Patent ID: 9311799
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06K,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A system for modifying radio frequency identification (RFID) system operation using movement detection, the system comprising: at least one RFID scanner disposed within an environment and operable to obtain RFID data from RFID tags located within the environment; at least one movement detection device operable for capturing movement within the environment; and a processor coupled to the at least one RFID scanner and the at least one movement detection device, the processor also coupled to a user interface and a database containing known locations of the at least one RFID scanner in the environment, the processor operable to analyze the captured movement from the movement detection device to detect and locate movement within the environment; wherein, if movement is detected within the environment, the processor is further operable to modify operation of the RFID scanner that is proximal to the location of the movement, wherein the database also stores locations of RFID tags in the environment, and wherein if the at least one RFID scanner is originally able to read an RFID tag at its stored location and then: