Pub Date : 2024-03-20DOI: 10.1109/JRFID.2024.3379189
Shanti Garman;Ali Saffari;Daisuke Kobuchi;Dara Stotland;Joshua R. Smith;Zerina Kapetanovic
In this work, we demonstrate that it is possible to read UHF RFID tags without a carrier. Specifically, we introduce an alternative reader design that does not emit a carrier and allows reading RFID tags intended for conventional carrier-based systems. While traditional RFID tags modulate a carrier, it is important to note that a modulation circuit used for backscatter also modulates the inherent noise of the tag circuitry, including the Johnson noise, irrespective of whether a carrier is present or not. Our Modulated Noise Communication (MNC) approach leverages recent work on Modulated Johnson Noise (MJN) and can be read by an alternative RFID reader design that enables simpler, more accessible RFID readings than a conventional backscatter reader by eliminating self-jamming obstructions. MNC is shown to support wireless transmission of data packets between 2 cm to 10 cm of separation between a standard UHF RFID tag and the proposed alternative reader for data rates of 1 bps and 2 bps.
在这项工作中,我们证明了在没有载波的情况下读取超高频 RFID 标签是可能的。具体来说,我们引入了一种不发射载波的替代读取器设计,可以读取传统载波系统使用的 RFID 标签。传统的 RFID 标签会对载波进行调制,但值得注意的是,用于反向散射的调制电路也会对标签电路的固有噪声(包括约翰逊噪声)进行调制,而与载波存在与否无关。我们的调制噪声通信(MNC)方法利用了最近在调制约翰逊噪声(MJN)方面的研究成果,可通过另一种射频识别(RFID)读取器设计进行读取,与传统的反向散射读取器相比,这种读取器消除了自干扰障碍,读取起来更简单、更方便。MNC 支持在标准 UHF RFID 标签和拟议的替代读取器之间 2 厘米至 10 厘米的距离内无线传输数据包,数据传输速率为 1 bps 和 2 bps。
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Pub Date : 2024-03-20DOI: 10.1109/JRFID.2024.3379561
Pengcheng Zhang;Zhaokun Deng;Xilong Hou;Shuangyi Wang
In recent years, the combination of ultrasound imaging and robotics has opened up new possibilities, and a flexible and efficient robotic wrist is the key to achieving the implementation of this technology. Equipped with an ultrasound probe, a robotic wrist with remote center of motion (RCM) control can effectively assist physicians in performing ultrasound examinations. In this paper, we present the development of a parallel mechanism-based robotic wrist and illustrate the kinematic solution of the control, which can effectively set different RCM points. For validation, we tested the control accuracy of the prototype using an optical tracking system and the results show that the average absolute translational error is 0.51mm, rotational error is 0.41° and the constraint point error along the axis is 0.57mm. Furthermore, to simulate a realistic environment, an ultrasound image acquisition experiment is designed based on an ultrasound abdominal phantom. The results effectively demonstrate the effectiveness of RCM control for adjusting actual ultrasound images through real image acquisition, demonstrating the usefulness of the method in assisting physicians to perform ultrasound sweeps as well as providing new ways of acquiring diagnostic information.
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Pub Date : 2024-03-20DOI: 10.1109/JRFID.2024.3379875
Da Yi;Ren-Long Zhang;Ming-Chun Tang;Jing-Feng Fu;Yao Li;Xing-Xing Li;Huapeng Zhao;Richard W. Ziolkowski
A low-cost, pattern-reconfigurable, circularly polarized, high-gain, radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader antenna array is presented. It is a $2times2$