Method for automatic identification and data capture
US6922208B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K19/0717
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A methodology for tracking objects includes receiving a multiplicity of objects to be tracked at a known location. Each multiplicity of objects has at least one imagable identifier affixed to it. The method also includes imaging the multiplicity of objects together at the known location to provide at least a partial image of the multiplicity of objects. The method also includes employing the partial image to determine an identification code for a plurality of the multiplicity of objects, as well as associating each identification code with a known location code.
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