Radio frequency identification automatic detecting system with antenna net

• US 8,844,814 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2012
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tai-Hwa Liu, Yi-Chun Sung
• Original Assignee: Tai-Hwa Liu, Yi-Chun Sung
• Inventors: Chang, Li-Chih, Liu, Tai-Hwa, Sung, Yi-Chun, Yin, Cheng-Lun
• Primary Examiner(s): Paik, Steven S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, Claude J
• Application Number:
  US13/709,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20140158765A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 235/385, 235/435, 235/439, 235/492, 700/115, 340/10.1, 343/791
• US Class Current: 235/439
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10009 sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10178 including auxiliary means for focusing, repeating or boosting the electromagnetic interrogation field comparable booster antennas integrated on the record carrier itself G06K19/07794
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10316 using at least one antenna particularly designed for interrogating the wireless record carriers antennas in general H01Q1/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/203 Leaky coaxial lines
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/22 Longitudinal slot in boundary wall of waveguide or transmission line H01Q13/203 takes precedence

Abstract

A radio frequency identification automatic detecting system with an antenna net includes a radio frequency identification module, an enhancing surface wave-guide coaxial cable structure including a coaxial cable having at least one aperture region without an outer conducting layer, a receiving apparatus having a plurality of receiving spaces and a plurality of extension wires disposed adjacent to the receiving spaces and coupled or connected to the outer conducting layer of the coaxial cable. The electromagnetic field is formed in nearby regions adjacent to the receiving spaces because the electromagnetic wave caused by the current generated from the radio frequency identification module is transmitted by the outer conducting layer and extension wires. The radio frequency identification electronic tag on the object is triggered automatically when the object is moved toward or moved out from the respective receiving space such that the automatic detecting effect is achieved.

Claims

1. A radio frequency identification automatic detecting system with an antenna net, comprising:

a radio frequency identification module including a signal processing device and a radio frequency identification transmitting/receiving device, the signal processing device electrically wired or connected wirelessly to the radio frequency identification transmitting/receiving device, and the radio frequency identification transmitting/receiving device being utilized to generate a current;

a receiving apparatus of array type having a plurality of receiving spaces arranged in an array manner, each of the receiving spaces being used for accommodating an object provided with a radio frequency identification electronic tag;

an enhancing surface wave-guide coaxial cable structure disposed in the receiving apparatus and including a coaxial cable having at least one aperture region formed in an outer conducting layer, and an end matching device, wherein an inner conducting layer of the coaxial cable is connected to the radio frequency identification transmitting/receiving device, the end matching device is connected to the inner conducting layer and the outer conducting layer at one end of the coaxial cable, wherein an insulating layer is disposed between the outer conducting layer and the inner conducting layer in order to isolate therebetween and exposed through the at least one aperture region surrounded by the outer conducting layer; and

a plurality of extension wires disposed in a portion of the receiving apparatus and coupled or connected to the outer conducting layer of the coaxial cable, wherein each of the plurality of extension wires is located adjacent to one line or one column of the receiving spaces,

wherein, when the current generated by the radio identification transmitting/receiving device flows along the inner conducting layer of the coaxial cable through the aperture region, an electromagnetic wave leakage is resulted so as to form an electromagnetic field, and an electromagnetic wave is transmitted along the outer conductive layer of the coaxial cable to the extension wires so that the electromagnetic field is transmitted to nearby regions adjacent to the receiving spaces, and wherein, when the object with the radio frequency identification electronic tag approaches toward or moves away from the receiving space, the radio frequency identification electronic tag is automatically trigged by the electromagnetic field, and information stored in the radio frequency identification electronic tag is transmitted to the radio frequency identification transmitting/receiving device, which, in turn, further transmits the information to the signal processing device.

2. The radio frequency identification automatic detecting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein an effective range of the electromagnetic field is within a radius of 0 to 250 cm centered from the coaxial cable and the extension wires.

3. The radio frequency identification automatic detecting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the end matching device forms an opening path, a close path or a short circuit for the current in the coaxial cable.

4. The radio frequency identification automatic detecting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal processing device is a host or a programmable single IC.

5. The radio frequency identification automatic detecting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the enhancing surface wave-guide coaxial cable structure further includes at least one insulating tape to cover the aperture region.

6. The radio frequency identification automatic detecting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving apparatus is made from metal and has a plurality of metal plates for enclosing the receiving spaces, an opening being formed on a wall of each receiving space or on the metal plate.

7. The radio frequency identification automatic detecting system as claimed in claim 6, wherein each of the extension wires has a plurality of branch wires extending into the openings in the walls of the receiving spaces or on the metal plates.