US 12,153,990 B2
Associating assets using RFID-RF wireless gateways
Hendrik J Volkerink, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Ajay Khoche, West San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Trackonomy Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/083,550.
Application 18/083,550 is a division of application No. 16/953,238, filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/937,501, filed on Nov. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0196040 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10366 (2013.01) [G06K 19/07758 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a specimen holder bin comprising a plurality of slots each sized to receive a respective specimen holder;
a gateway node configured to broadcast an interrogation signal to a wireless tag affixed to the specimen holder bin; and
the wireless tag comprising:
a radio frequency identifier (RFID) circuit,
a radio frequency (RF) communication circuit,
a processor,
a memory storing an identifier (ID) associated with the RFID circuit, and
an energy source electrically connected to the RFID circuit, the RF communication circuit, and the processor,
wherein the wireless tag is configured to, responsive to the interrogation signal, broadcast the identifier associated with the RFID circuit to the gateway node.