The invention discloses a computerized method for planning and monitoring an efficient production floor. A production site is provided with communication access to a central server configured to: receive input data comprising details a planned job run of the production floor; receive status and location parameters pertaining to tagged central key assets of a production floor, from tracking readers located in the production site; compare the parameters to preconfigured rules using a context analyzing component; output decisions based on the comparison; the decisions resulting in generating alerts and/or recommendations pertaining to the parameters of the key assets, communicate the alerts, and/or recommendations, digitally to specified personnel; these alerts and/or recommendations related to flow of the production floor. A system of the invention is also disclosed.

An RFID system capable of freely installing a plurality of communication devices and designing a desirable communication area, and a communication device configured to implement the system. In the RFID system, a first communication device configured to communicate with a control device includes a command receiver configured to receive a command from the control device, a first communication processing unit configured to perform communication with an IC tag in order to read/write tag information of the IC tag based on the received command, an instruction output unit configured to output a communication instruction to another communication device in response to a first communication result obtained by the first communication processing unit, and a response processing unit configured to generate response information to the control device based on the first communication result and a second communication result obtained by a second communication device.

An article conveying equipment includes: a carrying apparatus, configured to carry one or more articles to be transported; a travelling apparatus, where the travelling apparatus includes at least two driving wheels located at the bottom of the travelling apparatus, the at least two driving wheels are configured to control the travelling apparatus to rotate in a first rotation direction; and a rotation supporting apparatus, which is located between the carrying apparatus and the travelling apparatus and connected to the carrying apparatus and the travelling apparatus respectively, where the rotation supporting apparatus is configured to rotate in a direction opposite to the first rotation direction when the travelling apparatus rotates in the first rotation direction.

A system-directed single line pick batching is described. In an example implementation, the system may receive data describing a set of orders including SKU identifiers associated with items in the orders, identify an eligible cart, and assign a location to a task queue of the cart based on the location being associated with a particular SKU identifier. In some instances, the location or SKU identifier may be determined based on an order with a certain quantity of different SKU identifiers. In some instances, the system may navigate the cart to the location and instruct the item to be picked from the location. In response to completion of the pick of the item, the system may navigate the cart to an end point.

A shipment delivery system that optimizes routes and makes parcel delivery quick and efficient for delivery drivers.

A commodity container includes a main body with a container space and a radio frequency reader with a communication range that covers an opening of the container space. The radio frequency reader outputs tag information based on a radio frequency signal from a wireless tag and outputs time variation information indicating a time variation of the radio frequency signal. A registration device is attached to the main body and includes a communication interface to receive the tag and time variation information, and a processor configured to determine a time variation in a positional relationship of the wireless tag and the radio frequency reader based on the time variation information and update a commodity registration list based on the determined time variation of the positional relationship.

The present invention provides a method and system for registering and authenticating items. The method can include steps of: receiving a login information of a user; identifying a unique physical identifier (UPI) associated with the item to obtain a registered ownership record associated with the item and the UPI, where ownership of the item is to be transferred by the user; matching the login information of the user with the ownership record of the item for authentication of the item; where if the ownership record and the login information do not match, the authentication is determined as being unsuccessful. Also provided herein is a system and method for registering and authenticating any physical object, which system and method may have particular value in authenticating personal objects of high value and items created by designer brands and artists. Information on authenticating user identity and the item as well as entire ownership and creation information may be stored in a blockchain based registry, where information of the present invention cannot be tampered.

A bale identification assembly for use with an agricultural baler (18) includes a first supply roll mounted on the baler providing a binding material (52) used by the knotter system to bind the formed bale, the binding material (52) on the first supply roll comprising identification tags (62) at spaced intervals along the binding material. The bale identification assembly includes a second supply roll mounted on the baler (18) providing a binding material without identification tags, wherein the knotter system combines the binding material with identification tags (62) from the first supply roll with the binding material without identification tags from the second supply roll to bind the formed bale. The bale identification assembly includes a read module with one or more antennas configured to transmit interrogator signals and also receive authentication replies from the identification tags (62).

A distributed ledger-based system and methods for tracking products using the same are described herein. The method ensures authenticity by allowing verification of the digital identity of a physical item at each step of the supply chain. The method may include receiving and verifying integrated circuit chips manufactured by a trusted supplier, assembling the chips into a roll inlay, assembling the inlay rolls into a carton, palletizing the cartons, updating the distributed ledger, e.g., blockchain, with roll, carton, and pallet codes, taking receipt from a specific trusted individual and adding verification to the distributed ledger, e.g., blockchain, and activating a digital identity. GPS information may be associated with every step in order to ensure that the product is properly present at certain manufacturing and encoding locations. Once a digital identity is produced for the product, it may be added to by subsequent use, such as may be desired.

A method for recovering missed RFID tagged items in an RFID tunnel environment is disclosed. The method comprises using a dynamic RFID tunnel system comprised of a first RFID tunnel and a second RFID tunnel to inventory one or more containers of items having RFID tags. A first RFID read of the one or more containers is performed in the first RFID tunnel and compared to an expected containers' inventory stored in a database. If the comparison does not match, a second RFID read of the containers is performed in a second, subsequent RFID tunnel at a higher RFID read power and by moving the containers at a speed slower than a speed of movement of the containers into the first RFID tunnel. If a comparison of the second read to the expected containers' inventory still does not match, the containers may be recirculated through the tunnel system or may be diverted to an exceptions audit depending on how the system is configured.