Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100127831 | ACTIVE RFID APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PN CODE GNENRATION - An active radio frequency identification (RFID) apparatus having an additional transmitter in addition to a single transmitter is provided. The active RFID apparatus includes a first transmitter including a first pseudo noise (PN) code generator to generate a direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) introduced by ISO/IEC (International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission) 24730-2 or ISO/IEC 18185-5 type B; and a second transmitter including a second PN code generator to perform an AND operation on an initial value and a fed back value and shift the resultant value of the AND operation, to perform an XOR operation on particular bits from among the shifted bits and to perform an XOR operation again on the shifted bits and the resulting value of the XOR operation to finally generate a PN code. Accordingly, where an additional PN code is added besides an existing PN code, a PN code having excellent auto correlation characteristics allowing discrimination of the PN code itself and cross-correlation characteristics providing a code discrimination ability with respect to another code can be generated. | 05-27-2010 |
20100127934 | POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SIGNAL RECEIVER FOR POSITIONING SYSTEM, AND POSITION CALCULATION METHOD - A positioning system is provided which is capable of calculating the position of a target object even though it does not detect some synchronous signal necessary for position calculation. A communication signal receiver which provides information used in the position calculation is also provided. The positioning system includes a plurality of communication signal receivers each to detect a communication signal from a target object to be tracked and synchronous signals repeatedly transmitted for timing synchronization, and to acquire a receiving time interval between the synchronous signals, a receiving time interval between the synchronization signal and the communication signal, and synchronization signal identification information; and a position calculator to calculate a position of the target object by calculating a receiving time error of the communication signal from the receiving time interval between the synchronous signals, the receiving time interval between the synchronization signal and the communication signal, and the synchronization signal identification information. | 05-27-2010 |
20100141386 | NEAR-FIELD RFID READER ANTENNA - A near-field radio frequency identification (RFID) reader antenna is provided. The near-field RFID reader antenna is intended to separately recognize adjacent items to which a plurality of small RFID tags are attached, such as wines displayed on a shelf in a store or chip trays on casino tables, using a near field. The near-field REID reader antenna includes a dielectric layer, at least one signal line formed on the dielectric layer, a ground surface formed under the dielectric layer, at least one ground line formed under the dielectric layer to be electrically connected to the ground surface in parallel with the signal line, at least one signal stub formed to be electrically connected to the signal line toward the ground line, and at least one ground stub formed to be electrically connected to the ground line toward the signal line in parallel with the signal stub. | 06-10-2010 |
20100141404 | RFID SENSOR TAG AND SENSOR DATA STORING METHOD - A method of storing sensor data in a sensor tag is provided. The method comprises receiving new sensor data output from a sensor, comparing the received new sensor data with immediately previous sensor data to determine whether the comparison result satisfies a predetermined criterion, and storing the new sensor data in a tag memory when it is determined that the criterion is satisfied. Accordingly, efficient use of the tag memory is possible. | 06-10-2010 |
20100146151 | ROUTING PATH ESTABLISHMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD IN ZIGBEE NETWORK - An apparatus and method for establishing a routing path in a ZigBee network including a device in sleep mode is provided. The method includes receiving a route request command, and establishing a path with reference to sleep information of a destination device and of all devices located on a path to the destination device. Accordingly, while the devices are allowed to sleep for energy efficiency even in a non-beacon-enabled mode, an ad-hoc on-demand distance vector (AODV)-based mesh routing method which uses a route request command (RREQ) and a route reply command (RREP) can be used as is, and thus the ZigBee network can be utilized in more various application fields. | 06-10-2010 |
20100146356 | WIRELESS SENSOR NODE - A wireless sensor node is provided which is divided into functional modules on a function basis and operates the functional modules to cooperatively perform its individual functions. The wireless sensor node includes a wireless transceiver to wirelessly communicate with a control node; a primary configuration unit to set a node identification address in communication with a control node; a secondary configuration unit to use the node identification address to register with the control node and set an address for communication which is assigned by the control node; a basic power supply to supply power to modules for communication and sensor control; functional modules to perform data processing and sensor control; and a functional module activator to activate the functional modules according to a type of received data or an operation for data transmission. | 06-10-2010 |
20100150070 | SENSOR NODE HAVING SELF LOCALIZATION FUNCTION AND SELF LOCALIZATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a sensor node having a self localization function and a self localization method of the sensor node. The sensor node calculates a location thereof by receiving location information measured at each of two mobile nodes at different times and using four location information of the received location information. Additional cost and power consumption required for installing additional equipment such as an anchor node, a ultrasonic transceiver and a signal amplifier are reduced. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153088 | SENSOR NODE INCLUDED IN SENSOR NETWORK, UPDATE SERVER UPDATING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF UPDATING SENSOR NODE - Provided are a sensor node included in a sensor network, an update server updating the sensor node, and a method of updating a sensor node. The update server updating a sensor node included in a sensor network includes an execution code manager managing execution codes for a plurality of sensor nodes included in the sensor network, a rule generator generating an update rule based on a result of comparing an existing execution code managed by the execution code manager with an update execution code required for a new function update of the sensor node, and a downloader causing the sensor node to download the update rule generated by the rule generator. Accordingly, an execution code can be updated by a small amount of data transmission. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153808 | METHOD OF TRANSMISSION OF LARGE DATA AMOUNTS IN SENSOR NETWORK BASED ON MAC - A large data transmission method in a sensor network based on a media access control (MAC) is provided. The method includes dividing data to be transferred into a plurality of data segments; generating a plurality of media access control (MAC) segmented data frames by including in each data segment an indication that the data is generated by segmentation and assigning a sequence number to the data segment; transmitting the generated MAC segmented data frames sequentially; receiving a MAC reception failure frame indicating reception failure for a predetermined period of time from a receiving sensor node after completing the transmitting of all the MAC segmented data frames; and retransmitting the MAC segmented data frames which correspond to at least one sequence number included in the received MAC reception failure frame. Accordingly, large data transmission times can be reduced in a MAC for a sensor network. | 06-17-2010 |
20100158165 | PARALLEL AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed is a wireless signal receiving apparatus, and more particularly, disclosed is a parallel automatic frequency offset estimation apparatus and method for tracking a frequency offset in an early stage by calculating, in parallel, frequency offsets of a received signal. The parallel automatic frequency offset estimation apparatus includes a receiving unit to receive a data frame; and a frequency offset estimation unit to calculate, in parallel, frequency and phase deviations at different bit intervals within a particular section of the received data frame, to add together the frequency and phase deviations to obtain a first sum of the frequency and phase deviations, and to add the first sum to a frequency phase deviation calculated for each bit after the particular section in the received data frame to obtain a second sum of the frequency and phase deviations. Accordingly, transmission frequency tracking can be performed at higher speed, compared to the conventional systems in which frequency offset acquisition is carried out in stages. Also, accurate tracking of a transmission frequency is possible in an initial frame. | 06-24-2010 |
20100169691 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPERATION MODE OF NODE IN AD HOC NETWORK - Provided is a method of determining an operation mode of a node in an ad hoc network. The method includes: monitoring a measured amount of residual energy of the node and comparing the measured amount of residual energy of the node with an amount of residual energy theoretically calculated for the node; identifying an amount of information in a queue included in the node; calculating a relay probability of the node by reflecting the identified amount of information in the queue and the result of comparing the measured amount of residual energy of the node with the theoretically calculated amount of residual energy for the node; and determining the operation mode of the node to be one of a relay mode and a transmission mode, based on the calculated relay probability of the node. The method enables nodes to exchange information about their respective amounts of residual energy and analyze the information without using additional resources and processes. | 07-01-2010 |
20100246738 | SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS FOR ACCURATELY DEMODULATING SIGNAL INPUT TO PJM TAG AND PJM TAG INCLUDING THE SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS - A passive phase jitter modulation (PJM) tag is charged with power in a continuous wave (CW) section. When receiving a command from a reader, the passive PJM tag must recognize the command and determine exactly when to begin demodulating the command. Only then can the passive PJM tag demodulate the command. To this end, a synchronization apparatus for accurately demodulating a signal input to a PJM tag includes a plurality of correlators correlating a received phase jitter-modulated signal with a template of an internal matched filter which is in the same form as at least a portion of a modified frequency modulation (MFM) flag. | 09-30-2010 |
20100314453 | TAG ANTENNA USING MICROSTRIP LINE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG - Disclosed is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag antenna. The tag antenna includes a lower dielectric substrate and an upper dielectric substrate. The lower dielectric substrate is provided at a lower surface thereof with a ground plane and at an upper surface thereof with two microstrip lines. The microstrip lines each have an open-end, the open ends spaced apart from each other from a middle of the lower dielectric substrate while facing each other to form a radiating slot from which radiation of electromagnetic waves occurs. The upper dielectric substrate is provided at an upper surface thereof with at least one electric capacitive device and is stacked on the lower dielectric substrate. The RFID tag antenna enhances radiation efficiency while achieving miniaturization. | 12-16-2010 |
20110142159 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYBRID VIRTUAL MIMO TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS AD-HOC NETWORK - A hybrid virtual multiple-input multiple-output (V-MIMO) transmission method of a management node in a wireless ad-hoc network in which a transmission path from a source node to a destination node is divided into one or more sections is provided. The hybrid V-MIMO transmission method includes obtaining one or more pieces of node information of one or more nodes by transmitting an information request message to the nodes in response to a transmission request message for data transmission from the source node to the destination node; setting a shortest path (SP) from the source node to the destination node based on the obtained node information; determining transmission schemes individually for nodes present on the SP; issuing a transmission preparation request by transmitting the determined transmission schemes to the respective corresponding nodes; and transmitting a transmission start message to the source node in response to transmission ready responses from the respective nodes. | 06-16-2011 |
20120139795 | NEAR-FIELD ANTENNA - The present invention relates to a near-field antenna. In an aspect, the near-field antenna may include a dielectric layer, a ground plane formed on one side of the dielectric layer, a plurality of U-shaped slots periodically disposed in the ground plane for radiation, and a microstrip line provided on the other side of the dielectric layer for power feeding. In another aspect, the near-field antenna may include a dielectric layer, a ground plane formed on one side of the dielectric layer, a plurality of U-shaped slots periodically disposed in the ground plane for radiation, and a microstrip line configured to have a plurality of U-shaped slots diverged on the other side of the dielectric layer in parallel for power feeding, have the plurality of U-shaped slots periodically disposed in series in respective diverged lines, and have an end shorted to form standing waves. | 06-07-2012 |
20130106580 | RFID SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |