Automatic message tag update system and the method thereof

• US 20060132290A1
• Filed: 09/26/2005
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Li, Ho-Hsin, Yuan, Chii-Yah, Chang, Leii H., Luo, Yi-Fei, Chou, Hon-Yue, Wu, Teh-Chang
• Application Number:
  US11/234,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20060132290A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.510
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs

Abstract

The invention provides an automatic message Tag update system and method thereof, which comprises message Tag, message transmission apparatus, and message application system. It provides receive, presentation, collection, and spread of each message on the message Tag via wire or wireless method, and it comprises two types, one is capable of data collecting, and another is not capable of data collecting. The invention can be applied in dividing, cataloging, prompting, messaging, explaining, introducing, pricing, and signing objects for transmitting and presenting, and can be applied in collecting, transmitting, presenting, connecting, and coordinating applications.

Claims

1. An automatic message Tag update system, which comprises:

a message Tag capable of identifying individual, presenting message, and collecting data;

a message transmission apparatus capable of reading and/or writing the message Tag, for reading and updateing the message Tag; and

a message application system, for processing the message from the message Tag received by the message transmission apparatus, and transferring it into a ready-to-use information, or for transmitting update message to the message Tag via the message transmission apparatus, wherein the message application system can be an independent application system or attached to an industrial application system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the message transmission apparatus can be a single read and write electric apparatus, such as RFID reader, or IC card reader, or can be a computer apparatus capable of reading and writing the message Tag, or can be attached in the message application system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the message application system comprises at least identification function, status and logic process function, and communication process function, and each of those functions can be comprised in one module or separated in different modules, such as identification module, status module, logic module, and interface module;

wherein the identification module is a process module of the message Tag application system for identifying individual Tag by reading identification data via the reading apparatus to distinguish the logic individual of an enterprise or organization, the status module is a status module of the message Tag application system for knowing and recording the status of specific individual then storing related data in kinds of data structure, the logic module is a logic process module of the message Tag application system for specific individual Tag, which is a dynamic execution engine and can load and execute a set of procedures made for application in accordance with logic demand, and the interface module is a communication module of the message Tag application system for communicating with the industrial application system and the message transmission apparatus, which is a combination of software interface and hardware interface.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the message Tag is composed of any shape, size, and material, and comprises a storage and a processor.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the message Tag is an identifiable tag, which is distinguishable to be an unique individual and comprises forms in such as RFID Tag and IC card.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the message Tag comprises a storage and (a processor) for storing and processing data and the space of the storage can be divided into such as waiting-process partition, waiting-present partition, status data partition, and sense data partition.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the message Tag comprises a presentation element for presenting message, and the presentation element can be located on any surface of the message Tag, or inside the message Tag, or located outside the message Tag but linking via wire or wireless method.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the presentation element transfers the examined message of the message Tag 1 into graphic, text, sound, light, smell, vibration, or temperature forms in accordance with electric, optical, and chemical theories.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the presentation element can be a continuously powered apparatus, or a discontinuously powered apparatus, and the continuously powered apparatus needs continuous power supply during presentation, the discontinuously powered apparatus needs power supply only when updateing the message.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the continuously powered apparatus comprises such as liquid crystal display (LCD), light emitting diode (LED), thermal light emitting body, organic LED (OLED), light emitting polymer (LEP), speaker, chemical smell generator, vibrator, temperature generator.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the discontinuously powered apparatus comprises such as electronic ink (E-Ink).

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the message Tag can comprises a sense element, and the sense element can be located on any surface of the message Tag, or inside the message Tag, or located outside the message Tag but linking via wire or wireless method.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the sense element can man-made or automatically collect or stop collecting data by starting it up or shutting it down.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the sense element can be sensor of temperature, humidity, pressure, vibration, light, sound, smell, balance, direction, and acceleration.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the message Tag can comprise the input element, which can be located on any surface of the message Tag, or inside the message Tag, or located outside the message Tag but linking via wire or wireless method, and processes status changing or data collecting via the input apparatus.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the input element can be a button, a switch, or a knob.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the message Tag comprises a communication element, which can be located on any surface of the message Tag, or inside the message Tag, or located outside the message Tag but linking via wire or wireless method.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the communication element transmits data via wire or wireless electric apparatus comprising radio frequency (RF), Bluetooth, IrDA, USB, RS232, IEEE1394, and applies structure such as point-to-point, broadcast, client-server, and N-tier architecture for communication.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication element can apply message coding or identification to ensure the transmitting data is correct, which comprises read data to verify, one-way hash function to generate message digest, or cyclic redundancy check.

20. A method of automatic message Tag update system comprising steps of:

providing receiving, presenting, collecting, and spreading of messages via a message Tag, wherein the message Tag comprises two types, one is capable of data collecting and another is not capable of data collecting, and the message Tag capable of data collecting can collect data via the sense apparatus or the input element;

transmitting the message via a message transmission apparatus with function of reading and writing the message Tag in accordance with wire or wireless method, and then catching the contains of the message Tag; and

processing the message Tag received by the message transmission apparatus by a message application system, and then rewriting a updated message into the message Tag by controlling the message transmission apparatus.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the message Tag not capable of data collecting is applied in one-way message transmission.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the message Tag capable of data collecting is applied in both one-way message transmission and message transmission and announcement.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the message transmission comprises catching to-be-used logic and data from an industrial application system via interface module, transmitting the logic and data to logical module, which determines if it is necessary to designate receiving terminal (the receiving terminal here is generally indicated as the message transmission apparatus or the message Tag), designating to broadcast or specific receiving terminal in accordance with demands, and transmitting the message data and receiving terminal data via the message transmitting. apparatus.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the message announcement comprises steps of:

spreading the message via the message Tag;

receiving the message by the message transmission apparatus;

determining if the source of the message is recognized;

if YES, identifying individual and distinguishing status by an identifying module and a status module;

catching to-be-used logic and data from the industrial application system via the interface module;

designating processing method in accordance with logic by the logic module and processing the received message in designated processing method.