Activating a smart label via contact
One example method may include detecting a radio enabled label moving through an area, performing one or more contact operations to the radio enabled label, activating a power source embedded in the radio enabled label responsive to the one or more contact operations, and performing one or more of receiving and transmitting a radio signal via the radio enabled label while the power source is activated.
1. A method, comprising:
detecting a radio-enabled label moving through an area; and
performing one or more contact operations on the radio-enabled label, wherein the one or more contact operations physically contact the radio-enabled label to activate a power source embedded in the radio-enabled label to enable the radio-enabled label to at least one of transmit or receive a radio signal, wherein tearing a first edge of the radio-enabled label enables a first mode of operation by the radio-enabled label, wherein tearing a second edge of the radio-enabled label enables a second mode of operation by the radio-enabled label.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the area is a printer.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing of the one or more contact operations further comprises:
tearing the radio-enabled label away from an additional radio-enabled label along an axis,
wherein the tearing removes a shorted electrical connection, activating of the power source.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing of the one or more contact operations further comprises:
applying pressure to a portion of the radio-enabled label comprising a switch via an actuating movement, wherein the actuating movement enables the switch to activate the power source.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first mode of operation comprises broadcasting the radio signal for a first period of time, and
the second mode of operation comprises broadcasting a radio signal for a second period of time that is a longer duration than the first period of time.
6. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor that, when executing instructions stored by a memory, is configured to:
detect a radio-enabled label moving through an area; and
perform one or more contact operations on the radio-enabled label, wherein the one or more contact operations physically contact the radio-enabled label to activate a power source embedded in the radio-enabled label to enable the radio-enabled label to at least one of transmit or receive a radio signal, wherein a first edge of the radio-enabled label is torn to enable a first mode of operation, wherein a second edge of the radio-enabled label is torn to enable a second mode of operation.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the area is a printer.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein to perform the one or more contact operations to the radio-enabled label comprises the radio-enabled label being torn away from an additional radio-enabled label along an axis, and wherein the tear removes an electrical short connection to enable the activation of the power source.
9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein when the processor performs the one or more contact operations, the processor is further configured to:
control the apparatus to apply pressure to a portion of the radio-enabled label comprising a switch via an actuating movement, wherein the actuating movement enables the switch to activate the power source.
10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first mode of operation comprises broadcasting a radio signal for a first period of time, and
the second mode of operation comprises broadcasting the radio signal for a second period of time that is a longer duration than the first period of time.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
detecting a radio-enabled label moving through an area; and
performing one or more contact operations on the radio-enabled label, wherein the one or more contact operations physically contact the radio-enabled label to activate a power source embedded in the radio-enabled label to enable the radio-enabled label to at least one of transmit or receive a radio signal, wherein tearing a first edge of the radio-enabled label enables a first mode of operation by the radio-enabled label, wherein tearing a second edge of the radio-enabled label enables a second mode of operation by the radio-enabled label.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the area is a printer.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the performing of the one or more contact operations further comprises:
tearing the radio-enabled label away from an additional radio-enabled label along an axis,
wherein the tearing removes a shorted electrical connection, activating of the power source.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the performing of the one or more contact operations further comprises:
applying pressure to a portion of the radio-enabled label comprising a switch via an actuating movement, wherein the actuating movement enables the switch to activate the power source.