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A server computer system comprises a communications module; at least one processor coupled with the communications module; and a memory coupled to the processor and storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to provide a plug-in to an interface design software application executing on a computing device, the plug-in allowing the server computer system to communicate with the computing device to monitor design of an interface within the interface design software application; generate at least one recommendation for tagging at least one element of the interface; and send, for display on a display screen of the computing device within the interface design software application, the at least one recommendation for tagging the at least one element.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an offline intelligent wearable device NFC service processing scheme. Comprising the following steps: controlling an NFC card reader on the offline intelligent wearable equipment to be in a closed state; receiving an NFC service triggering instruction; entering a specified service application, and automatically switching the NFC card reader from a closed state to an open state through the specified service application; the target information is read from the target NFC machine tool through the NFC card reader in the open state, and the user information of the offline intelligent wearable device is written back to the target NFC machine tool, so that the target NFC machine tool interacts with the server side of the specified service application according to the user information and executes the corresponding target service; according to the target information, short-distance wireless communication connection with the target NFC machine tool is established, an execution result of the target service returned by the target NFC machine tool is received, and the maximum communication distance corresponding to the short-distance wireless communication connection is larger than the NFC communication distance of the target NFC machine tool.

The invention provides a method for displaying a two-dimensional code and related electronic equipment, the electronic equipment comprises a display screen, the display screen comprises a first screen and a second screen, when the display screen is in a folded state, the display directions of the first screen and the second screen are opposite, and when the display screen is in an unfolded state, the display directions of the first screen and the second screen are the same; when the display screen is in a folded state, displaying a first user interface including an interface of the first application on the first screen; receiving a first operation at a first time point, and displaying a first two-dimensional code of a second application on a second screen in response to the first operation; in the process of displaying the first two-dimensional code on the second screen, displaying a first user interface on the first screen; after the first two-dimensional code is scanned, closing the second screen; when the display screen is in the unfolded state, displaying a second user interface of the first application on the display screen; and at the second time point, receiving the first operation, and not displaying the first two-dimensional code of the second application on the second screen. The user experience can be improved.

A container, a closure, and a product system. The system comprises the container; the closure; the product stored in the container and retained within the container by the closure; a first ambient electromagnetic power harvesting (AEPH) chip affixed between the container and the closure in such a way that removing the closure destroys an antenna of the first AEPH chip, wherein the first AEPH chip stores a first authentication code; and a second AEPH chip affixed to one of the container or the closure, wherein the second AEPH chip stores a second authentication code, a reader authorization code, and sourcing information in a static memory portion, wherein the sourcing information identifies the product, the place of manufacture of the product, the date of manufacture of the product, and an identity of the manufacturer of the product.

The invention provides an information transmission method, electronic equipment and an information transmission system. The method can be applied to electronic equipment and comprises the steps that when equipment exists around first electronic equipment, a first image can be displayed, and the image comprises a first part and a second part; the second electronic equipment can obtain N frames of first images, identifies the first information of the second part code, and realizes equipment connection, data transmission, account login, conference participation and the like based on the first information. In the technical scheme, the second electronic equipment can scan the image displayed by the first electronic equipment to obtain the first information in the image, so that information transmission between the first electronic equipment and the second electronic equipment is realized, for example, when new equipment is replaced or data cloning is carried out, the interaction path of the equipment can be shortened, and the sense of science and technology is improved.

Disclosed is a method of gathering data from a hybrid RFID chip to determine usage of an item or article of clothing using a mobile device like a phone, laptop, or tablet. The hybrid RFID chip consists of a processor, a memory, a radio transceiver, a power harvesting antenna, and an impedance circuit that converts ambient radio frequency (RF) energy to electrical energy. The RFID chip receives a first power level from ambient RF energy and periodically broadcasts an identity. The mobile device can receive the broadcast identity, store the identity, transmit the identity and location to a remote server, and receive a notification message from the remote server. The remote serve can determine usage of the item or article of clothing by comparing current records to previous records of RFID chip identity, location, and mobile device application identity.

A surgical system comprising a surgical instrument and a surgical hub is disclosed. The surgical instrument is configured to perform a surgical procedure and comprises a housing, a shaft assembly, an end effector, and a sensor configured to sense a parameter associated with a function of the surgical instrument. The surgical hub comprises a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive data from the sensor, wherein the data comprises the parameter associated with the function of the surgical instrument; infer a step of the surgical procedure being performed by the surgical instrument, based on the data from the sensor; receive data from a database, wherein the data from the database is associated with the step of the surgical procedure; compare a value of the parameter to the data received from the database; and control the surgical instrument based on the comparison.

A magnetic alignment system can include a primary annular magnetic alignment component and a secondary annular magnetic alignment component. The primary alignment component can include an inner annular region having a first magnetic orientation, an outer annular region having a second magnetic orientation opposite to the first magnetic orientation, and a non-magnetized central annular region disposed between the primary inner annular region and the primary outer annular region. The secondary alignment component can have a magnetic orientation with a radial component. Additional features, such as a rotational magnetic alignment component and / or an NFC coil and circuitry can be included.

A biosensor cartridge can include a circuit board having a connection terminal configured to be electrically connected to an external diagnostic device, a biosensor chip configured to detect a target material from an analysis specimen, and transmit an electrical signal to the connection terminal of the circuit board based on the target material being present in the analysis specimen, the biosensor chip including a reactant configured to react specifically with the target material, and a housing enclosing the circuit board and the biosensor chip, and the connecting terminal being exposed outside of the housing. Also, the biosensor chip includes a plurality of channel areas separated from each other, and the reactant is attached to the plurality of channel areas.

A system for autonomously managing resupply of consumable resources for a mobile unit includes sensors that monitor a level of a consumable resource for each entity in the unit. A network of tags communicates via short-range magnetic communications links. A local node provides a long-range RF communication link to communicate with a global node. Together the network of tags, local node and global node initiate a local resupply of the consumable resource to one or more entities from other entities within the mobile unit and a global resupply of the mobile unit from the one or more depots. The network of sensors / tags automates the task of monitoring resource levels and managing resupply. The use of the magnetic portion of the EM spectrum for local communications within the mobile unit overcomes the issues associated with RF in harsh or hostile environments.

The present invention relates to a multiple application QR code capable of storing information of a plurality of applications in such a way that a respective information can be retrieved for each application in a reliable and time-efficient manner. The information is encoded into encoded data including at least a header and a respective data container per application. The header can comprise at least a single identifier indicating a presence of the plurality of applications and a respective application identifier per application. The encoded data are distributedly stored in a plurality of data pixels distributed over an encoding region of the QR code, according to an allocation rule. A QR code reader can retrieve the information stored in the QR code by only accessing and processing the data pixels associated with the respective application of interest and by using an error correction which is specific to this respective application.

A device for detecting an approach of a part of a user's body and / or of a portable user equipment, housed on board a motor vehicle, including: a near-field communication antenna configured to transmit and receive signals at a high resonant frequency between 3-30 MHz. The antenna includes at least one winding extending continuously in the form of a set of rods such that the rods have a variable capacitance connected to the antenna and the antenna is able to generate a capacitance variation in response to the approach of a part of a user's body; a measurer for measuring, through electromagnetic coupling with the antenna, an impedance variation or a frequency variation of the antenna. The measurer having a series resonant frequency at the selected high resonant frequency and able to detect the approach of a portable user equipment or the approach of a part of the user's body.

A reconfigurable smart surface (RIS) includes one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The one or more RFID tags may perform a function of a controller of the RIS. The one or more RFID tags receive a reference signal from a wireless communication device. The RIS may process the received reference signal, and the one or more RFID tags backscatter a response signal to the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may also perform processing of the backscatter response. The processing includes measuring a channel from the wireless communication to the RFID tag. The processing also includes estimating a channel from the wireless communication to an element of the RIS. Based on the estimated channel, a beam matrix corresponding to the optimized weights of the RIS elements is determined and sent to the RIS.

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of ultrahigh frequency passive RFID, in particular to an intelligent storage RFID robot reading perception and trajectory optimization method and system. According to the method, the position coordinates of the goods shelf are obtained by building the model and utilizing the label characteristic values, the interaction state of the UHF RFID robot and the goods shelf can be sensed, the distribution state of the goods is further sensed, and the number and the position of the missed goods are estimated. Furthermore, the advancing track of the UHF RFID robot system in the warehouse management scene is designed and optimized according to the sensing result, so that the reading accuracy and the checking efficiency of the mobile RFID system are improved.

The invention discloses a concept for improved position and orientation determination of a plurality of objects each marked with at least one optoelectronically detectable marker, in which holographic optical elements are introduced into two-dimensional flat markers, at which ambient light is reflected back with sufficiently high intensity even at high scattering angles relative to the surface normal of the two-dimensional flat markers.For this purpose, it is proposed to detect light reflected by holographic optical elements (HOE; 21, 22, 23) applied to the markers (20) in an optoelectronic sensor (32) and to generate a two-dimensional reflection image, and to detect, in an image processing device (34), on the basis of the spectrally resolved local intensity distribution of the two-dimensional reflection image detected by the optoelectronic sensor (32), differences between the reflection behavior of the optoelectronically detectable markers (20) of the current position and orientation of the plurality of objects (100; 200) and the reflection behavior of the optoelectronically detectable markers (20) in a reference configuration of the plurality of objects (100; 200), and to detect deviations in the overall configuration of the plurality of objects (100; 200) relative to the optoelectronic detection device (30) by evaluating the detected differences. determine.

A communication method and apparatus are provided, and relate to the field of communication technologies, to prevent terminal devices from being repeatedly read while performing inventory on the terminal devices at a plurality of coverage levels. This reduces power consumption of the terminal devices, and improves an inventory rate. The method may include: When indicating a terminal device to perform access, a network device may also indicate an identifier of an event or a session that triggers access; the terminal device initiates access; and when receiving a second access indication triggered by a same event or session, the terminal device may determine not to make a response. In this way, the terminal device is not repeatedly read based on a same event / session / coverage level.

A system and method facilitates transfers of specimen containers (e.g., vials with caps) between storage cassettes and carrier cassettes. The storage cassettes are designed to be stored in cryogenic refrigerators while the carrier cassettes are designed to be temporarily stored in a portable carrier. Identification information is read from wireless transponders carried by the specimen containers. Visual mappings of the positions of the specimen container in the cassettes is provided. Presence and position of the specimen containers in the cassettes is verified, and alerts of inconsistencies provided along with corrective commands. Inventories of specimen container and even specific specimen holders are provided.

Embodiments of this application disclose a backscatter communication method and a related apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a backscatter device, a first signal from an excitation device, the first signal carries a first sequence determined by the excitation device; modulating, by the backscatter device, backscatter device data to the first signal to obtain a second signal, wherein the backscatter device data is scrambled by the first sequence; backscattering, by the backscatter device, the second signal to a receiving device.

A collector ambient electromagnetic power harvesting (AEPH) device for collecting and forwarding data is disclosed. The device includes an antenna, an AEPH circuit converting RF energy from the antenna into electrical power, and a memory and a controller powered by the AEPH circuit. The controller receives in a first RF signal information from a reporter AEPH device, including data and the reporter ID. The controller stores the data in the memory with an association to the reporter ID. The controller receives in a second RF signal an interrogation signal. In response, the controller transmits a response via the antenna including the reporter ID and data in the memory associated with the reporter ID. The interrogation signal may be received and the response transmitted in a first RF band and / or communication protocol, and the information may be received in a second RF band and / or communication protocol.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for radio frequency identification (RFID) tag segmentation. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a first receiver, such as a passive RFID tag. The method generally includes receiving a first signal from a transmitter that initiates a first inventory check, and in response to receiving the first signal, backscattering a second signal to the transmitter, where the second signal is backscattered using a resource specific to the first receiver.

This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: A terminal receives a first message, where the first message includes a first status identifier of a data storage area; the terminal stores a second status identifier of the data storage area; and the terminal determines, based on the first status identifier and the second status identifier, whether to respond to an inventory operation. The terminal may determine, based on the received first status identifier of the data storage area and the corresponding second status identifier on the terminal, whether to respond to the inventory operation, so that flexible response of the terminal is implemented. When the terminal does not respond to the inventory operation, a waste of network resources can be further reduced.

This disclosure relates to embodiments of a radio frequency identification (RFID) system. An embodiment includes a reader / recorder (active element) in autonomous robotic underwater vehicles (AUVs) and an identifying TAG (RFID) (passive element) with memory for recording an ID (identification / code). The ID is read by the reader / recorder and immediately updates its position and identification of the equipment, system, or underwater pipeline for inspection by AUVs. TAGs are placed on equipment, pipelines, and existing underwater materials in the oil field area by the AUVs themselves, or onshore. For positioning and inspections, the codes of these RFID TAGs are linked to their location in the underwater oil field at its facility.

To provide an access system for smart lockers and a method for accessing them.SOLUTION: An access system for smart lockers and a method for accessing them according to the present invention comprise reading the unique identification code of a locker using a mobile device and sending it along with the device's own identification information to a remote host. The remote host verifies whether the user ID matches the designated locker. If it matches, the remote host generates a trigger signal and sends it to the mobile device, and the mobile device triggers an electronic door lock on the locker so that the locker is switched from a locked state to an unlocked state. This technology is employed to achieve the technical effect of reducing the cost of the smart lockers and mitigating installation restrictions.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A magnetizer system for use with a medical device including ferrous elements. The magnetizer can include a magnetizer body defining a cavity, the magnetizer body having a body opening in communication with the cavity, the magnetizer body including one or more magnets configured to generate a magnetic field configured to imprint a magnetic signature on ferrous elements within the cavity. The magnetizer can include one or more mechanisms configured to detect the presence of the medical device.

The invention provides an information transmission method, electronic equipment and an information transmission system. The method can be applied to electronic equipment and comprises the steps that when equipment exists around first electronic equipment, a first image can be displayed, and the image comprises a first part and a second part; the second electronic equipment can obtain N frames of first images, identifies the first information of the second part code, and realizes equipment connection, data transmission, account login, conference participation and the like based on the first information. In the technical scheme, the second electronic equipment can scan the image displayed by the first electronic equipment to obtain the first information in the image, so that information transmission between the first electronic equipment and the second electronic equipment is realized, for example, when new equipment is replaced or data cloning is carried out, the interaction path of the equipment can be shortened, and the sense of science and technology is improved.

A wirelessly locatable tag may include a first housing member defining a first exterior surface of the tag, a second housing member removably coupled to the first housing member and defining a second exterior surface of the tag, and an antenna assembly. The antenna assembly may include an antenna frame defining a top surface and a peripheral side surface, a first antenna on the antenna frame along the peripheral side surface and configured to communicate with the electronic device using a first wireless protocol, a second antenna on the antenna frame along the peripheral side surface and configured to send a localization signal to the electronic device using a second wireless protocol different than the first protocol, and a third antenna on the antenna frame along the top surface and configured to communicate with the electronic device via a third wireless protocol different than the first and second protocols.

An illuminable display assembly including (a) a housing having a base securable to a support surface, a platform detachably mounted to the base, and a generally enclosed interior bounded from above by the platform. The platform includes a plurality of illuminable windows spaced apart from each other therealong. The display assembly further includes (b) a plurality of retractable tethers mounted to the platform in the interior of the housing. The tethers fasten corresponding display containers to the platform and urge the display containers to predetermined positions adjacent corresponding windows. The display assembly further includes (c) a lighting system including one or more interior light sources in the interior of the housing for illuminating the windows and display containers from below.

A magnetic alignment system can include a primary annular magnetic alignment component and a secondary annular magnetic alignment component. The primary alignment component can include an inner annular region having a first magnetic orientation, an outer annular region having a second magnetic orientation opposite to the first magnetic orientation, and a non-magnetized central annular region disposed between the primary inner annular region and the primary outer annular region. The secondary alignment component can have a magnetic orientation with a radial component. Additional features, such as a rotational magnetic alignment component and / or an NFC coil and circuitry can be included.

To enable simultaneous installation or add-on connection of a reader in an ultra-wide band device for an access control reader system.SOLUTION: A device comprises: at least one antenna; an ultra-wide band (UWB) front end circuit connected to the at least one antenna to enable UWB communication with a credential device; a controller connected to the UWB front end circuit and configured to perform ranging for the credential device using the UWB communication; a secure element configured to cache secure data used for the ranging for the credential device; a communication link configured to interface with a reader of an access control system; and a housing separate from a housing of the reader. The housing of the device houses the at least one antenna, the UWB front end circuit, the controller and the secure element.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4