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Teijin's smart shelf-management system coming in December

November 27, 2011

A digital smart shelf-management system will be available Dec. 19 from Teijin Fibers Limited, the core company of the Teijin group's polyester fibers business.

The system incorporates the company's Cell Form, a two-dimensional data-communication sheet, UHF RFID reader and compatible tags. It enables a secure connection to read the RFID-identification tag via electromagnetic waves on a smart sheet placed on top of shelves, according to RFID Ready.

From the story:

The system uses the UHF band because of its superior characteristics for long-range signal detection between the sheet and the RFID tags. As a result, the system’s two wireless technologies ensure stable communication over both short and long read ranges.

Applications include the identification and management of merchandise fitted with RFID tags, which send signals via the UHF band. Cell Form smart sheets placed on each shelf detect the signal of each identification tag on the merchandise item and transmit information about the items from the smart sheet, making Cell Form ideal for a variety of real-time inventory-management and security applications, including library books, medicines in retail stores, business documents and much more.

Cell Form smart sheets placed on each shelf detect the signal of each identification tag on the merchandise item and transmit information about the items from the smart sheet.

The system is being used in a university library and as an educational resource information center in Japan but will be widely available next month.

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