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Transponder identification system

US6876294B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 18, 1999
Grant dateApr 5, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 18, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C2209/08
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transponder identification system comprising a plurality of transponders and an interrogation device arranged to identify each of the transponders by transmitting successive interrogation signals according to a systematic search strategy, wherein the search is truncated where the interrogation device receives fewer than a predetermined number of different responses from the transponders, to a transmitted interrogation signal.

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