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WO2004114241A3
WO2004114241A3 PCT/US2004/019354 US2004019354W WO2004114241A3 WO 2004114241 A3 WO2004114241 A3 WO 2004114241A3 US 2004019354 W US2004019354 W US 2004019354W WO 2004114241 A3 WO2004114241 A3 WO 2004114241A3
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storage system
stored objects
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Ronald A Marino
Richard J Campero
William J Carpenter
Richard A Collins
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WestRock MWV LLC
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Meadwestvaco Corp
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    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
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    • G06K7/10316—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves using at least one antenna particularly designed for interrogating the wireless record carriers
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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    • G07C9/20—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass
    • G07C9/28—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
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    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/02—Devices for alarm or indication, e.g. when empty; Advertising arrangements in coin-freed apparatus
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    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G1/00—Cash registers
    • G07G1/0036—Checkout procedures
    • G07G1/0045—Checkout procedures with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader
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    • G07G1/0045—Checkout procedures with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader
    • G07G1/009—Checkout procedures with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader the reader being an RFID reader

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Abstract

An apparatus for and method of providing a storage system and tracking stored objects (fig.3) is disclosed. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the storage system is composed of one or more storage shelves (201) and dividers or partitions (210-223), any ones of which may include one or more reader antennae (110) used to track or detect the presence of objects or items tagged with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags (101). In exemplary implementations, the shelves and partitions of the storage system incorporate one or more reader antennae having 'figure-eight' or loop geometries.
PCT/US2004/019354 2003-06-18 2004-06-18 Apparatus for and method of tracking stored objects Ceased WO2004114241A2 (en)

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US47915803P 2003-06-18 2003-06-18
US60/479,158 2003-06-18

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WO2004114241A3 true WO2004114241A3 (en) 2005-03-31

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