Owner Vue Technology, Inc.

Inventors Rasband, Paul Brent; Bauer, Donald George; Weel, Martin David; Campero, Richard John

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-B-2003214872

PCT Number PCT/US03/01837

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/061366

Priority 60/350,023 23.01.02 US; 10/338,892 09.01.03 US

Filing date 23 January 2003

Wipo publication date 2 September 2003

Acceptance publication date 14 August 2008

B65G 61/00 (2006.01) Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for

G01S 13/87 (2006.01)

G06K 7/00 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers

G06K 7/08 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers - by means detecting the change of an electrostatic or magnetic field, e.g. by detecting change of capacitance between electrodes

G06K 7/10 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers - by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing

G06K 17/00 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups , e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations

G06Q 10/00 (2006.01) Administration, e.g. office automation or reservations

G07G 1/00 (2006.01) Cash registers

H01Q 1/02 (2006.01) Details of, or arrangements associated with, aerials - Arrangements for de-icing

H01Q 1/22 (2006.01) Details of, or arrangements associated with, aerials - by structural association with other equipment or articles

H01Q 7/00 (2006.01) Loop aerials with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop

H01Q 21/28 (2006.01) Aerial arrays or systems

H04B 5/02 (2006.01) Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive loop type - using transceiver