Patent ID: 7893814

Claim:
A method for facilitating radio frequency (RF) communication between a radio frequency identification (RFID) device and RFID tags for a conveyer system, comprising: positioning an RFID device in proximity of the conveyor system, wherein at least one conductive surface is coupled to the RFID device, the conveyer system being configured to transport a plurality of articles with at least one or more of the plurality of articles having one or more associated RFID tags; operating the conveyer system such that the plurality of articles are brought in contact with the at least one conductive surface, wherein the RFID device, the at least one conductive surface and one or more of the associated RFID tags are capacitively coupled through at least one other conductive surface attached to the at least one of the plurality of articles thereby allowing RF signals to be communicated between the RFID device and the one or more associated RFID tags and enabling data to be electronically read from the one or more associated RFID tags.