Record measurement method and system using radio frequency identification

• US 6,600,407 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2001
• Issued: 07/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Speedchip Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Speedchip Company Limited
• Inventors: Paek, Min-ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Daniel J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hung
• Application Number:
  US09/907,640
• Publication Number:
  US 20020008624A1
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 340/323, 340/933, 340/941, 340/825.69, 340/825.72
• US Class Current: 340/323.00R
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2225 used in active tags, i.e. provided with its own power source or in passive tags, i.e. deriving power from RF signal

Abstract

A record measurement system includes a record collecting apparatus in which an antenna array generates a wireless power signal at a predetermined measurement point, receives an identification (ID) signal output from an antenna tag attached to a person to be measured and driven by the wireless power signal at the measurement point, and determines and outputs the received ID and a passing time record at the measurement point; a database where the ID of each antenna tag, personal data of the person to be measured having the ID, and a passing time record at the measurement point, which are determined and transmitted by the record collecting apparatus, are stored; and a management server for storing the personal data and record data determined and transmitted by the record collecting apparatus in the database or reading out and transmitting the personal data and the passing time record stored in the database.

Claims

1. A method of transferring a footrace racer'"'"'s record data based on RF identification of the racer, the method comprising:

storing in a database a telephone number of a mobile telephone designated by a specific racer;

determining an ID of the specific racer and a record of passing time of the specific racer at a measurement point by receiving an ID signal output from an antenna tag attached to the specific racer and driven by a wireless power signal generated by an antenna array at the measurement point, when the specific racer reaches the measurement point;

using a plurality of antenna arrays at the measurement point, receiving a plurality of ID signals output from a plurality of antenna tags of respective racers, identifying the specific racer upon receiving the ID signal of the antenna tag of the specific racer, obtaining personal data of the specific racer having the ID corresponding to the ID signal, and a passing time record of the specific racer at the measurement point, and storing the personal data and passing time of the specific racer in the database, automatically reading out the personal data and the passing time record of the specific racer stored in the database, and transmitting the personal data and the passing time record of the specific racer; and

reading a telephone number a mobile telephone stored in the database and transmitting a message including the passing time record to the mobile phone by making a telephone call through a management server managing the database, at an instant in time when the specific racer reaches the measurement point.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message is a voice message.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the message is transmitted, also transmitting an advertisement or promotion message.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising making an image of the specific racer for a period from the point when the specific racer reaches the measurement point, wherein the management server matches the image and the specific racer and stores a match result in the database.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, including making a digital or analog image of the specific racer.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message is a text message.

7. A system for transferring a footrace racer'"'"'s record data based on radio frequency (RF) identification of the racer, the system comprising:

a record collecting apparatus including a plurality of antenna arrays generating wireless power signals at a measurement point, receiving identification (ID) signals output from antenna tags attached to a plurality of racers, one of the antenna arrays receiving the ID signal output from the antenna tag of a specific racer and driven by the wireless power signal when the specific racer reaches the measurement point, and determining and outputting an ID for the specific racer, corresponding to the ID signal received, and a passing time record for the specific racer at the measurement point;

a database in which the ID of each antenna tag, a telephone number of a mobile telephone designated by the specific racer, personal data of the specific racer having the corresponding antenna tag, and the passing time record for the specific racer at the measurement point, determined and transmitted by the record collecting apparatus, are stored;

a management server for storing the telephone number of the mobile telephone designated by the specific racer, for storing the personal data and passing time record for the specific racer determined and transmitted by the record collecting apparatus, in the database, and for automatically reading out and transmitting the telephone number of the mobile telephone, the personal data, and the passing time record of the specific racer stored in the database; and

a modem for transmitting a message including the passing time record of the specific racer, through which the management server makes a telephone call to the telephone number of the mobile telephone designated by the specific racer at an instant in time when the specific racer reaches the measurement point.

8. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the message is a voice message.

9. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein, when the message is transmitted, an advertisement or promotion message is included in the message.

10. The system as claimed in claim 7, further comprising an imaging apparatus for making an image of the specific racer when the specific racer reaches the measurement point, and wherein the management server matches the image and the specific racer and stores a match result in the database.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the imaging apparatus is a digital camera or an analog camera.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the imaging apparatus is a digital camera that makes an image according to a trigger signal generated by the record collecting apparatus, and that is instantaneously and partially stored by the management server.

13. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the imaging apparatus is an analog camera that makes images continuously without a trigger signal and that are stored by the management server.

14. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the record collecting apparatus comprises:

an antenna switching unit for selecting the ID wireless signal through the plurality of antenna arrays;

an antenna matching unit for matching impedance between the antenna arrays and the antenna switching unit; and

an antenna multiplex control unit for switching in response to a switching signal of the antenna switching unit and selectively transmitting an ID wireless signal of each antenna tag through the antenna matching unit.

15. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the message is a text message.