Radio frequency identification (RFID) surveillance tag

Patent · Tue Sep 06 04:00:00 EDT 2011

OSTI ID:1531696

Tsai, Han -Chung; Liu, Yung Y.

An enhanced method and apparatus are provided for tracking and managing a plurality of packagings, particularly packagings containing radioactive and fissile materials. A radio frequency identification (RFID) surveillance tag is provided with an associated packaging. The RFID surveillance tag includes a tag body and a back plate including predefined mounting features for mounting the surveillance tag to the associated packaging. The RFID surveillance tag includes a battery power supply. The RFID surveillance tag includes a plurality of sensors monitoring the associated packaging including a seal sensor. The seal sensor includes a force sensitive material providing a resistivity change responsive to change in a seal integrity change of the associated packaging. The resistivity change causes a seal integrity tag alarm. A tag memory stores data responsive to tag alarms generated by each of the plurality of sensors monitoring the associated packaging.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357; W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
• Patent Number(s): 8,013,744
• Application Number: 12/426,054
• OSTI ID: 1531696
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English