| 摘要 |
Provided among other things is a tagging system for identifying closely proximate stacked items (e.g., thin and flat closely spaced items) each of which is tagged with an electronic radiation emitting chip with a built-in antenna incorporated therein. The tagging system comprises: (1) the tagged, closely spaced items, wherein the electronic radiation emitting chips are affixed on, and within the width of, thin side edges of the items; and (2) an ID reader capable of reading the IDs (identifiers) stored electronically on the chips, wherein the electronic radiation emitting chips are sufficiently aligned on the items such that the chips can be serially read with the ID reader. |
| 主权项 |
1. An identification (ID) reader for closely proximate stacked items that are peripherally tagged within a width of, thin, side edges of the items with light-responsive transponders, the reader comprising:
a body incorporating or adapted to reversibly couple with the ID reader for reading the transponders, the ID reader emitting a modulated light signal from a light-emitting port; one or more movement elements coupled to, configured to couple to, or incorporated into the body; and one or more aligners coupled to or incorporated into the body, adapted to operate with a corresponding element on a stack of the items, or a container for a stack of the items, so as to align the light-emitting port with the transponders to trigger the transponders, wherein the ID reader is configured for reading closely proximate stacked items that are specimen slides, tissue cassettes, tissue blocks, blood spot cards, microtiter plates, petri dishes, Compact Disks (CDs), Digital Versatile Disks (DVDs), Blu-Ray disks, flash memory cards, microfluidics chips, wafers or printed circuit boards, wherein the items are peripherally tagged within a width of, the thin, side edges of the items with light-responsive transponders. |
