TagLabel: RFID Based Orientation and Material Sensing for Automated Package Inspection

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Autori principali: Wang, David, Zhang, Jiale, Zhang, Pei
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author Wang, David
Zhang, Jiale
Zhang, Pei
author_facet Wang, David
Zhang, Jiale
Zhang, Pei
contents Modern logistics systems face increasing difficulty in identifying counterfeit products, fraudulent returns, and hazardous items concealed within packages, yet current package screening methods remain too slow, expensive, and impractical for widespread use. This paper presents TagLabel, an RFID based system that determines both the orientation and contents of packages using low cost passive UHF tags. By analyzing how materials change RSSI and phase, the system identifies the contents of a package without opening it. Using orientation inferred from phase differences, tag occlusion, and antenna gain patterns, the system selects the tag with the greatest occlusion for accurate material sensing. We evaluate two and three tag configurations, and show that both can deliver high orientation and material sensing performance through the use of machine learning classifiers, even in realistic RF environments. When combined into a unified pipeline, TagLabel achieves more than 80 percent accuracy across all package orientations. Because it requires only standard RFID hardware and offers fast scanning times, this approach provides a practical way to enhance package inspection and improve automation in logistics operations.
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spellingShingle TagLabel: RFID Based Orientation and Material Sensing for Automated Package Inspection
Wang, David
Zhang, Jiale
Zhang, Pei
Signal Processing
Software Engineering
J.0; J.7; B.0
Modern logistics systems face increasing difficulty in identifying counterfeit products, fraudulent returns, and hazardous items concealed within packages, yet current package screening methods remain too slow, expensive, and impractical for widespread use. This paper presents TagLabel, an RFID based system that determines both the orientation and contents of packages using low cost passive UHF tags. By analyzing how materials change RSSI and phase, the system identifies the contents of a package without opening it. Using orientation inferred from phase differences, tag occlusion, and antenna gain patterns, the system selects the tag with the greatest occlusion for accurate material sensing. We evaluate two and three tag configurations, and show that both can deliver high orientation and material sensing performance through the use of machine learning classifiers, even in realistic RF environments. When combined into a unified pipeline, TagLabel achieves more than 80 percent accuracy across all package orientations. Because it requires only standard RFID hardware and offers fast scanning times, this approach provides a practical way to enhance package inspection and improve automation in logistics operations.
title TagLabel: RFID Based Orientation and Material Sensing for Automated Package Inspection
topic Signal Processing
Software Engineering
J.0; J.7; B.0
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07097