RFID reader and RFID tag using UHF band and action methods thereof

• US 7,978,077 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2006
• Issued: 07/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Min, Young-hoon, Lee, Dong-hyun, Kim, Sung-oh, Cho, Kyeong-soon, Ku, Ja-nam, Song, Il-jong
• Primary Examiner(s): TRIEU, VAN THANH
• Application Number:
  US11/359,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20060197651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,965 Days
• Field of Search: 340/572.1, 340/572.4, 340/572.8, 340/573.1, 340/539.11, 340/505, 340/506, 340/5.61, 340/5.74, 340/5.8, 340/10.1, 340/10.3, 705/67, 705/50, 235/380, 235/375
• US Class Current: 340/572.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation

Abstract

A radio frequency identification reader and a radio frequency identification tag that use an ultrahigh frequency band, and action methods of the radio frequency identification reader and the radio frequency identification tag. The radio frequency identification reader includes: a data generator generating data to be transmitted to a radio frequency identification tag; if a command to control the radio frequency identification tag has to be authenticated, a reader controller controlling the data generator to generate the data including an authentication code; and a reader transmitter transmitting the data to the radio frequency identification tag. As a result, securing of communications of a specific command between the radio frequency identification reader and the radio frequency identification tag can be reinforced.

Claims

1. A radio frequency identification reader configured to communicate in an ultrahigh frequency band, the radio frequency identification reader comprising:

a generator that generates data to be transmitted to a radio frequency identification tag;

a reader controller that controls the generator to generate the data if a command to control the radio frequency identification tag needs to be authenticated, the data comprising an authentication code; and

a reader transmitter that transmits the generated data to the radio frequency identification tag,

wherein the generator generates the data comprising the authentication code under the control of the reader controller.

2. The radio frequency identification reader of claim 1, wherein the authentication code comprises a Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code.

3. The radio frequency identification reader of claim 1, wherein the command comprises one of “

Kill” and

“

ProgramID.”

4. The radio frequency identification reader of claim 1, wherein the command comprises one of “

VerifyID” and

“

EraseID”

.

5. The radio frequency identification reader of claim 1, further comprising a reader receiver that receives a response from the radio frequency identification tag.

6. A method of communicating with a radio frequency identification reader using an ultrahigh frequency band, the method comprising:

determining whether a command to control a radio frequency identification tag needs to be authenticated;

if it is determined that the command has to be authenticated, generating data comprising an authentication code; and

transmitting the data to the radio frequency identification tag.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the authentication code is a Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the command comprises one of “

Kill” and

“

ProgramID.”

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the command comprises one of “

VerifyID” and

“

EraseID”

.

10. A radio frequency identification tag configured to communicate in an ultrahigh frequency band, the radio frequency identification tag comprising:

a tag receiver that receives data from a radio frequency identification reader;

a tag controller that determines whether the data includes an authentication code; and

an authenticator that is controlled by the tag controller to check the authentication code of the data to determine whether an authentication has been performed,

wherein the tag controller performs an action corresponding to a command if the authentication code is correct if the authentication code is included in the data.

11. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the authentication code comprises a Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code.

12. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the tag controller comprises:

a data parser that parses the received data.

13. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 12, wherein the data parser extracts the authentication code and the command from the data.

14. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the tag controller further comprises:

a response generator that performs the action and then generates response data transmittable to the radio frequency identification reader.

15. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 14, further comprising:

the tag transmitter that transmits the response data to the radio frequency identification reader.

16. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 10, wherein the received data includes the command and the authentication code, wherein the command controls the radio frequency identification and the command is authenticated.

17. A method of communicating with a radio frequency identification tag using an ultrahigh frequency band, method comprising:

receiving, by the radio frequency identification tag, data transmitted from a radio frequency identification reader;

parsing the data transmitted from a radio frequency identification reader;

if it is determined that the data includes an authentication code based on a result of the parsing, checking using the authentication code to determine an authentication has been performed; and

if it is determined that the authentication has been correctly performed, performing an action corresponding to a command of the data.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the authentication code comprises a Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

after the performing, generating response data to be transmitted to the radio frequency identification reader; and

transmitting the response data to the radio frequency identification reader.

20. The radio frequency identification tag of claim 17, wherein the received data includes the command and the authentication code, wherein the command controls the radio frequency identification and the command is authenticated.