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{"title":"Development of a Parallel-Mechanism-Based Robotic Wrist With Remote Center of Motion Capability to Assist Ultrasound Scanning","authors":"Pengcheng Zhang;Zhaokun Deng;Xilong Hou;Shuangyi Wang","doi":"10.1109/JRFID.2024.3379561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2024.3379561","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the combination of ultrasound imaging and robotics has opened up new possibilities, and a flexible and efficient robotic wrist is the key to achieving the implementation of this technology. Equipped with an ultrasound probe, a robotic wrist with remote center of motion (RCM) control can effectively assist physicians in performing ultrasound examinations. In this paper, we present the development of a parallel mechanism-based robotic wrist and illustrate the kinematic solution of the control, which can effectively set different RCM points. For validation, we tested the control accuracy of the prototype using an optical tracking system and the results show that the average absolute translational error is 0.51mm, rotational error is 0.41° and the constraint point error along the axis is 0.57mm. Furthermore, to simulate a realistic environment, an ultrasound image acquisition experiment is designed based on an ultrasound abdominal phantom. The results effectively demonstrate the effectiveness of RCM control for adjusting actual ultrasound images through real image acquisition, demonstrating the usefulness of the method in assisting physicians to perform ultrasound sweeps as well as providing new ways of acquiring diagnostic information.","PeriodicalId":73291,"journal":{"name":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140924686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pattern-Reconfigurable, Circularly Polarized, High-Gain, Archimedean Spiral Antenna Array for Long-Distance, Wide-Coverage RFID Inventorying","authors":"Da Yi;Ren-Long Zhang;Ming-Chun Tang;Jing-Feng Fu;Yao Li;Xing-Xing Li;Huapeng Zhao;Richard W. Ziolkowski","doi":"10.1109/JRFID.2024.3379875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2024.3379875","url":null,"abstract":"A low-cost, pattern-reconfigurable, circularly polarized, high-gain, radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader antenna array is presented. It is a \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$2times2$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 array whose elements are based on an innovative Archimedean spiral design. A 4-way power divider feed network with switchable delay lines is designed that enables reconfiguring the radiation patterns of the array. Because of its high realized gain and nine reconfigurable states, the developed reader antenna can be applied in long-distance, wide-coverage RFID inventorying. The fabricated prototype, with dimensions \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$1.15times 1.15times 0.07~lambda _{L}^{3}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 at 920 MHz, achieves a measured axial-ratio (AR) fractional bandwidth of 4.6%, and a peak realized gain (RG) of 10.5 dBic (12 dBic without the feed network). The RG of its reconfigurable patterns is greater than 6 dBic within \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$theta $ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 = \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$0^{circ }pm 45^{circ }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 for all azimuth angles. It was also tested in an outdoor range as the reader antenna for a practical RFID system. The maximum read distance was 22.3 m.","PeriodicalId":73291,"journal":{"name":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141084914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parallel Dispatching: A New Paradigm for High-Speed Train Operation Management and Optimization","authors":"Min Zhou;Hairong Dong;Juanjuan Li;Runmei Li;Xuan Liu;Hongwei Wang","doi":"10.1109/JRFID.2024.3379225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2024.3379225","url":null,"abstract":"In order to tackle the intricate challenges of train dispatching and command within China’s extensive high-speed railways (HSRs) network, this paper presents a novel parallel dispatching approach founded on the ACP (Artificial systems, Computational experiments, and Parallel execution) methodology. We provide a comprehensive overview of the framework and technical architecture of the parallel dispatching system (PDS), offering detailed insights into each fundamental module. It initiates by establishing the PDS for HSRs, emphasizing the deep integration of the actual and artificial systems. The methods for train operation situation deduction, rapid dispatching strategy generation, and comprehensive evaluation of parallel dispatching are then expounded, each tailored to different scales. Subsequently, the paper proposes the creation of a parallel dispatching platform for HSRs, utilizing a real line’s dispatching system as a prototype. Two typical scenarios are considered to validate the effectiveness of the PDS. The computational experiments are designed and executed in the artificial dispatching system to facilitate accurate deduction of operational scenarios and swift generation of dispatching solutions within defined computational constraints. The adjustment effects are assessed and iteratively optimized through parallel execution. The research outcomes of this paper can serve as a theoretical foundation and technical resource for the design, implementation, and validation of PDS in China’s high-speed railway network.","PeriodicalId":73291,"journal":{"name":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140924706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Guest Editorial on Advanced Antennas for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems","authors":"Daniele Inserra;Andrea Michel","doi":"10.1109/JRFID.2024.3396948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2024.3396948","url":null,"abstract":"The RFID community is enjoying new impetus coming from the revolutionary Internet-of-Things (IoT) paradigm and its integration with new application scenarios like Industry 4.0. RFID technology, in fact, enables reliable communication at low cost and with lightweight apparatus, desirable features for pervasive devices employment as desired by the IoT. Nonetheless, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions cannot be always employed in some of emerging application scenarios, requiring customized reader and/or tag antenna design. In order to collect the most recent developments in the antenna design research for both legacy and novel RFID application contexts, the IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification proposed the special issue “Advanced Antennas for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems”. A RFID system and its performance clearly depend on the antenna ability, both on reader and tag sides, to make the system accessible from short or long distances, and on different environments. The latter is particularly important in the new RFID tag application contexts, e.g., industrial manufacturing processes, vehicular environments, etc., where tags are indifferently applied on heterogeneous materials, many times on metal surfaces, and for this reason the antenna design requires particular care. Moreover, the pervasive diffusion of RFID-IoT devices poses new challenges in inventory assessment, requiring even longer read ranges and wide coverage ability, which clearly translates in new reader/tag antenna requirements. The purpose of this special issue was therefore to encourage the research on novel RFID antenna design solutions for both reader and tag devices to face these new application scenarios and cope with the new challenging requirements. Starting from magnetic coupling resonant high-frequency (HF) RFID systems, Mukherjee et al. consider the annoying problem of HF RFID reading performance deterioration in the presence of metallic conductors in the close vicinity [A1]. This problem arises because of the eddy currents induced on the metal surface by a varying magnetic field generated by the reader coil, which in turn generate an opposite magnetic field that reduces the intensity of the original field, deteriorating the reader-tag communication performance. Authors study the possibility to employ an auxiliary coil in the proximity of the metal surface, and how this mitigates the deleterious surface current effect. Tag coils co-located with the auxiliary coil are fabricated and placed on the cap of a plastic container (where the cap contains an aluminum foil) and on a credit card size metal sheet to benchmark the read range capabilities, showing an almost doubled read range and an improvement of more than 44% if compared with the case no auxiliary coil, respectively.","PeriodicalId":73291,"journal":{"name":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10534238","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141073583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Zeroth-Order Serpentine Antenna With Omnidirectional Radiation Pattern for Anti-Metal Tag Antenna Design","authors":"Muthukannan Murugesh;Eng-Hock Lim;Pei-Song Chee;Fwee-Leong Bong","doi":"10.1109/JRFID.2024.3376333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2024.3376333","url":null,"abstract":"A new double-layered serpentine antenna is proposed for designing an anti-metal tag with an omnidirectional radiation pattern on metallic surfaces using the concept of electric and magnetic loop currents. The zeroth-order resonance (ZOR) structure here is made up of two closely stacked serpentine lines for providing the strong capacitive reactance and parasitic elements that are required for supporting the zeroth-order resonance. Also, the geometrical parameters of the double-layered serpentine structure can control the capacitive reactance for tuning the tag resonant frequency effectively. Due to the successful excitation of the ZOR mode, our tag antenna can generate a reasonably good omnidirectional radiation pattern with a consistent read range of 7.9 m– 8.9 m (at EIRP of 4 W) on metal in all directions in the azimuth plane. It has a uniform spatial coverage (\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$&gt;$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 8 m) in the entire azimuth plane. Additionally, the antenna’s good impedance matching allows for an excellent power transmission of \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$sim 99$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000%. The tag resonant frequency is found to be very stable and not affected much by any changes in the backing object and the maximum measured read range is \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$sim 9$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 meters in \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$theta ,,{=},,pm $ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u000050 o at 915 MHz. It has a footprint of 50 mm \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$times50$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 mm (\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$0.153lambda times 0.153lambda$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000) with a low profile of 3.38 mm (\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$0.010lambda$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000). Furthermore, the antenna configuration is a simple folded structure around the foam substrate, without comprising any complex structures.","PeriodicalId":73291,"journal":{"name":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141073582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Close Motion Estimation of UHF-RFID Tagged Objects Based on Electromagnetic Coupling","authors":"Lorenzo Bianchi;Emidio Di Giampaolo;Francesco Martinelli;Fabrizio Romanelli","doi":"10.1109/JRFID.2024.3375795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2024.3375795","url":null,"abstract":"We consider the close relative motion of two UHF RFID tags and the problem is the estimation of the distance between the two tags, by measuring the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) and the phase of the RFID signal backscattered by one of the two tags. Due to the short distance considered, and hence to the electromagnetic coupling between the antennas, the measured RSSI and phase present a complex and ambiguous dependence on the distance between the tags. The problem is solved through two approaches, based respectively on a Multi-Hypothesis Extended and a Multi-Hypothesis Unscented Kalman Filter (MHEKF and MHUKF). The availability of phase and RSSI allows to mitigate the ambiguity in the problem and to estimate the distance without any information on its initial value. Simulation and experimental results show the effectiveness of the approach, with the MHUKF presenting slightly better performances compared to the MHEKF. The proposed setup can be applied in manufacturing, robotics, safety and in any context where the variable distance between two close objects should be monitored.","PeriodicalId":73291,"journal":{"name":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10466392","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140880807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Automated Current Monitoring for Microchannel Plates on Fast Plasma Investigation","authors":"Joseph Patton;Alexander C. Barrie;Stewart Doe;Daniel Gershman;Levon Avanov;Ali Abedi","doi":"10.1109/JRFID.2024.3398443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2024.3398443","url":null,"abstract":"The Fast Plasma Investigation (FPI) is an instrument suite aboard NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale space physics mission, which is designed to study magnetic reconnection in the Earth’s magnetosphere. In this work, a predictive model of microchannel plate (MCP) current was developed for FPI to autonomously monitor the device currents. The results of an analysis of the resistance of the microchannel plates included in the FPI particle spectrometers are presented along with a new model that combines a physically-informed model of MCP resistance with an empirically-derived model of FPI instrument temperature. This improved estimation of MCP resistance allows for a more precise determination of nominal MCP current, enabling accurate detection of current anomalies.","PeriodicalId":73291,"journal":{"name":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141334028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Wireless Motion Sensor Operating Down to −28-dBm Energy Harvesting","authors":"Yero Dia;Helena Ribeiro;Laurent Oyhenart;Elie Zaraket;Ludivine Fadel;Valerie Vigneras;Corinne Dejous;Nuno Carvalho;Simon Hemour","doi":"10.1109/JRFID.2024.3374648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2024.3374648","url":null,"abstract":"ZeroPower devices are the next generation of Internet of Things. Typically taping from ambient energy, or activated by a remote reader, their first and foremost challenge is the operation distance from the nearest RF source. Unfortunately, these systems can only be activated within a range of a few tens of meters due to their minimum activation power (also named reading sensitivity). This work reduces the harvesting power to a new threshold of −28dBm (\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$1.5 mu text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000). We demonstrate a wireless motion sensor operating in burst mode with as low as 120 mV of DC voltage and \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$0.72 mu text{J}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 of stored energy. This efficient operation is achieved without any DC/DC conversion thanks to a four-stages rectifier biasing a tunnel diode Voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO).","PeriodicalId":73291,"journal":{"name":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140880711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Co-Location of PV Panel With Meshed Antenna Array for Inter-Satellite Energy Transmission","authors":"A. Baris Gok;Diego Masotti;Alessandra Costanzo","doi":"10.1109/JRFID.2024.3397575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2024.3397575","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the design and fabrication, by additive manufacturing, of optically transparent meshed patch antenna arrays atop photovoltaic (PV) panels. This integration is foreseen to be exploited in space by small satellites to enable wireless power transfer among them, while maintaining optimal solar power production, with no need for extra areas for the antenna subsystems. The proposed antenna arrays utilize a novel approach, where horizontal conductive strips of a meshed metallization are removed, to enhance transparency without compromising antenna performance. Two arrays are designed at 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz, and the associated design choices and issues are discussed. The antenna metallizations make use of vertical strips only with a line spacing of \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$0.04boldsymbol {lambda }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000, found to be the best compromise to ensure maximal transparency and antenna performance, using low-cost printing technique on 110 mm \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$times $ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 110 mm borosilicate glass. Simulations and experiments show that the underlying PV metallization patterns have a significant impact on the antenna radiation properties at the highest operating frequency of 5.8 GHz. In this case, a degradation of the antenna gain compared to the predictions is observed. Through a reverse-engineering method, this effect is modeled by the effective electromagnetic characteristics of the glass substrate, rather than by accounting for the pattern layout-wise. It is demonstrated that this choice enables an efficient yet accurate full-wave simulation of the entire system, suggesting the necessity for a co-design of the PV panel and the antenna to facilitate an accurate representation of the entire system and its current radiating characteristics.","PeriodicalId":73291,"journal":{"name":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141334048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Experimental Evaluation of a Cognitive Routing Strategy for Efficient Energy Management in DTN","authors":"Ricardo Lent","doi":"10.1109/JRFID.2024.3397582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2024.3397582","url":null,"abstract":"This study conducts an experimental evaluation of a decentralized cognitive routing approach to improve the performance of Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) in challenging environments, particularly in space. The primary goal is to minimize latency while concurrently extending the operational lifetimes of nodes by strategically avoiding bundle transmission through low-charged relay nodes. The approach addresses multi-objective routing through a reinforcement learning formulation that considers either the delay or path length to the destination, jointly with the residual energy levels of nodes along the transmission path. It also defines suitable networking mechanisms to obtain accurate estimates of delay-energy metrics associated with node contacts. The paper provides details of the implementation strategy for the High-Rate Delay Tolerant Networking (HDTN) framework and the design of a battery emulation system that provides precise control over experimental conditions, ensuring test reproducibility. The results demonstrate significant reductions in bundle losses and extended network lifetimes while maintaining either delay or path lengths within reasonable bounds compared to what can be achieved with the current routing standard. The proposed approach holds the promise of significantly improving the reliability of DTN communications in space.","PeriodicalId":73291,"journal":{"name":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141333981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}