RFID in Japan

NTT Data, Nissan, and other three companies developed a system that can alert drivers when kids are nearby. This system is designed to, for example, prevent traffic accidents in residential districts where it is difficult to visually check the presence of kids (or cars). The companies will conduct a pilot test in Aoba-Ku, Yokohama city next month.

200 kids will participate in this pilot test. The kids will carry RFID-tagged "good luck charms." RFID tags and alert devices are installed in about 100 cars that will be used for the pilot test.

20 WiFi base stations will be installed in a 2km^2 area, each of which can detect the presence of an RFID tag within a 100-300m radius. Based on the data captured through this infrastructure, the system determines if a kid and a car are too close with each other, and if the alert device in the car should be activated.

via Yomiuri Shimbun, November 20, 2005.

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