COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGS

• US 20100079249A1
• Filed: 07/13/2009
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: PAN, TSE-CHUNG
• Application Number:
  US12/501,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20100079249A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/0022 arrangements or provisions for transferring data to distant stations, e.g. from a sensing device "transfer between computer elements G06F13/00 "; data-transmission H04L
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A communication device and method for acquiring information of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags include setting a RFID tag search request comprising header information of the predetermined RFID tags, and searching a RFID tag according to the RFID tag search request. The communication device and method further include acquiring position information of a location of the communication device if a found RFID tag is a predetermined RFID tag, and sending the position information and header information of the found RFID tag to a server that collects information of the predetermined RFID tags.

Claims

1. A method for acquiring information of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags by a communication device, the communication device in communication with a server that collects information of predetermined RFID tags through a plurality of base stations, the method comprising:

setting a RFID tag search request comprising header information of the predetermined RFID tags

sending radio frequency signals by a RFID reader of the communication device to search a RFID tag according to the RFID tag search request;

reading header information of a found RFID tag by the RFID reader;

determining if the found RFID tag is a predetermined RFID tag by comparing the header information of the found RFID tag with the header information of the predetermined RFID tags;

acquiring position information of the location of the communication device if the found RFID tag is a predetermined RFID tag; and

sending the position information of the communication device and the header information of the found RFID tag to the server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining step comprises:

determining that the found RFID tag is the predetermined RFID tag if the header information of the found RFID tag matches the header information of the predetermined RFID tags;

or

determining that the found RFID tag is not the predetermined RFID tag if the header information of the found RFID tag does not match any header information of the predetermined RFID tags.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position information of the communication device is acquired by using a global position system (GPS) of the communication device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position information comprises longitude, latitude, and altitude of the location.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position information of the communication device and the header information of the found RFID tag are sent to the server by messages or E-mails.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the predetermined RFID tags is embedded in or attached to an object to be tracked.

7. A communication device, the communication device in communication with a server that collects information of predetermined radio frequency identification (RFID) tags through a plurality of base stations, the communication device comprising:

a storage system;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs stored in the storage system and being executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a setting module operable to set a RFID tag search request comprising header information of the predetermined RFID tags;

a RFID reader operable to send radio frequency signals through an antenna of the communication device to search a RFID tag according to the RFID tag search request, and read header information of a found RFID tag;

a determining module operable to determine if the found RFID tag is a predetermined RFID tag by comparing the header information of the found RFID tag with the header information of the predetermined RFID tags;

a locating module operable to acquire position information of the location of the communication device if the found RFID tag is a predetermined RFID tag; and

an information sending module operable to send the position information of the communication device and the header information of the found RFID tag to the server.

8. The communication device according to claim 7, wherein the determining module is further operable to determine that the found RFID tag is the predetermined RFID tag if the header information of the found RFID tag matches the header information of the predetermined RFID tags, or determine that the found RFID tag is not the predetermined RFID tag if the header information of the found RFID tag does not match any header information of the predetermined RFID tags.

9. The communication device according to claim 7, wherein the locating module acquires the position information of the communication device by using a global position system (GPS) of the communication device.

10. The communication device according to claim 7, wherein the position information comprises longitude, latitude, and altitude of the location.

11. The communication device according to claim 7, wherein the information sending module sends the position information of the communication device and the header information of the found RFID tag to the server by messages or E-mails.

12. The communication device according to claim 7, wherein each of the predetermined RFID tags is embedded in or attached to an object to be tracked.

13. A storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to perform a method for acquiring information of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags by a communication device, the communication device in communication with a server that collects information of predetermined RFID tags through a plurality of base stations, the method comprising:

setting a RFID tag search request comprising header information of the predetermined RFID tags

sending radio frequency signals by a RFID reader of the communication device to search a RFID tag according to the RFID tag search request;

reading header information of a found RFID tag by the RFID reader;

determining if the found RFID tag is a predetermined RFID tag by comparing the header information of the found RFID tag with the header information of the predetermined RFID tags;

acquiring position information of the location of the communication device if the found RFID tag is a predetermined RFID tag; and

sending the position information of the communication device and the header information of the found RFID tag to the server.

14. The storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein the determining step comprises:

determining that the found RFID tag is the predetermined RFID tag if the header information of the found RFID tag matches the header information of the predetermined RFID tags;

or

determining that the found RFID tag is not the predetermined RFID tag if the header information of the found RFID tag does not match any header information of the predetermined RFID tags.

15. The storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein the position information of the communication device is acquired by using a global position system (GPS) of the communication device.

16. The storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein the position information comprises longitude, latitude, and altitude of the location.

17. The storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein the position information of the communication device and the header information of the found RFID tag are sent to the server by messages or E-mails.

18. The storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein each of the predetermined RFID tags is embedded in or attached to an object to be tracked.