Editable radio frequency identification device and system for editing the same

• US 20050218235A1
• Filed: 06/08/2004
• Published: 10/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Liang, Pei-Fang, Hsu, Ming-Hsiu, Chang, Kai-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US10/862,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20050218235A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/04 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card

Abstract

The present invention provides an editable radio frequency identification device and system for editing the same. The editable radio frequency identification device includes antenna and a substrate having two adjacent zones formed thereon an editable area and a transducer. The editable area is provided for a writing device to define a pattern representing an identification code thereon. The antenna device is provided for receiving external signal and the transducer converts the received signal into surface acoustic wave for being transmitted to the editable area. The writing device can be a light emitting device, a punch, a stamp, or a printing apparatus.

Claims

1. An editable radio frequency identification device comprising:

a substrate including a first zone and an adjacent second zone on its top surface;

an editable area formed on the first zone for being operative to form a specific pattern representing an identification code thereon by means of a writing device;

a transducer formed on the second zone; and

an antenna connected to the transducer, and receiving electromagnetic waves, wherein the transducer is operative to convert the electromagnetic waves into surface acoustic waves for being sent to the first zone.

2. The editable radio frequency identification device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the editable area is a photosensitive layer formed on the first zone so that the specific pattern is formed on the photosensitive layer by using a light emitting device to emit light on a predetermined portion of the photosensitive layer to change chemical property of the predetermined portion.

3. The editable radio frequency identification device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the editable area is a plastic layer formed on the first zone so that the specific pattern is formed on the plastic layer by pressing a punch with a predetermined pattern against the plastic layer to change shape of the plastic layer.

4. The editable radio frequency identification device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the editable area is an empty region formed on the first zone so that the specific pattern is formed on the empty region by using a printing apparatus to print the specific pattern on the empty region or pressing a stamp with a pre-determined pattern on the empty region.

5. A system for editing radio frequency identification device, comprising:

a writing device; and

a radio frequency identification device including;

a substrate including a first zone and an adjacent second zone on its top surface;

an editable area formed on the first zone for being operative to form a specific pattern representing an identification code thereon by means of the writing device;

a transducer formed on the second zone; and

an antenna connected to the transducer, and receiving electromagnetic waves, wherein the transducer is operative to convert the electromagnetic waves into surface acoustic waves for being sent to the first zone.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the writing device is a light emitting device and the editable area is a photosensitive layer formed on the first zone, so that the specific pattern is formed on the photosensitive layer by using the light emitting device to emit light on a predetermined portion of the photosensitive layer to change chemical property of the predetermined portion.

7. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the writing device is a punch with a predetermined pattern and the editable area is a plastic layer formed on the first zone so that the specific pattern is formed on the plastic layer by pressing the punch against the plastic layer to change shape of the plastic layer.

8. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the writing device is a printing apparatus and the editable area is an empty region formed on the first zone so that the specific pattern is formed on the empty region by using the printing apparatus to print the specific pattern on the empty region.

9. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the writing device is a stamp with a pre-determined pattern and the editable area is an empty region formed on the first zone so that the specific pattern is formed on the empty region by pressing the stamp to define the specific pattern on the empty region.