WEARABLE RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION ENABLED DEVICES

摘要

Systems (100) and methods (900) for reading Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”) tags. The methods comprise: coupling a wearable RFID tag reader directly to a person's hand or forearm; transmitting a first interrogation signal from a first antenna of the wearable RFID tag reader being worn on a person's hand or forearm; receiving, by the wearable RFID reader, a first response signal generated by and transmitted from a first RFID tag in response to the first interrogation signal; and processing the first response signal to identify, locate or track a first object of interest.

主权项

1. A method for reading Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”) tags, comprising:
coupling a first wearable object directly to a hand of a person's first arm that comprises a first antenna for facilitating communication of signals between an RFID tag reader and the RFID tags which are within a first range of each other; coupling a second wearable object directly to a forearm of the person's first arm while the first wearable object is directly coupled to the hand of the person's first arm, the second wearable object comprising a second antenna for facilitating communication of signals between the RFID reader and the RFID tags which are within a second range of each other, the second range being different than the first range and the second wearable object being separate and distinct from the first wearable object; establishing a wired or wireless connection directly between the first and second wearable objects so as to electrically couple (a) the first antenna of the first wearable object to the RFID tag reader or (b) the second antenna of the second wearable object to the RFID tag reader, where only one of the first or second wearable objects comprises the RFID tag reader; transmitting a first interrogation signal from the first or second antenna; receiving, by the RFID tag reader of the first or second wearable object, a first response signal generated by and transmitted from a first RFID tag of the RFID tags in response to the first interrogation signal; and processing the first response signal to identify, locate or track a first object of interest to which the first RFID tag is attached.