Patent ID: 11880736
Assignee: INTERMEC IP CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer program code stored thereon that, in execution with at least one processor, configures the computer program product for:
initiating an interrogation command associated with a RFID tag;
causing activation of a plurality of antennas at a plurality of transmit power levels over a plurality of frequency channels;
identifying a count of tag reads associated with each antenna of the plurality of antennas associated with the RFID tag, wherein said identifying the count of tag reads comprises identifying a sub-count of tag reads associated with each antenna of the plurality of antennas at the plurality of transmit power levels and a plurality of frequency channels, wherein the sub-count of tag reads represents count of tag reads at each frequency of the plurality of frequency channels and each particular transmit power level of the plurality of transmit power levels;
generating a plurality of confidence scores comprising a confidence score for each antenna based at least in part on the count of tag reads associated with each antenna; and
determining a tag location associated with the RFID tag based at least in part on the plurality of confidence scores, wherein the tag location associated with the RFID tag is identified by at least determining at least one antenna of the plurality of antennas with highest confidence score.