A system and associated methods for dynamically authenticating an at least one object are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, upon a user desiring to verify the authenticity of a given object via an at least one user device, a public identifier of a corresponding rewritable memory device attached to said object is obtained by said user device and transmitted to a central computing system. Upon determining that the public identifier is present in an at least one database maintained by the central computing system, select details related to said object, as stored in the at least one database, are transmitted to said user device. Additionally, a new public identifier is generated and transmitted to the corresponding rewritable memory device of said object so as to overwrite the previous public identifier stored thereon.

An inventory management device to monitor a volume of a material in a container may generally include a capacitive level sensor to measure a first capacitance value and a second capacitance value; a vibration sensor in electronic communication with the capacitive level sensor to generate a vibration signal that corresponds to a vibration of the container; a storage unit in electronic communication with the capacitive level sensor to store the first capacitance value; a controller in electronic communication with the capacitive level sensor and storage unit to measure a change in the capacitance between the first capacitance value and second capacitance value; a transmitter in electronic communication with the controller to transmit an output signal when the controller measures the change in capacitance; and a flexible battery to power the capacitive level sensor, vibration sensor, storage unit, controller, and transmitter.

An apparatus (such as but not limited to an RFID tag) includes an RFID transceiver that is configured to automatically switch from a readable state to a quiescent read state upon being read and to remain in the quiescent read state at least while provisioned with reader-based power. The apparatus further includes a read-state changer disposed locally with respect to the RFID transceiver and configured to switch the RFID transceiver from the quiescent read state to the readable state notwithstanding current availability of the reader-based power.

The fitting room comprises a portrait photographic system which comprises: —a mirror; —a support physically attached to the mirror, or to a structural member fixed thereto, the support being configured and arranged to interchangeably and removably attach thereto any of a plurality of portable computing devices having built-in cameras; and—a local computing entity adapted to establish a communication link with the portable computing device attached or to be attached to the support, in order to acquire one or more images of a user placed in front of the mirror with the built-in camera of the portable computing device once attached to the support. The computer program comprises computer subprograms adapted to operate the system of the fitting room of the invention.

A method for use in verifying a location of an item aboard a vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving, by a transceiver device located in the vehicle, at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) signal. Each RFID signal is associated with an RFID tag of an item aboard the vehicle. The method additionally includes processing the at least one RFID signal and transmitting, by the transceiver device, the at least one RFID signal to a passenger compartment of the vehicle.

The technology disclosed here encodes a clothing item ID as an alphanumeric code within the clothing item, such as within a radio-frequency identification tag. A clothing item cleaning appliance, such as a cell phone, or a washing machine reads the clothing item ID from the clothing item, and retrieves the care and content information from a database maintained on a cloud. For example, the care and content information can include operating settings of the washing machine. The washing machine can adjust its settings and wash the clothing item in accordance with the care and content information of the clothing item. The care and content information stored in the database can be organized in optimized data structures enabling efficient responses to received queries, and efficient updates to the information stored in the data structures.

An RFID loss-prevention system (LPS) may monitor RFID-tagged items in a facility. An RFID reader transmits a first inventory command configured to cause tags in a first state to respond, receive a reply from a first tag, determine that the first tag has a low transition risk, and cause the first tag to switch to a second state. The reader may also receive a reply from a second tag, determine that the second tag has a high transition risk, and cause the second tag to remain in the first state. The reader may then transmit a second inventory command configured to cause tags in the first state to respond, receive a reply from the second tag in response to the second inventory command, determine that the second tag has inappropriately exited the facility, and issue an alert.

A smart reader and shopping service system and method using a smart reader according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a smart reader which includes an NFC tag and recognizes a product code for a product on a product display stand to obtain a product code and converts the obtained product code into product information to be recorded in the NFC tag, and transmits the recorded product information; a user terminal which includes an NFC reader, obtains the recorded product information through NFC communication between the NFC reader and the smart reader, and checks product order details for the obtained product information to request product payment and product delivery; and a shopping service providing device which manages a product code displayed on the product display stand, processes product payment requested from the user terminal, and manages delivery of the paid product.

Provided herein is an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle fleet comprising a plurality of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles coordinated by a fleet management module. Each vehicle may be configured to receive a modular unit, wherein the modular unit is configured to secure a consumer product.

A wearable device receives ticket information for an event and information indicating a quantity of funds allocated from an account, associated with a user of a user device, to the wearable device, and stores the ticket information and the information indicating the quantity of funds. The wearable device utilizes a wireless component to pair the wearable device and the user device, and provides, to the user device and via the wireless component, the ticket information and information indicating access privileges for the event. The wearable device generates a token for a PoS device for a charge incurred at the event during an offline transaction with the PoS device, and provides, via a NFC component, the token to the PoS device. The wearable device provides, to the user device and via the wireless component, information indicating that that the token was provided to the PoS device.