RFID ANTENNA SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME

• US 20100231357A1
• Filed: 03/10/2010
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LS Industrial Systems Company Limited (Ls Electric Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: LS Industrial Systems Company Limited (Ls Electric Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Choo, Jae Yul, Ryoo, Jeong Ki, Hong, Jin Kuk
• Application Number:
  US12/721,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20100231357A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10316 using at least one antenna particularly designed for interrogating the wireless record carriers antennas in general H01Q1/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10346 the antenna being of the far field type, e.g. HF types or dipoles

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an RFID (Radio frequency identification) antenna system and control method of the same, wherein the system includes a first antenna group including a plurality of first antennas, a second antenna group including a plurality of second antennas, a reader transmitting a transmission-only command to the first antenna group so that the first antenna group functions as a transmission-only antenna transmitting information request data to an RFID tag, and receiving object data included in the tag transmitted in opposition to the information request data through the second antenna group, and a data processing server receiving a plurality of object data transmitted to the reader via the plurality of second antenna for use in data processing.

Claims

1. An RFID (Radio frequency identification) antenna system, comprising:

a first antenna group including a plurality of first antennas;

a second antenna group including a plurality of second antennas;

a reader transmitting a transmission-only command to the first antenna group so that the first antenna group functions as a transmission-only antenna transmitting information request data to an RFID tag, and receiving object data included in the tag transmitted in opposition to the information request data through the second antenna group; and

a data processing server receiving a plurality of object data transmitted to the reader via the plurality of second antenna for use in data processing.

2. The RFID antenna system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of first antennas and the plurality of second antennas are installed in such a manner that types of groups are repeatedly alternated.

3. The RFID antenna system of claim 1, wherein the reader receives the object data via the first antenna group by interchanging between the first antenna group and the second antenna group in response to a switching signal, and transmit the transmission-only command to the second antenna group.

4. The RFID antenna system of claim 1, further comprising a proximity sensor generating a proximity signal by detecting, by a tag, whether an attached object has proximately approached, wherein the reader transmits the transmission-only command to the first antenna group in response to the proximity signal of the proximity sensor.

5. The RFID antenna system of claim 4, further comprising a gate configured for the object to pass, wherein the proximity sensor is installed at a point before the object passes the gate.

6. The RFID antenna system of claim 1, further comprising a charging antenna, wherein the charging antenna transmits a charging command for charging a charge capacitor included in the tag attached to the object.

7. The RFID antenna system of claim 6, further comprising a gate configured for the object to pass, wherein the charging antenna is installed at a point before the object passes the gate.

8. The RFID antenna system of claim 1, wherein the first antenna group including a plurality of first antennas and the second antenna group including a plurality of second antennas include a bar-type antenna attached perpendicular to the ground, or a flat-type antenna attached to the ground in parallel with the ground.

9. A control method of an RFID antenna system, comprising:

installing a first antenna group including a plurality of first antennas and a second antenna group including a plurality of second antennas;

transmitting, by a reader, a transmission-only command to the first antenna group so that the first antenna group functions as a transmission-only antenna transmitting information request data to an RFID tag;

receiving, by the reader, object data of the tag transmitted in opposition to the information request data via the second antenna group; and

performing a data in a data process server by receiving a plurality of object data transmitted from the reader via the plurality of second antennas.

10. The control method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of first antennas and the plurality of second antennas are installed in such a manner that types of groups are repeatedly alternated.

11. The control method of claim 9, wherein the reader receives the object data via the first antenna group by interchanging between the first antenna group and the second antenna group in response to a switching signal, and transmits the transmission-only command to the second antenna group.