Patent ID: 6346885
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A portable, hand-held, radio frequency identification reader for collecting livestock information comprising:a housing enclosing a radio frequency identification antenna, radio frequency identification circuitry, radio frequency data communications circuitry, and a power supply, such that the power supply is connected to the radio frequency identification circuitry and to the radio frequency data communications circuitry, the antenna is connected to the radio frequency identification circuitry, such that the antenna may capture a radio frequency signal from a radio frequency identification transponder and communicate the signal to the radio frequency identification circuitry, the radio frequency identification circuitry may interpret the signal and identify the transponder and communicate the identification to the radio frequency data communications circuitry, a radio frequency data communications antenna integral to the housing, such that the transponder identification may broadcast through the antenna; and a switch integral to the housing such that the switch activates the radio frequency identification circuitry.