1. Technologies and Applications of Ubiquitous ID Center
SOURCE:
uID Center (PSO: TTC)
TITLE:
Technologies and Applications of Ubiquitous ID Center
AGENDA ITEM:
Joint 4.7 for Information, Discussion
CONTACT:
Noboru Koshizuka, Ubiquitous ID Center
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Technologies and Applications of Ubiquitous ID Center
Ubiquitous ID Center

2. Ubiquitous ID Center Organization

3. Ubiquitous ID Center Organization
Ubiquitous ID Center is a non-profit organization.
Established in June 2002
Our activity is based on the joint work with many partners from all over the world.
Chair person
Ken Sakamura (Professor, the University of Tokyo)
Committee
Ubiquitous Networking Infrastructure Committee
Ubiquitous Communicator Committee
493 members with companies, universities, research laboratories, std. organizations, …

4. Board members of Ubiquitous ID Center
                                      

5. Ubiquitous ID Center Technology

6. uID Technology Feature
Well-designed Network-Based Architecture
A tag contains an identifier (ucode), and a network provides information services.
The Internet and mobile phone networks are compatible with UID archicture.
Various applications with “customers” for increasing their quality of life
e.g. Food information tracking service, location-aware information services, medical applications, …etc.
Integrated Tag System
We use not only RFID but also printing tag, active tag, sensor network tag, IR/RF beacons, … because there is no almighty tags.
UID contains an integrated tag system classified into four interface categories and seven security classes
Security-Aware System
UID Architecture contains ubiquitous security systems “eTRON”.
Security classification of ucode tags
Mobile and small interface terminals are important for customers
Mobile phone, PDA with network connection capabilities, …

7. Ubiquitous ID Architecture (Getting information from Objects)
Referring CA Servers
ucode, context
service information
ucode, context
CA Servers
ucode Resolution Servers
server addresses
ucode
Ubiquitous Communicator
Product
Information Servers

8. Ubiquitous ID Architecture (Getting information from Places)
ucode, context
RF/IR Beacon
ucode Resolution Servers
server addresses
ucode, context
ucode
Ubiquitous Communicator
service information
RFID embedded into environments
Information Servers

9. ucode: Ubiquitous Code
ucode is a 128 bits number used for identification of objects.
We embed these numbers in ucode tags for identification purposes.
Resolution: Retrieving information about an object using the uID in the tag attached to the object.

10. version: Indicating the version of ucode
Structure of ucode
version (4bit)
TLD (16bit)
CC (4bit) DC IC
ver.
TLD cc
dc (variable)
ic (variable)
version: Indicating the version of ucode
TLD: The first level domain code
CC: Specifying the boundary of DC and IC
DC: Domain Code
IC: Identification Code

11. ucode map (Basic length,128 bit)
version (4bit)
TLD (16bit)
CC (4bit) DC IC
ver.
TLD 1
001
dc (8bit)
ic (96 bit)
010
dc (24bit)
ic (80 bit)
011
dc (40bit)
ic (64 bit)
100
dc (56bit)
ic (48 bit)
101
dc (72bit)
ic (32 bit)
110
dc (88bit)
ic (16 bit)
0xfffe
Time-space ID（76 bit）
eTRONID
0xffff

12. ucode and uContents Attributes of the product
uContents (Ubiquitous Contents)
<rdf:RDF
xmlns:rdf="
xmlns:rdfs="
xmlns:utad="urn:utad:schema:utad:base:0.0.0#"
xmlns:pc="urn:utad:schema:pc:example:0.0.0#">
<rdf:Description rdf:about="ucode:0123….cdef">
<rdf:type rdf:resource="urn:utad:schema:pc:example.0.0.0#pc"/>
<utad:version>0.0.0</utad:version>

13. integrated ucode tag system
Various tags for ucode
Printing Tags
Active RFID Tags
Active IR Tags
Smart Tags
Passive RFID Tags
For Human
For Objects
For Environments
integrated ucode tag system

14. integrated ucode tag system
uID policy for ucode tags
“No almighty tags”
 We should use several kinds of tags properly.
Users want seemless access for all tags.
Information security is important.
Network services can complement the function of tags
ucode tags are classified by two difference criteria.
Communication media
Category 0 ~ Category 3
Security level
Level 0 ~ Level 7

15. Certified ucode Tags Category 1: Passive RFID Tags
mu-Chip [Hitachi]
2.45GHz, Read Only
T-Junction [Toppan]
2.45 GHz, R/W
MB89R116, MB89R118 [Fujitsu]
13.56MHz, ISO/IEC 15693
MB89R119 [Fujitsu]
900 MHz
mu-Chip R/W [Hitachi LSI]
2.45 GHz, ISO/IEC 18000
eTRON/16　[U. Tokyo, YRP UNL, Renessas, Hitachi, DNP, Toppan] 13.56MHz
mu-Chip RTK 101 [Hitachi]
2.45GHz, Read Only

16. New Applications and Services Based on Ubiquitous ID Technology

17. New Applications and Services
Food information tracking services
Information services for drug safety
Location-aware information services

18. Food Information Tracking for Food Safety

19. Food information tracking services (1)
“Food communication” services
We bring the information of food production and food distribution to consumers. The consumer refers the information, and confirms the safety of the food by themselves.
For example, …
We have applied the RFID for the distribution of fresh vegetables and fruits (about 200 items).
We also put the active sensor tags with temperature sensor into the container box and pallets.
The consumers can confirm every information about the food.

20. Food information tracking services (2)
Quality management system
When food accidents occurs, we can minimize the amount of trashed foods by the strictly food safety checking.
trouble
cause of trouble
Food chain is unclear.
Dangerous!!
All of these might be dangerous!???
Safe!!

21. Result of experimental project
Most Japanese consumers expressed their good impression for this information services.
Recently, Japanese consumers are very nervous for the quality and safety of food.
Half of Japanese consumers will buy even expensive foods if their quality is certified.
They will pay more 10% cost for food safety.
There is a potential market for food safety information in Japan.

22. Improving safety in hospitals

23. Medical Applications
Ubiquitous ID technology is effective to prevent accidents or mistakes in hospitals.
For example,
We put ucode tags on drug packages.
ucode tags notify doctors or nurses which kinds of drugs are conveyed in the patient room.
If the drug is not correct, the base station makes warning for the doctor or nurse automatically.

24. Location-aware information services (Infrastructure)
Tokyo
Kobe
Kobe
Tsuwano

25. Location-aware information services (Services)

26. Location-aware Information Services
We are embedding huge number of active tags, sensor networks, and RFIDs all over the Japan land.
They support human navigation especially for handicapped people and foreign people.
They are also used for supporting sight-seeing, shopping, supply chain management, and so on.
It’s a kind of ITS: Intelligent Transport System for HUMAN.

27. Standardization and Social Infrastructure

28. Features of Ubiquitous Information Services
Ubiquitous information services are effective for any kinds of business sectors.
Application covers not only B2B services, but also B2C and/or C2C services
“Consumer” is just the key
Increasing security and safety of citizens
Some services are “life-critical”

29. New “consumer” services make new market
B2B services do not make a new market because they are effective only for cutting cost.
e.g.
Supply chain management
New consumer services make a new market because they directly generates new values.
food safety information market
drug safety information market
tourist information service market

30. “Consumer” require international standardization
Various consumer services
Sight-seeing support
Handicapped support
SCM
Food information tracking
Food DB
Environmental Context information
ucode
Geographical DB
Personal Profiles
Drug DB
Tactile block for blind persons
Food id tag
Position tag
Beacons
RFID Infrastructure

31. Conclusion -Requirements for International Standardization-

32. Standardization Areas
To realize the various applications and information services, a lot of standardizations are necessary as follows:
Identification number for objects and places stored in ID tags
Service finding protocols for ubiquitous information services using RFID identification numbers
Ubiquitous information service protocols
Data exchange format for ubiquitous information services using ID tags
ID tags (including contactless communication protocols)
more …

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