Patent ID: 8063743
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06K,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of testing an electronic tag of a type that transmits information from a host product to a reader during the course of commercial end product use, the method comprising: embedding the electronic tag within an elongate carrier strip composed of a material having material properties simulating an end product material within which the tag resides embedded during end product use; positioning the embedded tag substantially within the carrier strip at a mid-portion between opposite end portions of the strip; positioning the mid-portion of the strip and the embedded tag over at least one curved support surface; engaging the end portions of the strip; positioning a reader in a position operative to receive information from the electronic tag during a testing transmission sequence; reciprocally moving the strip mid-portion in a forward direction and a reverse direction over the curved support surface; and rendering the reader operational to receive information transmitted from the electronic tag as the strip mid-portion reciprocally moves in the forward and reverse directions; wherein further comprising: routing the carrier strip along a serpentine pathway between a plurality of curved support surfaces; and reciprocally moving the carrier strip axially in a forward direction and a reverse direction along the serpentine pathway; wherein further comprising introducing stress and strain forces within the carrier strip during reciprocal movement of the carrier strip along the serpentine pathway.