Patent ID: 9600699
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06K,G06Q,G08C,H01H,H04Q,Y02B,Y04S

Claim:
1. An inventory management system comprising: a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader; a wearable accessory comprising at least one RFID tuner, the RFID tuner configured to interact with any respective RFID tag of a plurality of RFID tags such that a first RFID signal is received from the respective RFID tag when the RFID tuner is at a first position relative to the respective RFID tag and such that a second RFID signal is received from the respective RFID tag when the RFID tuner is at a second position relative to the respective RFID tag, the first and second RFID signals being different from each other and the first and second positions being different from each other; an inventory holder comprising a bin RFID tag associated with a bin on the inventory holder, the bin RFID tag included in the plurality of RFID tags; an inventory item comprising an item RFID tag, the item RFID tag included in the plurality of RFID tags, wherein the RFID reader, the at least one RFID tuner of the wearable accessory, the bin RFID tag of the inventory holder, and the item RFID tag of the inventory item are independent of one another; and a management circuitry configured to: receive, via the RFID reader, a bin RFID signal from the bin RFID tag in response to interaction of the bin RFID tag with the at least one RFID tuner of the wearable accessory; receive, via the RFID reader, an item RFID signal from the item RFID tag in response to interaction of the item RFID tag with the at least one RFID tuner of the wearable accessory; and associate, based at least in part on the received bin RFID signal and the received item RFID signal, the inventory item together with the bin on the inventory holder.