is coupled to the base component and the second, wherein the at least one first RFID module is configured to communicate with a first system when the detachable component is coupled to the base component and the second RFID module is configured to communicate with a second system when the detachable component is not coupled to the base component, and wherein the base component comprises a plurality of antenna portions and the at least one first RFID module comprises a plurality of leads and a chip, wherein the plurality of leads are configured to selectively couple with the plurality of antenna portions when the detachable component is coupled to the base component, wherein said coupling comprises one or more of capacitive coupling and inductive coupling.