Patent ID: 8731476

Claim:
A device for characterizing an object, the device comprising a sensor circuit; and a determination circuit, the determination circuit and the sensor circuit communicatively connected to one another, wherein the sensor circuit is configured and arranged to measure a value of a physical parameter of an object, wherein the physical parameter has an impact on a signal of a contactless transmission element arranged on the object, and wherein the determination circuit is configured and arranged to determine an impact value based on the measured value of the physical parameter and to select at least one of a specific contactless transmission element out of a plurality of contactless transmission elements based on the determined impact value, wherein the sensor circuit is configured and arranged to measure the value of the physical parameter by measuring a value indicative of the object's interference with a radio-frequency signal carrying an identification signal, and the determination circuit is configured and arranged to select the contactless transmission element from a plurality of different contactless transmission elements exhibiting different responses to interference, based upon the determined impact value.