NZ759574B2 - Management of large number of rfid tags in cryogenic container - Google Patents
Management of large number of rfid tags in cryogenic containerInfo
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- NZ759574B2 NZ759574B2 NZ759574A NZ75957418A NZ759574B2 NZ 759574 B2 NZ759574 B2 NZ 759574B2 NZ 759574 A NZ759574 A NZ 759574A NZ 75957418 A NZ75957418 A NZ 75957418A NZ 759574 B2 NZ759574 B2 NZ 759574B2
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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- A01N1/10—Preservation of living parts
- A01N1/14—Mechanical aspects of preservation; Apparatus or containers therefor
- A01N1/146—Non-refrigerated containers specially adapted for transporting or storing living parts whilst preserving
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
- G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
- G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
- G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
- G06K19/0723—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
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- G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
- G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
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- G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
- H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
- H01Q1/22—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
- H01Q1/2208—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles associated with components used in interrogation type services, i.e. in systems for information exchange between an interrogator/reader and a tag/transponder, e.g. in Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] systems
- H01Q1/2216—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles associated with components used in interrogation type services, i.e. in systems for information exchange between an interrogator/reader and a tag/transponder, e.g. in Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] systems used in interrogator/reader equipment
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
- H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
- H01Q9/0407—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna
- H01Q9/0421—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a radio-frequency identification system for a container, such as a cryogenic container, comprising: a large number of radio-frequency identification tags for cryogenic straws, preferably at least 100 radio-frequency identification tags, each radio-frequency identification tag attachable to or embeddable in a cryogenic straw; an interrogation unit adapted to be placed or integrated inside the cryogenic container; wherein the interrogation unit and radio-frequency identification tags are configured to operate with a frequency of at least 30 MHz. The disclosure further relates to a method of identifying a large number of radio-frequency identification tags in a cryogenic container, preferably at least 100 radio-frequency identification tags, the method comprising the steps of: configuring a radio-frequency identification interrogation unit to transmit radio-frequency interrogation signals in the container with a frequency of at least 30 MHz; configuring the radio-frequency identification interrogation unit to operate in a plurality of different signal propagation modes such that the cryogenic container is divided into a plurality of propagation zones, wherein each propagation zone is associated with a corresponding propagation mode, and wherein only the radio-frequency identification tags within a specific propagation zone are excited when the interrogation unit is in the corresponding propagation mode; and configuring the radio-frequency identification interrogation unit to receive radio-frequency response signals from the radio-frequency identification tags.
Claims (20)
1. A method of identifying a large number of frequency identification tags, the number of radio-frequency identification tags being at least 100, in a 5 cryogenic ner, the method comprising the steps of: - configuring a radio-frequency identific ation interrogation unit connected to a plurality of interrogation antennas to transmit radio-frequency interrogation signals in the cryogenic ner with a frequency of at least 30 MHz; - configuring the radio-frequency identifi cation interrogation unit to operate in 10 a plurality of different signal propagation modes by applying beamforming such that the cryogenic container is divided into a plurality of propagation zones, wherein each propagation zone is associated with a corresponding propagation mode, wherein the interrogation antennas are configured to apply dual beams associated with the propagation zones and to 15 operate with individual amplification weights such that only the radiofrequency identification tags within a specific propagation zone are excited when the interrogation unit is in the corresponding propagation mode; and - configuring the frequency identi fication interrogation unit to receive frequency response signals from the radio-frequency identification 20 tags.
2. The method of identifying a large number of radio-frequency fication tags ing to any of the ing claims, wherein the propagation zones are configured such that only a reduced number of frequency response 25 signals from the radio-frequency identification tags are received.
3. The method of identifying a large number of radio-frequency identification tags according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the propagation zones are configured according to a predetermined arrangement of groups of radio- 30 ncy identification tags.
4. The method of identifying a large number of radio-frequency identification tags according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined arrangement of groups comprises at least two groups, each group comprising at least 10 cryogenic 1005865813 straws, preferable at least 50 cryogenic straws, even more preferably at least 100 cryogenic straws.
5. The method of identifying a large number of radio-frequency identification tags 5 according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the propagation zones are configured such that collisions between radio-frequency responses of the radiofrequency fication tags are reduced.
6. The method of identifying a large number of radio-frequency identification tags 10 according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising the step of applying an anti-collision algorithm for identifying the radio-frequency fication tags within a ation zone.
7. The method of fying a large number of radio-frequency identification tags 15 according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the interrogation unit produces an electromagnetic field in the cryogenic container, and wherein the electromagnetic field is shaped such that it is sufficiently strong for the tags to respond in at least one propagation zone, and sufficiently weak for the tags not to respond in at least one other ation zone.
8. The method of identifying a large number of radio-frequency identification tags according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising the step of determining a physical location of a radio-frequency identification tag in the cryogenic container based on the received response from one of the 25 propagation zones.
9. The method of fying a large number of radio-frequency fication tags ing to any of the preceding claims, further comprising the step of itting radio-frequency interrogation signals in the cryogenic container in 30 several different frequency bands, thereby further distinguishing predefined groups of radio-frequency identification tags, optionally r comprising the step of transmitting frequency interrogation signals in the cryogenic container in several different frequency channels with the frequency bands, thereby further guishing predefined sub-groups of radio-frequency 35 identification tags. 1005865813
10. The method of fying a large number of radio-frequency identification tags according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising the step of ogating multiple radio-frequency identification tags within a propagation zone by applying an RFID anti-collision algorithm.
11. A frequency identification system for a cryogenic container comprising: - a large number of radio-frequency identification tags for cryogenic straws, the number of frequency identification tags being at least 100, each radio-frequency identification tag attachable to or embeddable in a 10 cryogenic straw; - an interrogation unit adapted to be plac ed or integrated inside the cryogenic container; and a plurality of interrogation antennas connected to the interrogation unit; wherein the interrogation unit and frequency fication tags are 15 configured to e with a frequency of at least 30 MHz, the interrogation unit further configured to operate in a plurality of ent signal propagation modes by applying beamforming such that the cryogenic container is divided into a plurality of propagation zones, wherein each propagation zone is associated with a corresponding propagation mode, the interrogation 20 antennas being configured to apply individual beams associated with the propagation zones and to operate with individual amplification weights such that only the radio-frequency identification tags within a specific propagation zone are excited when the interrogation unit is in the corresponding propagation mode.
12. The radio-frequency identification system for a cryogenic container according to claim 11, n each radio-frequency identification tag comprises a tag dipole antenna attachable to or embeddable in a cryogenic straw such that the tag dipole antennas are arranged vertically in the cryogenic container, and wherein 30 the interrogation unit comprises at least one interrogation dipole antenna arranged in a al position.
13. The radio-frequency identification system for a cryogenic container according to claim 11, wherein each frequency identification tag comprises a patch 35 antenna, or an L-antenna, or an inverted F-antenna or a planar inverted-F a attachable to or embeddable in a nic straw such that the tag 1005865813 dipole antennas are arranged vertically in the nic container, and n the interrogation unit comprises a patch a, or an L-antenna, or an inverted F-antenna or a planar inverted-F antenna. 5
14. The radio-frequency identification system for a cryogenic container according to any of claims 11-13, further comprising a large number of cryogenic straws, such as at least 100, preferably at least 500, more ably at least 1000, most preferably at least 3000 cryogenic , even more preferably at least 5000, wherein the radio-frequency identification tags are integrated in the 10 nic straws.
15. The radio-frequency identification system for a cryogenic container according to any of claims 11-14, wherein the straws are y packed, having a maximum of 5 mm of space between the straws.
16. The radio-frequency identification system for a cryogenic container ing to any of claims 11-15, wherein the interrogation unit is configured to transmit radio-frequency interrogation signals in the nic container in several different frequency bands, thereby further distinguishing predefined groups of 20 radio-frequency identification tags.
17. The radio-frequency identification system for a cryogenic container according to any of claims 11-16, wherein said interrogation unit is configured to operate in a plurality of different signal propagation modes, y diving the cryogenic 25 container into a plurality of propagation zones, wherein each propagation zone is associated with a corresponding propagation mode, and wherein only the radio-frequency identification tags within a specific propagation zone are excited when the interrogation unit is in the corresponding propagation mode. 30
18. The radio-frequency identification system for a cryogenic container according to claim 17, n the propagation zones are configured such that only a reduced number of radio-frequency response signals from the radio-frequency identification tags are received. 1005865813
19. The radio-frequency fication system for a cryogenic container according to any of claims 11-18, configured to perform the method of identifying a large number of radio-frequency identification tags according to any of claims 1-10. 5
20. A cryogenic container comprising the radio-frequency identification system of any of claims 11-19. 1005865813 None set by Kylie Lavery MigrationNone set by Kylie Lavery Unmarked set by Kylie Lavery None set by Kylie Lavery MigrationNone set by Kylie Lavery Unmarked set by Kylie Lavery WV q,,;.,..,,u FIG 1 None set by Kylie Lavery MigrationNone set by Kylie Lavery Unmarked set by Kylie Lavery None set by Kylie Lavery MigrationNone set by Kylie Lavery Unmarked set by Kylie Lavery FIG. SB None set by Kylie Lavery MigrationNone set by Kylie Lavery Unmarked set by Kylie Lavery None set by Kylie Lavery MigrationNone set by Kylie Lavery Unmarked set by Kylie Lavery None set by Kylie Lavery MigrationNone set by Kylie Lavery Unmarked set by Kylie Lavery None set by Kylie Lavery MigrationNone set by Kylie Lavery ed set by Kylie Lavery _RN16 -RN15Mamie - Gamer FIG. 7
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP17172795 | 2017-05-24 | ||
| PCT/EP2018/063636 WO2018215588A1 (en) | 2017-05-24 | 2018-05-24 | Management of large number of rfid tags in cryogenic container |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| NZ759574A NZ759574A (en) | 2025-05-30 |
| NZ759574B2 true NZ759574B2 (en) | 2025-09-02 |
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