CSL CS101-2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 1.0
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12.11 Document Tracking
Use Case
In some organizations, costs associated with tracking documents are high. An automatic
document management system is especially beneficial in those environments where the
documents are of high value to the organization, and the loss of a document would have
significant negative impact. Examples include hospitals, lawyer’s offices and government
departments.
Current Approach
Documents are tracked and managed manually. Human error may lead to lost of documents.
Moreover, time spent in searching for document is long, especially when documents are not
systematically well organized.
Suggested Approach
RFID technology has made a dramatic improvement in tracking and managing documents. By
tagging the documents and equipping read points for checking in and out, status and location of
documents can be traced easily. Other usages such as inventory checking and locating lost
documents can also be achieved.
Recommendation
Different antennas are designed to be used with the CSL CS-461 reader to fulfill different
requirements of document tracking. For example, for checking in and out of documents, short
and constrained read range is required such that documents that are put near the read points
would not be included accidentally. In this case, the CS-777 near-field antenna that is
optimized to read near-field tags should be used. Oppositely, for inventory taking, longer read
range is required such that all documents within the area are read rapidly. In this case, the
CS-771 Mono-static Antenna with long read range should be used.