Control method for RFID tag and RFID system thereof

• US 8,674,811 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2009
• Issued: 03/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Xueshan Technologies Inc. (Wi-LAN Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MStar Semiconductor Incorporated (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Inventors: Huang, Chih-Hua
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAM, QUANG
• Application Number:
  US12/553,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20100066510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,657 Days
• Field of Search: 340/10.1, 340/10.42, 340/10.4, 340/10.3, 340/10.31, 340/540
• US Class Current: 340/10.42
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/47 using RFID associated with sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/883 where the sensing device enters an active or inactive mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

A control method for a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is provided. The control method includes steps of prompting a plurality of RFID tags to enter a ready state; enabling a first RFID tag from the RFID tags to enter an accessible stage, and providing a first identification code to the first RFID tag; and commanding the first RFID tag to enter a standby state from the accessible stage.

Claims

1. A method for controlling responses of a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags communicating with an RFID reader, comprising steps of:

prompting the plurality of RFID tags to enter a ready state;

executing singulation on the plurality of tags to select a first RFID tag;

enabling the first RFID tag from the plurality of RFID tags to enter an accessible stage in which data stored in the RFID tag is accessible, wherein the accessible stage comprises an open state and a secured state;

providing a first identification code by the RFID reader to the first RFID tag upon entry into the accessible stage, wherein the first identification code identifies the RFID tag being accessed;

recording, by the first RFID tag, the open state or the secured state of the first RFID tag as a recorded state;

accessing data stored in the first RFID tag when the first RFID tag is in a selected one of the open state and the secured state;

wherein the data stored in the first RFID tag comprises a second identification code designated to the first RFID tag and is different from the first identification code;

commanding the first RFID tag by the RFID reader to enter a standby state from the selected one of the open state and the secured state by providing a first command comprising the first identification code to the first RFID tag;

wherein the standby state is linked to both the open state and the secured state;

confirming, by the first RFID tag upon receiving the first command, whether the first identification code in the first command matches with the first identification code of the first RFID tag before entering the standby state;

directly returning the first RFID tag from the standby state to the recorded state selected from the open state and the secured state without re-entering any other state upon receiving a second command by the first RFID tag, wherein the second command comprises the first identification code and the second identification code of the first RFID tag;

confirming, by the first RFID tag, whether the first identification code and the second identification code contained in the second command match with first identification code and the second identification code stored in the first RFID tag;

directly returning the first RFID tag from the standby station to the recorded state upon confirming that the second command first and second identification codes match the first and second stored identification codes; and

accessing the data of the first RFID tag again within the recorded state without re-executing singulation for the first RFID tag.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recorded state is the open state, in which a part of a data stored in the first RFID tag is accessible.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recorded state is the secured state, in which the first RFID tag has an authentication scheme, and the first RFID tag allows secured data access thereto when the authentication scheme is satisfied.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

executing singulation on the plurality of RFID tags to select a second RFID tag upon the first RFID tag enters the standby state;

enabling the second RFID tag from the plurality of RFID tags to enter the accessible stage; and

accessing data stored in the second RFID tag while the first RFID tag is in the standby state;

commanding the second RFID tag to enter the standby state from the selected one of the open state and the secured state.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

returning the first RFID tag or the second RFID tag from the standby state to the ready state upon receiving a resetting command sent by the RFID reader.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the steps of controlling the responses of the first RFID tag from a plurality of RFID tags are RFID class 1 generation 2 (C1G2) compliant.

7. An RFID system for controlling responses of a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags communication with an RFID reader, comprising:

the plurality of RFID tags; and

the RFID reader configured to

prompt a plurality of RFID tags to enter a ready state,

execute singulation on the plurality of tags to select a first RFID tag,

enable the first RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags to enter an accessible stage in which data stored in the RFID tag is accessible, wherein the accessible stage comprises an open state and a secured state,

provide a first identification code by the RFID reader to the first RFID tag upon entry into the accessible stage, wherein the first identification code identifies the RFID tag being accessed, wherein the first RFID tag records the open state or the secured state as a recorded state;

access data stored in the first RFID tag when the first RFID tag is in a selected one of the open state and the secured state, wherein the data stored in the first RFID tag comprises a second identification code designated to the first RFID tag and is different from the first identification code;

command the first RFID tag by the RFID reader to enter a standby state from the selected one of the open state and the secured state by providing a first command comprising the first identification code to the first RFID tag;

wherein the standby state is linked to both the open state and the secured state, and wherein the first RFID tag confirms the first identification code in the first command matches with the first identification code of the first RFID tag before entering the standby state;

return directly the first RFID tag from the standby state to the recorded state selected from the open state and the secured state without re-entering any other state by sending a second command comprising the first identification code and the second identification code to the first RFID tag;

wherein the first RFID tag returns to the recorded state upon confirming the first identification code and the second identification code in the second command matches with the first identification code and the second identification code stored in the first RFID tag, and

access the data of the first RFID tag again without re-executing singulation for the first RFID tag.

8. The RFID system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the recorded state is the open state, in which a part of data stored in the first RFID tag is accessible.

9. The RFID system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the recorded state is the secured state, in which the first RFID tag has an authentication scheme, and the RFID reader is allowed to access secured data from the first RFID tag after satisfying the authentication scheme.

10. The RFID system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the RFID reader is configured to:

execute singulation on the plurality of tags to select a second RFID tag;

enable the second RFID tag from the plurality of RFID tags to enter the accessible stage,

access data stored in the second RFID tag while the first RFID tag is in the standby state, and

command the second RFID tag to enter the standby state from the selected one of the open state and the secured state.

11. The RFID system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the RFID system is RFID C1G2 compliant.