The idea that leverages RFID labels for location determination and direction guidance Suk chan Kang
Jan 26, 2016
The idea that leverages RFID labels for location determination and direction guidance
Suk chan Kang
Outline
Motivation Why RFID for this idea? Components Feature Prototype Trinetra System RFID Shelf/Rack Label for location determination RFID Label orientation and its direction coordinate The guidance from different source The absolute and local direction coordinate Sample RFID deployment file format Procedure for the direction guidance (1-6) Toy simulator (1-2) Toy simulator simulation procedure(1-6) Conclusion
Motivation
Impressed by guidance style of old treasure map Cost-effective, convenient direction guidance for the destination Better independence for the user, without bothering the store clerks Synergy effect when used with other devices like bar code reader to discriminate
between different products
Go straight by 10 walks.Turn to the right.Go straight by 15 walks.Turn to the left.Go straight by 10 walks.
Dig it !!
Why RFID for this idea?
Relatively higher cost than that of bar-code Baracoda’s IDBlue RFID-scanning pen has only 4cm-long
reading distance ! However
Basic, cheap RFID tag does suffice for this idea No requirement of line-of-sight reading of the tags
Components
RFID label deployment data file indigenous for each store Item database of the store that matches the items and their RFID shelf label Smart phone Passive RFID label Passive RFID reader Micro phone Bluetooth headset Speech-to-text software to issue the commands Text-to-speech software to inform the user of the resulting messages
Feature
RFID-based aisle and shelf-level guidance and identification Immunity for re-stocking and relocation
Most information is in the file to be stored in smart phone Only needs to reconfigure the matching between items and their position (in
the form of RFID number) in deployment file whenever the store updates its item data base
Can guide the user again even if the user happens to deviate from the desired routing
Prototype Trinetra System
RFID Shelf/Rack Label for location determination
RFID Shelf/Rack Label for location determination
RFID Label orientation and its direction coordinate
Every RFID Label is intuitively assigned its own indigenous local orientation in 12 division format
The direction coordinate of 12 division of a RFID label varies RFID by RFID
The direction which points at 12 o’clock is the direction of the side that RFID label faces
12
6
39
9
3
126
The guidance from different source
Rack
destination
3
9
612
9
3
126
Go to the 11 o’clockdirection !
Go to the 4 o’clockdirection !
View from the ceiling
The same destination, different direction guidance, depending on the user’s position
The absolute and local direction coordinate
The smart phone software should know the relation between the absolute coordinate and the local coordinate
This information is specified in RFID deployment file as the item “fdir”
12 (North)
6 (South)
39
In this example, the local 12 o’clock points
3 o’clock direction in absolute coordinate
9
3
126
Absolute 12 divisioncoordinate
Local 12 divisioncoordinate
Sample RFID deployment file format
#sNode x y fdir attri Enb Wnb SnbNnb
[sNode begin]sNode0 100 100 3 Norm 1 -1 15 -1sNode1 150 100 6 Norm 2 0 16 -1sNode2 200 100 9 Hole 3 1 17 -1sNode3 250 100 3 Norm 4 2 18 -1……….sNode75 100 350 3 Norm 76 -1 90 60sNode76 150 350 12 Norm 77 75 91 61sNode77 200 350 9 Norm 78 76 92 62[sNode end]*Fdir: The orientation that this RFID tag’s 12 o’clock faces, in absolute direction coordination*Attri: Attribute. Hole or Normal*Enb: East neighbor RFID tag id number -1 means no neighbor in that direction*Wnb: West neighbor RFID tag id number -1 means no neighbor in that direction*Snb: South neighbor RFID tag id number -1 means no neighbor in that direction*Nnb: North neighbor RFID tag id number -1 means no neighbor in that direction
Procedure for the direction guidance (1)
1. Check and download a up to the date RFID label deployment file for a shop when entering the shop
Brand new RFID deployment file
Procedure for the direction guidance (2)
2. Search for the item over the item data base of the store and get the RFID number of the destination where the items are waiting for the user The user can use speech to text software for conveniently issue the
command to smart phone
“Orange juice” “RFID 100”
Procedure for the direction guidance (3)
3. Set the RFID taken in procedure 2 to the destination
“Set destination 100”
Procedure for the direction guidance (4)
4. Identify where the user is now, by reading the nearest RFID label around the user
“RFID 9 is nowset to your position”
Procedure for the direction guidance (5)
5. Let the smart phone tell the user the routing The software in the smart phone will use “shortest path algorithm” such as
that of dijkstra The smart phone will guide you to the destination in piece wise manner The direction would be of 12 division format The distance would be of the multiple of unit distance such as “5 walks” or
“10 hops”
“Turn to the 7 o’clock”“Go straight by 10 walks”“Turn …”
“Tell me the rouging”
Procedure for the direction guidance (6)
6. Iterate 4 to 5 until the user gets to the destination successfully Even If the user would ever deviates, it is alright because the smart phone
will suggest a new shortest path from where the user is now, to the destination
Toy simulator (1)
Simulates the previous procedure from (3) to (6) Written in C++ by using Qt 3.3.4 library on Linux Platform Uses Dijkstra’s shortest path algorithm You can see the demo “avi” format file and source file at this
address: (please click!) You can compile it on Linux or Cygwin by typing:
>make clean; >qmake; >make clean;
Please just invoke “./rfidguidance &”
Toy simulator (2)
Speech to text input
Text to speech output
User
Routing line
Destination
Routing hop list
Local direction clock
Rack
RFID label
Absolute directionclock
Toy simulator simulation procedure(1)
Speech to text input commanded:“set destination 85”
Text to speech output message tells:“Node 85 is now destination”
Node 0
Node 85(not shown)
Toy simulator simulation procedure(2)
The direction for guidance routing at this label is 9 o’clock when compared with the short hand
The short hand points at theside this RFID label faces
“Go to the 9’oclock direction by 8 hops”
Absolute direction clockalways points atthe absolute 12’oclock(It does not move)
Toy simulator simulation procedure(3)
“Go to the 9’oclock direction by 2 hops”
When the user seems tohave deviated, the userhas only to tell “showrouting” again
Node 85
Toy simulator simulation procedure(4)
“Go to the 3’oclock direction by 5 hops”
Toy simulator simulation procedure(5)
“Go to the 0’oclock direction by 1 hops”
The direction forguidance routing at this label (84) and the side this label faces are the same
Toy simulator simulation procedure(6)
“You have alreadyreached your destination !!”
Conclusion
RFID label based location determination and direction guidance
Better degree of freedom for the user, not disturbing the store clerk
Relatively robust for physical re-stocking and relocation