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Aug 2016

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The LSCM R&D Centre undertakes a wide range of industry focused research projects and strives to facilitate the adoption of LSCM’s technologies by the relevant industries. The Centre thus endeavours to serve as an interface between academia and the logistics and supply chain management industry for partnership and licensing opportunities, as well as for the dissemination of knowledge to the relevant industries through a variety of business development services and marketing activities. For more information, please contact us on licensing@lscm.hk.

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E-Cheque Apps Development Cloud

To facilitate the launch of the e-Cheque system in Hong Kong in late 2015, the LSCM R&D Centre is engaged in the research and development of technologies to facilitate the building of applications on the e-Cheque system by financial institutions, payment service providers and businesses. The Centre’s research outcomes will be disseminated through the “e-Cheque Apps Development Cloud” where APIs and software building blocks such as e-Cheque API, encryption & proxy re-encryption, key management, e-Cheque wallet components, e-Cheque forensics and sanity utilities for e-Cheque clean-up will be disseminated. A simulated platform will also be set up for testing e-Cheque applications.

Dr CD Shum, Assistant Director of the Research & Technology Development of LSCM R&D Centre, shared the latest development of “Blockchain technology at the Blockchain Strategies for Business” event held at Cyberport in July.

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Passive UHF Detachable RFID Tag for Different Range Access

The Centre has developed a separable-tag suitable for specific applications including a passive UHF detachable tag in a card format, in addition to the more than 200 package-specific tag designs for product packages developed in the past couple years. This project allows for the creation of tags which provides a boost to both short reading ranges (millimeters) and long reading ranges (up to several meters) applications of the card by simply incorporating it with a special antenna embedded in a card holder, for which the reading range can be controlled by configuring the number of layers of the holder.

One application of this technology is that a card holder can only be accessed by an RFID reader installed at the access control point when the card is incorporated to avoid false-reading. The card alone can only be accessed in a very short range without the specific card holder. Project deliverables include detachable tag designs in different applications, RFID tag antenna customisation, and printed RFID antenna technology.

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Rear RFID Alarm Sensing System for Vehicle in Construction Industry

This technology aims to provide RFID tags and a system suitable for attaching on existing vehicles at construction sites. With the LSCM’s RFID equipped Safety Hamlet and Reflective Vest, the vehicle-attached system will set off alerts to the vehicle driver and/or the site manager in the case where there is a danger that workers are present in the rear zone of the working vehicle. It can also be used in construction sites to increase safety level.

This alarm sensing system makes use of RFID technology to monitor workers nearby. The rear RFID sensing system detects the presence of nearby workers and alerts drivers by using the driver alarm unit installed in the driver cabin with no modification on the vehicle required. Project deliverables include RFID tag designs for safety helmets and reflective vests, an RFID sensing system and a driver alarm unit design.

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LSCM’s Hybrid Reader fits for RFID and Barcode co-exist operation

In this project, a handy UHF read and write device has been developed based on the LSCM’s reader chip. This device is equipped with barcode scanning function as well as RFID read/write capability. Since the total cost of ownership for RFID system keep reducing, it encourages a promising market to adopt the technology. Also, small to medium scale operation may become popular, for example, the pick and pack operations in a small warehouse or the cashier counter of a retail store.

In view of this change, LSCM develops this low cost hybrid reader so that the mass market can also enjoy the benefits from using RFID technology.

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