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7619531 Radio frequency identification with a slot antenna  
Techniques for a radio frequency identification (RFID) device are provided. The device includes a slot antenna having at least one slot disposed in a first substrate. A strap is disposed across the...
7609153 Control apparatus, security-supported device, power source control method for security-supported device and program  
A control apparatus in a crime prevention system comprises a communication unit that notifies each managed apparatus that the application of power to that apparatus is to be managed; a registration...
7603296 Method for monitoring well equipment during transport and storage  
Items of equipment and assemblies for use in drilling or completion of a well or in other well operations are monitored from the time they are assembled for shipment to a particular well site for a...
7603197 Medicine packing apparatus  
A medicine packing apparatus having a memory ( 5 ) that stores shelf numbers of the respective shelf sections the respective kinds of medicines housed in medicine containers. A control unit ( 6 )...
7602298 Security zones for casino gaming  
Systems and methods are described for monitoring a location of a casino game for use in a gaming establishment wherein at least some of the components of the game include an attached radio...
7602281 System and method for tactical distributed event warning notification for individual entities, and computer program product therefor  
An information system, method, and computer program product is provided for the distributed warning of existing or developing significant events and/or threats to users carrying a user warning and...
7592896 Vehicle door control apparatus  
Based on a user's instruction, a door control unit drives a door opening/closing motor for a pop-up operation. A door is thereby rotated to a predetermined angle, which is smaller than a fully...
7589636 Methods and systems for automated safety device inspection using radio frequency identification  
Methods and systems for an automated safety device inspection system for a vehicle are provided. The system includes an RFID reader including a transmit portion and a receive portion wherein the...
7589624 Component unit monitoring system and component unit monitoring method  
A component unit monitoring system includes at least one independently installable component unit, a system management controller, a wireless transmission and reception controller for controlling...
7570176 Radio frequency identification tag and a method of operating same  
A tag can transmit a tag signal, and responds to receipt of a wireless signpost signal by determining whether the signpost that generated the signal is currently active. When the signpost is...
7570164 System and method for implementing virtual RFID tags  
A method for implementing a virtual tag in an RFID tag reading system. In one embodiment, data is read from the memory of an RFID tag and stored in tag cache memory. Commands intended for the tag...
7567178 Mobile communication device with interrogator to interact with tags  
A mobile communication device interrogates a tag on nearby communication-type equipment and in cooperation with a remote server causes a communication to be forwarded to the equipment. The mobile...
7561049 Scope reduction of RFID medium  
This invention reduces communication insecurity caused by the air interface during a typical RFID transaction sequence. The RFID industry wide problems of skimming and eavesdropping are eliminated...
7561038 Telemetry system  
In a remote monitoring system, a supervision terminal ( 37 ) monitors the status of the communication link ( 32, 34, 36 ) between the supervision terminal and each of a plurality of remote...
7554448 RFID transponder and RFID transponder chip  
A nonvolatile memory is accessed by a memory control circuit and stores temperature information indicating a temperature measured by a temperature sensor. A power supply control circuit supplies a...
7551086 System and methods for tracking aircraft components  
An aircraft component identification and maintenance tracking system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of aircraft components, a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags,...
7551084 System and method for identifying automation components  
The invention relates to a system and a method for identifying automation components, particularly sensors, actuators and wiring components. According to the invention, each component (sensor,...
7541942 Method and apparatus for processing signpost signals received by a tag  
A tag receives a wireless signpost signal that contains a signpost code, converts the signpost code into location information representative of a physical location of a signpost that transmitted...
7541930 Apparatus and method for controlling diverse short-range antennas of a near field communications circuit  
An intelligent antenna system for extending the effective communication range of a machine-readable passive tag. The system may include intelligence that allows one of a plurality of extension...
7541920 Alarm/event encryption in an industrial environment  
Systems and methods that can enhance protection of alarms and events within an industrial control environment are provided. An alarm security component employs cryptographic mechanisms and...
7536255 Sensor or networks with server and information processing system, method and program  
An information processing device (central apparatus ( 2 )) in a sensor network system is arranged so as to include an input-output processing section ( 101 ); an information converting section (...
7536152 Information access system and active-type contactless information storage device  
In an information access system, an active contactless information storage device senses a carrier of an RF signal at a first frequency in first predetermined periods occurring in a predetermined...
7528725 Passive dynamic antenna tuning circuit for a radio frequency identification reader  
A resonant antenna circuit for a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader generates an electrical signal for activating a passive identification tag. The identification tag in turn generates a...
7528711 Portable monitoring unit  
A sensor system that provides an adjustable threshold level for the sensed quantity is described. The adjustable threshold allows the sensor to adjust to ambient conditions, aging of components,...
7525429 Delivery notification system  
A delivery notification system for operation with a repository. The system includes at least one node module that may have a sensor for detecting the presence of a delivered item, as well as an...
7519325 Docking of short-range wireless communication tags with mobile terminals  
The invention provides for docking short-range wireless communication tags, which may be Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or near Field Communication (NFC) smart cards, onto a mobile terminal...
7518512 Transponder device  
A transponder device comprises an integrated CMOS circuit with a semiconductor substrate. A first rectifying diode (DS) is formed by the substrate diode of the CMOS circuit. A first MOS transistor...
7518494 Vehicle tag reader  
A tire sensor that communicates to a remote interrogator in one of two modes depending on the nature of the interrogation. The interrogator may be distributed throughout a vehicle if needed for...
7515040 Wheel identifying apparatus and tire inflation pressure detecting apparatus with function of wheel identification  
A wheel identifying apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of transceivers, a triggering device, a receiver, and a wheel identifier. Each of the transceivers is located...
7508303 Alarm system with speaker  
In a fire alarm system, a message is sent on a pair of power lines to a notification appliance. The notification appliance responds to the message by activating one or more of its notification...
7508299 Wireless network time stamp system and method  
A wireless time stamp system and associated method is disclosed and includes a plurality of slave wireless sensor components each configured to transmit a sensed system condition at unique...
7504956 System and method for pest detection  
Systems and methods for detecting presence and movement of pests. Various embodiments of a pest detection system can be based on, for example, a beam-interrupt detector or a thermal imaging device....
7504945 Method and system for tracking and monitoring status of data storage subsystem components  
Components in a data storage subsystem are tracked, and their status monitored, with the use of memory devices such as RFID tags. In the practice of the invention, a component of a data storage...
7504940 Home system, method and wireless node employing non-physical configuration of embedded device or sensor of a household object  
A sensor node or a control device node is for a home system including a server and a fob. The node includes a household object, and a sensor, control or display device embedded in or substantially...
7504935 Transponder  
A transponder has a transponder tuned circuit, an energy store or energy supply and a starter device. The transponder tuned circuit has a tuned circuit capacitor and a tuned circuit coil with an...
7504929 Method and system for updating RFID tag value of transferred object  
A system for updating a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag value of a transferred object is contemplated. The RFID tag is updated by having a transferor's RFID reader read an RFID tag...
7492254 Radio frequency identification (RFID) based sensor networks  
An RF addressable sensor network architecture is provided. The RF addressable sensor network includes one or more RF addressable sensors, one or more wireless sensor readers coupled to a...
7489245 Networked RF tag for tracking baggage  
The invention disclosed provides a method, system, and associated tag for detection and tracking of inanimate and animate objects. The novel method broadly comprises the steps of: a) attaching a...
7486188 System, article and method for tracking an inventory  
The present invention pertains to a storage facility containing consumable items that updates an inventory when items are stored, removed and consumed. A product scanner and a computer installed in...
7486181 System, method, and apparatus for capturing telematics data with an active RFID tag  
The invention is directed to a data collection and evaluation system that includes an active RFID tag for collecting, time-stamping, and storing vehicle sensor data. Examples of the type of data...
7486180 Method and system for updating status of data storage subsystem components  
Components in a data storage subsystem are tracked, and their status monitored, with the use of memory devices such as RFID tags. In the practice of the invention, a component of a data storage...
7471200 RFID optimized capability negotiation  
A near field communication (NFC) device is capable of operating as an NFC initiator device or an NFC target device for exchanging request and response messages with another similar device in order...
7463143 Methods and systems for gathering market research data within commercial establishments  
Methods and systems for tracking movements of participants in a market research study, for example, within a commercial establishment, are provided. The methods and systems employ portable monitors...
7444118 Electronic communications system  
In order that an electronic communications system ( 100 ) equipped with: [a.1] at least one base station ( 10 ), to which [a.2] at least one LC resonant circuit ( 13, 16 ) [a.2.1] with at least one...
7443296 Smart connector system for surgical machine  
A smart connector system includes a machine connector disposed on a face of a surgical machine, an illumination ring located on the face of the surgical machine and disposed around a periphery of...
7436293 System and method for configuring and maintaining individual and multiple environmental control units over a communication network from an administration system  
A method and system that allow an ECU to be conveniently configured based on the contents of an ECU configuration profile database that stores ECU user profiles and living environment profiles, and...
7436292 System and method for controlling a network of environmental control units  
A system for managing a network of environmental control units (ECUs) enables an ECU user to more easily move from one living environment to another. The system allows an ECU to be conveniently...
7432802 Autonomous interrogating transponder for direct communications with other transponders  
A group of associated transponders are respectively attached to a plurality of objects, such as sensors or containers. Each transponder includes a memory, a transmitter, a receiver and a...
7429925 Label printer having an RFID communication function  
An electronic apparatus having a RF tag communication function is provided which includes a RF tag reader/writer and a main controller for controlling the RF tag reader/writer. The RF tag...
7425895 Reader device for contactless reading of transponder data  
Described is a reader device for contactless reading of transponder data via an electromagnetic field having a read antenna connected to a receiving circuit for demodulation and preparation of...