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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183985 | Method and device for the power-saving operation of RFID data carriers A method and a device for power-saving operation of RFID data carriers, whereby the RFID data carrier has a transmission and reception antenna, by way of which data are sent to or received from a transmission/read unit, by means of a radio signal, within a transmiss... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183984 | Method and device for the power-saving operation of a plurality of RFID data carriers A method and a device for power-saving operation of a plurality of RFID data carriers, whereby the RFID data carrier has a transmission and reception antenna, by way of which data are sent to and received from a read/write unit, by means of a radio signal, and the d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8035488 | Information access system and active-type contactless information storage device An information access system comprises a reader/writer for continually transmitting an ID request signal at a first frequency and being continuously ready to receive an RF signal at a second frequency, and an active contactless information storage device having a re... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7948362 | Implantable medical transceiver device An implantable medical device having a transceiver for transmitting/receiving wirelessly transmitted data, which is turned off or switched into an energy-saving rest state between individual data transmissions via the transceiver and having a waking unit which is im... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7639118 | Receiver circuit A detector receiver circuit (2) for use as a wake-up detector for detecting an amplitude modulated carrier signal is described. The circuit (2) comprises: an antenna (4) for receiving the modulated carrier signal; a transistor (10), such ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7570150 | Method and apparatus for coordinating communications between a tag and a reader A tag has circuitry that can transmit and receive wireless signals, including receipt of first and second wireless signals that are different. The circuitry responds to a predetermined event by inhibiting wireless transmissions for up to a selected time interval, wh... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7427918 | Cargo security sensing system A cargo security sensing system includes a smart container having a sensor, wherein the smart container is a standard shipping cargo container that includes the sensor. The sensor may be any suitable type of sensing device capable of sensing changes in environmental... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7375637 | Methods and apparatus for reducing power consumption of an active transponder A transponder apparatus having an identifier associated therewith includes a receiver for receiving an RF signal transmitted by an interrogator, a power source and a processing unit that is operatively coupled to the power source and is capable of being in an inacti... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372359 | Programmable-code electromagnetic transponder An electromagnetic transponder including: a parallel oscillating circuit adapted to extracting a supply signal from a radiated field; in parallel with the oscillating circuit, several branches each including a programmable resistor and a switch; and a cyclic control... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369036 | Method and system of information exchange between an interrogator device and transponder devices that takes into account the level of ambient noise A method and apparatus of information exchange between an interrogator device and a plurality of transponder devices are disclosed. Each of the transponder devices is equipped with a different binary identification code and is located in the magnetic field of the in... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366304 | Cruable U-NII wireless radio with secure, integral antenna connection via SM BIOS in U-NII wireless ready device A method that utilizes software and hardware mechanisms to meet the FCC requirement for a U-NII antenna to be an integral part of the device in which it operates, while providing wireless ready U-NII devices and CRUable U-NII radios. Enhancements are made to the sof... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362258 | Transponder detection system using radio and light wave signals A target object detection system for detecting a target object using a detector and a tag on the target object; the tag includes a radio wave receiver receiving radio wave from the detector; a light receiver receiving a light signal from the detector; a receipt sign... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359695 | Circuit for a data carrier, which circuit can be switched from an energy-saving processing mode to a normal-consumption processing mode Provided in a circuit (8) for a data carrier (7) are a circuit part (12), which requires a relatively large amount of energy, and at least part of a contact interface (11) via which the circuit part (12) can be supplied with electr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356561 | Adaptive sleeping and awakening protocol for an energy-efficient adhoc network In a multiple node network, the method includes waking up at least one node from a sleep mode during at least one associated slot of a time-slotted frame, the sleep mode being a low power consumption mode. Also, in at least one node of a multiple node network, the p... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348890 | Pest control techniques A pest control system (20) includes pest control devices (110) installed about an area or building (22). These devices (110) each include a bait member and a communication circuit. The communication circuit may be in the form of a passive... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348875 | Semi-passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tag with active beacon A radio frequency beacon device for use with a backscatter interrogator includes a processor; a receiver coupled to the processor; a backscatter modulator coupled to the processor; and an active transmitter coupled to the processor, the active transmitter being conf... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348886 | System and method to track inventory using RFID tags System and method for tracking inventory of a multiplicity of products. First RFID tags are associated with respective products or groups of products. Second Active RFID tags are associated with respective first containers for the multiplicity products. A third Acti... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342482 | Communication controller for an active transponder A method for processing of encoded information by a battery-powered active transponder is disclosed for the application within a transponder system for the wireless payment of road toll having the steps of receiving modulated microwave radiation of preset frequency ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336152 | Method and system for tracking clustered items A method and system for tracking each item in a cluster of items. Each item has an associated item ID. The method and system involve the following steps. Storing a plurality of item records. The plurality of item records includes, for each item in the cluster of ite... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336174 | Object tracking system with automated system control and user identification An enhanced object tracking system for tracking and controlling access to a plurality of objects such as keys is disclosed. The object tracking system implements many improvements including automated user identification using biometric data extracted from the user w... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333016 | Property entrance and exit notification, inventory control system A property entrance and exit notification, inventory control system of the present invention automates the documentation of entry time, exit time and position of personnel entering, equipment, tools and vehicles exiting and movement throughout the property. Being lo... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327107 | System and methods for automatically moving access barriers initiated by mobile transmitter devices An operator system and related methods for automatically controlling access barriers which includes a base controller associated with at least one access barrier and at least one base receiver associated with the base controller. The system also includes at least on... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327108 | System and methods for automatically moving access barriers initiated by mobile transmitter devices An operator system and related methods for automatically controlling access barriers which includes a base controller associated with at least one access barrier and at least one base receiver associated with the base controller. The system also includes at least on... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327263 | Communications system and method with A/D converter A communications system includes a radio frequency identification device including an integrated circuit having a single die including a microprocessor, a receiver coupled to the microprocessor, and a backscatter transmitter coupled to the microprocessor, the integr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324040 | Method of automatically setting the gain of an interrogator receiver within a non-contacting identification system An attack is activated in a receiver amplifier of an interrogator whenever an amplified input signal exceeds an attack threshold voltage value Vatt, and the receiver amplifier at least during a waiting period, the length of which preferrably equals the double length... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321290 | Radio tag and system Passive tags use two antennas with only limited mutual coupling, one of which receives a power/clock field and the other of which receives a data signal. An area-reading antenna, or two or more antennas, are deployed to generate the power/clock field, from a base st... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321588 | Serial control of radio frequency integrated circuits A serial controller for use in controlling various radio frequency (RF) modules within an RF integrated circuit is disclosed. The serial controller is coupled to an serial bus that internal to the RFIC that transmits commands and data from a microcontroller to a dat... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321296 | Electronic locating systems Methods and apparatus are disclosed for location of objects to facilitate retrieval, filing, security, inventory stock-keeping and the like. The methods and apparatus employ a tag element associated with each object-to-be-located, and interrogation system for search... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317377 | Multiple broadcasting tag and monitoring systems including the same An improved transmitting tag for enhancing the tracking and locating capability of a monitoring system and for allowing control over accessibility to particular zones and/or equipment within a restricted area. The tag is provided with a transmitter of multiple broad... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315595 | Methods and arrangements for link power reduction Methods, and arrangements for extension of clock and data recovery (CDR) loop latency and deactivation of CDR circuits are disclosed. In particular, embodiments address situations in which a receiver, designed to handle spread spectrum clocking, may not always or co... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315522 | Communication methods using slotted replies An RFID tag population is selected by an interrogator. Each tag of the selected tag population then responds to the interrogator in accordance with a slotted arbitration scheme. According to the slotted arbitration scheme, each tag of the selected tag population pic... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312703 | Initialization of a sensor for monitoring the structural integrity of a building Initialization of a sensor for monitoring the structural integrity of a building involves the sensor, a gateway and an installer device. An automated initialization brings the sensor online and enables the sensor for remote monitoring without requiring on-site manua... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309002 | Differential radio frequency identification reader Systems and techniques for reading a radio frequency identification transponder are described. A transmit coil produces a transmit field to power and interrogate the transponder. A reference coil and a receive coil furnish inputs to a differential amplifier, balance... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310043 | System for automatically moving access barriers and methods for adjusting system sensitivity An operator system and related methods for automatically controlling access barriers including a controller associated with at least one access barrier and a transceiver associated with the controller for transmitting and receiving operational signals. The system al... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295100 | Electronic access control device An electronic lock utilizes two microprocessors remote from each other for enhanced security. The first microprocessor is disposed close to an input device such as a keypad, and the second microprocessor is disposed close to the lock mechanism and well protected fro... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295629 | Data carrier having a controllable carrier-signal receiving-means configuration A data carrier (DC) has a receiving-means configuration (RC) which includes a switching means (S) and a first transmission coil (L1), which can be short-circuited with the aid of the switching means (S), and at least one second transmission coil (L2), ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289014 | System for automatically moving access barriers and methods for using the same An operator system and related methods for automatically controlling access barriers including a controller associated with at least one access barrier and a transceiver associated with the controller for transmitting and receiving operational signals. The system al... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286042 | Passive communication device and passive access control system A communication device comprising an internal power source, first and second receiver elements for receiving signals transmitted from the base station, and a processor selectively responsive to a modulation of the received signal to generate a data signal for transm... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283037 | RFID tags adjusting to different regulatory environments, and RFID readers to so adjust them and methods An RFID tag has an antenna to receive a configuration signal, and a circuit with a controller that can configure the RFID circuit responsive to the configuration signal. Configuring is such that the tag backscatters by impressing data either on the carrier frequency... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277889 | Asset management and status system An asset management and status system includes a number of data communication terminals and one or more interconnected remote computing systems, which may be utilized for managing and tracking a large number of varied and distributed assets. Each data communication ... | 10/02/2007 |
