Shenzhen library RFID technology application and in-depth analysis

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Walk into Shenzhen new library of every human being, is it elegant spacious environment with advanced technology applications attract. News on the Director of the library and Technology Center in Shenzhen sublibrarian conducted interviews with attempts from user perspective to explore the RFID tags in China deep-seated problems.

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Gan officer indicated that there are prospects of RFID is, at present, the most important question is how will RFID and sectors of application.

Shenzhen library decided to adopt RFID project before, after three years of study, research, tracking, combined with their own research, and finally to the Government in the form of an open tender to determine the supplier.

Finally, France of TAGSYS company successful.

The survey, it is not difficult to find TAGSYS and Shenzhen library exactly between the existence of a corresponding point, namely, whether the user of the trade and business characteristics, to the needs of users for a "tailor-made".

Shenzhen library originally set in the tender for a "threshold": all participate in the auction business, must have 15 libraries independently implemented user, and at least one home to achieve more than one million copies. As regards the breakdown of the RFID world leader, with Shenzhen library RFID project before, self-charging TAGSYS readers had to scale equivalent United States Seattle Public Library RFID system was built and run successfully. This description of TAGSYS on the library profession has a considerable degree of understanding, it is able to provide more library users to "fitness" of design to beat competitors.

The adoption of the ISO series standards

At present, many manufacturers are using RFID tags, you are in a wait state, one of the main reasons is the lack of technical standards.

Compared to domestic developments, many technologies has an international trend of domestic procedure, some industry standard is the international first in the domestic produce.

Our national standards in development, often considered the international standard for resolving compatibility problems. To facilitate product and equipment replacement and upgrade.

Shenzhen library in technology standards, the use of some of the current internationally accepted standards.

For example, the use of RFID tag primarily uses passive tags 13.56MHz band, the appropriate uses for this band of international standard ISO18000, 15693, etc.

In addition, the library also requires the use of labels, to meet our electromagnetic emission and the relevant provisions of the radio management and standards.

As the public, the Museum also offers RF tags to reduce harmful radiation.

For many businesses concerned about cost, Shenzhen library was in ensuring the quality and control costs as much as possible.

Coupled with vendors for the Shenzhen library demonstration effect and potential market very seriously, library usage of RFID tags is very large, reaching nearly two million copies, so the cost is relatively low.

RFID label brings substantial benefits

Gan Director describes the library using RFID tags, in the settlement on library business bottlenecks, improve service levels, etc., are all brought many benefits.

For example, Shenzhen library by applying RFID tags for self-help borrowing system, 12 July 2006 opening to 8 August, a month's time, the opening half a day every day, the number of library lending has reached 13.8 million copies, of which 52% i.e. 71,000 book borrowing and returning via the self-service system.

This greatly reduces the workload of staff, the reader is also very convenient. More by reader self-help and autonomous manner, to achieve a more interactive, personalized services.

In addition, the library also uses RFID tags in the structure of an accurate positioning system, readers from book retrieval system found a book in the Museum's resource devices can easily navigate to the reader, the reader into the deposit book place directly through to find books literature.

Difficult problems and solutions

Shenzhen RFID library in the building process, the first challenge is a project planning and procurement.

Because the lack of independent mature provide whole set equipment manufacturers need to be introduced from abroad, this project run a certain risk. Shenzhen library after three years of intensive investigation tracking, project planning, design, testing, and demonstration through expert, finally solved this problem.

The second challenge is software development and integration of equipment.

Shenzhen libraries on the application of RFID is a complete application, and the introduction of the various links of the device and each have their own software platform, how to integrate them, and how to make them more in line with their actual situation? Shenzhen library has done a lot of work.

For example, the initial application card does not have a password, the result may appear to borrow books and identification device feel of the document owner is not the same person, resulting in an error record books.

In response, the Shenzhen library itself is encrypted, a solution to this problem.

According to the introduction of Gan, the Museum Director in on some of the innovative RFID, has applied for national patents, also in international patent applications.

In the application of RFID in the process, there is some other problem.

If the label of the loss and damage, etc. Some readers may be curious, will be posted in the book of RFID tags removed, Shenzhen libraries have found and in the trace event, and hope that the statistical probability of it occurring. In addition, a number of books in restitution, RFID tag data unreadable. Library side caused the actively follow upThe causes of these problems, and timely contact with the manufacturers, finding better solutions.

Shenzhen library use RFID technology to build a complete intelligent environment: by tier labels, rack labels, book marking, and reader application card labels, etc., throughout the library to form an RFID receiver and transmitter.

By receiving and transmitting, further positioning, to extend and develop many new features. Gan Director said that the current terms, Shenzhen library of the entire RFID project is a success.

Reporter¡¯s

In the interview process, journalists feel most was, a new technology, a new product is able to successfully promote, and manufacturers on the target user is closely related to the degree of understanding of the market.

Only in-depth understanding and consideration in order to provide users with better service. At the same time, a new technology can be integrated with the industry, the mere suppliers own force, it is very difficult to complete. Users can combine their own business features, explore new technologies and the industry's best combination point, and vendor cooperation, new technologies, new products to bring the benefits of substantive can maximize.

After editing

The view was expressed that the current, RFID could not be widely used in China, both in the lack of industry recognized input-output model, technical standards, but also the relative price of RFID tags.

But in fact, RFID tags, in many cases can be used within the enterprise. Internal loop repeat mode, so that enterprises can enjoy RFID brings the advantages of technology and management, and solve many difficult to solve with the traditional techniques, and challenges can be effectively avoided cost pressure. It is reported that, according to incomplete statistics, even from a global perspective, to date, all the practical application of RFID, is still a closed loop of reuse patterns majority. This may be the current Chinese enterprises to adopt RFID best starting point.