Patent ID: 9235740
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G05B,G06K,G06Q,G08C,H01H,H04Q,Y02B,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. An inventory management system comprising: an inventory holder having a compartment; a drawer slidingly received in the compartment; a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with a first surface of one of the drawer or the compartment; an RFID reader configured to receive radiofrequency signals from the RFID tag; an RFID tuner associated with a second surface of the other of the drawer or the compartment, the RFID tuner configured to interact with the RFID tag such that the RFID reader receives a first signal from the RFID tag when the RFID tag is at a first position relative to the RFID tuner and such that the RFID reader receives a second signal from the RFID tag when the RFID tag is at a second position relative to the RFID tuner, the first and second signals being different from each other and the first and second positions being different from each other; and a management module configured to: