Patent · US Active

Passive RFID reader and operation control method therefor

US8653946B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
1References
38Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 9, 2007
Grant dateFeb 18, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 25, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W74/08
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader that can minimize collision among RFID readers in an environment where there are a plurality of RFID readers within a limited operating environment by making each RFID reader select a channel at different delay time based on a random value, and a method for controlling operation of the RFID reader. The RFID reader includes a random value generating unit; a reader control unit for adaptively deciding a counter value for generating the random value; an anti-collision unit for preventing collision among a plurality of tags; a reader transmitting unit for generating a reader command message determined by the anti-collision unit, encoding the reader command message, and modulating the reader command message; a reader receiving unit for demodulating and decoding a tag signal; and a channel operation control unit for selecting a channel to be used for the communication with the tag.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.