Visible electronic tag and system

• US 20050122221A1
• Filed: 03/03/2004
• Published: 06/09/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Wu, Nien-Chu, Chuang, Hsiang-Kai
• Application Number:
  US10/790,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20050122221A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/571
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07703 the interface being visual

Abstract

A visible electronic tag and system aiming at displaying contents stored in the electronic tags mainly has an electronic tag body and a display module. The electronic tag is directly connected to a display module. The reader receives the signals and stores the received information in the electronic tag body. The display module then displays the information without a reader.

Claims

1. A visible electronic tag, comprising:

an electronic tag body connecting to a reader in a wireless fashion to receive signals transmitted from the reader and store the signals; and

a display module connecting to the electronic tag body to read and display the signals.

2. The visible electronic tag of claim 1, wherein the electronic tag body includes:

an antenna for receiving the signals from the reader;

a radio frequency module connecting to the antenna for processing the signals received by the antenna;

a baseband controller connecting to the radio frequency module to control delivering and receiving of the signals;

a memory controller connecting to the baseband controller for receiving the signals; and

a memory connecting to the memory controller to store the signals.

3. The visible electronic tag of claim 1, wherein the display module includes:

a display controller connecting to the electronic tag body for receiving the signals;

a display interface connecting to the display controller; and

a display panel connecting to the display interface to display the signals.

4. The visible electronic tag of claim 3, wherein the display module further includes an electric power supply to provide electric power required by the display panel.

5. The visible electronic tag of claim 3, wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display.

6. The visible electronic tag of claim 3, wherein the display panel is an electronic paper.

7. A visible electronic tag system, comprising:

a reader for sending a signal in a wireless fashion;

an electronic tag body connecting to the reader in the wireless fashion to receive the signal transmitted from the reader and store the signal; and

a display module connecting to the electronic tag body to read and display the signal.

8. The visible electronic tag system of claim 7, wherein the electronic tag body includes:

an antenna for receiving the signal from the reader;

a radio frequency module connecting to the antenna for processing the signal received by the antenna;

a baseband controller connecting to the radio frequency module to control delivering and receiving of the signal;

a memory controller connecting to the baseband controller for receiving the signal; and

a memory connecting to the memory controller to store the signal.

9. The visible electronic tag system of claim 7, wherein the display module includes:

a display controller connecting to the electronic tag body for receiving the signal;

a display interface connecting to the display controller; and

a display panel connecting to the display interface to display the signal.

10. The visible electronic tag system of claim 9, wherein the display module further includes an electric power supply to provide electric power required by the display panel.

11. The visible electronic tag system of claim 9, wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display.

12. The visible electronic tag system of claim 9, wherein the display panel is an electronic paper.

13. The visible electronic tag system of claim 7, wherein the reader is a portable wireless electronic device.

14. The visible electronic tag system of claim 7, wherein the reader is connected to a stationary electronic device.