TW200909830A - Testing device for electrical tag and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An electrical tag testing device is disclosed. The electrical tag testing device is used for single testing each electrical tag of a reeling electrical tag structure wherein each electrical tag has a first antenna. The electrical tag testing device includes a chamber structure having a slot area; a wave-absorbing material disposed on the internal surface of the chamber structure; a second antenna disposed in the chamber structure and corresponded to the slot area; a reader connected with the second antenna; and a driving mechanism connected with the reeling electrical tag structure for driving the reeling electrical tag structure to rotate and allowing single electrical tag to move to the slot area. The second antenna is used to transmit a testing signal to the electrical tag according to the trigger of the reader and a reflex signal is outputted from the electrical tag via the first antenna in response to the testing signal. The reflex signal is received by the second antenna and transmitted to the reader so that the operating quality of the electrical tag is determined by the readeraccording to the reflex signal.

Description

200909830 IX. Description of the invention: [Technical field to which the invention pertains] The present invention relates to a test apparatus suitable for electronic labeling and a test method thereof, particularly a test apparatus suitable for an RFID electronic label and a test method thereof. [Prior Art]

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) electronic tag (TAG) refers to a component composed of a chip (1C) and an antenna. It is commonly used in the UHF band (about 860 to 960 MHz). Wireless signal, with a dedicated reader (reader / writer) can read or write data from the outside

Because RFID can identify and read or write relevant data through the radio signal (4) without the mechanical or optical contact between the system and the specific target, so that the user can correctly move the product. In order to achieve the logistics of the j-rate 'so bribes, there is a gradual replacement of the traditional (four) bar code and magnetic card, and the process steps of the electronic tag must be packaged to test the quality of the ticket. 'The current method of packaging test is taken; 2: The resistance and conduction characteristics of the fiber 'According to the measured data, H is the same as the sensing and replying of the electronic tag by the proximity sensing method. Φ is the basis for the discrimination, but the above method cannot be confirmed to the real 200909830. The use environment, so the readable distance of the electronic tag cannot be known. And if a general reader directly performs functional read judgment on the packaged electronic tag, the electronic signal about the plurality of electronic tags is received at the same time, and interference occurs, and it is impossible to accurately grasp each package. The characteristics of electronic tags, that is, the inability to effectively test a single electronic tag, will result in production time delays and increased costs, so conventional test methods cannot be effectively applied to the production process of electronic tags. Furthermore, the current purpose of manufacturing electronic tags using RFID technology is to compete at low prices, so reducing process costs is a key consideration, so if the above detection methods cannot be effectively applied to the production process of electronic tags. However, testing after the complete electronic label production process will increase the process cost and overall process time, as well as insufficient information on the yield of the various stages of the process. Therefore, how to develop a test device and a test method thereof for an electronic tag which can improve the above-mentioned conventional technology is urgently required to solve the problem. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION One object of the present invention is to provide a test device suitable for an electronic tag and a test method thereof, which are provided with a slotted area on a cavity structure, and a tape-type electronic tag structure by a transmission mechanism The single electronic tag moves to the slotted area, and transmits a test signal to the electronic tag by the second antenna disposed in the cavity structure, so that the electronic tag outputs a reflected signal according to the test signal, so that the reader according to the Reflecting the signal to determine the operational characteristics of the electronic 200909830 label, and solving the test method of the conventional electronic label is tested after the complete production process of the electronic label, which will increase the process cost and the entire processing time, as well as the yield information for each stage of the process. Shortcomings such as lack of mastery. In order to achieve the above object, one of the broader aspects of the present invention provides an electronic label testing apparatus for individually testing each electronic label of a tape-and-reel electronic label structure, wherein each of the electronic labels has a first day. The wire and electronic tag testing device comprises: a cavity structure having a grooved region; an absorbing material disposed on an inner surface of the cavity structure; and a second antenna disposed in the cavity structure and Corresponding to the slotted area; the reader is connected to the second antenna; and the transmission mechanism is connected to the tape-and-reel electronic tag structure for driving the tape-type electronic tag structure to rotate The single electronic tag moves to the slotted area; wherein the second antenna transmits the test signal to the electronic tag according to the driving of the reader, and the electronic tag outputs the reflected signal through the first antenna according to the test signal, the next day The line receives the reflected signal and transmits it to the reader, so that the reader determines the operational characteristics of the electronic tag based on the reflected signal. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a method for testing an electronic label, which is suitable for a tape-type electronic label structure and an electronic label testing device, wherein the electronic label testing device has a cavity structure and a reader, and at least comprises the following steps. (a) defining a slotted area in the cavity structure that cooperates with a single of the tape-type electronic tag structure; (b) moving a single one of the tape-type electronic tag structures to the slotted area (c) transmitting the test signal to the electronic tag, so that the electronic tag determines the electronic mark, the reflected signal, and the operational performance of the check mark according to the reflected signal. [Embodiment]

The features and advantages of the present invention will be described in detail in the second part of the following paragraph. It is to be understood that the present invention is capable of various modifications and changes in the various embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. = Fig. (a) ' is a schematic structural view of the electronic tag test apparatus of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. (a), the electronic label grade of the present embodiment is applied to a radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, and is mainly used to individually test each electronic tag 31 of the tape-and-reel electronic tag structure 30. The electronic tag testing device 1 can be composed of a cavity structure 11, a absorbing material 12, a reader 13, a second antenna 131, a transmission mechanism 14, a control computer 15, and a label of $16, which can be shot in a short distance. The tape-type electronic tag structure 30' that achieves the plane wave effect' and satisfies the rapid mass production utilizes the electromagnetic wave cavity resonance principle, and adopts the slotted structure of the absorbing material 12 and the cavity structure U to achieve the plane wave reflection induction, which is obtained The true readable distance of the electronic tag 31 is known. Please refer to the first figure (a). The cavity structure u of the present case is a hollow structure, which mainly operates by the electromagnetic wave cavity resonance principle, and its vertical height is y greater than y is greater than the transmitting frequency of the first antenna 311 and the second antenna 131. The wavelength, for example, more than l5cm, but not limited thereto, has a slotted area 111 at the top, and the size of the slotted area ιη can be adjusted according to the size of the electronic label 200909830 to define a test range. , as in the first (C), the range of the head A refers to the H) test of the single electronic label 31 into the weaving test device, as for the tape-type electronic iridium structure - the other electronic standard 31 will be cavity The body structure is absolutely, so that the problem of signal interference during the test can be avoided, and the absorbing material 12 is disposed on the inner surface of the cavity structure η to absorb the other == wave 'to avoid the reflection interference. In the present embodiment, the tape-type electronic tag structure 3 is on the top of the body structure u, and each of the electronic tags 31 has a second drive mechanism 14 'for example, a roller to drive the roll The belt-type electronic structure 30 rotates to move the single electronic tag 31 into the slotted area 111, and the second antenna (3) connected to the reader 13 is disposed inside the cavity structure η, and The slot area ui is correspondingly disposed, so that it can be disposed corresponding to the electronic label ^=the first antenna 3U disposed in the slotted area lu, and the second antenna 131 mainly transmits the driving of the state 13 The signal 132 is tested to the electronic tag 31, and the chip (not shown) included in the heart tag 31 will be correspondingly outputted by the first antenna 311 to reflect the signal 312, the next day. The line 131 will receive the reflected signal 312 and transmit it to the reader 13, so that the reader 13 determines the pros and cons of the actual operation of the electronic tag 31 based on the reading result of the reflected signal 312. In this embodiment, the reading is performed. The extractor 13 can further adjust the output power of the test signal 132 by dividing the output. The readable distance of the electronic tag 31 to be tested is determined according to the intensity of the reflected signal 312 reflected from each reflection. For example, the test signal 132 is divided into 200909830. The high, medium, and low levels are outputted and received each time. After the adjusted reflected signal 312 transmitted by the first antenna 311 is adjusted, the reader 13 can comprehensively determine the quality of the readable distance of the detected electronic tag 31 based on the received reflected signal 312. In order to enable the detection result of the electronic tag 31 to be recognized as a back-end instrument or a user, the electronic tag testing device 10 of the present invention can be used by the tagger 16 driven by the control computer 15 to determine the electronic tag according to the judgment result of the reader 13. Label 32 on 31 (as shown in the first figure (c)). r " 4 As for the control computer 15 of the present invention, the control computer 15 can be connected to the reader 13 and the transmission mechanism 14. The control computer 15 can receive the reading result of the reader 13 with respect to the detected electronic tag 31, and once detected, The transmission mechanism 14 can be controlled to accurately displace the next electronic label 31 into the slotted region 111. In addition, regarding the manner of adjusting the output power of the test signal 132, in addition to the above-mentioned reader 13 having the function of self-adjusting the output power, the detected electronic tag is determined by the reading result of the reflected signal of each power measurement stage. 31 The actual readable distance is judged and classified, and the control computer 15 reads the judgment result to control the operation of the marker 16 and the transmission mechanism 14. In some embodiments, the reader 13 can be controlled by the control computer 15 The control computer 15 is mainly used to adjust the output power, and the control computer 15 can record the reading result of the whole electronic tag 31, and judge the reading result of the reflected signal in each power measurement stage, thereby judging the detected electronic standard &quot ; Sign 31 can read the pros and cons of the distance classification. 11 200909830 # μ Refer to the red figure, which is the flow chart of the test method of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. The following embodiment will be based on the architecture of the electronic standard iron test apparatus 10, which is based on the first (4), to incorporate the technique of the present invention. As shown in the second figure, the test of the electronic tag of this case is first adjusted by the size of the charge light combining component (CCD), the sensor (sensQr) ^ is = = should be two = the size of the electronic tag 31 'To enable the electronic tag test device of the present case - the person can only test the single-electronic tag 31 (step, and then drive the tape-type electronic tag structure 3 by the transmission mechanism 14) to use a single-electronic The tag 31 is moved to the slotted area U1 (S22). Then, the reader 13 drives the second antenna 131 to transmit the two signals 132 to the electronic ray 3 and the electronic standard 31 outputs the reflected signal 312 via the first 311. (Step S23), then, the green is taken to adjust the output power of the test signal 132 to determine the readable distance of the detected electronic target shovel according to the reading result of the measured signal of each stage: And the classification of the advantages and disadvantages (step S24), and labeling 32 on the electronic subtraction 31 according to the reading result of the reader 13 for identification by the backend instrument or the user (step S25), after step S25, by means of electricity Agricultural integration components ((10)), induction n (sensQ〇 or other ^ induction ^ If all the electronic standard irons 31 of the tape-type electronic label structure 30 have been tested (step S26), when the sensing result is no, then the control computer 15 will drive the transmission mechanism u to move the next electronic money 31 to the slotting. In the area H1, on the other hand, when the sensing result is YES, the detection procedure of the electronic tag 结束 is ended. 12 200909830 . In summary, the test device and the testing method thereof applicable to the electronic tag in the present case are due to the cavity structure Providing a slotted area that allows only a single electronic tag to pass and reflect, and moves a single electronic tag of the tape-type electronic tag structure to the slotted area by a transmission mechanism, and is transmitted by a second antenna disposed in the cavity structure a test signal is sent to the electronic tag, so that the electronic tag outputs a reflected signal according to the test signal, to determine the operating characteristics of the electronic tag according to the reflected signal, and the distinguishing classification of the readable distance, so the test is applicable to the test case. The device and its test method can quickly and effectively identify the yield during the electronic labeling process, so as to accurately grasp the process steps of each stage. The characteristics can better judge the quality of the electronic label after the completion of the production. Therefore, the test device and its test method applicable to the electronic label in this case are of great industrial value, and the application is made according to law. Anyone who has modified the craftsmanship for all kinds of modifications, but does not deviate from the scope of the patent application. 13 200909830 [Simple description of the diagram] The first diagram (a): It is the structure diagram of the first device of this case. The electronic tag test f (b) of the preferred embodiment is a top view of the first figure (4). The figure (c) is a schematic diagram of the first picture note. : It is the flow chart of the case. Second embodiment of the electronic tag test method [main component symbol description] 10: electronic tag test device 111: slotted area 13: reader U: cavity structure 12: absorbing material 132: test signal 15: control computer 30: Tape and Reel Electronic Label 311 · First Antenna 3 2 · Labeling 131. Second Antenna 14: Transmission Mechanism: Labeling Tag Structure 31: Electronic Tag 312: Reflected Signals S21 to S26: Flow of Electronic Standard Method

Claims (1)

200909830 X. Patent application scope: 1. An electronic labeling device for testing the electronic standard iron of the coil, each of which is labeled with a first antenna, and the electronic label testing device comprises: a cavity structure having a grooved region; a absorbing material disposed on an inner surface of the cavity structure; - a first antenna configured to set (4) (4) a structural towel and disposed corresponding to the domain; a reader coupled to the second antenna and a transmission mechanism coupled to the tape-type electronic tag structure to drive the tape-type electronic tag structure to rotate to move the single to the opening a slot area; wherein the second antenna is transmitted by the driver of the reader - a test signal to the electronic tag, and the electronic tag will reflect the signal according to the test signal, the first The two antennas are connected to the reader, and the reader determines the operational characteristics of the electronic tag based on the reflection number. °, ^ The electronic label testing device described in the scope of the patent application, wherein the electronic tag is suitable for radio frequency identification technology. 3. The electronic tag testing device of claim 1, wherein the vertical height of the one-body structure is at least greater than a half wavelength emitted by the first antenna. 4. The electronic label testing device according to claim 1, wherein the 2009 20093030 electronic label testing device comprises a control computer connected to the reader and the transmission mechanism to receive the reading (four) The result of reading the reflected signal and controlling the operation of the transmission mechanism. The electronic tag testing device of claim 4, wherein the transmission mechanism is a roller that is driven by the control computer to move a single electronic tag to the slotted area. Apply for the electronic standard test set as described in item 4 of the full-time division, where -Huiqi 5 is also connected to the control computer to adjust the output power of the test signal according to the control of the computer. The electronic standard iron test splitting according to the item i of the patent application, wherein the reader adjusts the output power of the test signal, and determines the corresponding electronic label according to the reading result of the reflection domain. 8. The electronic label device as described in the application for full-time (4) item i, wherein the space size of the slot area is dynamic due to the size of the electronic label = electronic label measurement (4) as described in the scope of the patent application The test device further includes an identifier for marking, according to the reader, the corresponding identifier on the electronic tag. The electronic tag test method 'money is applicable to the tape-type thunder early = and - electronic standard test device, wherein the electronic mark = 糸 /, has; the cavity structure and a reader, at least comprises the following steps: Il) a slotted area in which the A and the electronic label structure of the tape-type electronic label structure are matched in the cavity structure; 200909830 (b) the single-shaped electronic label in the tape-type electronic standard ft structure Move to the slotted area; () pass / then test the electronic tag, so that the electronic tag rotates according to the test signal - the reflected signal, and according to the read signal, the alpha, Determine the operational effectiveness of the electronic tag. The method for testing an electronic tag as described in claim 1G, wherein the step (4) further comprises the following steps: r (:1) according to the output power of the reflected signal, so that the read f is reflected by β The reading result of No. 5 is used to know the desirable distance. For example, the electronic standard test method described in Item 1G of the claim, wherein the step U) may further comprise the following steps: w (d) according to the operational performance judged by the reader, the corresponding electronic Labels are labeled. ~ This (e) moves the next electronic tag to the slotted area and proceeds to the detection process of steps (C) through (4). ϋ Apply for the test method of the electronic label described in item (4) 1G, enter the electronic label of the electronic label. The electronic label is marked by the labeler. The test method, /, tape and reel type electronic tag structure is driven by a transmission mechanism.