Patent ID: 8242912

Claim:
Method for determining of at least an order of objects transported by a conveyor along a conveyor path, wherein each of the objects carries an assigned transponder having a characterizing code and at least a first radio frequency identification reader—having at least a first reader-antenna for generating a first reading field—is arranged with respect to the conveyor and built for identifying the transponders of the transported objects passing along or through the first reading field, with the steps of reading out the codes of the transponders by the first reader and generating detection-signals as long as the respective transponder is detectable by the first reader, saving the detection-signals linked with a time information, deriving a mean first point of time for each detected transponder from the saved detection-signals and the time information linked therewith by an assessment method, wherein the first points of time indicate an estimated discrete point of time for each transponder of passing the first reader, and determining the order of the objects on the conveyor according to the first points of time of each transponder.