EP1924956A2 - Systeme concu pour identifier et suivre des objets, en particulier des documents papier - Google Patents

Systeme concu pour identifier et suivre des objets, en particulier des documents papier

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EP1924956A2
EP1924956A2 EP06795450A EP06795450A EP1924956A2 EP 1924956 A2 EP1924956 A2 EP 1924956A2 EP 06795450 A EP06795450 A EP 06795450A EP 06795450 A EP06795450 A EP 06795450A EP 1924956 A2 EP1924956 A2 EP 1924956A2
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mobile unit
identification
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Alessandro Zeppegno
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Fondazione Torino Wireless
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K17/00—Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K7/10009—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves
    • G06K7/10019—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves resolving collision on the communication channels between simultaneously or concurrently interrogated record carriers.
    • G06K7/10079—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves resolving collision on the communication channels between simultaneously or concurrently interrogated record carriers. the collision being resolved in the spatial domain, e.g. temporary shields for blindfolding the interrogator in specific directions

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  • the present invention relates to a system for recognizing and tracing objects and, in particular, paper documents and multimedia objects.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a system for recognizing and tracing objects and, in particular, paper documents and multimedia objects such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and/or diskettes, based upon the use of technologies of radiofrequency identification (RFId technologies), which will enable location of objects and documents and will improve the efficiency and quality of the processes of management of documents .
  • RFIDd technologies radiofrequency identification
  • a system for recognizing and tracing objects, as defined in Claim 1.
  • Figure 1 shows a system for recognizing and tracing objects obtained according to the present invention
  • Figures 2 and 3 show devices forming part of the system for recognizing and tracing objects according to the present invention; and • Figure 4 shows an example of application of the system for recognizing and tracing objects according to the present _ O _
  • FIG. 1 Designated as a whole by 1 in Figure 1 is a system for recognizing and tracing objects and documents, which comprises :
  • radiofrequency identification tags • a plurality of objects and documents 2 and, in particular, documents of a paper type provided with radiofrequency identification tags 3 (RFId tags) of a known type; • a plurality of radiofrequency identification tags 4 set along the floor of one or more environments;
  • processing stations 6 such as, for example, computers (as illustrated in Figure 1), cellphones, palm-tops, etc., connected to the electronic processing unit 5, and configured for communicating with the electronic processing unit 5 and for configuring, querying, and managing the system
  • RFIDd tags 3 radiofrequency identification tags
  • a plurality of desktop devices 10, for reading and writing radiofrequency identification tags each connected to a local processing station 11, which, preferably but not necessarily, as indicated by the dashed line of Figure 1, could be connected to the central electronic processing unit 5.
  • the radiofrequency identification tags 3 are basically constituted by an electronic circuit 12 (of a known type) provided, among other things, with a memory in which an object code is stored containing the information regarding the object or the document in which they are installed, for example an identification code of the document 2 and/or the type of document, and a miniaturized transceiving antenna 13.
  • radiofrequency identification tags pass though the magnetic field generated by the read and write devices located in their vicinity, for example by the read stations 7 or by the trolley 8, they are prompted to transmit the information stored therein or to receive information from outside.
  • the radiofrequency identification tags 4 can be fixed with an adhesive strip on the floor of one or more environments, for example along the corridors through which access is gained to the individual offices of a company, or at the entrance to an office, or an archive, or a warehouse or storeroom, and each contain an environment code designed to identify the environment in which the tags 4 are set.
  • Said tags 4 are "read” by the trolley 8 when this passes in the vicinity of the tags themselves.
  • the electronic processing unit 5 which, as has been said, has the task of controlling the system 1 for recognizing and tracing objects, and in particular of communicating with all the read devices, and of recording the information regarding the displacements of the objects 2, can, for example, be constituted by a server connected to a LAN and/or Wireless-LAN ⁇ " O "" *
  • the electronic processing unit 5 could be connected to the read stations 7 and to the processing stations 6 through a telecommunications network of a wired type (for example of a
  • the electronic processing unit 5 could be configured for making a communication of a wireless type with the trolley 8, with the read stations 7, and with the processing stations 6.
  • the read stations 7, as illustrated in Figure 2, comprise:
  • a container 14 (for example of a parallelepipedal type) made of material that does not interfere with the frequencies of the radio signals with which the radiofrequency identification tags 3 operate/
  • the antenna 15 is of a planar type, in the example represented, and is positioned in such a way as to be able to receive in an optimal way the radio signals coming from the identification tags 3 of the objects and of the documents 2 that are rested on the antenna 15 of a planar type/
  • a device for reading identification tags which is set within the container 14 and is not illustrated in Figure 2, receives at input the radio signals coming from the antenna 15 following upon reading of the data contained in the identification tag 3 (RFId tag) and is designed to detect and store the object codes for the objects and/or documents resting on the antenna 15;
  • a programmable electronic control device set within the container 14 and not illustrated in Figure 2, equipped with a memory and a display 16 and configured for controlling and programming the read station 7;
  • the read stations 7 could moreover be configured for communicating with the electronic processing unit 5 through a wireless-LAN telecommunications network of a known type. For this purpose, they would be equipped with an electronic device for the transmission and reception of data capable of transmitting and receiving information through reliable wireless-LAN channels (for example, SSL or VPN) , of storing the information in a backup memory in the case where the wireless connection were to be interrupted, and of retransmitting the information as soon as the connection is restored.
  • reliable wireless-LAN channels for example, SSL or VPN
  • Each read station 7 is provided with a station code that identifies uniquely the station and from which it is possible to trace the place where the station is located and consequently the place where a document 2 is located.
  • the electronic processing unit 5 can be provided with one or more conversion tables designed to receive at input the station code coming from the read station 7 in order to supply at output the information regarding the physical place where the station 7 is located.
  • the station code could also comprise data that identify directly the place where the station is located.
  • radiofrequency identification tags 3 RFIDd tags
  • the read station 7 then sends the object code and its station code to the electronic processing unit 5, which is thus updated on the current position of the document 2.
  • the read stations 7 are basically conceived for being installed within premises, for example offices, stores, warehouses, or archives, can be positioned on or under the desks or other office furniture, can be equipped with a base so that they can be positioned in any place where there is the need to locate objects and documents, are basically of small dimensions, and are quick to install.
  • the read stations 7 are conceived for being used in companies with a large number of offices, where tracing of documents 2 could require long times and where it is particularly advantageous to centralize management of the company documentation.
  • the main function of the trolley 8, instead, is that of detecting the displacements of the objects and/or documents 2, for example when these are carried from one office to another, and of transmitting to the electronic processing unit 5 the information regarding the displacements of the objects and/or documents 2.
  • the trolley 8 is basically constituted by a trolley made of a material that does not interfere with the frequencies of the radio signals, and comprises:
  • a transceiving antenna 18, set, for example, under the central shelf of the trolley 8 on which the objects and/or the documents 2 are rested; in particular, the antenna 18 is positioned in such a way as to be able to receive in an optimal way the radio signals coming from the identification tags of the objects and/or documents 2 that are rested on the trolley to be carried from one office to the other;
  • a transceiving antenna 19 set, in the example illustrated, under the bottom shelf of the trolley 2 and facing the floor in such a way as to be able to receive in an optimal way the radio signals coming from the identification tags 4 distributed on the floor;
  • a read device 20 for reading identification tags (RFId tags) illustrated schematically for simplicity of description, which receives at input the signals coming from the antennas 18 and 19 and is configured for reading and storing the object codes coming from the identification tags 3 of the objects and documents 2 that are rested on the trolley 8 and the environment codes coming from the identification tags 4 set on the floor;
  • an electronic device 21 of a known type for wireless-LAN communications configured for transmitting, to the electronic processing unit 5 through a wireless network, radio signals containing the object codes and the environment codes; also in this case, the electronic device for wireless communications transmits the aforesaid information through a reliable wireless channel (for example, SSL or VPN) and, in the case where the wireless connection were to be interrupted, the information would be recorded in a backup memory and transmitted as soon as the connection is restored;
  • a reliable wireless channel for example, SSL or VPN
  • an electric power supply device 22 for example a rechargeable battery, for the supply of all the electronic devices installed on board the trolley 8;
  • the trolley 8 could moreover comprise a programmable electronic control device (not illustrated in Figure 3) , equipped with a memory and a display, for example a personal computer or a palm-top, configured for communicating with the read device 20 and the electronic device for wireless communications 21.
  • a programmable electronic control device (not illustrated in Figure 3)
  • a memory and a display for example a personal computer or a palm-top, configured for communicating with the read device 20 and the electronic device for wireless communications 21.
  • the read device 20, the electronic device for wireless communications 21, and the rechargeable battery 22 can be housed within a single container (not illustrated) protected, aerated, and equipped with a power-supply collector
  • the magnetic field generated by the read device 20 of the trolley 8 affects the electronic circuit of the identification tags 3 of the objects and/or documents 2, which are thus prompted to transmit their object codes.
  • the read device 20 processes the object codes received, identifies on the basis thereof the documents 2 that have been rested on the trolley and that will be presumably carried into another office, and sends the object codes to the electronic wireless communication device 21, which transmits the object codes of the objects 2 to the central electronic processing unit 5.
  • the information acquired by the read device 20 could be sent by the latter to the programmable electronic control device, which, if equipped with a display, could display the information, for example to enable a possible operator responsible for carrying the objects and/or the documents 2 to verify whether the carried objects correspond effectively to the ones to be displaced.
  • the magnetic field generated by the read device 20 affects the electronic circuit of the identification tags 4 set on the floor, which are thus prompted to transmit the environment code.
  • the read device 20 then sends the environment codes received to the electronic wireless communication device 21, which in turn transmits them to the electronic processing unit 5 and, on the basis of these, detects the position of the trolley 8 and automatically the position of the documents 2 that rest thereon.
  • the electronic processing unit 5 is at all times constantly updated on which documents 2 are located on the trolley 8 and in which office the trolley 8 is located, and always knows the displacements of the documents 2.
  • the system 1 enables assignment to each trolley 8 of a trolley code, which is stored in the remote electronic control unit 5.
  • the trolley 8 can be configured for being deposited in purposely provided workstations, which are equipped with a blocking device with an electric lock openable with a personal badge, entrusted, for example, to an operator responsible for carrying the objects and configured for reading the trolley code 8.
  • a blocking device with an electric lock openable with a personal badge, entrusted, for example, to an operator responsible for carrying the objects and configured for reading the trolley code 8.
  • the portable read device 9 has, instead, the purpose of enabling an operator to trace objects and documents 2 that are difficult to trace, for example, documents that are located inside cabinets amongst other documents or that are within a pile of documents resting on a desk.
  • the operator enters, in the portable read device 9, the object code of the object 2 to be found and brings the portable read device 9 up to the place where the object sought is presumably present.
  • the identification tag 3 of the object and/or document 2 sought is prompted by the magnetic field of the portable read device 9 and transmits to the latter the object code that will then be detected by the portable read device 9, which will notify the presence of the object sought.
  • the portable read device 9 basically comprises the following elements (not illustrated in Figure 1) :
  • the read and write devices 10 for reading and writing radiofrequency identification tags 3 are in themselves known and are conceived for carrying out the operations of reading and writing identification tags, such as, for example, recording the code in the RFId tag applied to an object or reading an identification tag for recording the displacement of an object in the case where the read station 7 and the trolley 8 are not available. Said operations can be carried out with the aid of the processing station 11, connected to the device 9, in which software for management of the aforesaid operations of reading and writing, as well as for management of the information (filing and displacements) regarding the objects 2, is installed.
  • Figure 4 shows an example of application of the system for recognizing and tracing objects 1.
  • a portion of a building made up of an office A, an office B, an archive C, and a corridor D, where there is the registered office of a company that uses the system for recognizing and tracing objects 1.
  • the radiofrequency identification tags 4, used for identifying the offices A and B and the archive C are set on the floor at the entrances, respectively, to the office A, to the office B, and to the archive C so that the system 1 can detect the passage of the trolley 8 from one environment to another, for example when the trolley carries documents from the archive C to the office A.
  • the system 1 will detect first the passage of the trolley over the radiofrequency identification tags 4 set in the entrance to the archive and then the passage over the ones set at the entrance to the office A.
  • the office A, the office B, and the archive C moreover have at their disposal a read station 7 for identification and filing of the documents 2 that are located within them.
  • the system of the present invention enables tracing in a fast and reliable way of objects and documents and, in particular, paper documents, multimedia objects such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, diskettes, or other types of objects, such as for example packages of medicines, taking into account their displacements. It moreover enables a proper and transparent filing of the objects and of the documents to be carried out and contributes, through the centralization of the flow of information, to improving sensibly the efficiency and quality of the processes for management of documents and to reducing the costs involved.
  • the trolley 8 could, for example, be equipped with more than two antennas or just one antenna for receiving the radio signals coming from the identification tags, or else the system 1 could not include the read and write devices 10.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un système (1) conçu pour identifier et suivre des objets. Ce système comprend une unité de traitement centrale (5), des premières balises d'identification par radiofréquence (3) qui sont réglées sur des objets respectifs (2) et qui contiennent des codes d'identification des objets (2), des secondes balises d'identification par radiofréquence (4) qui sont réglées sur une surface d'un environnement respectif et qui contiennent chacune un code d'identification d'un environnement respectif, ainsi qu'une unité mobile (8) qui est conçue pour contenir et pour porter les objets (2), pour recevoir les codes d'identification des objets portés et le code d'identification de l'environnement dans lequel il se trouve (4) et pour transmettre les codes d'identification des objets et le code d'identification de l'environnement dans lequel il se trouve à l'unité de traitement centrale (5).
EP06795450A 2005-09-09 2006-09-08 Systeme concu pour identifier et suivre des objets, en particulier des documents papier Withdrawn EP1924956A2 (fr)

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IT000613A ITTO20050613A1 (it) 2005-09-09 2005-09-09 Sistema di riconoscimento di rintracciabilita' di oggetti, in particolare documenti cartacei
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