The present invention is directed to an article of manufacture that includes an RFID inlay having a programmable integrated circuit coupled to a propagation element on a first side of a rigid two-sided printed circuit board. The programmable integrated circuit is covered by a protective material having at least one material characteristic, whereby the programmable integrated circuit is hardened to withstand a predetermined applied pressure and a predetermined ambient temperature. At least one molded exterior portion encapsulates the RFID inlay. The at least one molded exterior portion is formed by an injection molding process characterized by a molding pressure that is lower than the predetermined applied pressure and a molding temperature lower than the predetermined ambient temperature, whereby the RFID inlay is not accessible without destroying the article of manufacture.
G06K 19/077 - Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
A44C 21/00 - CoinsEmergency moneyBeer or gambling coins or tokens, or the like
B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mouldApparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
G01V 15/00 - Tags attached to, or associated with, an object, in order to enable detection of the object
G07F 1/06 - Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
G01V 3/08 - Electric or magnetic prospecting or detectingMeasuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination or deviation operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices
The present invention is directed to a system for reading at least one object having a programmable RFID device embedded therein. The object is disposed in a predetermined reading region. The system includes a reader loop disposed in the predetermined reading region. The reader loop is configured to transmit a reader interrogation signal to the at least one object disposed in the predetermined reading region and receive an RFID signal from the at least one object in response to the reader interrogation signal. A jamming device is disposed proximate the reader loop. The jamming device is configured to generate a jamming signal that prevents an external reader device disposed outside the predetermined reading region from interrogating the at least one object disposed in the predetermined reading area.
A63F 3/08 - Raffle games that can be played by a fairly large number of people
G01S 13/74 - Systems using reradiation of radio waves, e.g. secondary radar systemsAnalogous systems
G01V 3/12 - Electric or magnetic prospecting or detectingMeasuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination or deviation operating with electromagnetic waves
H04K 3/00 - Jamming of communicationCounter-measures
G01N 37/00 - Details not covered by any other group of this subclass
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MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEM FOR COUNTING AND IDENTIFYING OBJECTS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
A system for counting and identifying a plurality of gaming chips having a programmable RFID device embedded therein. The programmable RFID device having unique authentication data disposed therein. The system includes a tray structure defining a plurality of predetermined chip positions within a multi-dimensional grid. The tray structure is configured to carry the plurality of gaming chips such that each of the plurality of gaming chips are substantially disposed in a corresponding one of the plurality of predetermined chip positions within the multi-dimensional grid. An optical sensing assembly is configured to optically scan each of the plurality of predetermined chip positions to detect the presence of a gaming chip in each of the plurality of predetermined chip positions if present therein and generate a count corresponding to a number of detected gaming chips. An RFID reader assembly is configured to interrogate the plurality of gaming chips disposed in the tray structure and generate a list of authenticated gaming chips, the RFID reader assembly further generating a system status based on a comparison of the list of authenticated gaming chips relative to the number of detected gaming chips counted by the optical sensing assembly.
G07D 5/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
G06M 9/00 - Counting of objects in a stack thereof
G07D 5/08 - Testing the magnetic or electric properties
G07D 9/06 - Devices for stacking or otherwise arranging coins on a support, e.g. apertured plate for use in counting coins
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND POSITION MEASUREMENT OF CHIPS ON A GAMING SURFACE
The present invention is directed to a method for determining a position of each of a plurality of gaming chips on a gaming surface. Each of the plurality of gaming chips includes an inductively coupled RFID tag disposed therein. The gaming surface includes a first area and at least one second area disposed adjacent to the first area. The method includes transmitting a near-field inductively coupled interrogation signal to the plurality of gaming chips. A near-field inductively coupled response signal is received from at least a portion of the plurality of gaming chips. A position resolution action is performed in conjunction with either the step of transmitting or the step of receiving. Each of the plurality of gaming chips are associated with either the first area or the at least one second area in accordance with the step of performing a position resolution action.
G01V 3/10 - Electric or magnetic prospecting or detectingMeasuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination or deviation operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices using induction coils
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