Patent ID: 9424452
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B25J,B65C,G06K,H05K,Y10S,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, the method comprising: providing a label including an RFID transponder; feeding the label with a feeder along a first direction to a pickup point for a robotic handling system for placement on a product, wherein the product is moving along an assembly line in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; sensing the label at the pickup point with a sensor; causing the feeder to feed another label to the pickup point when the sensor does not sense the label at the pickup point with a control system connected to the sensor and the feeder; programming the RFID transponder with an RFID programmer; and wherein the control system is connectible to the assembly line to have the robotic handling system pick up the label at the pickup point and place the label on the product.