Reverse RFID Tracking

Greg BestTrimble Navigation, Ltd

Advanced Technology Group

Trimble In BriefApplied Positioning

Standard RFID

Standard RFID

“Reverse” RFID

“Reverse” RFID

“Reverse” RFID

Positioning MechanismTruth

Positioning Mechanism

Reception of one tag is sufficient:Position is at the coordinates of that tag.

Truth

Measured

Positioning MechanismTruth

Measured

Two tags puts the responder on a line between those tags.

Positioning MechanismTruth

Measured

Estimate range to tags to better refine the position

Positioning MechanismTruthMeasured

More tags give a more accurate position and allow multi-dimensional positioning.

Measured

Positioning MechanismTruthMeasuredMeasured

No Sensitivity to Initialization

No Error Growth with Time

2011 Live Demo

Baseline: 22:47 Trimble: 4:28

RRFID DifferencesBaseline: 22:47 Trimble: 4:28

Lightweight Infrastructure

Floorplans

Tap-Tap-Print Installation

Tap-Tap-Print Installation

Tap-Tap-Print Installation

Tap-Tap-Print Installation

Floorplans of Opportunity

Floorplans of Opportunity

Trimble Indoor Mobile Mapping Solution(TIMMS)

Wheel Rotation Sensor

Trimble Indoor Mobile Mapping Solution(TIMMS)

GPS

Spherical Camera

Twin Laser Scanners

Navigation Grade Inertial

Measurement Unit

Control Computer

Rapid Data CollectionCollected at walking speed (1m/s)

Entire High School in 5 hours

TIMMS Deliverables

TIMMS Deliverables

TIMMS Deliverables

Situational Awareness

Situational Awareness

Situational Awareness

Situational Awareness

Reverse RFID PositioningNo initialization. No drift.

Doesn’t require dedicated operator

Horizontal accuracies to a few feet easily achieved.

Low maintenance, low cost, zero power infrastructure.

Built on global standard technology and commercially available

Fred Firefighter3

Betty Bombero5

Roger Rescuer4

Ralph Responder5

TIMMSData acquisition and map updating conducted as a service

• 2D Floorplans

• 3D Models

• Custom deliverables as requested

Data is web enabled, in secure cloud environment

• Data can be delivered on dedicated client servers as well for enhanced security

All data is geo-referenced

• Every point has a Lat/Lon/Alt associated with it.

Reverse RFID Tracking

Greg BestTrimble Navigation, Ltd

Advanced Technology Group