Systems, methods, and devices for commissioning wireless sensors

• US 9,272,805 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2012
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ADASA Inc.
• Original Assignee: ADASA Inc.
• Inventors: McALLISTER, CLARKE William
• Primary Examiner(s): MULLEN, THOMAS J
• Application Number:
  US13/526,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20120256732A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,351 Days
• Field of Search: 3405721-5729, 340 101- 106, 709/217, 705/28
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 11/006 using electrical or electro-mechanical means B65C11/0289 and B65C11/066 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 2009/0003 Use of RFID labels
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 2009/404 prior to labelling
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 9/1865 the labels adhering on a backing strip
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07716 the record carrier comprising means for customization, e.g. being arranged for personalization in batch

Abstract

In one embodiment the present invention comprises a smartphone and encoders for commissioning RFID transponders. The present invention further includes novel systems, devices, and methods for commissioning RFID transponders with unique object class instance numbers without requiring a realtime connection to a serialization database.

Claims

1. An RFID transponder comprising:

a substrate;

an antenna structure formed on the substrate; and

an RFID integrated circuit chip which is electrically coupled to the antenna structure,

wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is encoded with a unique object number, the unique object number comprising an object class information space and a unique serial number space, and

wherein the unique serial number space has an allocated block stored therein defined by a limited number of most significant bits of the unique serial number space as designated by an external numbering authority.

2. The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein remaining bits of lesser significance of the unique serial number space are encoded with a unique serial number for the object class.

3. The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the object class information space is encoded with information comprising a company prefix, an item reference, a partition value, and a filter value.

4. The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the unique object number is a portion of a serialized global trade item number.

5. The RFID transponder of claim 4, wherein the serialized global trade item number is an EPC SGTIN-96 encoding.

6. The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the unique serial number space is at least 38 bits.

7. The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the allocated block is defined by at least 3 most significant bits.

8. The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the allocated block is assigned based at least in part on a block starting serial number and a block size number within the unique serial number space.

9. The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the allocated block is one of a plurality of allocations intermittently received by an encoder from an external numbering authority.

10. The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is comprised of silicon.

11. The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is comprised of polymer.

12. The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the substrate, antenna structure, and RFID integrated circuit chip are covered by a face stock material.

13. The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is disposed on the substrate.

14. A RFID transponder comprising:

a substrate;

an antenna structure formed on the substrate; and

an RFID integrated circuit chip which is electrically coupled to the antenna structure,

wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is encoded with a global trade item number including a unique object number, the unique object number comprising an object class information space including a block of at least 50 bits and a unique serial number space including a block of at least 38 bits, and

wherein the unique serial number space has at least one allocated block stored therein defined by at least 3 most significant bits of the unique serial number space as designated by an external numbering authority.

15. The RFID transponder of claim 14, wherein remaining bits of lesser significance of the unique serial number space are encoded with a unique serial number for the object class.

16. An integrated circuit, comprising:

a radio frequency circuit configured to backscatter a return link signal for processing by an RFID interrogator;

control logic; and

a memory,

wherein the memory is configured with a unique object number space, the unique object number space comprising an object class information space and a unique serial number space, and

wherein the unique serial number space is encoded with an allocated block defined by a limited number of most significant bits of the unique serial number space as designated by an external numbering authority.

17. The integrated circuit of claim 16, wherein remaining bits of lesser significance of the unique serial number space are encoded with a unique serial number for the object class.

18. The integrated circuit of claim 16, wherein the object class information space is encoded with information comprising a company prefix, an item reference, a partition value, and a filter value.

19. The integrated circuit of claim 16, wherein the unique object number is a portion of a serialized global trade item number.

20. The integrated circuit of claim 19, wherein the serialized global trade item number is an EPC SGTIN-96 encoding.