Shopping cart with RFID capability

Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Mechanized store

Reexamination Certificate

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C235S451000, C235S472010

Reexamination Certificate

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11149256

ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses a shopping cart with RFID capability, for detecting a RFID tag, comprising: a frame, further comprising: an accommodating space for accommodating RFID-tagged items; a plurality of wheels, coupling to the frame for carrying the frame to move according to the rotation of the wheels; and a cover, rotatably mounted on the frame for sealing the accommodating space; a reader unit, further comprising: a RFID reader, attached to the frame; and at least an antenna, electrically connected to the RFID reader and being received in the accommodating space of the frame; a memory unit, attached to the frame and being electrically connected to the RFID reader; a control unit, further comprising: an actuating device, coupled to the frame and the cover in respective and capable of open/close the cover while operating; a sensing device, attached to the frame and being electrically connected to the RFID reader, capable of activating the RFID reader to start/stop reader RFID tags through the antenna with respect to the sensing unit sensing the opening/closing of the cover; and a power unit, for providing power to the reader unit, the memory unit and the control unit.

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