Patent ID: 7752089
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: G01C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An adaptive inventory management system, comprising: a first sensor located at a first point along a route of travel of a vehicle for determining a position of the vehicle relative to the first point, the vehicle transporting one or more items of inventory; a second sensor located at a second point along the route of travel of the vehicle for determining the position of the vehicle relative to the second point; a plurality of readers, each of the plurality of readers being positioned at predetermined locations along the route of travel, and wherein each of the one or more items of inventory include at least one tag in operative communication with the one or more of the plurality of readers such that the at least one tag is detected by at least one of the plurality of readers for retrieving inventory data from the at least one tag; and a server in operative association with the first and second sensors and in operative association with the plurality of readers for activating and deactivating one or more of the plurality of readers as a function of the determined position of the vehicle relative to the first and second points.