RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICAITON TAG

• US 20090115574A1
• Filed: 12/31/2007
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: CHEN, Hui-Chuan, HUNG, Pi-Chuan, CHANG, Hsiao-Han, TIEN, Yung-Ping, SHIEH, Wei-Hsuan
• Application Number:
  US11/967,945
• Publication Number:
  US 20090115574A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0719 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising an arrangement for application selection, e.g. an acceleration sensor or a set of radio buttons application selection on smart cards using pure software control, see G07F7/10
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13095 PIN / Access code, authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13098 Mobile subscriber

Abstract

A radio frequency identification tag is provided, comprising: memory, storing at least one item of specific identification data; a logic circuit, connected to the memory, comprising at least a port to receive a trigger signal from an external source, and retrieving one item of the specific identification data from the memory according to the trigger signal; and an antenna, connected to the logic circuit, transmitting the specific identification data retrieved by the logic circuit.

Claims

1. A radio frequency identification tag, comprising:

a memory, storing at least one item of specific identification data;

a logic circuit, coupled to the memory, comprising at least one port for receiving a trigger signal from an external source, and selecting and retrieving one item of the specific identification data from the memory according to the trigger signal; and

an antenna, connected to the logic circuit, transmitting the specific identification data retrieved by the logic circuit.

2. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 1, wherein the trigger signal is generated by a sensor.

3. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 1, wherein the trigger signal is generated by a switching operation.

4. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises a signal memory unit divided into a plurality of memory sectors, each of which stores one item of the specific identification data.

5. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of memory units, each of which stores one item of the specific identification data.

6. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of memory units, wherein at least one of the memory units is divided into a plurality of memory sectors, and each of the memory sectors stores one item of the specific identification data and each of the other memory units stores one item of the specific identification data.

7. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 1, wherein the logic circuit alternatively selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory in a sequential order.

8. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 1, wherein the logic circuit alternatively selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory in a sequential order recurrently.

9. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 1, wherein the trigger signal comprises data designation information for designating one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory, and the logic circuit selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory according to the data designation information of the trigger signal.

10. A radio frequency identification tag, comprising:

a memory, storing at least one item of specific identification data;

a switching circuit, comprising at least one port for receiving a trigger signal from an external source, and selecting one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory according to the trigger signal;

a logic circuit, coupled to the memory and the switching circuit respectively, retrieving the selected item of the specific identification data from the memory; and

an antenna, connected to the logic circuit, transmitting the specific identification data retrieved by the logic circuit.

11. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the trigger signal is generated by a sensor.

12. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the trigger signal is generated by a switching operation.

13. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the memory comprises a signal memory unit divided into a plurality of memory sectors, each of which stores one item of the specific identification data.

14. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of memory units, each of which stores one item of the specific identification data.

15. radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of memory units, wherein at least one of the memory units is divided into a plurality of memory sectors, and each of the memory sectors stores one item of the specific identification data and each of the other memory units stores one item of the specific identification data.

16. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the switching circuit alternatively selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory in a sequential order.

17. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the switching circuit alternatively selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory in a sequential order recurrently.

18. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the trigger signal comprises data designation information for designating one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory, and the switching circuit selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory according to the data designation information of the trigger signal.

19. A radio frequency identification tag, comprising:

a memory, storing at least one item of specific identification data;

a switching circuit, coupled to the memory, comprising at least one port for receiving a trigger signal from an external source, and selecting and retrieving one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory according to the trigger signal;

a logic circuit, coupled to the switching circuit, receiving the retrieved item of the specific identification data from the switching circuit; and

an antenna, connected to the logic circuit, receiving the specific identification data from the logic circuit, and transmitting the received specific identification data.

20. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 19, wherein the trigger signal is generated by a sensor.

21. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 19, wherein the trigger signal is generated by a switching operation.

22. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 19, wherein the memory comprises a signal memory unit divided into a plurality of memory sectors, each of which stores one item of the specific identification data.

23. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 19, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of memory units, each of which stores one item of the specific identification data.

24. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 19, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of memory units, wherein at least one of the memory units is divided into a plurality of memory sectors, and each of the memory sectors stores one item of the specific identification data and each of the other memory units stores one item of the specific identification data.

25. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 19, wherein the switching circuit alternatively selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory in a sequential order.

26. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 19, wherein the switching circuit alternatively selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory in a sequential order recurrently.

27. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 19, wherein the trigger signal comprises data designation information for designating one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory, and the switching circuit selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory according to the data designation information of the trigger signal.

28. A radio frequency identification tag, comprising:

a memory, storing at least one item of specific identification data;

a second antenna, receiving a trigger signal from an external source;

a second logic circuit, receiving the trigger signal from the second antenna, and transmitting the received trigger signal to a first logic circuit;

a first logic circuit, coupled to the second logic circuit, receiving the trigger signal from the second logic circuit, selecting and retrieving one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory according to the trigger signal; and

a first antenna, coupled to the first logic circuit, operating in a frequency different from the second antenna, receiving the specific identification data from the first logic circuit, and transmitting the received specific identification data.

29. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 28, wherein the trigger signal is generated by a sensor.

30. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 28, wherein the trigger signal is generated by a switching operation.

31. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 28, wherein the memory comprises a signal memory unit divided into a plurality of memory sectors, each of which stores one item of the specific identification data.

32. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 28, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of memory units, each of which stores one item of the specific identification data.

33. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 28, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of memory units, and at least one of the memory units is divided into a plurality of memory sectors, and each of the memory sectors stores one item of the specific identification data and each of the other memory units stores one item of the specific identification data.

34. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 28, wherein the first logic circuit alternatively selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory in a sequential order.

35. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 28, wherein the first logic circuit alternatively selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory in a sequential order recurrently.

36. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 28, wherein the trigger signal comprises data designation information for designating one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory, and the first logic circuit selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory according to the data designation information of the trigger signal.

37. A radio frequency identification tag, comprising:

a memory, storing at least one item of specific identification data;

a first antenna, transmitting one of the specific identification data;

a second antenna, operating in a frequency different from the first antenna, receiving a trigger signal from an external source;

a logic circuit, coupled to the first antenna, second antenna, and the memory respectively, selecting and retrieving one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory according to the trigger signal, and relaying the specific identification data to the first antenna for transmission.

38. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 37, wherein the trigger signal is generated by a sensor.

39. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 37, wherein the trigger signal is generated by a switching operation.

40. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 37, wherein the memory comprises a signal memory unit divided into a plurality of memory sectors, each of which stores one item of the specific identification data.

41. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 37, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of memory units, each of which stores one item of the specific identification data.

42. radio frequency identification tag of claim 37, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of memory units, wherein at least one of the memory units is divided into a plurality of memory sectors, and each of the memory sectors stores one item of the specific identification data and each of the other memory units stores one item of the specific identification data.

43. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 37, wherein the logic circuit alternatively selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory in a sequential order.

44. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 37, wherein the logic circuit alternatively selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory in a sequential order recurrently.

45. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 37, wherein the trigger signal comprises data designation information for designating one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory, and the logic circuit selects one item of the specific identification data stored in the memory according to the data designation information of the trigger signal.