RFID tags equipped with GPS
Published on June 27th, 2007 in gps navigation, tracking
Identec Solutions of Austria just announced satellite assisted RFID technology that can track a certain asset’s location independent from a base station. However the technology is not in real time for you’ll still have to wait for your container to arrive at the port.
The new tags which have a read / write range of 500 meters are equipped with self-tracking GPS tag utilizes satellites in combination with RFID to chart its route and movement. Once within range of an Identec Solutions reader, the GPS Tag will provide crucial information on the assets movements.
This new technology is developed for asset or personnel tracking applications, and in particular for container and port transits - nothing of interest to everyday consumers.
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STEC technology solves concurrently two critical requirements to ensure the traceability of all kinds of goods in transit: pallets, packages, containers, luggage, etc.:
Identify each package or container in a secure, simple and economical manner.
Secure the contents of each package or container in order to avoid unauthorized access to its contents.
Separate solutions for both requirements have been available for a long time. Tags, stickers, bar codes, and radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags are used to identify goods in transit. Moreover, an ample variety of seals, tapes, shrinkable coatings, etc., are employed in an attempt to secure the contents. The increased interest in traceability of goods at every step of the transport, handling and storage makes necessary to consider technological solutions
STEC technology, patented in the United States (U.S. Patent No. 5,915,629A) and other countries (Argentina PI 013808B1AR, Brazil PI 9900236-1BR), addresses both requirements in a simple and effective way. As described in detail in the aforementioned U.S. Patent, the Passive Security Seal may be easily installed without special tools and provides ample flexibility for the selection of the securing elements (tapes, ropes, etc.).
Regarding the identification means, a number of technologies may be used, including bar codes, Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) devices and Infra-red (IR) tags.
A recent development of STEC technology is the new Active Security Seal (patents pending worldwide AR P060101167RA), which, in additon of securing and identifying the object on which it is fastened, also has the ability to interrogate (identify) other goods in transit located nearby and which are secured with STEC seals (or merely identified with ordinary RF-ID tags). This is done by incorporating to the Active Seal a miniaturized RF-ID reader controlled by a programmable microprocessor. The Active Security Seal communicates with a remote data unit via an RF link (in a ISM band) to provide real-time and/or stored identification and security information. together with environmental parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, etc.
Further information is available at the STEC website: http://www.StecUSA.com
What kind of business relationship is STEC looking for?
STEC seeks to licence its technology to a firm with the financial and technological capabilities to take charge of the manufacture, sales and deployment of its technology, eiter directly or through system integrators and resellers.