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Communication device for identifying and/or locating an RFID transponder

US9977929B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Dominikus Joachim Müller · Birkenfeld, DE
Andreas Ziroff · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 10, 2014
Grant date	May 22, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 10, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K7/10009
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication device is provided for identifying and/or locating an RFID transponder. The communication device includes a first RFID reader and at least one second RFID reader. The first and/or the at least one second RFID reader is configured to send out a query signal to the RFID transponder and to receive a response signal from the RFID transponder. The communication device also includes a trigger device configured to send a trigger signal to the first and/or the at least one second RFID reader, and as a result of which, the first and/or the at least one second RFID reader is configured to send out the query signal.

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