Patent ID: 8704642

Claim:
A method for managing RFID-based intelligent storage cabinets, comprising the steps of: providing an intelligent storage cabinet having at least one sensor disposed therein, and capable of performing an operation for controlling the storing/retrieving of items in/from compartment of the cabinet, wherein the sensor is a device selected from the group consisting of: an infrared sensor, an optical sensor and an ultrasonic sensor, and configured to detect a specific object selected from the group consisting of: humans and items, and thus for controlling and adjusting the reading of the RFID tags according to the detection, and capable of detecting and determining whether there is any item stored in a corresponding compartment, wherein when the detection of the sensor indicates the present of items in the corresponding compartment, an item existing state is set and an RFID reader checks the item existing state be set for enabling the scanning in a default manner, and wherein when the detection of the sensor indicates there is no item stored in the corresponding compartment, an item existing state is reset and an RFID reader checks the item existing state be reset for preventing the scanning of the corresponding compartment so as to reduce power consumption; and providing a compartment management system that is configured for performing operations of inventory management, compartment management, and information interrogation/displaying.