Patents by Inventor Sharon Barnes

Sharon Barnes 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).

  • Method and apparatus for resolving RFID-based object traffic transactions to a single container in the presence of a plurality of containers
    Patent number: 7345576
    Abstract: A method for resolving RFID-based object traffic transactions to a single container in the presence of a plurality of containers, where the method includes the steps of: monitoring RFID object traffic transactions to a single container amongst a plurality of containers wherein the traffic transactions are between at least one RFID reader and a plurality of detected RFID tags detected by the at least one RFID reader; calculating a cumulative and weighted data set for each detected RFID tag of the RFID tags; and, comparing the data set for each detected RFID tag with the data set for other of the detected RFID tags and identifying one RFID tag of the detected RFID tags having a greatest cumulative weight calculated for its corresponding data set so as to resolve multiple detections and identifications of the detected RFID tags in the object traffic transactions to the single container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Identec Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Allen, Sharon Barnes, Christopher Adamson
  • Method and apparatus for resolving RFID-based object traffic transactions to a single container in the presence of a plurality of containers
    Publication number: 20050128055
    Abstract: A method for resolving RFID-based object traffic transactions to a single container in the presence of a plurality of containers, where the method includes the steps of: monitoring RFID object traffic transactions to a single container amongst a plurality of containers wherein the traffic transactions are between at least one RFID reader and a plurality of detected RFID tags detected by the at least one RFID reader; calculating a cumulative and weighted data set for each detected RFID tag of the RFID tags; and, comparing the data set for each detected RFID tag with the data set for other of the detected RFID tags and identifying one RFID tag of the detected RFID tags having a greatest cumulative weight calculated for its corresponding data set so as to resolve multiple detections and identifications of the detected RFID tags in the object traffic transactions to the single container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Barry Allen, Sharon Barnes, Christopher Adamson