Vicinity RFID Installed UHF RFID Readers for LAP and Race Timing

1. Case Study
RFID in Car Racing
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2. Case Study- Hakone Go Kart
• 1st Go Kart Racing Site in India
• Situated at up market Hirandani
Gardens at Powai- Mumbai
• Longest and most sophisticated
Karting Track in India
• Most popular adventure sport site
in Mumbai
• It comprises of Junior, Senior and
Championship tracks
• Championships are regularly held
• Every kart is under the control of a
marshal who can control or even
stop the kart using a remote
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3. Operational Characteristics
• The Track is open from 2:30 PM till 9:30
PM
• Standard format of races are 4, 6 or 10
tracks
• At any point of time only 4 karts are
allowed
• Racers have to wait for their turn after
making the payment
• At the start of the race the race marshals
note the booking number and cart
number.
• The present system of Lap and Race time
counting is old and defunct
• The counting of laps is done manually
• The data is tabulated manually
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4. Goals
• Automated and accurate counting of Lap and Race
Timings.
• Reduce the manual counting of laps by marshals
• Alert the marshals for last lap
• Provide the racers with their fastest lap and race
timings report.
• Provide Audit reports and summary for the day
• Complete control of system from booking counter
• Increase the number of karts from 4 to 8 to reduce
the waiting time and increase in revenue
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5. Products Used
• ThingMagic Astra Reader – 1 No.
• SMET Mono-static Antenna – 1 No.
• RFID Tags using UPM RFID inlays – 500 Nos.
• Vicinity RFID – Agile Middleware for Race and Lap
Timing.
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6. The Solution
• At the start point 1 Astra UHF Reader and 1 Mono-static
Antenna is installed on a customized arch frame.
• Each kart is affixed with an RFID tag for kart identification
• At booking counter customer is issued an RFID tag against a
paper form. The customer details are booked with a date
time stamp.
• At the starting pit the RFID customer tag is also attached to
the kart
• The RFID Kart Tag and Customer Tag are read at start of the
Pit and gets mapped in the system. The Start time gets
recorded.
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7. • The customer name, kart no. and number of laps and lap
counter would be displayed on the screen
• Lap count and time stamp are recorded automatically. Fastest
Lap time are compared and update the track record.
• On the last lap , the record on screen is highlighted and helps
the marshal to flag the kart to the pit.
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8. Go Karting Site Layout
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10. Software : Introducing Agile
• Agile middleware is ported in the Astra reader
enabling it to work even if the PC is switched off.
• Agile Synchronization module is installed in the PC.
• The PC is used to upload and download the data and
transactions.
• The audit reports are generated form the Agile
module in the PC.
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11. Contacts
Vicinity RFID Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
# 312, Building 2, Sector 3,
Millennium Business Park,
Mahape, Navi Mumbai – 400 710. INDIA
Tel: +91 93200 68035/22 2778 0343
email.: vikas@vicinityrfid.com
Web: www.vicinityrfid.com
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