Application of RFID technology in Marathon Timing
In many competitive sports competitions, the key to victory or defeat lies in time. Many times, the victory or defeat lies in the difference of a moment, which needs to rely on a fair and accurate timing method.
The traditional way is that the referee uses a stopwatch for timing, which is not only inefficient, but also has a large error. At the end of last century, some foreign manufacturers and organizations explored the introduction of low-frequency and high-frequency RFID technology into the field of sports timing. However, labels are not widely used because of their complexity and high cost.
After entering the 21st century, with the development and maturity of UHF RFID technology, it began to be widely used in the field of sports timing.
The advantages of RFID Timing:
- Automatic statistics without personnel intervention to ensure the fairness of the game;
- The cost of UHF RFID tag is very low, which is convenient for mass use;
- UHF RFID system has strong group reading ability and can instantly read and record hundreds of tag data.
At present, many different kinds of sports tags have been developed for different sports types in the market, such as recyclable waterproof rfid tags suitable for water sports; RFID disposable shoes tags suitable for track and field sports; There are also 2.45G active recyclable tags, which have the characteristics of long reading distance, strong anti-interference and 100% reading rate, but the cost is much higher than that of general UHF RFID.
RFID sports timing system is applicable to many fields, including track and field, marathon, race walking, swimming, bicycle, roller skating, relay race and many other official events. In addition, it has many applications in school sports meeting, physical fitness test, daily training and competition of troops and military schools.
In recent years, urban marathon has sprung up rapidly in major cities in China, and RFID timing system has gradually become a standard configuration in this scene. Because there are many marathon runners, we need to process a large number of contestant information in a very short time, which is highly matched with the performance characteristics of UHF RFID technology.
With the continuous improvement of residents’ living standards, the awareness of sports and health is also strengthened. The application of RFID timing system can bring you a better sports experience.