RFID in Japan

OMRON developed a new type of antenna technology that can electronically control the EM field emitted from an RFID reader.

While an electromagnetic wave from a conventional antenna propagates over a wide area as it travels in a given direction, OMRON's new antenna technology allows a wave with directivity to propagate in any specific direction, with the direction of the propagation controllable from the reader. This makes it possible to direct the wave's direction of propagation so as to avoid objects in the vicinity of the beam that may cause signal reflections. The result is reduced multipath interference, leading to significantly improved tag read performance of UHF RFID readers.

via JCN Network < RFIDblog.org

also: nikkei (thanks, regine!)

Posted by konomi at March 28, 2006 01:48 AM | TrackBack