Near field communication tag and control system for near field communication tag

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11916618-B2
Application number	US-202117431365-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	Feb 13, 2020
Publication date	Feb 27, 2024
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024

Abstract

A Near Field Communication (NFC) tag and a control system for the NFC tag are provided. The NFC tag includes: a NFC coil, a control circuit, an energy acquisition circuit, and an energy storage circuit, wherein the NFC coil is configured to detect a magnetic field signal transmitted by a card reader when a distance between the NFC tag and the card reader is within a predetermined distance range; the energy acquisition circuit is configured to convert the magnetic field signal into an electrical signal when the NFC coil detects the magnetic field signal; and the control circuit is configured to control the energy acquisition circuit to transmit the electrical signal to the energy storage circuit, and control to charge the energy storage circuit through the electrical signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, comprising: a NFC coil, a control circuit, an energy acquisition circuit, an energy storage circuit, and an electronic ink display screen wherein
the NFC coil is configured to detect a magnetic field signal transmitted by a card reader when a distance between the NFC tag and the card reader is within a predetermined distance range;
the energy acquisition circuit is configured to convert the magnetic field signal into an electrical signal when the NFC coil detects the magnetic field signal; and
the control circuit is configured to control the energy acquisition circuit to transmit the electrical signal to the energy storage circuit, and control to charge the energy storage circuit through the electrical signal;
the electronic ink display screen is connected to the control circuit, the control circuit is configured to control the NFC tag to perform data transmission with the card reader upon detecting that a voltage of the energy storage circuit has reached a rated voltage, and refresh display content of the electronic ink display screen after the data transmission has been performed.

2. The NFC tag according to claim 1 , wherein the energy acquisition circuit is connected to the NFC coil and the control circuit, respectively, and the energy storage circuit is connected to the energy acquisition circuit and the control circuit, respectively.

3. The NFC tag according to claim 2 , wherein the energy acquisition circuit comprises:
an energy conversion sub-circuit, wherein the energy conversion sub-circuit is connected to the NFC coil and the control circuit, respectively, the energy conversion sub-circuit is configured to convert the magnetic field signal into the electrical signal when the NFC coil detects the magnetic field signal, and the control circuit is configured to control the energy conversion sub-circuit to transmit the electrical signal to the energy storage circuit; and
a first switching sub-circuit, wherein the first switching sub-circuit is connected to the energy conversion sub-circuit and the energy storage circuit, respectively, and the first switching sub-circuit is configured to electrically connect the energy conversion sub-circuit to the energy storage circuit, or electrically disconnect the energy conversion sub-circuit from the energy storage circuit.

4. The NFC tag according to claim 3 , wherein the control circuit is connected to the first switching sub-circuit, and the control circuit is further configured to:
control the first switching sub-circuit to electrically disconnect the energy conversion sub-circuit from the energy storage circuit after the display content of the electronic ink display screen has been refreshed.

5. The NFC tag according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a second switching circuit, wherein the second switching circuit is connected to the energy storage circuit and the electronic ink display screen, respectively, and the second switching circuit is configured to electrically connect the energy storage circuit to the electronic ink display screen or electrically disconnect the energy storage circuit from the electronic ink display screen.

6. The NFC tag according to claim 5 , wherein the control circuit is connected to the second switching circuit, and the control circuit is further configured to:
control the second switching circuit to electrically connect the electronic ink display screen to the energy storage circuit after the data transmission has been performed.

7. The NFC tag according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a state storage circuit;
the control circuit is further configured to: identify the card reader through the energy conversion sub-circuit when the distance between the NFC tag and the card reader is within the predetermined distance range, determine whether the NFC tag is matched with the card reader, update a flag bit state in the state storage circuit to be a state of waiting for being charged when the NFC tag is matched with the card reader; update the flag bit state in the state storage circuit to be a charging completion state upon detecting that the voltage of the energy storage circuit has reached the rated voltage; and update the flag bit state in the state storage circuit to be a refreshing success state after the display content of the electronic ink display has been refreshed.

8. The NFC tag according to claim 1 , wherein the energy storage circuit is a supercapacitor.

9. The NFC tag according to claim 5 , wherein the first switching sub-circuit and/or the second switching circuit is a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor.

10. The NFC tag according to claim 7 , wherein the state storage circuit is an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM).

11. A control system for a NFC tag, comprising: a card reader and the NFC tag according to claim 1 .

12. The control system according to claim 11 , wherein the card reader is a mobile terminal having a NFC function.

13. The control system according to claim 11 , wherein the energy acquisition circuit is connected to the NFC coil and the control circuit, respectively, and the energy storage circuit is connected to the energy acquisition circuit and the control circuit, respectively.

14. The control system according to claim 13 , wherein the energy acquisition circuit comprises:
an energy conversion sub-circuit, wherein the energy conversion sub-circuit is connected to the NFC coil and the control circuit, respectively, the energy conversion sub-circuit is configured to convert the magnetic field signal into the electrical signal when the NFC coil detects the magnetic field signal, and the control circuit is configured to control the energy conversion sub-circuit to transmit the electrical signal to the energy storage circuit; and
a first switching sub-circuit, wherein the first switching sub-circuit is connected to the energy conversion sub-circuit and the energy storage circuit, respectively, and the first switching sub-circuit is configured to electrically connect the energy conversion sub-circuit to the energy storage circuit, or electrically disconnect the energy conversion sub-circuit from the energy storage circuit.

15. The control system according to claim 14 , wherein the control circuit is connected to the first switching sub-circuit, and the control circuit is further configured to:
control the first switching sub-circuit to electrically disconnect the energy conversion sub-circuit from the energy storage circuit after the display content of the electronic ink display screen has been refreshed.

16. The control system according to claim 14 , wherein the NFC tag further comprises:
a second switching circuit, wherein the second switching circuit is connected to the energy storage circuit and the electronic ink display screen, respectively, and the second switching circuit is configured to electrically connect the energy storage circuit to the electronic ink display screen or electrically disconnect the energy storage circuit from the electronic ink display screen.

17. The control system according to claim 16 , wherein the control circuit is connected to the second switching circuit, and the control circuit is further configured to:
control the second switching circuit to electrically connect the electronic ink display screen to the energy storage circuit after the data transmission has been performed.

18. The control system according to claim 14 , wherein the NFC tag further comprises:
a state storage circuit;
the control circuit

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Xin
• Li Jinlei
• Yang Xinxin
• Hu Kejun

Classifications

• H04B5/26

  using coils · CPC title

• H04B5/0056 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B5/0037

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B5/70 Primary

  specially adapted for specific purposes · CPC title

• H04B5/79 Primary

  for data transfer in combination with power transfer · CPC title