Safety contestant progress registration

摘要

A novel system and method provides an RFID tag usable to track a participant in a contest, wherein the RFID tag is permanently embedded into or onto a racing bib, also referred to as a timing bib. The embedding of the RFID tag into the timing bib serves to deter cheating and also enhances the usefulness of the timing bibs to the contest directors, sponsors or promoters. In another embodiment of the invention, the receiving antenna is situated such that participants move past it rather than over it, improving the reliability of the system.

主权项

1. A waypoint measurement post for measuring the passage of an object past a threshold, the waypoint measurement post comprising: an RF antenna associated with the threshold, such that an object in proximity to the threshold is also in proximity to the antenna, and wherein the antenna is oriented vertically beside the threshold so that the object does not pass over the antenna while passing the threshold; and a race monitor associated with the RF antenna, such that passage of an RFID tag by the threshold is detected by the antenna and relayed to the race monitor; wherein the RF antenna associated with the threshold comprises two separate antenna and the two separate antenna are located at opposite lateral sides of the threshold.