Intelligent reader system and method for identifying and tracking goods and materials transported in pallets, including but not limited to scaffolding materials

摘要

An intelligent tracking system designed to accurately detect and track goods and/or materials present within a pallet. An identification reader is coupled to the pallet and used to detect identification devices, such as RFIDs, that are attached to the goods or materials contained therein. The pallet is constructed in a manner to allow and limit the identification reader to detect the identification devices that are contained only within the attached pallet. Thus, identification devices are automatically detected by the identification reader and information relating to the identification devices is stored in a database in order to track the contents of a specified pallet. In this manner, goods and/or materials can be continuously and accurately tracked for shipping or storing purposes in order to provide real-time tracking capabilities.