US 12,488,216 B2
Antenna detection using RFID
Thomas J. Frederick, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Jason Lamb, Wake Forest, NC (US); and John Lourigan, Union Grove, WI (US)
Assigned to CLAIRVOYANT TECHNOLOGY, INC., Durham, NC (US)
Appl. No. 18/294,076
Filed by CLAIRVOYANT TECHNOLOGY, INC., Durham, NC (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/039792
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/018689, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 16, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/232,384, filed on Aug. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0338550 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01)
CPC G06K 19/07775 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10217 (2013.01); G06K 7/10316 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2216 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna comprising:
an antenna structure; and
a transponder or RFID tag installed in or on the antenna structure, the transponder or RFID tag couplable to a transmission cable for the RFID antenna, wherein the RFID antenna is configured to respond to a transmit signal at a detection power level from among selectable power levels to identify the RFID antenna.