Article identification system with faraday screens

US8162213B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• G&K Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David F. Larson · Edina, US
• Ryan R. Windy · Virginia, US
• Andrew Jay Thompson · Sydney, AU
• Dean L. Frew · McKinney, US
• Jeremy Duddlesten · Carrollton, US
• Chad Ward · Mountain View, US
• Richard Keith Svalesen · Mesquite, US
• David Grandfield · Frisco, US
• Solomon Dasary · Dallas, US
• Eric McPherson · Landisville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure includes methods and systems for identifying articles. One method embodiment includes positioning a number of movable Faraday screens in particular locations relative to a number of different stages in a laundering process, and moving a mobile electronic identification device (EID) reader past the locations.