RFID Tag QR Code Data Broadcasting for Automatic IoT Acquisition

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing RFID tagging and data acquisition methods require manual scanning or photography of QR codes and Bar codes, which is inconvenient and inefficient, especially in the context of the emerging 'Internet of Things' where users want automatic access to information about objects and images they encounter.

Innovation Solution

Implementing RFID tags that can store large blocks of data, such as maps, and automatically transmit this information to user devices via proximity detection, using audible and tactile alerts to confirm data capture, and enabling automatic conversion and broadcasting of QR or Bar code data to text and URLs, allowing for seamless integration with local databases and search functions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual scanning or photography of QR codes and Bar codes is used for data acquisition, then data can be obtained about objects, but the process is inconvenient and inefficient requiring additional physical steps

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata acquisition convenienceVSAvoidtime for scanning and photo capture

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-positioning RFID tags on objects and pre-configuring the automatic detection system. When a user approaches an object, the data acquisition has already been prepared and can be instantly transmitted without requiring the user to perform scanning or photography actions at the moment of need.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The RFID system enables self-service data acquisition where the object itself (through its RFID tag) automatically provides its information to the user's device when in proximity. The system serves itself by having the tagged object actively participate in the data transfer process, eliminating the need for manual scanning operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Loss of information

If RFID tags store large blocks of data such as object maps, then comprehensive information is available, but device complexity and data management become more challenging

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompleteness of object dataVSAvoidRFID data storage and management

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The RFID data storage system is segmented into multiple categories and levels of detail. Rather than storing all possible data in a single complex structure, the system divides information into essential data (always stored), supplementary data (stored conditionally), and optional data (stored based on specific requirements), making the overall system more manageable.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different RFID tags are configured with different data storage capacities and data types based on their specific applications and requirements. Rather than uniform data storage across all tags, the system applies local quality by tailoring the data content and complexity to match the specific object and its intended use case.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS10521710B2Method of identifying, locating, tracking, acquiring and selling tangible and intangible objects utilizing predictive transpose morphology

Publication Date: 2019.12.31 GLASER LAWRENCE F

AI summary

The present invention causes an active display or the adapter driving the display to emit RFID formatted QR code information (or bar code information) in sync with displayed QR or Bar codes to allow portable devices in reasonable proximity to acquire the QR code data without physical scanning, without taking a picture and without taking a video, allowing for a fully automated QR code acquisition system.