RTLS-enabled tag reclamation receptacle

• Main Authors: TODD FRANKLIN SCAROLA, JR JOHN MICHAEL LIZZI, DOUGLAS ROY FORMAN, LYNN ANN DEROSE, FRANCIS CHRISTOPHER HANN, CHARLES BURTON THEURER, BRANDON STEPHEN GOOD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.07.2015
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; STORING; TESTING; TRANSPORTING

Techniques are provided for reducing the transmission of infrared (IR) signals outside of a reclamation receptacle. Techniques include using a reclamation receptacle having an IR transmitter configured to transmit IR signals when the reclamation receptacle is in a closed configuration and configured to cease transmission of the IR signals when the reclamation receptacle is in an open configuration. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag may be deposited in the reclamation receptacle. The RFID tag may receive the IR signals and generate a radio frequency (RF) signal in response to the IR signals, wherein the RF signal indicates that the RFID tag is in the reclamation receptacle.