US 12,437,166 B2
Deploying RFID readers in environments having a dense population of RFID tags
Melissa Swats, Boca Raton, FL (US); Matthew Lange, San Diego, CA (US); Prokopios Panagiotou, Seal Beach, CA (US); Joe Mueller, San Diego, CA (US); David Stephenson, San Jose, CA (US); and Richard Marcks, Jr., San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Automaton, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Automaton, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/966,918.
Application 18/966,918 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/068002, filed on Jun. 6, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/349,303, filed on Jun. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0094741 A1, Mar. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10128 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of deploying radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers in an installation site, the method comprising:
measuring ceiling heights and locations of walls and/or fixtures in the installation site;
determining, based on the ceiling heights and the locations of walls and/or fixtures, intended locations for the RFID readers in the installation site;
provisioning a central controller for the RFID readers with a configuration file representing the intended locations for the RFID readers;
installing the RFID readers in the installation site;
measuring actual locations of the RFID readers;
provisioning the central controller with an updated configuration file representing the actual locations of the RFID readers; and
commissioning the central controller and the RFID readers to locate RFID tags in the installation site based on signals from the RFID tags received by the RFID readers and the actual locations of the RFID readers.