Tag system with anti-collision features
First Claim
1. A system of communicating between a master communication device and at least one slave communication device for determining if said at least one slave is within a field of coverage and for identifying said slave, the system comprising:
- a master communication device having transmitting and receiving means, said master establishing a field of coverage and initiating communications with slave communication devices within said field of coverage;
at least one slave communication device having transmitting and receiving means and a binary identification number, said at least one slave communicating with said master to provide said binary identification number; and
said master sending a command to said at least one slave for said at least one slave to provide said binary identification number, and said at least one slave receiving said command and providing information representative of bits of said unique binary identification number to said master in a bit-by-bit manner, said slave continuing transmission of said information only during receipt of acknowledgments of each bit from said master.
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Abstract
In a system of communicating between a master communication device and a plurality of slave communication devices, the master determines if any of the plurality of slave devices exist within a defined geographic area and, if so sends a bit-by-bit command for the slaves to identify themselves via a unique binary identification number. To avoid collision when the slaves respond, the slaves respond to the master'"'"'s command within a predetermined period of a time window providing the ID bit by bit. Responses are acknowledged by the master such that only one slave is able to respond with its compute full ID after a bit-by-bit command from the master.
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20 Claims
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1. A system of communicating between a master communication device and at least one slave communication device for determining if said at least one slave is within a field of coverage and for identifying said slave, the system comprising:
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a master communication device having transmitting and receiving means, said master establishing a field of coverage and initiating communications with slave communication devices within said field of coverage;
at least one slave communication device having transmitting and receiving means and a binary identification number, said at least one slave communicating with said master to provide said binary identification number; and
said master sending a command to said at least one slave for said at least one slave to provide said binary identification number, and said at least one slave receiving said command and providing information representative of bits of said unique binary identification number to said master in a bit-by-bit manner, said slave continuing transmission of said information only during receipt of acknowledgments of each bit from said master. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In a communication system having a master communication device and at least one slave communication device, a method for determining if said at least one slave is within a field of coverage and for identifying said at least one slave, said method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a field of coverage;
determining if said at least one slave is within said field of coverage, said at least one slave having a binary identification number;
sending a command requesting said binary identification number of said at least one slave; and
identifying said at least one slave via transmission of information representative of bits of said unique binary identification number to said master in a bit-by-bit manner, said slave continuing transmission of said information only during receipt of acknowledgments of each bit from said master. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A radio frequency (RF) communication system for determining if at least one object is within a field of coverage and for identifying said object, said system comprising:
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a RF communication device having a transmitter and a receiver, said device generating a RF transmission to said field of coverage and transmitting a request signal to determine if there are any objects within said field of coverage;
a tag capable of being affixed to said at least one object, said tag having a transmitter, a receiver and a binary identification number, and said tag receiving said request signal and transmitting a response signal to said communication device to provide said binary identification number to said device in a bit-by-bit manner, continuing transmission of information only during receipt of acknowledgments of each bit from said device; and
said device receiving transmissions that are representative of bits of said unique binary identification number and acknowledging said transmissions in a bit-by-bit manner.
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20. A method for communicating in a radio frequency (RF) communication system for determining if at least one object is within a field of coverage and for identifying said at least one object, said method comprising the steps of;
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generating a RF transmission to said field of coverage and transmitting a request to determine if there are any objects within said field of coverage;
affixing a tag to at least one object, said tag receiving said request and transmitting a response to provide said binary identification number in a bit-by-bit manner, continuing transmission of information only during receipt of acknowledgments of each bit; and
receiving transmissions representative of bits of said unique binary identification number and acknowledging said transmissions in a bit-by-bit manner.
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Specification