Record measurement method and system using radio frequency identification

• US 20020008624A1
• Filed: 07/19/2001
• Published: 01/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Speedchip Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Speedchip Company Limited
• Inventors: Paek, Min-ho
• Granted Patent: US 6,600,407 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.1
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2225 used in active tags, i.e. provided with its own power source or in passive tags, i.e. deriving power from RF signal

Abstract

A record measurement system includes a record collecting apparatus in which an antenna array generates a wireless power signal at a predetermined measurement point, receives an identification (ID) signal output from an antenna tag attached to a person to be measured which is driven by the wireless power signal when the person to be measured passes or arrives at the measurement point, and determining and outputting the received ID and a passing time record at the measurement point, a database where the ID of each antenna tag, personal data of the person to be measured having the ID, and a passing time record at the measurement point which are determined and transmitted by the record collecting apparatus are stored, and a management server for storing the personal data and record data determined and transmitted by the record collecting apparatus in the database or reading out and transmitting the personal data and the passing time record stored in the database. Thus, since a participant of a race automatically receives the race record on the mobile phone the participant assigned without checking the race record through the Internet or by a telephone, informing the participant of a race record is smoothly, rapidly, and accurately performed. Also, by identifying an object in combination of the ID signal of an antenna tag and the image data, accuracy and reliability in identification of an object is improved.

Claims

1. A record measurement method using RF identification (ID) comprising the steps of:

determining an ID of a person to be measured and a record of passing time at the measurement point by receiving an ID signal output from an antenna tag attached to the person to be measured which is driven by a wireless power signal generated by an antenna array at a predetermined measurement point, when the person passes or arrives at the measurement point; and

receiving the ID signal of each antenna tag, personal data of the person to be measured having the ID, and the passing time record at the measurement point, and storing the received information in database or reading out the personal data and the passing time record stored in the database, and transmitting the data.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a step of transmitting a message such as a record data of the person to be measured passing the measurement point by making a telephone call at a number of a mobile phone of the person to be measured by a management server for managing the database.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the message is a text message and/or a voice message.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, when the message is transmitted, an advertisement or promotion message of a sender is transmitted together.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a step of photographing an image of the person to be measured for a predetermined period from the point when the person to be measured passes or arrives at the measurement point, and

wherein the management server matches the photographed image and the person to be measured and stores the result in the database.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a step of photographing an image of the person to be measured for a predetermined period from the point when the person to be measured passes or arrives at the measurement point, and

wherein the management server matches the photographed image and the person to be measured and stores the result in the database.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein an apparatus for photographing an image is a digital camera or an analog camera.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein an apparatus for photographing an image is a digital camera or an analog camera.

9. A record measurement system comprising:

a record collecting apparatus in which an antenna array generates a wireless power signal at a predetermined measurement point, receives an identification (ID) signal output from an antenna tag attached to a person to be measured which is driven by the wireless power signal when the person to be measured passes or arrives at the measurement point, and determining and outputting the received ID and a passing time record at the measurement point;

a database where the ID of each antenna tag, personal data of the person to be measured having the ID, and a passing time record at the measurement point which are determined and transmitted by the record collecting apparatus are stored; and

a management server for storing the personal data and record data determined and transmitted by the record collecting apparatus in the database or reading out and transmitting the personal data and the passing time record stored in the database.

10. The system as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a communications modem for transmitting a message of a passing time record of the person to be measured at the measurement point when the management server makes a telephone call at the number of a mobile phone of each person to be measured.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the message is a text message and/or a voice message.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein, when the message is transmitted, an advertisement or promotion message of a sender is included in the message.

13. The system as claimed in claim 9, further comprising an image photographing apparatus for photographing an image of the person to be measured for a predetermined period from a point when the person to be measured passes or arrives at the measurement point, and

wherein the management server matches the photographed image and the person to be measured and stores the matched result in the database.

14. The system as claimed in claim 10, further comprising an image photographing apparatus for photographing an image of the person to be measured for a predetermined period from a point when the person to be measured passes or arrives at the measurement point, and

wherein the management server matches the photographed image and the person to be measured and stores the matched result in the database.

15. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the image photographing apparatus is a digital camera or an analog camera.

16. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the image photographing apparatus is a digital camera or an analog camera.

17. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the record collecting apparatus comprising:

an antenna tag for receiving a wireless power signal and wirelessly transmitting a predetermined ID;

an antenna array for receiving an ID wireless signal transmitted from the antenna tag;

an antenna switching unit for selecting the ID wireless signal through the antenna array;

an antenna matching unit for matching impedance between the antenna array and the antenna switching unit; and

an antenna multiplex control unit for performing switching by receiving a switching signal of the antenna switching unit and selectively transmitting an ID wireless signal of each antenna tag through the antenna matching unit.

18. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein, when the image photographing apparatus is a digital camera, the image photographing apparatus photographs an image according to a trigger signal generated by the record collecting apparatus and the photographed image is instantaneously and partially stored by the management server.

19. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein, when the image photographing apparatus is an analog camera, the image photographing apparatus continuously photographs an image without an additional trigger signal and the photographed image is stored by the management server.