RFID reader and communications apparatus, and delivery article sorting method and system using RFID reader and communications apparatus
US6523752B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K19/0723
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Information such as the delivery request registration number and the address and the name of a receiver registered to the RFID label affixed on a delivery article is read via RFID reader/radio communications apparatus (400) attached to an arm of a sorting worker (31). The information is sent via radio communications apparatus, and a guidance instruction on the carrying palette for sorting where the delivery article is to be put away is given on radio incoming information display apparatus (500) attached to a carrying palette for sorting (700) via blinking of a guidance lamp (600).
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