Method, system, and apparatus for remote data calibration of a RFID tag population
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H03M-005/08
G08B-013/14
H04Q-005/22
출원번호
US-0926269
(2004-08-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Shanks, Wayne E.
Bandy, William R.
Powell, Kevin J.
Arneson, Michael R.
출원인 / 주소
Symbol Technologies, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein &
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A method, system, and apparatus for remotely calibrating data symbols received by a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag population are described. Tags are interrogated by a reader, which may be located in a network of readers. The reader transmits data symbols to the tags. Tags respond to the
A method, system, and apparatus for remotely calibrating data symbols received by a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag population are described. Tags are interrogated by a reader, which may be located in a network of readers. The reader transmits data symbols to the tags. Tags respond to the interrogations with symbols that each represent one or more bits of data. To calibrate the tags, the reader transmits a plurality of pulses of different lengths to the tag population. The tags receive the plurality of pulses. A characteristic of each pulse, such as a pulse length, is stored by the tags. The stored pulse lengths are used to define different data symbols that are subsequently received by the tags from the reader.
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1. A method for defining data symbols in a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag device, comprising:(a) receiving a first calibration pulse on an input signal; (b) detecting a physical characteristic of the received first calibration signal; and (c) storing the detected physical characteristic o
1. A method for defining data symbols in a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag device, comprising:(a) receiving a first calibration pulse on an input signal; (b) detecting a physical characteristic of the received first calibration signal; and (c) storing the detected physical characteristic of the received first calibration signal as a stored first characteristic; wherein a received data symbol is determined to be a first data value if a physical characteristic of the received data symbol has a first predetermined relationship with the stored first characteristic; and wherein the received data symbol is determined to be a second data value if the physical characteristic of the received data symbol has a second predetermined relationship with the stored first characteristic. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:(d) receiving a second calibration signal; (e) detecting a physical characteristic of the received second calibration signal; and (f) storing the detected physical characteristic of the received second calibration signal as a stored second characteristic; wherein the received data symbol is determined to be the second data value if the physical characteristic of the received data symbol has the second predetermined relationship with the stored first characteristic and a first predetermined relationship with the stored second characteristic. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the received data symbol is determined to be a third data value if the physical characteristic of the receive data symbol has a second predetermined relationship with the stored second characteristic.4. The method of claim 3, wherein the physical characteristic of the received first calibration signal is a length of a pulse portion of the received first calibration signal, and wherein the physical characteristic of the received second calibration signal is a length of a pulse portion of the received second calibration signal, wherein step (b) comprises:detecting the length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal; wherein step (c) comprises: storing the detected length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal; wherein step (e) comprises: detecting the length of the pulse portion of the received second calibration signal; and wherein step (f) comprises: storing the detected length of the pulse portion of the received second calibration signal. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the physical characteristic of the received data symbol is a length of a pulse portion of the received data symbol;wherein the received data symbol is determined to be the first data value if the length of the pulse portion of the received data symbol is less than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal; wherein the received data symbol is determined to be the second data value if the length of the pulse portion of the received data symbol is greater than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal and less than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received second calibration signal; and wherein the received data symbol is determined to be the third data value if the length of the pulse portion of the received data symbol is greater than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received second calibration signal. 6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:(g) defining the first data value as a 0 bit; and (h) defining the second data value as a 1 bit; and (i) defining the third data value as a Null bit. 7. The method of claim 3, further comprising:(g) defining the first data value as a 1 bit; and (h) defining the second data value as a 0 bit; and (i) defining the third data value as a Null bit. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the physical characteristic of the received first calibration signal is a length of a pulse portion of the received first calibration signal, wherein step (b) comprises:detecting the length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal; and wherein step (c) comprises: storing the detected length of the pulse portion the received first calibration signal. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the physical characteristic of the received data symbol is a length of a pulse portion of the received data symbol;wherein the received data symbol is determined to be the first data value if the length of the pulse portion of the received data symbol is less than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal; and wherein the received data symbol is determined to be the second data value if the length of the pulse portion of the received data symbol is greater than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal. 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:(d) defining the first data value as a 0 bit; and (e) defining the second data value as a 1 bit. 11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:(d) defining the first data value as a 1 bit; and (e) defining the second data value as a 0 bit. 12. A system for defining data symbols in a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag device, comprising:means for receiving a first calibration pulse on an input signal; means for detecting a physical characteristic of the received first calibration signal; and means for storing the detected physical characteristic of the received first calibration signal as a stored first characteristic; means for determining a received data symbol to be a first data value if a physical characteristic of the received data symbol has a first predetermined relationship with the stored first characteristic, or to be a second data value if the physical characteristic of the received data symbol has a second predetermined relationship with the stored first characteristic. 13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:means for receiving a second calibration signal; means for detecting a physical characteristic of the received second calibration signal; and means for storing the detected physical characteristic of e received second calibration signal as a stored second characteristic; wherein said means for determining comprises means for determining the received data symbol to be the second data value if the physical characteristic of the received data symbol has the second predetermined relationship with the stored first characteristic and a first predetermined relationship with the stored second characteristic. 14. The system of claim 13, wherein said means for determining further comprises means for determining the received data symbol to be a third data value if the physical characteristic of the received data symbol has a second predetermined relationship with the stored second characteristic.15. The system of claim 14, wherein the physical characteristic of the received first calibration signal is a length of a pulse portion of the received first calibration signal, and wherein the physical characteristic of the received second calibration signal is a length of a pulse portion of the received second calibration signal.16. The system of claim 15, wherein the physical characteristic of the received data symbol is a length of a pulse portion of the received data symbol;wherein said means for determining comprises means for determining the received data symbol to be the first data value if the length of the pulse portion of the received data symbol is less than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal, to be the second data value if the length of the pulse portion of the received data symbol is greater than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal and less than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received second calibration signal, or to be the third data value if the length of the pulse portion of the received data symbol is greater than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received second calibration signal. 17. The system of claim 12, wherein the physical characteristic of the received first calibration signal is a length of a pulse portion of the received first calibration signal, wherein said means for detecting comprises:means for detecting the length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal; and wherein said means for storing comprises: means for storing the detected length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal. 18. The system of claim 12, wherein the physical characteristic of the received data symbol is a length of a pulse portion of the received data symbol;wherein said means for determining comprises means for determining the received data symbol to be the first data value if the length of the pulse portion of the received data symbol is less than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal, or to be the second data value if the length of the pulse portion of the received data symbol is greater than the stored length of the pulse portion of the received first calibration signal.
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