Method and apparatus for radio identification and tracking.

摘要

Items are identified and tracked by attaching radio transceiver tags to the items and sending signals between the tags and one or more interrogation subsystems. The tags are normally in low-power standby mode unless signalled by an interrogator. The interrogator broadcasts a signal to all of the tags within reception range, and the tags respond after pseudo-random delays. When the interrogator has identified a tag, it signals that fact back to the tag and the tag returns to standby mode. The tags that were not identified by the interrogator retransmit their identification signals, and the process continues until all tags within range of the interrogator have been identified. <IMAGE>