摘要:
A system for monitoring items each carrying a security device including a unique identifier wherein, in use, the items are packaged securely within one another, the system comprising a database for storing data defining each item, the items packaged within it and the items in which it is packaged; and a control system for allowing the database to be updated with new information and to allow remote users to access the database using the unique identifiers so as to read the stored information.
摘要:
An RFID system and method for communicating between a host computer, one or more interrogators connected to the host computer (100), and a large body of transponders (150) distributed within an area covered by the interrogators (190). Each transponder originally has a common identification code, and upon initialization by the host computer internally generates a unique identification code based upon an internally generated random number. The host, through the interrogators, reads each of the identification codes associated with each transponder by iteratively transmitting a read identification code command along with a controlled variable. Each transponder compares the received controlled variable to an internally generated random number, and selectively transmits its identification code based upon the outcome of this comparison. After the completion of each read identification code iteration, the host adjusts the controlled variable based upon the responses received in the previous iteration. Preferably, communications between the interrogators and the transponders are DSSS signals in TDMA format, and the transponders use the random number generator to assign a time slot for transmission of their response. Each interrogator includes an antenna system utilizing a switch matrix to connect multiple antennas having different polarizations, which ensures that all transponders within the range of the interrogator receive the signals from the interrogator. In a further aspect, the interrogators are arranged in groups, each group in nearest neighbor format, to reduce the time for reading the transponders and the emissions generated when more than one interrogator is active at the same time.
摘要:
If each part information, such as a product, a measure, a routine, a text portion etc. in an information handling system is given a bar code (2), and if these items of part information are stored in clear (3) together with their bar codes in bar code tables (1) and in the computers (6) included in the system, simple and rational registering, transferring and storing of information can be carried out as follows. Selected items of part information which together form information to be registered, transferred and stored, are registered in that the corresponding bar codes are read by means of a bar code reader (4) and are entered into a computer (6). The computer is caused to print the inputted bar codes and the corresponding items of part information in clear on a sheet of paper (8).
摘要:
A nonvolatile electro-optical read-only memory includes a substrate on which is printed (or otherwise inscribed) a complex symbol or "label" with a high density two-dimensional symbology, a variable number of component symbols or "codewords" per row, and a variable number of rows. Codewords in alternating rows are selected from mutually exclusive subsets of a mark pattern such as a (17.4) mark pattern. The subsets are defined in terms of particular values of a discriminator function, which is illustrated as being a function of the widths of bars and spaces in a given codeword. In the illustrated embodiment, each subset includes 929 available codewords; that, plus a two-step method of decoding scanned data, permitting significant flexibility in defining mappings of human-readable symbol sets into codewords. The memory may be used in conjunction with a scanner and a suitable control system in a number of applications, e.g., robotic operations or automated microfilm searching.
摘要:
A record contains a graphic image and an information area which are interrelated to discourage misuse of the record. The information area can overlay the graphic image and include information encoded in a error-correctable, machine-readable format which allows recovery of the information despite distort due to the underlying graphic image. The record may also represent the image by words similar in form to words in the information area. Both the information and graphic words can then be altered when an action regarding the record takes place.
摘要:
A flexible merchandise check-out system utilizes a portable bar code scanner/data terminal as part of an auxiliary check-out station for use during times of peak customer traffic, permitting two or more checkers to empty a shopping cart at once for higher throughput. The check-out system includes separable modules for scanning purchased items and for receiving customer payments, respectively. Customer checks tendered in payment are processable in real time via electronic funds transaction (EFT) orders. Depleted inventory is replaceable using a system wherein replacement inventory items are labeled with bar-coded ultimate-destination information and packed into a container for shipment to a receiving/redistribution center, at which the ultimate-destination information is scanned and decoded to enable proper routing of the replacement inventory items.
摘要:
Card information selecting system capable of accessing a card provided with a plurality of information channels corresponding to different transactions includes reading means for reading information recorded on the card, selecting means for designating at least one of the information channels, writing means for recording information on the card, and processing means associated with the selecting means for reading information or recording the predetermined information on the selected channel.