RFID scanners

RFIDs), Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) or conveyor systems, and could involve integration with devices such as barcode scanners, balances, asset tracking solutions, and microchip identification systems. 

An example of these 2D bar codes scanned from a flatbed scanner can be seen in Figure 18.2. Reliable and cost-efficient radio-frequency identification devices (RFID) are used in highly industrialized processes and have potential application in pharmaceutical laboratories [15],... 

There are two fundamental differences between the conventional barcodes and the contemporary RFIDs. First, RFIDs do not require line of sight— that is, objects tagged with RFID can be sensed in a wide area, and there is no need to individually scan all the objects in front of an optical scanner. Second, RFIDs offer item-level tagging— that is, each item within a product range can be uniquely identified (e.g., 109839 is a bottle oforangejuice manufactured by ABC Company ). However barcodes do not identify individual items they can only identify that this is abottle oforange juice manufactured by ABC Company. ... 

RFID Journal. (2006a). Retrieved June 14, 2006, from http //www.rfidjournal.com/article/ articleview/208 Anchor-scanners-5989... 

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