Context-based monitoring of logistic process events using passive UHF RFID technology

Johannes Lechner, Willibald A. Günthner, Stefan Nosovic, Alois Ascher

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Abstract

Systems and applications within the industry 4.0 have a high demand for accurate and up-to-date information or context about their environment. A fundamental type of information is the identity of objects. In future systems, there is also an increased need for context on the location and the status of identified objects. RFID can already address the demand for location information by signal processing. In this paper, we describe a smart RFID reader that is furthermore able to collect and process context on logistic objects by including logistic data sources. The enhanced usage of context allows for an adaptable system that is able to analyze its measurements to recognize and report logistic process events. In order to obtain this functionality we extract the spatial structure of operation environments from 2D-CAD layouts of the warehouse. For the detection of process events, we developed a method to validate the measurements by reasoning. To obtain basic rules for the reasoning, we describe an ontology on basic interactions between logistic objects. The basic rules are then synchronized with the data form a warehouse management system by processing a form of decision trees.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2017 IEEE 5th International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors, IRIS 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages260-265
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538613429
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Jan 2018
Event5th IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors, IRIS 2017 - Ottawa, Canada
Duration: 5 Oct 20177 Oct 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2017 IEEE 5th International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors, IRIS 2017
Volume2018-January

Conference

Conference5th IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors, IRIS 2017
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOttawa
Period5/10/177/10/17

Keywords

  • Context-Awareness
  • Passive UHF RFID
  • Process Monitoring
  • RFID Localization

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