Patent ID: 8350675
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for triggering a radio frequency identification (RFID) scan using image recognition, the system comprising: a database operable to store image attributes of inventoried RFID-tagged items along with information associated with the RFID-tagged items; an imaging device operable to capture an image of an item before attempting an RFID scan of that item; a processor coupled to the imaging device, the processor operable to determine if there is a match between attributes of the captured image compared with the stored image attributes in the database indicating that the item is RFID-tagged; and a RFID scanner coupled to the processor, wherein upon a match determination by the processor, the processor automatically triggers the RFID scanner to attempt to scan an RFID tag of the item, wherein if the attempt to scan the RFID tag of the item is successful, the RFID scanner supplies an identifier of the item from the RFID tag to the processor, which then automatically registers the information associated with the item from the database, and wherein if there is no match determination by the processor, no attempt is made to scan an RFID tag of the item, and a user is prompted for manually registering information about the item on a user interface.