Patent ID: 9471814
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06K,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A reader for reading a plurality of data, wherein each data in the plurality of data is associated with a respective one of a plurality of radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags and is carried by a respective data signal originating from the respective one of the plurality of RFID tags, the reader comprising processing means and a storage means, the storage means having instructions stored thereon, whereby the processing means is operable, under control of the instructions, to: receive and store in the storage means a representation of a combination of the respective data signals, the combination comprising corrupted data carried by a corrupted data signal arising from a collision involving at least one data signal originating from a conventional RFID tag having no provision for anti-collision; process the representation to determine one or more data signals of the combination of the respective data signals of the representation, wherein the processing comprises determining voltage levels associated with the representation and allocating the voltage levels to a data signal associated with a respective one of the plurality of RFID tags, the determined one or more data signals including the data signal of the at least one data signal originating from a conventional RFID tag having no provision for anti-collision; and to read the data of the determined one or more data signals.