• Title/Summary/Keyword: RFID applications

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Bolt Shape UHF RFID Tag Antenna for Insertion to a Tree (생목 삽입용 볼트 모양의 UHF RFID 태그 안테나 설계)

  • Chung, You-Chung;Jeon, Byung-Don
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.270-273
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    • 2012
  • A plastic bolt shape UHF RFID tag has been developed for a live tree. The UHF tag is designed and installed into the head part of the bolt, inserted into a tree for management of tree. If the tag antenna is installed near the high dielectric constant material, the impedance of the tag antenna will be changed, and the tag does not work. Therefore, the dielectric constants of wood and plastic bolt are considered for tag antenna design. The input reflection coefficient characteristics and the reading range patterns are measured and compared. This UHF RFID tag can be applied into a live tree, and the status and location of tree can be controlled with the RFID tag. This developed UHF tag can be applied to any applications and objects using a bolt.

Analysis of the Phenomena Due to Resonant Frequency Mismatch in RFID Systems (RFID 시스템에서 공진주파수 부정합에 의해 발생하는 현상 분석)

  • Kwon, Duck-Ki;Park, Jong-Tae;Yu, Chong-Gun
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.8 no.2 s.15
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    • pp.195-206
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    • 2004
  • In an RFID system, it is desirable to have both the reader and the transponder tuned to the same resonant frequency for efficient data transmission between them. Any difference in frequency will decrease the transponder coil voltage or the internal power supply voltage and will increase the possibility of zero modulation in the reader coil, which results in the reduction of the reading distance. In this paper, the phenomena caused by the frequency mismatch are theoretically analyzed and mathematically modelled. Several schemes to compensate for the frequency mismatch are also mentioned. The derived equations and analyzed theory on the data transmission between the reader and the transponder will be helpful to the development of RFID systems for many applications.

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An Innovative Approach to Track Moving Object based on RFID and Laser Ranging Information

  • Liang, Gaoli;Liu, Ran;Fu, Yulu;Zhang, Hua;Wang, Heng;Rehman, Shafiq ur;Guo, Mingming
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.131-147
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    • 2020
  • RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) identifies a specific object by radio signals. As the tag provides a unique ID for the purpose of identification, RFID technology effectively solves the ambiguity and occlusion problem that challenges the laser or camera-based approach. This paper proposes an approach to track a moving object based on the integration of RFID and laser ranging information using a particle filter. To be precise, we split laser scan points into different clusters which contain the potential moving objects and calculate the radial velocity of each cluster. The velocity information is compared with the radial velocity estimated from RFID phase difference. In order to achieve the positioning of the moving object, we select a number of K best matching clusters to update the weights of the particle filter. To further improve the positioning accuracy, we incorporate RFID signal strength information into the particle filter using a pre-trained sensor model. The proposed approach is tested on a SCITOS service robot under different types of tags and various human velocities. The results show that fusion of signal strength and laser ranging information has significantly increased the positioning accuracy when compared to radial velocity matching-based or signal strength-based approaches. The proposed approach provides a solution for human machine interaction and object tracking, which has potential applications in many fields for example supermarkets, libraries, shopping malls, and exhibitions.

Development of RFID-based Automatic Analytical Information Generation System for Ubiquitous CRM in an Exhibit Hall (전시장에서 유비쿼터스형 고객관계관리를 위한 RFID기반의 분석정보 자동생성 시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Do-Hyeun;Kang, Moon-Suk;Park, Chan-Jung
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.85-96
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    • 2009
  • Due to the bitter competition in markets and the need changes of consumers, customer relationship management(CRM) plays a key role in determining management strategies in companies. In addition, due to the advance of Ubiquitous environment, new applications are developed in the CRM arena. Since traditional data gathering methods can invade people's privacy and cause inaccurate data, new methods are required. In this paper, we propose an RFID-based automatic analytical information generation system for a ubiquitous CRM. Firstly, we develop an RFID middleware. And then, we store the data acquired from the middleware into a database. Finally, we analyze the data automatically and convert the data into meaningful information. By applying our system to an exhibition hall, automatically generated analytical information are given to companies and customers. The proposed system can make many companies meet their customers' needs in a ubiquitous way and can give them more accurate data by using clustering, associating, sequencing when they make a decision for their successful marketing.

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The Optimized Detection Range of RFID-based Positioning System using k-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm

  • Kim, Jung-Hwan;Heo, Joon;Han, Soo-Hee;Kim, Sang-Min
    • Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.297-302
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    • 2008
  • The positioning technology for a moving object is an important and essential component of ubiquitous computing environment and applications, for which Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) has been considered as a core technology. RFID-based positioning system calculates the position of moving object based on k-nearest neighbor(k-nn) algorithm using detected k-tags which have known coordinates and kcan be determined according to the detection range of RFID system. In this paper, RFID-based positioning system determines the position of moving object not using weight factor which depends on received signal strength but assuming that tags within the detection range always operate and have same weight value. Because the latter system is much more economical than the former one. The geometries of tags were determined with considerations in huge buildings like office buildings, shopping malls and warehouses, so they were determined as the line in I-Dimensional space, the square in 2-Dimensional space. In 1-Dimensional space, the optimal detection range is determined as 125% of the tag spacing distance through the analytical and numerical approach. Here, the analytical approach means a mathematical proof and the numerical approach means a simulation using matlab. But the analytical approach is very difficult in 2-Dimensional space, so through the numerical approach, the optimal detection range is determined as 134% of the tag spacing distance in 2-Dimensional space. This result can be used as a fundamental study for designing RFID-based positioning system.

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A GateSensor for Effective and Efficient Entering/Taking Management of Vehicles for Construction Logistics (건설 자재 반출입 차량 관리 효율화를 위한 게이트센서)

  • Yoon, Su-Won;Song, Jae-Hong;Shin, Tae-Hong;Chin, Sang-Yoon
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.85-96
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    • 2011
  • The access monitoring and control system of vehicles involved in construction logistics has been evolved from paper-based through bar code-based and to RFID-based management with pursuing automatic data collection and management. However, existing management methods have a limit that they still need manpower allocation for access control of vehicles. Therefore this research has proposed an framework that includes devices and an information system for effective and efficient data collection for access control of vehicles for construction logistics. And the proposed framework has been verified through a laboratory test using a prototype system developed in this research. It is expected that the installation methods of RFID antenna and tag for the framework could be applied to not only the access control of construction site but also various RFID applications at construction sites.

Performance of a Beamforming based RFID System for Velocity Estimation (속도 추정용 빔포밍 기반 RFID 시스템 성능 분석)

  • Jeon, Seong-ha;Jeon, Hyeon-mu;Yang, Hoon-gee
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.1925-1933
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    • 2015
  • RFID based applications that combine radar techniques to obtain the location and the ID of a tag have widely been investigated. In this paper, we analyze a recently proposed RFID system that can extract the tag IDs and their velocities using signals transmitted from the tag attached moving objects and verify its performance. In the proposed system, a beacon transmits triggering signal at regular intervals into a monitoring area and the tag receiving the triggering signal backscatters the FMCW(frequency modulation continuous wave) signal modulated by the tag ID. The reader system demodulates this FMCW signal using predefined two reference signals to obtain not only the tag ID but its velocity. In this paper, we show that the proposed system works properly and analyze the degree of performance degradation in cases when the synchronization error between the transmitting signal and the reference signal occurs, and even when sampling rate is lowered for implementation purpose. Finally, the analytical results are verified by simulation.

A Mutual Authentication Protocol using Key Change Step by Step for RFID Systems (단계적 키 변환을 이용한 RFID 상호 인증 프로토콜)

  • Chung, Kyung-Ho;Kim, Kyoung-Youl;Oh, Se-Jin;Lee, Jae-Kang;Park, Yong-Soo;Ahn, Kwang-Seon
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.35 no.3B
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    • pp.462-473
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    • 2010
  • The RFID system has the security problem of location tracking and user privacy. In order to solve this problem, the cryptographic access method using hash function is difficult to in real applications. Because there is a limit of computing and storage capacity of Tag, but the safety is proved. The lightweight authentication methods like HB and LMAP guarantee the high efficiency, but the safety is not enough to use. In this paper, we use the AES for RFID Authentication, and solve the problem of using fixed key with key change step by step. The symmetric keys of the tag and server are changed by the random number generated by tag, reader and server successively. This could prevent the key exposure. As a result, the output of the tag and reader always changes. These key changes could make it possible to prevent eavesdropping, replay attack, location tracking and spoofing.