Object tracking and management system and method using radio-frequency identification tags

An object tracking and management system and method using radio-frequency identification (""RFID"") tags is disclosed. Objects to be moved between locations are outfitted with RFID tags having information relating to the identities of the objects. The locations are also marked by...

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Hauptverfasser:	FRANCIS, ROBERT CRAIG, SAINATI, ROBERT ARTHUR, SHEEHAN, RICHARD LAWRENCE JR, MCGEE, JAMES PAUL, TONG, SAI KIT
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING CONVEYING COUNTING HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL HAULING HOISTING HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCEDIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD LIFTING PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS PRESENTATION OF DATA RECOGNITION OF DATA RECORD CARRIERS SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS STORING TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	An object tracking and management system and method using radio-frequency identification (""RFID"") tags is disclosed. Objects to be moved between locations are outfitted with RFID tags having information relating to the identities of the objects. The locations are also marked by RFID tags containing information on the locations. A transport vehicle for moving the objects is equipped with an RFID interrogator capable of detecting signals from the RFID tags. An onboard processor provides the operator of the vehicle with instructions on the movement of objects. The processor also determines the identities of the objects and locations from the detected signals and provides the operator with feedback as to the identity of an object being moved, the location of the vehicle and any error in carrying out the instructions. Numerous variations of the basic system and method using RFID tags are also described.