RFID for personal asset tracking

Abstract

The proposed mobile device uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to keep track of registered objects that are within range of the user. The goal is to provide a new security solution for keeping belongings that are carried around. The device consists of a mobile RFID reader and a control program with a graphical user interface. The assets are attached with RFID tags with unique identifiers for each tag by using EPC Gen2. The graphic interface allows the user to create a catalog of objects that are to be kept track of. Personal items such as keys, wallets, passports, jewelry, watches, glasses, medicine, portable flash drives, electronic devices (cell phone, PDAs, laptops, mp3 players, calculators) can be tracked using this system.