Example embodiments relate to radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags for liquid monitoring. An example RFID tag includes an antenna configured to communicate with an RFID reader. The antenna includes a radiating plane. The antenna also includes a ground plane. The RFID tag is attachable to a container. A reactance associated with the antenna is modifiable based on a temperature and a volume of a liquid within the container and adjacent to the ground plane. The RFID tag also includes an integrated circuit that includes a memory. The integrated circuit is configured to modulate the antenna in response to an RFID signal from the RFID reader based on the reactance associated with the antenna.

A computer can comprise a housing, a microprocessor disposed within the housing, a display, and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the microprocessor. The computer can be configured, responsive to locating decodable indicia within content viewable on the display, to decode the decodable indicia to produce at least one decoded message. The computer can be further configured to display the content with decoded message data being embedded into the content. The decoded message data can be provided by at least one decoded message, data derived from the decoded message.

Radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled readers and systems and methods for filtering cross reads of RFID tags and use thereof. The systems and methods may be configured to operate with mobile and/or fixed RFID readers. The systems and methods may provide for claim based filtering of cross reads based upon adjusting operating powers of RFID readers and/or antenna. The systems and methods may also be configured to apply weights to claims thereby providing efficient and/or accurate filtering of cross reads. The systems and methods may also provide for a database that may also be presented to a user to illustrate locations of inventory at any point in time or over a period of time, or to facilitate the ability of a user to physically locate inventory to be acted upon.

To suppress an increase in processing time due to a load of inference processing while improving reading accuracy by the inference processing of machine learning. An optical information reading device includes a processor including: an inference processing part that inputs a code image to a neural network and executes inference processing of generating an ideal image corresponding to the code image; and a decoding processing part that executes first decoding processing of decoding the code image and second decoding processing of decoding the ideal image generated by the inference processing part. The processor executes the inference processing and the first decoding processing in parallel, and executes the second decoding processing after completion of the inference processing.

A scanner apparatus (1A) includes: a housing (11); a hand scanner (20); and a hand scanner holder (30) attached to a side of the housing (11) and configured to hold the hand scanner (20), in which the hand scanner holder (30) includes a base part (31) configured to be attached to the side of the housing (11), the base part (31) includes a pair of holding pieces (34a, 34b) opposed to each other with a first interval therebetween, and the pair of holding pieces (34a, 34b) form a holding recess (34) configured to hold a lower part (21a) of a grasping part (21) of the hand scanner (20), which is inserted, from above the pair of the holding pieces (34a, 34b), between the pair of holding pieces (34a, 34b), in a state in which an upper part (21b) of the grasping part (21) protrudes upward.

Systems and methods for user choice of barcode scanning ranges are provided. This is achieved through the identification of a predetermined pixel-per-module threshold range. The pixel-per-module of a barcode being read by a reader is compared to the predetermined pixel-per-module threshold range, and a successful decode of the barcode is carried out only if the pixel-per-module of the barcode falls within the predetermined range. Thus, a user may select a desired reading distance range such that barcodes within a working distance range may not generate successful decodes if such barcodes are outside of the desired reading distance range.

A system includes a handheld-computer case and a sled adapter. The handheld-computer case includes a body portion adapted to receive a handheld computer. The sled adapter includes a pedestal adapted to receive the handheld-computer case and a base portion adapted to mount the sled adapter to a sled. The body portion is positioned at a 45-90° angle relative to the base portion.

Single slot cradles with interchangeable tops are disclosed herein. An example cradle includes a base assembly including a coupling mechanism, a top housing assembly operably coupled with the coupling mechanism, a circuit board assembly, and a first cup assembly. The top housing assembly includes a housing opening. The circuit board assembly is at least partially disposed within the housing opening and includes a board communication interface and at least one of a power interface or a data connection interface. The first cup assembly removably couples with at least one of the base assembly or the top housing assembly and includes at least one dock to operably couple with a handheld scanning device and further includes a cup communication interface. The board communication interface communicatively couples with the cup communication interface to allow transmission between at least one of the power interface or the data interface and the handheld scanning device.

A bound dated diary or a bound undated diary adapted to take notes is provided, which includes a passive RFID component, fixed directly or indirectly to the cover, which is configured to be interrogated by a NFC reading device, communicating to it a unique code that uniquely identifies the passive RFID component. A method of manufacturing a paper support with the passive RFID component hidden from view is also disclosed. The paper support can interact with a smartphone, or more generally with any device that can surf the net equipped with a NFC reading device, through a dedicated computer program that allows to implement a method of connecting to a web page uniquely associated with the paper support.

Surgical articles, such as sponges, are provided in a pack which contains individual surgical articles having UHF RFID or other electronic labels which provide both (a) unique identification information for each article as well as (b) unique identification information for all articles in the pack. Prior to the surgical procedure, the labels are scanned and the identification information for all articles in the pack uploaded to a processor to create a list of available individual surgical articles. At the end of the surgical procedure, the surgical articles are collected and the electronic labels read and compared to the initial list to determine if there are any unaccounted individual surgical articles. The UHF RFID tag may then be used to determine a location of the unaccounted article outside the patient's body.