US 12,271,777 B2
Systems and methods for using RFID technology to identify products
Mark W. Roth, North Miami, FL (US)
Assigned to Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC, Mentor, OH (US)
Appl. No. 18/006,994
Filed by Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC, Mentor, OH (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/045618
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 26, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/036011, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/064,364, filed on Aug. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0274109 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10366 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An RFID system for product identification, the system comprising:
a compartment having a first wall and a second wall that extend toward each other and that together define at least part of a cavity and a channel,
the cavity extending laterally along a first direction and being configured to contain a suspended package and having a first width extending along a second direction,
the channel extending laterally along the first direction and having a second width extending along the second direction, the channel being in fluid communication with the cavity, the channel being configured to limit movement along the second direction of a support that extends downward through the channel and into the cavity to support the suspended package, the second width of the channel being narrower than the first width of the cavity;
at least one RFID antenna configured to transmit a signal to be received by the at least one RFID transponder of the suspended package; and
an RFID reader configured to interpret an output from the at least one RFID transponder disposed in the cavity,
wherein the width of the channel is less than 0.1524 meters.