A portable item reporting device (PIRD) automatically learns a use of a portable item which is selected by an owner or authorized user of the portable item, where the PIRD is configured to be attached to and in substantial collocation with the selected portable item, or to be integrated into the portable item. The PIRD includes environmental monitors which monitor item location, item movement, and/or other environmental factors. The PIRD detects obtains and analyzes environmental data during usage of the portable item by the authorized user, or during user-designated storage of the portable item in a storage location. The PIRD further identifies and/or learns, based on the detected environmental data, one or more repeated patterns and/or context-determined patterns of usage or physical storage of the user's portable item. The PIRD then stores the past, learned pattern(s) of usage data as indicative of expected and/or normal, future use/storage by the authorized user of the portable item. In some embodiments, the PIRD includes linking elements to ensure that the PIRD remains attached to, and/or in substantial colocation with, a designated portable item of an owner or authorized user.

Systems and methods are disclosed for RFID (radio frequency identifier) tags with transponders secured within housings without potting elements using one or more components located at edges of cavities for the housings. For certain embodiments, an RFID transponder is positioned within a cavity formed in a housing for an RFID tag, and regions at the edge of the cavity are deformed using heat treatment to secure the RFID transponder within the housing. For certain embodiments, click pins are used to secure the RFID transponder within the housing. Once secured, an adhesive is used to attach the resulting RFID tag to the surface of an object. Preferably, the adhesive fills at least a portion of the cavity surrounding the RFID transponder during this attachment process. Tamper resistant solutions are also disclosed.

The present disclosure provides various examples of a self-declaring wireless device installed on a vehicle operable to automatically detect, determine and declare occupancy information of the vehicle traveling on a restricted traffic lane to an electronic toll collection (ETC) system. According to one aspect, a process for performing self-declaration by a vehicle traveling on a restricted traffic lane includes the steps of: receiving sensor data collected by one or more sensors installed on the vehicle; determining occupancy data of the vehicle based on the received sensor data; and controlling a wireless transceiver installed on the vehicle to communicate with an electronic toll collection (ETC) system associated with the restricted traffic lane based on the determined occupancy data.

Aspects described herein may allow for a payment card having enhanced edge patterns. The payment card may include a complex edge morphology on the physical card that may make the payment card more likely to be used by consumers and makes the payment card stand out due to the enhanced edge design. The edge of the payment card may be reeded, crenelated, or may include various shapes of various sizes on one or more of the edge walls extending around the payment card. The edge of the payment card may also include dimples, chips, and/or other complex design patterns cut into the face of the payment card close to the edge. The payment card may also include inclusions of other materials, such as metals, ceramic, and/or polymer to be added which fill or partially fill any voids produced by the edge patterns.

A radio frequency identification (RFID) switch tag is disclosed. This RFID switch tag includes a base component having an ultra-high frequency (UHF) booster, and a detachable component having at least one UHF RFID module and a high frequency (HF) RFID module. In some embodiments, the detachable component is positioned in close proximity to the base component in a first configuration of the RFID switch tag such that the at least one UHF RFID module is sufficiently coupled to the UHF booster in the base component to form an UHF RFID system having a desired performance. The detachable component can also be separated from the base component to obtain a second configuration of the RFID switch tag, and the HF RFID module remains functional within the detached detachable component so that the detachable component can be used as a standalone HF RFID tag.

A system for recording and tracking the processing of an object, such as a killed game animal, or other kind of object. An origin tag has a unique identifier and is attached to the object to be documented and recorded. A database maintains a central registry of the unique identifiers that have been issued on origin tags. The identifiers are disbursed to separate mobile devices, typically smart phones, allowing the user to update information to specific origin tags, without having an Internet connection to the central registry. The data stored on the separate mobile devices are integrated into the central registry, so as to create a complete registry of the unique identifiers, along with the updated information recorded for each of those identifiers

Systems and methods for distributing reusable takeout food or beverage related products, such as food containers, through a communicative process between consumers, vendors and designated return stations, also referred to herein as “drop stations.” The system may include a mobile application executable on mobile devices that communicates with a server connected to a network and a database accessible by the server that includes a list of approved users, vendors, and return stations, which are physical locations to which the consumers may return the containers after use. Consumers may operate their mobile devices executing a mobile application to scan or “checkout” a container at the time of purchase of a food item. Containers may be scanned by a scanning device prior to being provided to a vendor, which scan identifies the type of container being checked out to the vendor.

In an example, a system for indicating alignment between two components that are mechanically coupled to each other is disclosed. The system includes a first component, a second component, a connector configured to mechanically couple the first component to the second component by moving the connector from a first position to a second position, a first circuit affixed to the first component, and a second circuit affixed to the connector. The first circuit and the second circuit are positioned on the first component and the connector, respectively, such that an electrical connection between the first circuit and the second circuit occurs when the connector is in the second position and the first component and the second component are aligned. The first circuit or the second circuit comprises an antenna, and the electrical connection enables the antenna to transmit a signal.

A switchable radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag device comprising: a first RFID module positioned on a first plane; at least one un-tuned antenna section positioned on a second plane, wherein the first plane is positioned parallel to the second plane; a second RFID module positioned on the first plane; a third RFID module positioned on the first plane; and a sliding mechanism configured to move between a first position, a second position, and a third position; and wherein, in the first position, the first RFID module is coupled to the at least one un-tuned antenna section to form a tuned RFID tag, and the second and third RFID modules are detuned and/or inoperable; and in the second position, the second RFID module is coupled to the at least one un-tuned antenna section to form a tuned RFID tag, and the first RFID module and third RFID module are detuned and/or inoperable; and in the third position, the third RFID module is coupled to the at least one un-tuned antenna section to form a tuned RFID tag, and the first and second RFID modules are detuned and/or inoperable.

The present invention disclosed a radio-frequency identification (RFID) device. The RFID device comprises a protective body and a RFID circuit unit located inside the protective body. The RFID circuit unit comprises a printed circuit board (PCB), a RFID chip and an antenna disposed thereon. A front surface of the PCB faces a top surface of the protective body; a rear surface of the PCB faces a bottom surface of the protective body.