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Wireless tag reader, wireless tag system, computer readable medium and wireless communication method

US7450009B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 2006
Grant dateNov 11, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/10019
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided with a wireless tag reader communicating with a plurality of wireless tags each of which retains tag information piece and a bloom filter, the wireless tag reader comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit a read request signal simultaneously to the wireless tags to request the wireless tags to read out the bloom filters; a receiver configured to receive bloom filter signals simultaneously from the wireless tags to acquire a colliding bloom filter signal; a decoder configured to decode the colliding bloom filter signal to acquire a composite bloom filter which is equivalent to logic operation OR on the bloom filters; a data storage configured to store tag information pieces; and a filter verifier configured to verify each of tag information pieces in the data storage with the composite bloom filter to detect tag information pieces for which a verification result is positive or negative.

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