The present disclosure provides for radio frequency identification in self-checkout via a first product pathway; a single Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) antenna, having a first scanning zone aligned with the first product pathway; wherein the first product pathway is configured to: position a first set of objects within the first scanning zone at a first position relative to the single RFID antenna at a first time; and position the first set of object within the first scanning zone at a second position relative to the single RFID, different than the first position, at a second time; and wherein the single RFID antenna is configured to: receive, at the first time, a first set of identifier signals associated with at least some of the first set of objects; and receive, at the second time, a second set of identifier signals associated with at least some of the first set of objects.

In an illustrative embodiment, a system for identifying products on a production line includes image capturing devices that acquire images of containers moving along a production line at an inspection location. The system also includes a rejection device and a controller that configures the image capturing devices for image acquisition based on properties of the containers, identifies a product associated with each of the containers based on a portion of a product identification code and a portion of additional features detected in the images, and determines whether the identified product matches predetermined properties or characteristics, resulting in a pass result, otherwise a non-pass result occurs. When a non-pass result occurs, the controller outputs a signal to actuate the rejection device that removes the container from the production line.

A sewer cleaning machine includes a frame and a drum rotatably supported by the frame. The drum defines an opening. The sewer cleaning machine also includes a cable supported within the drum and is operable to enter and exit the drum through the opening. The cable includes a plurality of tags spaced along a length of the cable. The sewer cleaning machine further includes a reader module positioned adjacent the opening. The reader module is operable to identify each of the plurality of tags as the plurality of tags passes the reader module and communicate to a user a distance the cable is payed out of the drum based on the plurality of tags.

A polymeric container including a code unique to the container that identifies the container. The code is on an inner surface of the container or on an outer surface of the container.

A management device includes an antenna, a reader, and a processor. The antenna is positionable at a position near a conveyance path. The reader is configured to output wireless tag information based on a radio wave generated by a wireless tag and received by the antenna. The processor is configured to detect passage of an article through a predetermined position on the conveyance path based on an identifier of the article included in the wireless tag information and sign change of a slope of the phase of the radio wave, determine a position of the article based on a timing of the sign change, and store the determined position of the article in correspondence with the identifier of the article.

A package scanning conveyance system that integrates a first two-dimensional image with at least a second two-dimensional image or a three-dimensional point clouds to calculate or estimate a package's physical properties, and/or determine if there are two or more packages in a pile. The captured imaging data is transformed by the inventive system to provide real-time feedback to a human operator to enable the operator to maintain an understanding of the system's performance. The imaging data may also be used to perform quality-checks on other parts of the package delivery and conveyance systems and document the condition of packages that have passed through the system.

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 invention relates to a bottle case management system, each bottle being provided with an electronic chip, the management system comprising: a first frame (160) having a first shape, a second frame (162) having a second form, the second shape being complementary to the first shape, the assembly of the two frames (160, 162) forming a framework delimiting an internal opening intended for the insertion of a conveyor (58) on which cases (12) run in a running direction (X), the internal opening having a dimension along a direction orthogonal to the running direction between 300 mm and 1000 mm, at least one chip reader being comprised in the frame.

In one embodiment, a sales data processing apparatus has a first and a second antennas, and a processor. The first antenna receives, from a wireless tag attached to a commodity, tag information to uniquely identify the relevant commodity. The second antenna receives the tag information from the wireless tag recovered by a recovery device. The processor judges whether the wireless tag attached to the commodity is a wireless tag required to be detached from the commodity, based on the tag information received by the first antenna. The processor judges whether the second antenna has received the tag information of the wireless tag which is judged to be the wireless tag required to be detached from the commodity.

A method for vehicle-loading warehousing asset management based on an ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) path loss model, which includes the following steps. An electromagnetic wave is emitted by a tag reader. The electromagnetic wave is diffracted, reflected, and scattered when passing through a warehousing vehicle hood, and the electromagnetic wave is emitted and scattered through the ground. A UHF RFID tag attached to a front surface location region of assets receives electromagnetic waves of various paths emitted by the tag reader. The tag reader reads UHF RFID tag information. A transfer function of a tag receiving signal is constructed according to the tag information, and a path loss function during a UHF RFID tag sensing electromagnetic wave process is constructed according to the transfer function. The path loss is calculated according to the constructed path loss function. A location of the UHF RFID tag is obtained.