RFID in Japan

RFID tags will play a key role at a car auction site in Saitama prefecture, Japan. A pilot test will take place around February/March next year -- RFID tags attached to individual cars are scanned by wireless PDAs. Then, PDAs allow for retrieval of relevant information (e.g., how many miles/kilometers are on them, repair/check-up histories, etc.).

PDAs additionally allow for registration of vehicle locations in a database. The database can then be used to easily find cars in a large auction site.

The following organizations are involved in this project:

• JU Saitama Auto Auction
• Hitachi
• NTT Com
• NICT

Hitachi's "Air Location" System will be used to automatically detect locations of wireless PDAs, and NTT Com's IPv6/Mobile IP Service will allow users to interact with PDAs without explicit system reconfiguration.

via NTT Com News Release, December 16, 2004, in Japanese

Posted by konomi at December 17, 2004 04:49 AM | TrackBack