Patent Application
20150053763
The present disclosure relates to readers, and particularly relates to a reader having radio frequency identification utility.
Optical Distribution Network (ODN) is used in Fiber to the x (FTTx) technic of telecommunication. Due to the ODN is a one-to-many standard, in one optical network connection spot can be coupled by multiple branch circuitries for transceiving network signals. There is a paper tag pasted on one branch circuitry for being identified. However, it's difficult for staff to manage multiple branch circuitries, especially when searching, inventorying, and maintaining are needed. Therefore staff may spend a great time may on daily management and has a low working efficiency.
Many aspects of the disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following figures. The components in the figures are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
The reader 100 includes a main body 60, a holder portion 70, and a scanner portion 80. The holder portion 70 and the scanner portion 80 are connected to opposite sides of the main body 60.
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The holder portion 70 and the main body 60 form a holding space 68 therebetween, the holding space 68 provides a space for user's hand hold. The holder portion 70 includes a first connecting end 71, a holding end 73, and a second connecting end 75 connected in that order. The first connecting end 71 and the second connecting end 75 are spaced from each other and connect to two opposite end of the arcuate surface 631, thereby enclosing the holding space 68. A power switch 731 is arranged on the holding end 73, the power switch 731 is electrically connected to the circuit board 67 for turning on/off the reader 100.
The scanner portion 80 includes a plurality of scanning protrusions 81 for reading the tags 90 of each fiber interface and each fiber terminal. In one embodiment, a quantity of the scanning protrusions 81 is twelve, each scanning protrusion 81 is corresponding to one indicating lamp 614, thus each indicating lamp 614 showing a scanning result corresponding to one scanning protrusion 81. The scanning protrusions 81 are slantways coupled to the end wall 63 and are parallel with each other, thereby adapting to the ports of the fiber router 200.
Each scanning protrusion 81 includes an antenna 83 electrically connected to the circuit board 67 for reading the information of the RFID tags 90 of the fiber interfaces and the fiber terminals and transmitting the information to the circuit board 67, the circuit board 67 can further process the information and forward to the external electronic terminal 300. The external electronic terminal 300 stores information of all the fiber interfaces and the fiber terminals of the fiber router 200. When the external electronic terminal 300 receives the information read by the reader 100, the external electronic terminal 300 match the stored information and the read information, thus to transmit a controlling command to the reader 100. In one embodiment, when the read information does not match to the stored information, the external electronic terminal 300 controls the indicating lamp 614 to turn red. When the read information matches to the stored information, the external electronic terminal 300 controls the indicating lamp 614 to turn green.
The frequency and insulation of the antennas 83 can be adjusted, therefore each antenna 83 can only read a corresponding fiber interface and a corresponding fiber terminal when the scanning protrusion 81 inserts into the fiber port, thereby preventing misreading.
When testing or maintaining a fiber router 200 with the reader 100, the power switch 731 is turned on, and then each scanning protrusion 81 is coupled to a fiber port of the fiber router 200. The scanning switch 632 is turned on, then each antenna 83 reads information of the RFID tag 90 on the fiber interface and the fiber terminal of the corresponding port, and the antenna 83 further forwards the information to the processor of the circuit board 67. The reader 100 transmits the information to an external electronic terminal 300 via the data connector 652 or wireless transmission, such as Bluetooth and WI-FI. The external electronic terminal 300 matches the read information with stored information prestored by user. When the read information does not match to the stored information, the external electronic terminal 300 controls the indicating lamp 614 to turn red. When the read information matches to the stored information, the external electronic terminal 300 controls the indicating lamp 614 to turn green. When all indicating lamps 614 emit indicating colors, user can easily find a malfunctioned fiber port. After scanning all the RFID tags 90, the scanning protrusion 81 can be disconnected from the fiber router 200, the scanning switch 632 can be turned off, thus the scanner portion 80 stop scanning
The main body 10 is a substantially column shaped and includes an indicating lamp 12 and a scanning switch 14 on one end, and includes a power connector 16 and a data connector 18 on the other end. A shape of the holder portion 20 can be adjusted according to user's needs, which is for conveniently being held by a user. The holder portion 20 covers on the main body 10. A length of the holder portion 20 is less than a length of the main body 10. The holder portion 20 includes a power switch 21 thereon. The scanner portion 30 includes a connecting section 31, an extending section 33, and a scanning section 35. The connecting section 31 is coupled to the main body 10. The extending section 33 is slantways connected between the connecting section 31 and the scanning section 35. The structure of the scanner portion 30 can conveniently couple to a fiber port of the fiber router 200.
The reader 100 includes a plurality of indicating lamps 614 corresponding to the scanning protrusions 81 to indicate scanning results with different colors. Therefore, the malfunction port(s) can be discovered very quickly, saving time and optimizing a management of the fiber router 200.
It is believed that the embodiments and their advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made thereto without departing from the scope of the disclosure or sacrificing all of its advantages, the examples hereinbefore described merely being illustrative embodiments of the disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013205210990 | Aug 2013 | CN | national |
The present application is related to the co-pending U.S. patent application (Attorney Docket No. US52584), entitled “FIBER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF”. This application has the same assignee as the present application and has been concurrently filed herewith. The above-identified application is incorporated herein by reference.
