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SmartRF Solutions today released details of a new offering for Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) that allows the use of ePC Open Standards rather than proprietary technology. AVI is a technology that allows a vehicle to pull into a gated parking lot without having to stop or swipe an access card. It uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to allow a parking pass inside a vehicle to be automatically detected through the windshield."Proprietary tags cost up to $30 each. It just is not a feasible technology at that price for most applications," noted Demetrius Powers, Regional Sales Manager. "Our tags are open. They can be purchased from many sources and cost less than a two dollars each."That ninety-five percent price difference caught the attention of Wright State University Parking Services and the RFID Laboratory at Wright State. They were the first to design and implement such a system. "We would have had to buy four thousand parking passes. At $30 each, it was just not going to happen," stated Jit Sengupta, Director of the RFID Lab. "We have been able to add RFID technology to the same mirror hang tags that has been traditionally used at Wright State."The goal of an AVI system is to get people in and out of a gated lot faster and more efficiently. It increases customer convenience and safety since they will not have to roll down their window or stop anymore. In most cases, AVI can "bolt on" to an existing card swipe or keypad system. The AVI system developed at Wright State moved to SmartRF Solutions, a start-up company, for commercialization. "We are working with the Dayton RFID Convergence Center at Techtown," added Demetrius. "It really is a rare convergence since we have an emerging RFID product, and Dayton has the world's only RFID business incubator."
