Inventors:
Todd Franklin Scarola - Crozier VA, US
Lynn Ann DeRose - Gloversville NY, US
Douglas Roy Forman - Niskayuna NY, US
Charles Burton Theurer - Alplaus NY, US
Brandon Stephen Good - Schenectady NY, US
Francis Christopher Hann - Porter Corners NY, US
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:
G08B 13/14
Abstract:
Techniques are provided for reducing the transmission of infrared (IR) signals outside of a reclamation receptacle. Techniques include using a reclamation receptacle having an IR transmitter configured to transmit IR signals when the reclamation receptacle is in a closed configuration and configured to cease transmission of the IR signals when the reclamation receptacle is in an open configuration. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag may be deposited in the reclamation receptacle. The RFID tag may receive the IR signals and generate a radio frequency (RF) signal in response to the IR signals, wherein the RF signal indicates that the RFID tag is in the reclamation receptacle.