RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION READER AND SYSTEM

• US 20130147606A1
• Filed: 11/15/2012
• Published: 06/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Da-Hua Xiao, Hsin-Pei Chang, Zong-Yuan Sun
• Inventors: CHANG, HSIN-PEI, XIAO, DA-HUA, SUN, ZONG-YUAN
• Application Number:
  US13/677,322
• Publication Number:
  US 20130147606A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation

Abstract

A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader includes a main body, a first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are positioned at two sides of the main body. The first connecting portion is configured to connect to the second connecting portion of another RFID reader and interconnecting the RFID reader to another RFID reader in series.

Claims

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

a main body;

a first connecting portion; and

a second connecting portion;

wherein the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are positioned at two sides of the main body, the first connecting portion is configured to connect to the second connecting portion of another RFID reader and interconnecting the RFID reader to the another RFID reader in series.

2. The RFID reader of claim 1, wherein the main body comprises a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal;

the first connecting terminal comprises a power supply contact, a ground contact, a first data receiving contact, and a second data transmitting contact;

the second connecting terminal comprises a power supply contact, a ground contact, and a first data transmitting contact, and a second data receiving contact;

the first connecting terminal is electrically connected to the first connecting portion, the second connecting terminal is electrically connected to the second connecting portion.

3. A radio frequency identification (RFID) system, comprising:

a plurality of RFID tags storing personnel information;

a plurality of RFID readers identifying and reading the personnel information of the RFID tags;

each RFID reader comprising;

a main body;

a first connecting portion; and

a second connecting portion;

wherein the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion connects to two sides of the main body, the RFID readers interconnected in series by the first and second connecting portions and a plurality of conductive lines;

a data processor; and

a host terminal obtaining the personnel information of the RFID tags by the data processor.

4. The RFID system of claim 3, wherein the main body comprises a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal, the first connecting terminal comprises a power supply contact, a ground contact, a first data receiving contact, and a second data transmitting contact;

the second connecting terminal comprises a power supply contact, a ground contact, and a first data transmitting contact, and a second data receiving contact;

the first connecting terminal of each RFID reader is connected to the first connecting portion, the second connecting terminal of each RFID reader is connected to the second connecting portion.

5. The RFID system of claim 4, wherein the first connecting terminal of an initial RFID reader which is positioned at an end of the serially interconnected RIFD readers is connected to the data processor by the first connecting portion, the second connecting terminal of the initial RFID is electrically connected to the first connecting terminal of an adjacent RFID reader which is directly connected to the initial RFID reader;

the second connecting terminal of the adjacent RFID reader is connected to the first connecting terminal of a next RFID reader which is directly connected to the adjacent initial RFID reader except for the initial RFID;

the next RFID reader and remaining RFID readers are electrically connected in the same way similar to the adjacent RFID reader;

the first data transmitting contact and the second data receiving contact of a distal RFID reader which is positioned at anther end of the serially interconnected RIFD readers are shorted by a zero ohm resistor.

6. The RFID system of claim 4, wherein each RFID comprises a substantially circle sub-identifying area, two adjacent identifying areas overlap and form a complete main identifying area, the complete main identifying area is an area having no blind areas between every two adjacent RFID readers.

7. The RFID system of claim 6, wherein a length of each conductive line interconnects two adjacent RFID readers is equal to a diameter of the sub-identifying area.

8. The RFID system of claim 6, wherein each RFID comprises a ID number, when one of the RFID reader identifies and reads original personnel information of one RFID tag, the RFID reader processes the original personnel information to be a data packet which comprises ID number of a transmitting part, an ID number of a target part and the original personnel information, the adjacent RFID reader receives the data packet, determines that the data packet needs to be transmitted to the host terminal according to the ID number of the target part and sends the data packet to the next RFID reader, the next RFID reader and remaining RFID readers operates substantially similar to the adjacent RFID reader until the data packet is transmitted to the host terminal.

9. The RFID system of claim 6, wherein the host terminal comprises an ID number, when the host terminal transmits a command which comprises an ID number of the target part, command content, and a verifying code to some of the RFID readers, the RFID readers executes the command and sends executing information back to the host terminal

10. The RFID system of claim 9, wherein each RFID reader strengthens signal intensities by a voltage boosting process before transmitting the data packet and commands and weakens the signal intensities by a voltage reducing process while receiving the data packet and commands.