CN218568048U - Cable label based on RFID - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cable label based on RFID to solve the inconvenient limited technical problem of cable information that just can record in of current cable label discernment. Wherein the cable label includes a substrate, an RFID patch, and a first visual characteristic coating; the substrate is used for being attached and wound on the cable; the RFID patch is arranged on the substrate; a first visual characteristic coating is disposed on the substrate for viewing by a worker or for recognition by a machine vision system. The utility model discloses carry out the record of cable information based on the RFID paster, can make the staff obtain comparatively complete cable information; and moreover, the identification process is convenient and fast, and the identification result accuracy is higher.

Description

Cable label based on RFID

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a power equipment maintains technical field, particularly, relates to a cable label based on RFID.

Background

In a channel in which a large number of cables are stacked for use, such as a cable trench of a power generation substation station, a communication cable channel and the like, when the cable is withdrawn, the cable is changed and the like, the same cable is difficult to position, and a non-target cable is easy to be mistakenly operated, so that serious consequences are caused. Although the new construction specification requires the position of the cable to be distinguished according to the purpose and size, due to the increase of the number of the cables and the non-standard construction of new construction and subsequent reconstruction, the placement of the cables still appears disordered, and particularly, the same cable is more difficult to position at the interfaces of the cables such as a fireproof interface, an indoor and outdoor connection position and the like.

The existing method for marking the cable in the cable trench mainly comprises the steps of erecting plastic signboard or sticking label at the two ends of the cable and in the middle of the cable, and has the following defects: (1) The marks and characters on the labels are more and more difficult to read due to time and physical abrasion; (2) The plastic signboard is generally fixed by a binding tape and a cable, and is easy to break or difficult to take out to view complete text information under the condition that a plurality of cables are stacked; (3) Due to size limitation, the number of words on the signboard and the label is small, the font is small, and the displayed information is limited.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at least one of the technical problem who mentions in the solution background art to a certain extent.

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem how make the cable discern more easily and can obtain more cable information in the identification process, aim at provides a cable label based on RFID.

The utility model discloses a following technical scheme realizes:

in one aspect, the utility model provides a cable label based on RFID, include:

a substrate for adhering to a surface of the cable;

an RFID patch disposed on the substrate;

a first visual characteristic coating disposed on the substrate for viewing by a worker or for recognition by a machine vision system.

During identification, the RFID patches need to be read through the RFID identifier, and the visual information represented by each first visual characteristic coating can independently correspond to one RFID patch. The RFID patch can pre-store relatively complete cable information, and the cable information of all cables in a target area can be obtained through reading of the RFID identifier; after the RFID recognizer obtains the cable information of the RFID patches, the first visual characteristic coating can be observed through a machine vision system or human eyes, and then the obtained visual information of the first visual characteristic coating is matched with the corresponding RFID patches, so that the RFID patch type of the target cable is determined, and then the cable information of the target cable is accurately obtained.

In one possible design, the first visual characteristic coating is a single color coating.

In one possible design, a second visual characteristic coating is provided on the substrate for viewing by a worker or for recognition by a machine vision system.

In one possible design, the second visual characteristic coating is a shape coating.

In a possible design, the optical film further includes a dashed frame coating disposed on the substrate, a positioning mark coating is disposed in a region surrounded by the dashed frame coating, and the second visual characteristic coating is disposed in a region surrounded by the dashed frame coating.

In one possible design, the RFID chip and the second visual characteristic coating are embedded between the protective chip and the substrate, and the surface of the protective chip is provided with a transparent area which does not influence the visual performance of the first visual characteristic coating and the second visual characteristic coating. In one possible design, the cable fixing device further comprises a fixing band, wherein the fixing band is connected with the substrate and is used for being bonded with the cable.

In one possible embodiment, the fastening tape is thermally fused or bonded to the substrate.

On the other hand, the utility model provides a recognizer based on RFID for discern above-mentioned any kind of cable label, include:

the processor is configured with a standard database, RFID type information and visual feature layer type information corresponding to the RFID type information are pre-recorded in the standard database, and the processor is used for matching the corresponding visual feature layer type information from the standard database according to the obtained plurality of RFID type information to determine a unique RFID label corresponding to the visual feature layer type information and generate a corresponding display instruction;

a display, connected to the processor, for visually representing the RFID type information, the visual characteristic type information in response to the display instruction.

In still another aspect, the present invention provides an RFID-based cable identification assembly, including the RFID-based identifier and any one of the cable tags.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model, following advantage and beneficial effect have:

1. the embodiment of the utility model provides a pair of cable label based on RFID, when carrying out the cable information acquisition of target cable, acquire all cable information in the target area earlier through the RFID recognizer, then confirm the RFID paster type on the target cable according to the visual information of first visual characteristic coating performance, match cable information in the RFID recognizer according to RFID paster type at last to can be in many cables comparatively convenient cable information of definite target cable.

2. The embodiment of the utility model provides a pair of cable label based on RFID carries out cable information's storage through the RFID paster, can be so that the cable information that acquires is more complete, and cable information is difficult to lose, and the accuracy of identification result is higher, and the area occupied of RFID paster on the cable is less.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention, and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and that for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained from these drawings without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an RFID-based cable tag according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic side view of a cable tag based on RFID provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numbers and corresponding part names in the figures:

1-an RFID patch, 2-a substrate, 3-a first visual characteristic coating, 4-a second visual characteristic coating, 5-a dotted line frame coating, 6-a fixing band, and 7-a protective patch.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the following examples and drawings, and the exemplary embodiments and descriptions thereof of the present invention are only used for explaining the present invention, and are not intended as limitations of the present invention.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that: it is not necessary to employ these specific details to practice the invention. In other instances, well-known structures, circuits, materials, or methods have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the present invention.

Throughout the specification, reference to "one embodiment," "an embodiment," "one example," or "an example" means: the particular features, structures, or characteristics described in connection with the embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "one embodiment," "an embodiment," "one example" or "an example" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable combination and/or sub-combination in one or more embodiments or examples. Further, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the illustrations provided herein are for illustrative purposes and are not necessarily drawn to scale. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

In the description of the present invention, the terms "front", "rear", "left", "right", "upper", "lower", "vertical", "horizontal", "high", "low", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1-2, in one aspect, the present invention provides an RFID-based cable label, including a substrate 2, an RFID patch 1, and a first visual characteristic coating 3; the substrate 2 is used for being stuck on the surface of the cable; the RFID patch 1 is arranged on the substrate 2; a first visual characteristic coating 3 is provided on the substrate 2 for viewing by a worker or for recognition by a machine vision system.

In the present embodiment, the substrate 2 acts as a carrier for the RFID patch 1 and the first visual characteristic coating 3. The substrate 2 is made of flexible materials, one surface of the substrate 2 is bonded with the cable, and the other surface of the substrate 2 is connected with the RFID patch 1 and the first visual characteristic coating 3; the two sides of the substrate 2 may be connected to each other or attached to the cables respectively, and in this embodiment, the two sides of the substrate 2 may be connected together in order to prevent the side of the substrate 2 from being separated from the cables. The RFID patch 1 has a certain flexibility to be attached to the cable with the substrate 2.

In one possible embodiment, the first visual characteristic coating 3 is a single color coating.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first visual characteristic coating 3 is a single color coating, which can provide a relatively strong visual impact, and is beneficial for the observation of the worker. In particular, a color of the first visual characteristic coating 3 may uniquely correspond to a type of RFID patch 1.

Where there are a large number of cables, there are a number of first visual feature coatings 3 that are relatively close in color and may cause erroneous judgment by the worker, and in one possible embodiment, there may also be a second visual feature coating 4 disposed on the substrate 2 for observation by the worker or for recognition by the machine vision system.

In the present embodiment, second visual characteristic coating 4 may be combined with first visual characteristic coating 3 to represent a unique RFID patch 1. For example, each of a plurality of first visual characteristic coatings 3 of the same color may be combined with a different second visual characteristic coating 4 to represent the RFID patch 1 type. Second visual characteristic coating 4 may be a shape coating, such as a plurality of first visual characteristic coatings 3 that appear yellow, corresponding to RFID patch a if second visual characteristic coating 4 is triangular in shape; corresponding to RFID patch b if the second visual characteristic coating 4 is square in shape; if the second visual characteristic coating 4 is circular in shape, it corresponds to RFID patch c; and so on.

During identification, all types of the RFID patches 1 in a target area are obtained through an RFID identifier, then color information of the first visual characteristic coating 3 and shape information of the second visual characteristic coating 4 are obtained through a machine vision system or through observation of workers, the color information and the shape information are combined and then matched with the unique type of the RFID patches 1, and then cable information corresponding to the RFID patches 1 of the type is consulted in detail through the RFID identifier.

In one possible embodiment, to facilitate the positioning of the second visual feature coating 4 by the machine vision system to improve the recognition efficiency, a dashed box coating 5 disposed on the substrate 2 may be further included, and the second visual feature coating 4 is located in the area enclosed by the dashed box coating 5.

In one possible embodiment, to prevent the first visual characteristic coating 3 and the RFID patch 1 from being scratched or damaged, a protective patch 7 is included overlying the substrate 2, the RFID patch 1 and the second visual characteristic coating 4 are engaged between the protective patch 7 and the substrate 2, and the surface of the protective patch 7 has transparent regions that do not affect the visual appearance of the first visual characteristic coating 3 and the second visual characteristic coating 4.

In the embodiment of the present application, the whole protective patch 7 may be made of a transparent material, or a transparent material may be provided at a position corresponding to the first visual characteristic coating 3; when the second visual characteristic coating 4 is provided on the substrate 2, the portion of the protective patch 7 corresponding to the second visual characteristic coating 4 is also provided with a transparent material.

In a possible embodiment, in order to further ensure the stability of the substrate 2 on the cable, a fixing strip 6 may be further included, the fixing strip 6 being connected to the substrate 2, the fixing strip 6 being intended to be adhesively bonded to the cable winding.

In the embodiment of the present application, the fixing tape 6 is provided to increase the attaching area of the substrate 2, so that the stability of the substrate 2 on the cable can be further improved. Preferably, the fixing tape 6 may be thermally fused or bonded to the substrate 2 to secure the connection stability of the two.

On the other hand, the utility model provides an identifier based on RFID for discern any kind of above-mentioned cable label, including treater and display; the processor is configured with a standard database, RFID type information and visual characteristic layer type information corresponding to the RFID type information are pre-recorded in the standard database, and the processor is used for matching the corresponding visual characteristic layer type information from the standard database according to the obtained plurality of RFID type information to determine a unique RFID label corresponding to the visual characteristic layer type information and generate a corresponding display instruction; the display is connected with the processor and is used for responding to the display instruction to visually express the RFID type information and the visual characteristic type information.

In the embodiment of the application, at least the type of the RFID patch 1 and a first visual characteristic coating 3 corresponding to the RFID patch 1 of the type are recorded in a standard database; when a second visual characteristic coating 4 is provided on the cable label, a combination of first visual characteristic coating 3 and second visual characteristic coating 4 corresponding to this type of RFID patch 1 is provided in the standards database. The display may visually represent the criteria database in a list for matching by the staff.

In a possible embodiment, a machine vision recognition system can also be configured on the recognizer. The image acquisition device of the machine vision recognition system can be set as a pinhole probe to successfully acquire the visual information represented by the first visual feature coating 3 and/or the second visual feature coating 4 in a narrow space environment.

When the second visual characteristic coating 4 and the dashed-line frame coating 5 are disposed on the substrate 2, a positioning mark coating is disposed in an area surrounded by the dashed-line frame coating 5, the positioning mark coating visually represents a symbol in a shape of, for example, a dot, and the positioning mark coating can be disposed at a position close to one of the corner points in the area surrounded by the dashed-line frame coating 5, so that the machine vision recognition system can quickly recognize the positioning direction, and the recognition efficiency is improved.

In still another aspect, the present invention provides an RFID-based cable identification assembly, including the above RFID-based identifier and any one of the above cable tags.

Example two

The embodiment is an application example of the RFID-based cable identification component provided in the first embodiment.

Scene one

When a certain transformer substation is transformed, a certain cable needs to be dismantled, the cable is separated indoors and outdoors through a firewall, cables in a cable trench are crowded in a mess, a target cable needs to be accurately positioned, and accidents caused by mistakenly cutting off the outdoor cable are prevented;

the method comprises the following steps that the target cable is provided with cable tags based on RFID indoors and outdoors, a worker uses a handheld RFID recognizer to read the target cable and all RFID patch 1 types nearby the target cable indoors, all read RFID patch 1 types, corresponding single-color coating types and corresponding shape coating types are displayed in a display in a list form, single-color coating information and shape coating information of the cable tag on the target cable are obtained and then are matched with information displayed in the display, the type of the target cable RFID patch 1 is rapidly determined, and then cable information of the target cable is obtained;

a worker reads all target cable information outdoors through the handheld RFID recognizer, whether a target cable is led outdoors is determined according to the type of the RFID patch 1 corresponding to the target cable obtained indoors, then cables with the same visual elements are searched by naked eyes, the target cable outdoors is determined, and cutting operation is carried out.

When the cables in the chamber need to be separated, the sequence of the steps can be changed.

Scene two

When a certain communication station patrols, a bundle of cables is damaged, but the connection two ends and the functions of the cables are unknown because the fault position has no signboard;

the cable is provided with the RFID-based cable tag provided by the first embodiment, and a worker reads the damaged cable by using the handheld RFID identifier to obtain a plurality of returned RFID information results which need to be further distinguished;

the identification result of the RFID identifier describes the types of the RFID patches 1 and the corresponding single-color coating types and shape coating types, and according to the single-color coating types and the shape coating types on the damaged cable, a worker quickly determines the type of the RFID patch 1 corresponding to the damaged cable;

according to the cable information corresponding to the type of the RFID patch 1, the worker confirms the connection and bearing functions of the damaged cable and rapidly carries out troubleshooting.

The above-mentioned embodiments, further detailed description of the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention, it should be understood that the above description is only the embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. An RFID-based cable label, comprising:

a substrate (2) for adhering to a surface of a cable;

an RFID patch (1) disposed on the substrate (2);

a first visual characteristic coating (3) disposed on the substrate (2) for viewing by a worker or for recognition by a machine vision system.

2. The RFID-based cable label according to claim 1, characterized in that the first visual characteristic coating (3) is a single color coating.

3. The RFID-based cable tag according to claim 1 or claim 2, further comprising a second visual feature coating (4) disposed on the substrate (2) for viewing by a worker or for recognition by a machine vision system.

4. The RFID-based cable label according to claim 3, characterized in that the second visual characteristic coating (4) is a shape coating.

5. The RFID-based cable tag according to claim 3, further comprising a dashed-line frame coating (5) disposed on the substrate (2), wherein a positioning mark coating is disposed in an area enclosed by the dashed-line frame coating (5), and the second visual characteristic coating (4) is disposed in an area enclosed by the dashed-line frame coating (5).

6. The RFID-based cable label according to claim 3, further comprising a protective patch (7) covering the substrate (2), wherein the RFID patch (1) and the second visual characteristic coating (4) are embedded between the protective patch (7) and the substrate (2), and wherein the surface of the protective patch (7) has a transparent area that does not affect the visual appearance of the first and second visual characteristic coatings (3, 4).

7. The RFID-based cable label according to claim 1, further comprising a securing tape (6), the securing tape (6) being attached to the substrate (2), the securing tape (6) being adapted to be adhered to a cable.

8. The RFID-based cable tag according to claim 7, characterized in that the fixing strip (6) is thermally fused or glued to the substrate (2).

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