Information identification system for identifying response units by a control unit, and the control unit and the response units for the information identification system
First Claim
1. An information identification system comprising a plurality of response units and a control unit, said plurality of response units each containing unique identification data being binary data of a plurality of bits, said control unit reading at least part of the identification data from said plurality of response units, said information identification system further comprising:
- bit position designation means, arranged in said control unit, for producing predetermined bit position information and transmitting it to a predetermined downlink, said bit position information designating an arbitrary bit position in said identification data;
response information transmission means, arranged in each of said plurality of response units, for producing predetermined response information and transmitting it to a predetermined uplink in predetermined time slots, in response to an arrival of said bit position information transmitted by said bit position designation means, said response information pieces each containing at least part of the identification data and an error detection code of a corresponding one of said plurality of response units, said time slots used by respective response units to transmit said response information being determined in accordance with states of bit strings at the bit position in the identification data, which is indicated in said bit position information;
error inspection means, arranged in said control unit, for inspecting for presence or absence of an error in the response information pieces contained in each time slot and arriving through said uplink, based on said error detection codes in said response information pieces; and
response information fetching means, arranged in said control unit, for fetching only response information pieces that have arrived in time slots determined to have no error by said error inspection means.
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Abstract
A control unit transmits address area designation information designating an arbitrary bit position in ID data. At least a response unit transmits a response signal with an error detection code attached to predetermined information in the unique information held in itself by means of a time slot determined by the address area designation information and the ID data of the particular response unit. The control unit checks for the presence or absence of an error of the information in each time that has arrived, fetches only the response signal free of error, and transmits the error presence-absence information indicating the inspection result. Further, in the case where there exists a time slot having an error, the control unit transmits new address area designation information. In the case where an error exists in the time sot used previously by the response unit, the response unit retransmits the response signal in the time slot determined from the new address area designation information and the ID data of the response unit.
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26 Claims
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1. An information identification system comprising a plurality of response units and a control unit, said plurality of response units each containing unique identification data being binary data of a plurality of bits, said control unit reading at least part of the identification data from said plurality of response units, said information identification system further comprising:
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bit position designation means, arranged in said control unit, for producing predetermined bit position information and transmitting it to a predetermined downlink, said bit position information designating an arbitrary bit position in said identification data; response information transmission means, arranged in each of said plurality of response units, for producing predetermined response information and transmitting it to a predetermined uplink in predetermined time slots, in response to an arrival of said bit position information transmitted by said bit position designation means, said response information pieces each containing at least part of the identification data and an error detection code of a corresponding one of said plurality of response units, said time slots used by respective response units to transmit said response information being determined in accordance with states of bit strings at the bit position in the identification data, which is indicated in said bit position information; error inspection means, arranged in said control unit, for inspecting for presence or absence of an error in the response information pieces contained in each time slot and arriving through said uplink, based on said error detection codes in said response information pieces; and response information fetching means, arranged in said control unit, for fetching only response information pieces that have arrived in time slots determined to have no error by said error inspection means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A control unit constituting an information identification system with a plurality of response units, each of which contains unique identification data being binary data of a plurality of bits, and reading at least part of identification data from said plurality of response units, said control unit comprising:
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bit position designation means for producing predetermined bit position information and transmitting it to a predetermined downlink, said bit position information designating an arbitrary bit position in said identification data; error inspection means for inspecting for presence or absence of an error in the response information pieces contained in each time slot and arriving through said uplink, based on said error detection codes in said response information pieces; and response information fetching means, arranged in said control unit, for fetching only response information pieces that have arrived in time slots determined to have no error by said error inspection means. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A response unit constituting an information identification system with a control unit for reading the required information and having unique identification data which is binary data of a plurality of bits, said response unit comprising:
a plurality of response information transmission means for producing predetermined response information pieces respectively and transmitting them to a predetermined uplink in predetermined time slots, in response to an arrival of said bit position information transmitted by said bit position designation means, said response information pieces each containing at least part of the identification data and an error detection code of a corresponding one of said plurality of response units, said time slots used by respective response units to transmit said response information being determined in accordance with states of bit strings at the bit position in the identification data, which is indicated in said bit position information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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