RFID reader with camera, video, and/or audio capture device

摘要

A media capture device coupled to an RFID reader and/or antenna. A system in one embodiment includes a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader; an antenna coupled to the RFID reader; and a media capture device coupled to at least one of the reader and the antenna. A method in another embodiment includes capturing media using a media capture device coupled to at least one of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader and an antenna coupled to the RFID reader upon occurrence of a trigger event.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
reading a plurality of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags using an RFID reader; capturing media using a media capture device in response to determining that a trigger event has occurred, the trigger event including at least one of:
a first type of trigger event wherein a RFID tag of the plurality of read RFID tags is included in a predetermined class of RFID tags, wherein the predetermined class of RFID tags includes one of Class-1 RFID tags, Class-2 RFID tags, Class-3 RFID tags, and Class-4 RFID tags, anda second type of trigger event wherein a signal strength of a RFID tag of the plurality of read RFID tags has changed beyond a predetermined threshold; performing first processing on the captured media when the trigger event includes the first type of trigger event; and performing second processing on the captured media when the trigger event includes the second type of trigger event.