Middleware device, driving method of reader and method for determining misrecognition of tag

• US 9,842,289 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2016
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Eom, Seung-ook, Son, Seok-bae, Oh, Il-young, Yoo, Kyung-ho
• Primary Examiner(s): BLOUIN, MARK S
• Application Number:
  US15/141,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20170039465A1
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• Field of Search: 340 101
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10019 resolving collision on the communication channels between simultaneously or concurrently interrogated record carriers. collision between the communication channels used by wireless communication devices, where the solution is not particularly adapted for RFIDs or the like, H04W74/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 2203/20 for contactless carriers, e.g. RFID carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/25 based on characteristics of target signal or of transmission as countermeasure against surveillance H04K3/827, e.g. using direct sequence spread spectrum or fast frequency hopping spread spectrum techniques H04B1/69
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A middleware device, a driving method of a reader and a tag misrecognition determining method are provided. The middleware device operated in relation to a reader includes a storage configured to pre-store receiving sensitivity of tag information of a tag of an object recognized at different distances from the reader as a reference value, a communication interface configured to, in response to the object approaching to the reader, acquire the receiving sensitivity of tag information of the tag recognized at a preset time interval, and a tag misrecognition processor configured to compare the acquired receiving sensitivity with the pre-stored reference value to determine misrecognition of the tag.

Claims

1. A method for determining tag misrecognition by a middleware device that is operated in relation to a reader, the method comprising:

pre-storing receiving sensitivity of tag information of a tag of an object recognized at different distances from the reader;

acquiring the receiving sensitivity of tag information of the tag recognized at a preset time interval while the object is passing within a range of the reader; and

determining misrecognition of the tag by comparing the acquired receiving sensitivity with the pre-stored receiving sensitivity of tag information,

wherein the determining of misrecognition of the tag comprises determining normal recognition of the taq when a plurality of receiving sensitivities received according to the different distances and pre-stored and a plurality of receiving sensitivities received according to the time interval are identical to each other.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reader transmits radio signals of same strength regardless of the distance and the time interval to the tag.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the pre-storing comprises pre-storing the receiving sensitivity for each channel, received according to the distance through a plurality of signal transmitting channels included in the reader;

the acquiring of the receiving sensitivity of the tag information comprises acquiring the receiving sensitivity for each channel, received according to the time interval through the plurality of signal transmitting channels; and

the determining of misrecognition of the tag comprises determining misrecognition of the tag by comparing the pre-stored receiving sensitivity for each channel with the acquired receiving sensitivity for each channel.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the determining of misrecognition of the tag comprises performing an operation for determining misrecognition of the tag by applying different weights to the respective channels.

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

classifying the acquired receiving sensitivity in terms of time; and

removing radio wave noise received together with the tag information,

wherein the determining of misrecognition of the tag comprises comparing the receiving sensitivity classified in terms of time, from which the radio wave noise is removed, with the pre-stored receiving sensitivity.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pre-stored receiving sensitivity and the acquired receiving sensitivity are transmitted to the middleware device after being measured by the reader.

7. A method for determining tag misrecognition by a middleware device that is operated in relation to a reader, the method comprising:

pre-storing receiving sensitivity of taq information of a taq of an object recognized at different distances from the reader;

acquiring the receiving sensitivity of taq information of the taq recognized at a preset time interval while the object is passing within a range of the reader; and

determining misrecognition of the taq by comparing the acquired receiving sensitivity with the pre-stored receiving sensitivity of tag information,

wherein the pre-storing comprises pre-storing a power amount of a modulation back scattering signal transmitted by the tag in response to a radio signal provided by the reader as the receiving sensitivity, and the modulation back scattering signal is transmitted in an opposite direction to a direction of the radio signal transmitted by the reader.

8. A method for driving a reader that is operated in relation to a middleware device, the method comprising:

measuring, by a reader, receiving sensitivity of tag information of a tag of an object recognized at different distances from the reader;

transmitting the measured receiving sensitivity to the middleware device;

measuring, by a reader, the receiving sensitivity of the tag information of the tag recognized at a preset time interval while the object is passing within a range of the reader; and

transmitting the receiving sensitivity measured according to the preset time interval to the middleware device for comparison with measured receiving sensitivity according to the different distances in order to determine misrecognition of the tag,

wherein a radio signal transmitted to the tag from the reader is a linear polarization signal for the measuring of the receiving sensitivity.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the reader transmits radio signals of same strength regardless of the distance and the time interval to the tag for the measuring of the receiving sensitivity.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

a radio signal transmitted to the tag for the measuring of the receiving sensitivity based on the distance and the time interval is transmitted through a plurality of signal transmitting channels included in the reader; and

the tag information is received as a response signal to the transmitted radio signal through the plurality of signal transmitting channels.

11. A middleware device operated in relation to a reader, the middleware device comprising:

a storage configured to pre-store receiving sensitivity of tag information of a tag of an object recognized at different distances from the reader as a reference value;

a communication interface configured to, in response to the object approaching to the reader, acquire the receiving sensitivity of tag information of the tag recognized at a preset time interval; and

a tag misrecognition processor configured to compare the acquired receiving sensitivity with the pre-stored reference value to determine misrecognition of the tag,

wherein the tag misrecognition processor determines normal recognition when a plurality of receiving sensitivities received according to the different distances and pre-stored as the reference value and a plurality of receiving sensitivities received according to the time interval are identical to each other.

12. The middleware device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the reader transmits radio signals of same strength irrespective of the distance and the time interval to the tag.

13. The middleware device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

the storage pre-stores the receiving sensitivity for each channel, received according to the distance through a plurality of signal transmitting channels included in the reader;

the communication interface acquires the receiving sensitivity for each channel, received according to the time interval through the plurality of signal transmitting channels; and

the tag misrecognition processor compares the acquired receiving sensitivity for each channel and the pre-stored receiving sensitivity for each channel to determine misrecognition of the tag.

14. The middleware device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the tag misrecognition processor performs an operation for determining misrecognition of the tag by applying different weights to the respective channels.

15. The middleware device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

the communication interface removes radio wave noise received together with the tag information; and

the tag misrecognition processor classifies the acquired receiving sensitivity from which the radio wave noise is removed by the communication interface and compares the classified receiving sensitivity in terms of time with the pre-stored receiving sensitivity as the reference value.

16. The middleware device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the pre-stored receiving sensitivity and the acquired receiving sensitivity are each measured by the reader and are transmitted to the middleware device.

17. A middleware device operated in relation to a reader, the middleware device comprising:

a storage configured to pre-store receiving sensitivity of tag information of a tag of an object recognized at different distances from the reader as a reference value;

a communication interface configured to, in response to the object approaching to the reader, acquire the receiving sensitivity of tag information of the tag recognized at a preset time interval; and

a tag misrecognition processor configured to compare the acquired receiving sensitivity with the pre-stored reference value to determine misrecognition of the tag,

wherein the storage pre-stores a power amount of a modulation back scattering signal which is transmitted by the tag in response to a radio signal transmitted by the reader as the receiving sensitivity, and the modulation back scattering signal is transmitted in an opposite direction to a direction of the radio signal transmitted by the reader.