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How to Do Motion Capture with RFID Sensor Fusion

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Nonlinear Least-Squares State Estimation for 2D RFID-Based Motion Capture
Qian Yang;David G. Taylor;Gregory D. Durgin
2020 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)

In this paper, we present a general technique for implementing nonlinear least-squares state estimation for a two-dimensional RFID-based motion capture problem that can achieve 1.45 cm localization accuracy without the need for special initialization or tuning processes – a significant improvement over previous results in the literature. We demonstrate various algorithms that use different combinations of received signal strength (RSS), backscatter signal phase, a 3-axis accelerometer, a 3-axis gyrometer, and 3-axis magnetometer measured in a live microwave backscatter system. Permutations involving different nonlinear solvers (Gauss-Newton and Levenberg-Marquardt) and different stack levels (the number of samples in time incorporated into an estimation) are addressed.

A Brief History of the IEEE Council on RFID

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IEEE Council on Radio-Frequency Identification: History, Present, and Future Vision

Fei-Yue Wang;Gisele Bennett;Bassiri-Gharb Nazanin;Yidong Li;Jun Jason Zhang;GregoryDurgin;Shahriar Mirabbasi;Pui Yi Lau;Christopher Valenta;Francesco Amato;T. S. Rangarajan;Mohammad S. Alhassoun

IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification

Year: 2020 | Volume: 4, Issue: 3 | Journal Article | Publisher: IEEE

This article summarizes the history and present state of the IEEE Council on Radio-Frequency Identification (CRFID). The aim, scope, and achievement of CRFID on technical & academic activities, publications, and membership services & education are highlighted, with focus on how CRFID commits and grows resources to achieve its goals for its technical communities. This article also provides the vision and path to the council’s future, and on this path, CRFID is broadening the technological frontiers of IoT, Blockchain, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Cyber-Physical Social Systems (CPSS), Digital Twins, Parallel Systems, Parallel Intelligence, and many other related enabling and transformational techniques.

IEEE RFID 2021 Hybrid Conference in Phoenix, 27-29 April 2021

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Next year’s annual installment of the IEEE RFID 2021 will be a hybrid conference in Phoenix, AZ from 27-29 April 2021.  Planned to be co-located with RFID Journal LIVE!, the conference will allow both presenters and attendees to join either in person or online.  Open calls are on the website for papers, workshops, and tutorials.  Hopefully we will all be able to meet in person in 2021!

 

What Should Gen3 Be?

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“What Should Gen3 Be?” was the provocative title of the online panel session run last month as part of IEEE RFID 2020.  This was one of the more fascinating panel sessions I’ve seen in recent years. Organized by Prof. Mohammad Alhassoun from KFUPM (GTPG alum), the panel of industry and academic experts led to some lively perspective about the current and future of RFID.  Youtube link below for those that would like to revisit the panel in its entirety.