RFID SYSTEM HAVING MULTI-SUBSCRIPTION FUNCTION AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110156873A1
• Filed: 03/12/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dong-A University
• Original Assignee: Dong-A University
• Inventors: KWAK, Gwang Hoon, PARK, Han Soo, CHOI, Hyung Rim, PARK, Byung Kwon
• Application Number:
  US12/723,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20110156873A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0717 the sensor being capable of sensing environmental conditions such as temperature history or pressure
• 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

An RFID system having a multi-subscription function, an RFID tag and an operation method thereof are provided. The RFID tag includes an RFID tag antenna, a tag storage unit, a sensor and a tag controller. The RFID tag antenna communicates with the RFID reader or the user terminal. The tag storage unit stores receives and stores user information transmitted from users. The sensor collects information on an object or environment to which the RFID tag is attached under the control of the tag controller. The tag controller classifies and arranges sensor information collected by the sensor for the user information of each user to generate tag information and transmits the generated tag information to the user terminal corresponding to the user information

Claims

1. An RFID system having a multi-subscription function, comprising:

at least one user terminal; and

at least one RFID tag communicating with the at least one user terminal,

wherein the RFID tag stores user information of a plurality of users, collects and generates tag information corresponding to the stored user information, and transmits the generated tag information to the respective user.

2. The RFID system of claim 1, wherein the user information includes at least one of movement alarm setting information for requesting generation of the alarm about movement of the RFID tag, timer setting information for determining a tag information transmitting interval, sensor setting information for designating at least one sensor included in the RFID tag, and limitation setting information for setting a limitation of a specific sensor.

3. The RFID system of claim 2, wherein at least one of the movement alarm setting information, timer setting information, sensor setting information and limitation setting information is generated differently for the respective user information items.

4. The RFID system of claim 1, wherein the user terminal comprises:

a terminal input unit generating an input signal for generating the user information with respect to each user;

a terminal storage unit storing the user information with respect to each user;

a terminal communication unit transmitting the generated user information to the RFID tag; and

a terminal control unit controlling generation, storage and transmission of the user information and raising the alarm about receiving of tag information from the RFID tag.

5. The RFID system of claim 1, further comprising a communication network supporting information exchange between the user terminal and the RFID tag based on IP.

6. The RFID system of claim 5, wherein the RFID tag has a reader function and communicates with the user terminal.

7. The RFID system of claim 1, further comprising an RFID reader communicating with the RFID tag and the user terminal, scanning a predetermined home network and allowing the RFID tag and the user terminal to communicate with each other.

8. The RFID system of claim 7, wherein the RFID tag comprises:

an RFID tag antenna communicating with the RFID reader or the user terminal;

a tag storage unit storing the received user information;

a sensor collecting information on an object or environment to which the RFID tag is attached; and

a tag controller classifying and arranging sensor information collected by the sensor for the user information of each user to generate tag information and transmitting the generated tag information to the user terminal that has transmitted the user information.

9. The RFID system of claim 8, wherein the user terminal generates and transmits at least one of a subscription request message for performing subscription, a subscription time request message for requesting message transmission in predetermined intervals, a subscription sensing value request message for requesting specific sensor information, a subscription limitation request message for setting a limitation of a specific sensor, a subscription request stop message for stopping transmission of the subscription request message according to movement, a subscription time request stop message for stopping a timer cycle set to the user information, a subscription sensing value stop message for stopping collection of information of a specific sensor, a subscription limitation stop message for deleting a limitation set to a specific sensor, and a subscription all stop message for deleting corresponding user information stored in the RFID tag according to user input.

10. An RFID tag having a multi-subscription function, comprising:

an RFID tag antenna communicating with an RFID reader or a user terminal;

a tag storage unit storing user information of a plurality of users;

a sensor collecting information on an object or environment to which the RFID tag is attached; and

a tag controller classifying and arranging sensor information collected by the sensor for the respective user information items to generate tag information and transmitting the generated tag information to the user terminal that has transmitted the user information.

11. The RFID tag of claim 10, wherein the user information includes at least one of movement alarm setting information for requesting generation of the alarm about movement of the RFID tag, timer setting information for determining a tag information transmitting interval, sensor setting information for designating at least one sensor included in the RFID tag, and limitation setting information for setting a limitation of a specific sensor

12. The RFID tag of claim 11, wherein at least one of the movement alarm setting information, timer setting information, sensor setting information and limitation setting information is generated differently for the respective user information items.

13. The RFID tag of claim 11, wherein the tag controller generates at least one of tag information based on sensor information included in the user information, which is collected by the timer cycle, tag information based on sensor information included in the user information, which is collected based on the limitation, tag information generated based on a result obtained by comparing the sensor information included in the user information, which is collected by the timer cycle, with the limitation, and tag information for transmitting corresponding alarm to the user terminal when the RFID tag is moved from the home network of a specific RFID reader to a foreign network of another RFID reader.

14. The RFID tag of claim 11, wherein, when the tag controller receives a message for deleting at least one of the movement alarm setting information, timer setting information, sensor setting information, critical value setting information and specific user information including all the information, the tag controller controls information with respect to the corresponding message to be deleted from the tag storage unit.

15. An RFID operation method comprising the steps of:

generating a plurality of user information items through at least one user terminal;

transmitting the plurality of user information items to an RFID tag;

storing the plurality of user items in the RFID tag; and

respectively generating tag information for the stored user information items and transmitting the generated tag information to user terminals corresponding to the plurality of user information items.

16. The RFID operation method of claim 15, wherein the step of generating the user information comprises at least one of the steps of:

generating movement alarm setting information for requesting generation of the alarm about movement of the RFID tag;

generating timer setting information for determining a tag information transmitting interval;

generating sensor setting information for designating at least one sensor included in the RFID tag; and

generating limitation setting information for setting a limitation of a specific sensor.

17. The RFID operation method of claim 16, wherein the step of generating the user information generates at least one of the movement alarm setting information, timer setting information, sensor setting information and limitation setting information differently for the respective user information items.

18. The RFID operation method of claim 16, wherein the step of generating the user information comprises at least one of the steps of:

generating a message for stopping a request according to movement of the RFID tag;

generating a message for stopping the tag information transmitting interval;

generating a message for canceling designation of at least one sensor included in the RFID tag;

generating a message for canceling setting of a limitation of the specific sensor; and

generating a message for deleting at least one of the plurality of user information items.

19. The RFID operation method of claim 16, wherein the step of generating and transmitting the tag information comprises at least one of the steps of:

generating tag information based on sensor information included in the user information, which is collected by a timer cycle;

generating tag information based on sensor information included in the user information, which is collected based on the limitation;

generating tag information based on a result obtained by comparing the sensor information included in the user information, which is collected by the timer cycle, with the limitation; and

generating tag information for transmitting corresponding alarm to the user terminal when the RFID tag is moved from a home network of a specific RFID reader to a foreign network of another RFID reader.

20. The RFID operation method of claim 15, further comprising the step of dividing the user terminals into at least one class, wherein the step of generating the user information generates user information for each class.