US 12,329,253 B2
Jewelry ring having a RFID transponder and a reading arrangement
Stefan Schiffer, Eisingen (DE); and Kai-F. Binder, Pforzheim (DE)
Assigned to EGF—Eduard G Fidel GMBH, Pforzheim (DE)
Appl. No. 18/006,498
Filed by EGF—EDUARD G. FIDEL GMBH, Pforzheim (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 19, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/051076
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/175005, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2021 100 768.0 (DE), filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0292889 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 19/077 (2006.01); A44C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 9/0053 (2013.01) [G06K 19/07762 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A jewelry ring, such as a jewelry finger ring worn in particular on the finger, comprising:
a metal base body having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a fitting receptacle;
a cavity arranged within the inner surface of the metal base body; and,
an RFID transponder in which readable data is stored and which has an antenna structure via which signals can be transmitted to a reading device, wherein the RFID transponder is arranged within the cavity of the metal base body and proximate the fitting receptacle, wherein the metal base body outwardly shields the RFID transponder by a portion thereof arranged between the outer surface and the cavity; and,
an alignment arrangement is provided on the jewelry ring and on the reading device, by means of which alignment arrangement the jewelry ring can be positioned at a reading area of the reading device in a predetermined rotational position in which the RFID transponder is arranged adjacent to receiving means of the reading area.