Method and apparatus pertaining to the identification of physical-local discrepancies in statistics-based RFID-tag information
US9310466B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/0008
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
These teachings are suitable for use in conjunction with a process having access to both coverage information that maps the coverage area for each of a plurality of RFID-tag readers to physical locations within a given monitored facility and historical-read information for a population of RFID tags, and that uses that historical-read information and that coverage information to automatically determine the physical location of RFID tags. In particular, these teachings generally provide for accessing supplemental information regarding physical locations for at least some of those RFID tags and then comparing the automatically-determined physical location information with the supplemental information to thereby identify physical-location discrepancies. By one approach those physical-location discrepancies are used to adjust the automated process by which the automatically-determined physical location information is automatically determined to thereby improve accuracy of the automated process.
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