Active RFID with Display Function as Advanced Labels for Automotive Logistics (RFID Europe 2009)

In the scene of finished-vehicle logistics today, IT technology has spread widely but still has few applications in manual operations on-site. One of the important remaining on-site issues is the visual recognition of particular vehicles by human (drivers') eyes.

 

Through this project, we will develop a new concept slip for finished-vehicle logistics by using active RFID with display function. This new concept will be more competitive than current auto-ID technologies such as barcodes, passive RFID, etc.

 

This project is being supervised by Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI), a 100% subsidiary of the global logistics company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line), in cooperation with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and with financial support from the Japanese government.

Ryohei Sato joined Monohakobi Technology Institute, NYK Group company, in 2007 after 12 years experience in the IT industry handled product planning, marketing, and web-based business.

Now he is in charge of the business development using auto-ID technology for industrial business sector especially for automotive logistics.

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) is a "comprehensive logistics enterprise"

that is doing business through the active use of one of the world's largest

merchant fleets and a far-flung international network of land/sea/air transport.

Monohakobi ?the transportation of goods? * is fundamental to global

economic activity and allows not only many of our daily necessities

but also our treasured pleasures to quickly and affordably move from

one place to another. As one of the world's premier logistics providers,

we at NYK are greatly aware of the social responsibility that we have

in the way we conduct business.

NYK is based in Tokyo and has regional headquarters in London, New York,

Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, and Sao Paulo.