Fujitsu Prime Software Technologies starts selling the location detection system of wireless labels (RFID tags) "Local Positioning System (LPS)". The system is suitable for shopping centers. The reader is set in each store. When the user holds the wireless tag is nearby, the reader detects this situation and transmits shopping information to the user by email. At this time, it is necessary to establish a correlation between wireless tags and user email addresses.
The wireless label is equipped with a battery, which uses a so-called active tag that can transmit radio waves themselves. The communication frequency used is 314.95 MHz band. There are two wireless labels, one for a portable strap type having a dimension of 25 mm × 17.7 mm × 7 mm, and another cassette of 32 mm × 52 mm × 15 mm. Equipped with lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, a portable strap product can be used for 9 months, and the box-type product can be used for 1 and a half years. The longest communication distance of the reader is 15m, and 50 wireless labels can be identified in 1 second. The standard system consists of 200 wireless tags and 30 readers and the set of software required to establish a system, the price is 5 million yen (about RMB 370,90). Users need a network environment such as servers and LANs when introducing the system. (Nikkei BP)
