Patents by Inventor Carl LANCE

Carl LANCE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • RFID ANTENNA SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20090102610
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reading a plurality of RFID tags using a plurality of antennas includes ranking a plurality of antennas based on RFID tags readable, wherein the antenna that can read most RFID tags receives a highest ranking, and the antenna that can read the most RFID tags that were not read by another, higher ranked antenna receives the next highest ranking, progressively until each of the antennas are ranked. During a read operation, the antennas are used in series to read the RFID tags, commencing with using the highest ranking antenna and subsequently using the antennas with progressively lower ranking to read the RFID tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: THE STANLEY WORKS
    Inventor: Carl LANCE