An RFID system includes an RFID antenna assembly configured to be positioned on a product module assembly of a processing system. The product module assembly is configured to releasably engage at least one product container. A first RFID tag assembly configured to be positioned on the at least one product container. The at least one product container is configured to position the first RFID tag assembly within a detection zone of the RFID antenna assembly whenever the product module assembly releasably engages the at least one product container.

A radio frequency electronic tag reader/writer device including a housing, an antenna, a processing unit connected to the antenna and intended to exchange data with a radio frequency electronic tag presented within the range of the reader/writer device, at least one communication interface intended to be connected to a programmable logic controller and controlled by the processing unit for exchanging data with the programmable logic controller, a signalling unit for indicating one or more operating statuses, the signalling unit being connected to the processing unit, the processing unit being arranged for controlling the signalling unit on the basis of a control frame received from the programmable logic controller.

A smart passive RFID reader includes an RFID reader module, a microcontroller providing a means for increasing the probability of detecting correct passive RFID tags and decreasing the probability of detecting incorrect passive RFID tags, and antennas connected to the RFID reader module, wherein adjacent antennas have orthogonal polarization and the antennas each have a pivoting axis, whereby rotating the antennas about their pivoting axes causes a change in the overlap of the antenna beam radiation patterns and thereby provides a means for adaptive beamforming in order to improve tag reading.

An RFID system includes an RFID antenna assembly configured to be positioned on a product module assembly of a processing system. The product module assembly is configured to releasably engage at least one product container. A first RFID tag assembly configured to be positioned on the at least one product container. The at least one product container is configured to position the first RFID tag assembly within a detection zone of the RFID antenna assembly whenever the product module assembly releasably engages the at least one product container.

This disclosure relates to inline testing of RFID inlays. A test system includes a test interface without moving parts and a marking device. The test interface an array of antennas, a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader to interrogate RFID inlays to be tested; and a circuit configured to selectively connect the RFID reader to the antenna in the array of antenna. The test interface performs a primary scan of all of the RFID inlays to be tested and, when not all of the RFID inlays respond, a secondary scan to determine which of the RFID inlays failed to respond. The marking devices mark any of the identified RFID inlays that failed to respond.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag that provides different data based on different orientations of the RFID tag. The RFID tag may include an orientation sensor such as, for example, a tilt switch that may detect an orientation of the RFID tag. When the RFID tag is determined to be in a first orientation (e.g., a vertical position), the RFID tag may provide a first data signal. When the RFID tag is determined to be in a second orientation (e.g., a horizontal position), the RFID tag may provide a second data signal. The first data signal and the second data signal may indicate different information to an RFID tag reader such as, for example, different identifications (IDs), different commands, and/or different requests.

An inventory system comprises an antenna configured to emit interrogation signals in a first direction toward one or more tags, a reader device configured to receive data from the one or more tags, and a controller. The controller is configured to detect a trigger event occurring within an area including the antenna, cause an adjustment to at least one antenna setting of the antenna or at least one reader device setting of the reader device based on the trigger event and a policy associated with the trigger event, and instruct the antenna or the reader device to emit an interrogation signal in a direction of one or more tags and read data from the one or more tags in accordance with the adjustment to at least one antenna setting or the at least one reader device setting.