Patent ID: 7551087
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: B65C,G06K

Abstract:
1. A device for commissioning radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders, the device comprising: an optical reader means for reading bar-code labels; a processing means adapted to communicate with the optical reader means; an RFID-transponder commissioning means adapted to communicate with the processing means; a cartridge assembly adapted to selectively dispense a plurality of RFID transponders in response to at least one input, and the cartridge releasably coupled to the RFID-transponder commissioning means; a power-supply means in communication with the processing means, the power-supply means further adapted to provide power to the processor means, the optical reader means, the RFID-transponder commissioning means and the cartridge assembly; a trigger mechanism adapted to provide input to the processing means the trigger mechanism being in communication with a sensor means adapted to determine the distance the device resides from an object to be tagged, the sensor means further including operable states of Close Proximity, Near, and Far and further including means for preventing sequentially encoding and dispensing of an encoded tag if the operable state is Near or Far; and an output-display means for outputting data and adapted to communicate with the processing means.