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7391328 Radio frequency identification system  
A radio frequency identification (RFID) system has a reader, a first antenna, a second antenna and a transponder. The first antenna is electrically connected to the reader, and the reader is used...
7391325 Multifunctional multichip system for wireless sensing  
A multifunctional multichip system can operate in a passive mode by using at least one antenna to receive electromagnetic energy and using that energy to perform system functions. The system...
7388504 RFID standoff label and method of use  
A RFID label suitable for use on a metal support surface. In one embodiment, the RFID label includes a substrate having a downwardly extending integral leg. RFID circuitry is disposed on the...
7388501 Method of enabling two-state operation of electronic toll collection system  
A method and system for communicating state information from a transponder to a reader. The transponder outputs linearly polarized RF signals having either a first polarization, such as horizontal,...
7388500 Enhanced mechanism for radio frequency identification reader  
The invention relates to an enhanced mechanism for RFID reader which includes: an antenna for receiving a RFID signal transmitted from an object under test and outputting the RFID signal to the...
7388499 Electronic tag authentication device and communication adjustment method with electronic tag  
The electronic tag authentication device of the present invention authenticates the contents of an electronic tag attached to goods. The electronic tag authentication device comprises an antenna...
7388490 Methods and systems for locating VOIP terminals for improved 911 service  
Systems and methods are presented for providing updated VOIP terminal location information to emergency call service providers, in which RFID tags are positioned at various locations within an...
7385523 Apparatus and method for downhole well equipment and process management, identification, and operation  
A method for operating a downhole tool. The method includes moving an instrument through a wellbore, and the instrument includes a first non-acoustic transponder that is adapted to detect...
7385512 Flexible radio frequency identification label and method for fabricating the same  
A flexible radio frequency identification label and a method for fabricating the same are proposed. A first flexible protection layer is attached to a second flexible protection layer to form a...
7385492 Tire distortion detecting method, distortion detector, sensor unit thereof, and tire having the same  
A tire distortion detecting method for detecting a detection of the tire during the running of a vehicle, a distortion detector, a sensor unit thereof, and a tire having the same whereby the...
7382265 UHF RFID tag and method of manufacturing the same  
An ultra high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a method of manufacturing the tag are provided. The tag includes a substrate, a chip attached to the substrate and having...
7382263 Oral drug compliance monitoring using radio frequency identification tags  
A device useful for oral drug delivery device consisting of: (a) a capsule, tablet or pill designed to disperse in the gastrointestinal system; (b) an RFID tag positioned in the capsule, tablet or...
RE40353 Auto hang tag with radio transponder  
There is disclosed an automobile hang tag for use in parking control and the like with an integral radio transponder, together with interrogator apparatus associated therewith in a system for...
7378972 RFID tag  
In an RFID tag, a ground portion attached to a magnetic recording medium so as to be electromagnetically coupled to a metal surface inside the magnetic recording medium in a high-frequency band, a...
7378970 Disk tag reading device  
A disk tag reading device is a device for reading contents of an electronic tag attached to a disk. A holder which is inserted into a central hole of the disk configures an antenna for...
7378965 Merchandise marking with programmable transponders  
Methods and systems for programming programmable transponders are disclosed. An apparatus for programming programmable transponders can include a label supply for supplying labels, a programing...
7375640 System, method and implementation for increasing a likelihood of improved hand hygiene in a desirably sanitary environment  
A desirably sanitary environment such as a hospital will have hand hygiene stations dispersed in some of the patient rooms, hallways, common areas, staff bathrooms and the like. Workers entering...
7375636 Apparatus and method for real time functional testing of RFID tags  
A highly efficient and versatile system for high speed functional testing of finished RFID tags. Common materials are used in key areas, like the antenna enclosure 3 a and 3 b , to cut the cost...
7375635 Deactivatable RFID labels and tags and methods of making same  
Disclosed are deactivatable RFID labels and tags in individual and web form, and methods of making same. When it is desired to deactivate the label or tag, the tag or label is subjected to tearing....
7375633 Methods and systems for in-line RFID transponder testing  
Methods and apparatus for testing the health of each of a plurality of RFID transponders is provided. The apparatus includes an antenna support assembly including an antenna support body and an...
7375626 Arrangement of a magnetic coupling coil and a transponder circuit on a vehicle wheel  
The arrangement of a magnetic coupling coil ( 2 ) and a transponder circuit ( 1 ) on a vehicle wheel ( 5 ) allows wireless data communication with an interrogation circuit ( 3 ) arranged on a fixed...
7372366 Seal method and system for packages  
A seal for a package includes a circuit having electrical characteristics that change under mechanical deformation and an attaching material coupled to the circuit and for attaching the circuit to...
7368032 RFID label technique  
An RFID webstock containing a relatively high pitch-density array of semiconductive chips is provided and joined to a web bearing relatively widely spaced antennas in a continuous process. The RFID...
7358848 Wireless remote sensor  
An integrated circuit implements a wireless remote sensor. The wireless remote sensor includes an antenna coupled to an energy distribution unit to allow passive collection of electrical charge. A...
7355516 Method and apparatus for protecting culinary products  
A microwave-resistant and waterproof security tag for use with food products, especially meat products. The security tag includes a pair of single, open loop conductive traces in between which is...
7353997 RFID barcode and RFID barcode reading system  
A radio frequency identification (RFID) barcode includes a plurality of sets of conductive strips and a plurality of inductors, wherein each of the plurality of sets of conductive strips...
7352285 IC tag mounting on a harness and harness mounting method  
An IC chip and a minute antenna for conducting transmission with a weak radio wave are mounted on a male connector. An auxiliary antenna for amplifying the weak radio wave emitted by the minute...
7352277 Antenna for tire pressure information sending apparatus and tire pressure information sending apparatus using the same  
An antenna 1 for a tire pressure information sending apparatus is constituted by a circuit board provided with feeding electrodes and a radiation electrode 8 having a loop surface substantially...
7352213 Ac powered logic circuitry  
The use of an alternating current (ac) source to power logic circuitry can support satisfactory device performance for a variety of applications, while enhancing long-term stability of the...
7348890 Pest control techniques  
A pest control system ( 20 ) includes pest control devices ( 110 ) installed about an area or building ( 22 ). These devices ( 110 ) each include a bait member and a communication circuit. The...
7348886 System and method to track inventory using RFID tags  
System and method for tracking inventory of a multiplicity of products. First RFID tags are associated with respective products or groups of products. Second Active RFID tags are associated with...
7345635 Apparatus for encapsulating radio frequency identification (RFID) antennae  
An apparatus capable of being retrofitably installed on a conveyor having a radio frequency identification (RFID) system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a non-metallic frame and multiple...
7345587 Electronic article tracking system for retail rack using loop antenna  
A fixture for use in a retail store is provided including a loop formed from a conductive material and adapted to support hanging articles, the loop having a first and second end, the first and...
7342548 Radio guidance antenna, data communication method, and non-contact data communication apparatus  
A radio guidance antenna in which the sum of mutual inductances of antennas is minimized. The radio guidance antenna includes a first antenna which is divided into upper and lower half regions by...
7342513 Aircraft interior wireless communications system  
A wireless communications system suitable for use within an aircraft, such as a part of a wireless emergency lighting system (WELS) is provided. In an aircraft, EXIT signs are located throughout...
7342500 Compact microstrip transponder antenna  
A transponder formed on a circuit substrate having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis. An antenna is disposed on one side of a transverse axis, extending in a longitudinal direction, and the...
7342499 Multi-band RFID encoder  
In one embodiment, a multi-band near-field antenna for an RFID encoder includes a substrate; an internal coil antenna defined within the substrate; an annular ground plane defined on a first...
7342497 Object monitoring, locating, and tracking system employing RFID devices  
A system for monitoring a container comprises an RFID device interior the container and a receiving device exterior the container. The RFID device transmits messages each including unique...
7342490 Radio frequency identification static discharge protection  
Methods and apparatuses for the protection of radio frequency identification (RFID) devices are described. In one aspect, a static dissipative material is applied to a web of antenna structures. A...
7339550 Antenna and RFID tag  
An antenna for an RFID tag includes each power feeding parts 11 that is formed of a conductor, meandering parts 13 a and 13 b that are formed of conductors shaped as a pair of meandering...
7339482 Shipping container air-vent cover antenna housing  
Apparatuses for mounting an antenna on a cargo container. An embodiment in accordance with the present invention comprises an antenna cover, disposed for mounting within a void of a corrugated wall...
7339481 RFID tag with tunable antenna and associated reader  
In one exemplary embodiment of the present invention a RFID tag for use in environments that cause antenna detuning is disclosed. The RFID tag comprises an antenna configured to receive radio...
7336243 Radio frequency identification tag  
A radio frequency identification tag attached to an object and comprising an antenna and an integrated circuit for providing object information to a separate reader. The antenna further comprises a...
7336184 Inertially controlled switch and RFID tag  
One or more inertially controlled switches may be coupled to a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, so that the response of the RFID tag indicates the state of the switch(es). The RFID tag...
7336183 Decommissioning an electronic data tag  
Rendering data stored within an electronic data tag unreadable. A receptacle receives an article with the data tag, detects the presence of the electronic data tag, and decommissions the electronic...
7336160 Device for reading out from sensors in the engine compartment of a motor-vehicle  
In a device for reading out from sensors in a motor vehicle, the sensors can be read out particularly easily if each sensor has a transponder, the motor-vehicle has a coil provided for the energy...
7327265 RF tag reader/writer and printer containing the RF tag reader/writer  
An RF tag reader/writer is provided which includes a conveyance plate including a conveyance surface for conveying a paper containing an RF tag, and an antenna having a radiation element. The...
7327264 System and method for extending performance of media cartridge RF identification  
A method of extending media cartridge radio frequency identification (RFID) performance physical range includes mounting a plurality of passive antenna couplers in a first sending/receiving device,...
7324061 Double inductor loop tag antenna  
An RFID tag in one embodiment. The RFID tag includes at least one integrated circuit and an antenna pattern coupled to the integrated circuit, wherein the antenna pattern has an inductor pattern...
7323996 RFID reader having antenna with directional attenuation panels for determining RFID tag location  
An antenna structure capable of determining the direction of a radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag includes a wide-angle antenna disposed within an attenuator that has regions of low...