US 12,314,801 B2
Storage system
Graham Murdoch, St Peters (AU); and George Rezk, St Peters (AU)
Assigned to SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/019,577
Filed by Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/057074
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/029609, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020902728 (AU), filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0325616 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 19/06 (2006.01); A47B 47/02 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10336 (2013.01) [A47B 47/021 (2013.01); G01S 5/0284 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inventory tracking system for use in tracking articles received in a cabinet, the cabinet comprising a receptacle, a holder arranged in the receptacle and at least one metal substrate displaceably received in the holder, the at least one metal substrate being configured to receive at least one article carrying an RFID tag, the system comprising:
at least one RFID read antenna assembly mountable to the at least one metal substrate, the at least one RFID read antenna assembly comprising at least one antenna coil and a high permeability layer;
an RFID tag interrogator configured to interrogate the RFID tag of the, or each, article received by the at least one metal substrate; and
an electrical connector arrangement having a first component carried by the holder, and a second, complementary components carried by the at least one metal substrate for establishing, and breaking, an electrical connection between the interrogator and the at least one RFID read antenna assembly when the at least one metal substrate is inserted into the holder, and removed from the holder thereby providing access to the at least one article, respectively.