In a marker system (1) which includes a plurality of magnetic markers (10) disposed on a road surface for driving assist control of a vehicle (5) including automatic traveling control and in which a wireless tag is affixed to a partial magnetic marker (10A) of the plurality of magnetic markers (10), a sign (1M) for distinguishing between a partial magnetic marker (10A) with a wireless tag affixed thereto and another magnetic marker (10B) without a wireless tag affixed thereto is provided. Thus, it is possible to associate the detected magnetic marker (10) and the wireless tag as a transmission source of tag waves with each other with high reliability.

A system to accurately and consistently read Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) information from RFID tags placed upon objects. The system features a moving antenna or antenna array pointed toward a target detection zone. In some embodiments, a portal is constructed having electromagnetic shielding properties and containers carrying RFID tagged objects are loaded through the portal. In other embodiments, multiple antenna arrays are installed within the portal. Movement of antenna arrays may be provided using a non-electronic motor or actuator to suppress potential electromagnetic interference. A method of accurately and consistently reading RFID information from RFID sources by providing the antenna(s) and portal passing objects having RFID tags proximate the antenna(s) and through the portal, and optimizing the angle by which the antennas and/or antenna arrays may best read the RFID signals upon a target detection zone via movement of the antenna(s).

A communication system includes a master device and a slave device. The master device can transmit a signal to a slave device. The slave device includes an antenna, a sensor unit, an RFID unit, a changeover switch that connects the antenna to one of the sensor unit and the RFID unit, and a switching circuit that switches the changeover switch based on a switching signal transmitted from the master device. When the antenna in the slave device receives the switching signal from the master device, the switching circuit switches the changeover switch in the slave device from a state in which the antenna and the sensor unit are connected to a state in which the antenna and the RFID unit are connected, in accordance with the switching signal.

The present disclosure describes a directional radio frequency identification (RFID) system, which provides directional RFID tag scanning using RFID enclosures and moveable radio signal blocking components. The RFID systems herein also prevent unwanted RFID tag activation and focuses RFID readers on specific scan areas. The directional RFID systems may be implemented in any type of system that utilizes RFID tag reading, such as a point of sale systems and other related systems, which utilize RFID scanning.

An information processing apparatus operable to specify identification information of a communication object that a moving object that carries a reader apparatus holds: receives, from the reader apparatus, identification information read from a communication object near the reader apparatus, and a reading time thereof; stores, in a memory unit, association information that includes association of the received identification information and the reading time; and specifies the identification information of the communication object that the moving object holds based on the association information stored in the memory unit.

Example embodiments of systems, methods, and devices for transaction card alignment are provided. In one example embodiment, a mobile device may include a first component and a second component foldable with respect to one another between a first configuration and a second configuration. The mobile device may further include a screen interface on an interior side of the first component, and an alignment feature along the interior side, the alignment feature providing alignment for a contactless card with respect to the screen interface, wherein the contactless card is uncovered by the second component in the first configuration and covered by the second component in the second configuration.

Methods, apparatuses, non-transitory computer readable storage media, computer systems, networks, and/or systems for monitoring, collection, analysis, use and tracking of personal data, biometric data, medical data, transaction data, electronic payment data, location data and other data to develop a profile for one or more end user, pet, livestock, dairy cows, cattle or other animal using radio and other frequency tags and relaying data from EMFID tag interactions to a database that can be accessed by members of a network, and further including the use of unmanned surveillance vehicles, satellites or hand-held devices for monitoring, collection, and/or analysis of EMFID data.

The present disclosure generally relates to the field of electronic tagging technology. An electronic tag may include a scanner configured to scan an article identification information associated with one of a plurality of categories of articles; a controller configured to acquire the article identification information from the scanner; a communicator configured to, based on a pairing of the article identification information with an identification information associated with the electronic tag, acquire a product information corresponding to the article identification information; a storage unit configured to store the identification information associated with the electronic tag; and a display screen configured to display the product information corresponding to the article identification information.

An airport baggage recording system. The airport baggage recording system comprises a telescopic robotic arm that loads airport baggage. The robotic arm has one end connected to an upright by a pivot and a second end connected to a disc. A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader is located in the disc that reads RFID tags on the airport baggage when the airport baggage is placed on the disc during loading. Another RFID reader is located on the pivot that reads the RFID tags on the airport baggage when the airport baggage is placed on the disc during loading. The RFID reader in the disc and the RFID reader on the pivot both read the RFID tags on the airport baggage to prevent errors in reading the RFID tags on the airport baggage during loading.

A system to accurately and consistently read Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) information from RFID tags placed upon objects. The system features a moving antenna or antenna array pointed toward a target detection zone. In some embodiments, a portal is constructed having electromagnetic shielding properties and containers carrying RFID tagged objects are loaded through the portal. In other embodiments, multiple antenna arrays are installed within the portal. Movement of antenna arrays may be provided using a non-electronic motor or actuator to suppress potential electromagnetic interference. A method of accurately and consistently reading RFID information from RFID sources by providing the antenna(s) and portal passing objects having RFID tags proximate the antenna(s) and through the portal, and optimizing the angle by which the antennas and/or antenna arrays may best read the RFID signals upon a target detection zone via movement of the antenna(s).