RFID tag installation system using a vehicle and a method thereof

• US 7,272,502 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2004
• Issued: 09/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Jong Hun, Lee, Seung Yong, Jang, Byung Tae, Choi, Ji Hoon, Choi, Kyoung Ho, Kim, Seong Baek
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin; Gary
• Application Number:
  US10/786,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20050065724A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,300 Days
• Field of Search: 701/207, 701/213, 701/214, 342/357.06, 342/357.07, 340/10.1, 340/10.5, 340/539.1, 340/539.13, 340/686.1, 340/686.2, 340/572.1, 340/572.3, 340/572.4, 340/572.8
• US Class Current: 701/214
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/825 with exchange of information between interrogator and responder
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/931 of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9329 cooperating with reflectors or transponders
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0261 using magnetic plots
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096758 where no selection takes place on the transmitted or the received information
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096783 where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element

Abstract

The present invention relates to a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag installation system using a vehicle and method thereof. The REID tag is installed on the road to provide a driver with position information and road information such as speed limit, road name. etc in his or her traveling region. By using our present invention, RFID tag can be installed with small manpower in a short time. The system uses two CCD cameras, two GPS receivers, an INS and a DMI, and includes: a vehicle position and yaw extractor by using the two GPS receivers; orientation extractor for the vehicle by using INS, a GPS/INS/DMI integrator for GPS outage and for INS error correction; two cameras interior/exterior orientation extractor for the CCD cameras; a target position extractor for finding 3-dimensional coordinates; a road information storage for supplying road information such as a speed limit and a route number of a road; an REID tag writer for inputting the information obtained from the target region position extractor and the road information storage; and an REID tag installer for attaching the REID tag on the road.

Claims

1. An RFID tag installation system using two CCD cameras, two GPS receivers and an INS, being installed inside and outside of a vehicle, the system comprising:

a vehicle position (x, y, z) and yaw extractor using the two GPS receivers;

an orientation (position, attitude) extractor for the vehicle using the INS;

a GPS/INS integrator for INS error correction in real time or a post-processing stage;

a camera interior/exterior orientation extractor for estimating lens distortion, focal length, principle point, and orientation of the CCD camera;

a target position extractor for finding 3-dimensional coordinates of a road in which the RFID tag is installed using images from the two CCD cameras and data from the GPS/INS integrator;

a road information storage for providing road information including a speed limit and a route number of a road in which the RFID tag is installed;

a RFID tag writer for inputting the 3-dimensional coordinates and road information to the RFID tag; and

a RFID tag installer for installing the RFID tag on the road.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the RFID tag is attached to a screw, a nail or a reflection plate, thereby installed on the road.

3. An RFID tag installing method using two CCD cameras, two GPS receivers and an INS, being installed inside and outside a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) calculating orientation of the vehicle by using GPS/INS integration in real time or in a post-processing stage;

(b) while the step (a) is performed, extracting camera interior/exterior orientation by using self-calibration;

(c) finding 3-dimensional coordinates of a road in which the RFID tag is installed by using the camera interior/exterior orientation extracted at the step (b), the vehicle orientation obtained at the step (a), and target region appearing in stereo images;

(d) inputting the road information supplied from a road information storage and the 3-dimensional coordinates of the road found at the step (c) to the RFID tag; and

(e) installing the RFID tag on the road.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein, in the step (d), the road information and the 3-dimensional coordinates are converted into a format for an RFID tag writer and inputted to the RFID tag.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein, in the step (e), the RFID tag is attached to a screw, a nail or a reflection plate, and the screw, the nail or the reflection plate is installed on the road.