RFID reader for RFID tag related information and method thereof

• US 20060238370A1
• Filed: 04/24/2006
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Kyung-ho, Yoon, Hyung-min, Kang, Woo-shik
• Application Number:
  US11/408,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20060238370A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/825.490
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 11/06 using intensity measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/12 by co-ordinating position lines of different shape, e.g. hyperbolic, circular, elliptical or radial

Abstract

A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader for offering tag related information and a method thereof are provided. The RFID reader includes a communicator which receives a radio frequency (RF) signal from an RFID tag, a controller which calculates location information of the RFID tag on the basis of the RF signal, and a display information generator which processes the location information of the RFID tag to be displayed on a display. Accordingly, even when a plurality of RFID tags are located around the reader, a user can identify the RFID tags with the identifications (IDs) of the RFID tags read by the reader.

Claims

1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader comprising:

a communicator which receives a radio frequency (RF) signal from an RFID tag;

a controller which calculates location information of the RFID tag based on the RF signal; and

a display information generator which processes the location information of the RFID tag for display.

2. The RFID reader as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the location information of the RFID tag comprises at least one of distance information and direction information, and

wherein the distance information is information regarding a distance between the RFID tag and the RFID reader, and the direction information is information regarding a direction of the RFID reader toward the RFID tag.

3. The RFID reader as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a measurer which measures a magnitude of the RF signal received through the communicator,

wherein the controller calculates the at least one of the distance information and the direction information using the magnitude of the RF signal.

4. The RFID reader as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller calculates the at least one of the distance information and the direction information using an average of magnitudes of the RF signal which are measured for a plurality of times by the measurer.

5. The RFID reader as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the location information of the RFID tag comprises at least one of a location of the RFID tag on the earth, an address of a product to which the RFID tag is attached, an absolute location of the RFID tag and a relative location of the RFID tag, and

wherein the absolute location is a location where location relationship with another product is not considered and the relative location is a location where the location relationship with another product is considered.

6. The RFID reader as claimed in claim 5, wherein the location information of the RFID tag is stored in a memory of the RFID tag, and the RF signal comprises the location information of the RFID tag.

7. The RFID reader as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display information generator processes the location information of the RFID tag such that the location information of the RFID tag is displayed on a display using a symbol of the RFID tag and a symbol of the RFID reader.

8. The RFID reader as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the controller detects product information which is information on a product to which the RFID tag is attached, and included in the RF signal, and

wherein the display information generator processes the product information such that the product information is displayed together with the location information of the RFID tag on a display.

9. A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader comprising:

a communicator which receives a radio frequency (RF) signal comprising product information, which is information on a product to which an RFID tag is attached, from the RFID tag;

a controller which detects the product information from the RF signal; and

a display information generator which processes the product information for display.

10. The RFID reader as claimed in claim 9, wherein the product information, which is included in the RF signal, is stored in a memory of the RFID tag.

11. The RFID reader as claimed in claim 9,

wherein the RF signal further comprises language information on the information on the product, the language information indicating a language which the product information is represented in,

wherein the controller decodes the product information using the language information to obtain the product information in a selected language, and

wherein the display information generator processes the decoded product information such that the product information is displayed on a display in the selected language.

12. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag comprising:

a memory which stores product information, which is information on a product to which an RFID tag is attached; and

a communicator which generates a radio frequency (RF) signal comprising the product information, and transmits the RF signal to an RFID reader.

13. The RFID tag as claimed in claim 12,

wherein the memory further stores language information on the product information, and the RF signal further comprises the language information, and

wherein the language information indicates a language which the product information is represented in.

14. A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader comprising:

a communicator which receives a radio frequency (RF) signal from an RFID tag, wherein the RF signal comprises at least one of an identification (ID) of the RFID tag, location information on the RFID tag and information on a product to which the RFID tag is attached;

a controller which performs at least one of detection of the ID, calculation of the location information and detection of the information on the product based on the RF signal; and

a display information generator which processes the at least one of the ID, the location information and the information on the product such that the at least one of the ID, the location information and the information on the product is displayed on a display.

15. A method for offering radio frequency identification (RFID) tag related information, the method comprising:

receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal from an RFID tag;

calculating location information of the RFID tag on the basis of the received RF signal; and

processing the location information of the RFID tag such that the location information of the RFID tag is displayed.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15,

wherein the location information of the RFID tag comprises at least one of distance information and direction information, and

wherein the distance information is information regarding a distance between the RFID tag and the RFID reader, and the direction information is information regarding a direction of the RFID reader toward the RFID tag.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the calculating of the location information comprises:

measuring a magnitude of the received RF signal; and

calculating at least one of the distance information and the direction information using the magnitude of the RF signal.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein, the at least one of the distance information and the direction information is calculated based on an average of magnitudes of the RF signal, which are measured for a plurality of times.

19. The method as claimed in claim 15,

wherein the location information of the RFID tag comprises at least one of a location of the RFID tag on the earth, an address of a product to which the RFID tag is attached, an absolute location of the RFID tag, and a relative location of the RFID tag, and

wherein the absolute location is a location where location relationship with another products is not considered and the relative location is a location where the location relationship with another products is considered.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the location information of the RFID tag is stored in a memory of the RFID tag, and the RF signal comprises the location information of the RFID tag.

21. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein, the processing of the location information processes the location information of the RFID tag to be displayed using a symbol of the RFID tag and a symbol of the RFID reader.

22. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

detecting product information, which is information on a product to which the RFID tag is attached, and included in the RF signal; and

processing the product information such that the product information is displayed together with the location information of the RFID tag.

23. A method for offering radio frequency identification (RFID) tag related information, the method comprising:

receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal comprising product information, which is information on a product to which an RFID tag is attached, from the RFID tag;

detecting the product information from the RF signal; and

processing the product information for display.

24. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the product information, which is included in the received RF signal, is stored in a memory of the RFID tag.

25. The method as claimed in claim 23,

wherein the RF signal further comprises language information on the information on the product, the language information indicating a language which the product information is represented in;

wherein the detecting of the product information comprises decoding the product information using the language information to obtain the product information in a selected language; and

wherein the product information is displayed in the selected language.