# US 11,113,483 B2 · Radio frequency identification (RFID) system

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- Number: US 11,113,483 B2
- Document ID: US11113483B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/716,059
- Filed: 2019-12-16
- Published: 2021-06-17
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2019-12-16
- Assignees: Cymmetrik Enterprise Co.,Ltd.
- Applicants: Cymmetrik Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Shan-Jen Kuo; Frank Shang-Teng Chan; Yosephine Yulia Margaretha; Jen-Chieh Wei; Shao-Ming Kao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11113483B2

## CPC

- G06K 7/10316: {using at least one antenna particularly designed for interrogating the wireless record carriers (antennas in general H01Q1/22)}
- H01Q 1/2225: {used in active tags, i.e. provided with its own power source or in passive tags, i.e. deriving power from RF signal}
- G06K 19/07773: {Antenna details (antennas for wireless devices, e.g. RFID tags, in general H01Q1/22)}
- H01Q 1/2216: {used in interrogator/reader equipment}
- H01Q 7/00: Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
- H04B 1/38: Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72)
- H04B: TRANSMISSION

## Abstract

A radio frequency identification system comprising: a measuring assembly configured to measure a physical quantity of an object to output a first data associated with the object, a loop antenna configured to be attached to the object, wherein the loop antenna has an IC chip storing a second data associated with the object, a radiation pattern disposed at the measuring assembly and a transreceiver in signal-transmittable connection to the measuring assembly, with the transreceiver configured to perform at least one of sending the first data and receiving the second data when the loop antenna and the radiation pattern are electromagnetically coupled to each other, wherein the IC chip stores the first data when the transreceiver sends the first data, and the measuring assembly receives the second data and outputs a message having the first data and the second data when the transreceiver receives the second data.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A radio frequency identification (RFID) system comprising:
a measuring assembly configured to measure a physical quantity of an object to output a first data associated with the object;
a loop antenna configured to be attached to the object, wherein the loop antenna has an IC chip storing a second data associated with the object;
a radiation pattern disposed at the measuring assembly; and
a transreceiver in signal-transmittable connection to the measuring assembly, with the transreceiver configured to perform at least one of sending the first data and receiving the second data when the loop antenna and the radiation pattern are electromagnetically coupled to each other,
wherein the IC chip stores the first data when the transreceiver sends the first data, and the measuring assembly receives the second data and outputs a message having the first data and the second data when the transreceiver receives the second data.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The RFID system of claim 1, wherein the measuring assembly has a computing processor, the transreceiver reads the second data and sends the second data to the computing processor, and the computing processor generates the message.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The RFID system of claim 2, wherein the computing processor of the measuring assembly generates the message by serially combining the first data with the second data.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The RFID system of claim 2, wherein the measuring assembly includes a weighing apparatus configured to obtain a weight of the object.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The RFID system of claim 4, wherein the object is a plurality of sub-objects, the computing processor obtains an amount of the sub-objects based on the weight.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The RFID system of claim 2, wherein the measuring assembly includes a depth camera configured to obtain a 3D information of the object, and the computing processor determines a volume of the object based on the 3D information.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The RFID system of claim 2, wherein the measuring assembly includes a camera configured to obtain an image of the object, the object is a plurality of sub-objects, and the computing processor of the measuring assembly determines an amount of the sub-objects based on the image.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

The RFID system of claim 2, wherein the measuring assembly includes a spectrometer, the spectrometer emits a light to the object and detects a reflected light from the object to obtain a spectrum of the object, and the computing processor of the measuring assembly determines a material of the object based on the spectrum.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The RFID system of claim 2, wherein the measuring assembly includes a thermometer configured to sense a temperature of the object.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The RFID system of claim 1, wherein the transreceiver writes the first data received from the measuring assembly into the IC chip.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The RFID system of claim 1, wherein the radiation pattern has a coupling range and the transreceiver has a transmitting range, the transreceiver performs at least one of receiving the first data and sending the second data when the loop antenna is within the coupling range and the coupling range overlaps the transmitting range.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The RFID system of claim 11, wherein a radius of the coupling range is within 30 cm.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The RFID system of claim 1, wherein the radiation pattern is disposed on a supporting surface of a measuring apparatus of the measuring assembly, wherein the supporting surface is configured to support the object.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The RFID system of claim 1, wherein the transreceiver has a reader and a reader antenna, the reader antenna is arranged in a position out of a transmitting range of the loop antenna and within that of a combination of the loop antenna and the radiation pattern.
