SALMIYA INDIAN MODEL SCHOOL, KUWAIT

Subject: ICT Date: 7.6.2022

Class: IX IG

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Readers: They use radio waves to read
and capture information stored on a tag. The tag can be read from a distance of
several meters which is the advantage over the bar code system.
The RFID tag is made of 2 components:
a. A microchip that stores and process information.
b. An antenna that is used to receive and transmit data.
The tags are 2 types:
1. Passive tag: use reader’s radio wave energy.
2. Battery powered: use a small embedded battery to power RFID.
Uses:
1. Livestock tracking: to track animal identity and whereabouts.
2. Retail
3. Admission passes
4. Libraries: to track book record
Adv:
1. No line of sight contact is necessary; tags can be read from a distance.
2. It is a very robust and reliable technology.
3. Very fast read rate.
4. Bidirectional data transfer.
5. Bulk detection is possible.
Dis Adv:
1. Tag collision when tags overlap.
2. Because RFID uses radio waves they are relatively easy to jam or interrupt.
3. It is easy to hack into the data/ signal transmitted by the tag.
4. RFID is more expensive than a barcode system.
Magnetic ink character recognition/ reader (MICR): It is a system that can read
characters printed in special ink containing iron particles. It can read only
characters written in standard font.
Uses:
1. Used for reading the characters at the bottom of the bank cheque. At the end
of the day all cheques are gathered and read using the batch processing
method.
Adv:
1. Offer greater security than OCR as characters can’t be altered.
2. There is no manual input and hence errors reduced.
3. Magnetic ink characters can be read even if somebody writes over them.
Dis Adv:
1. Only certain characters can be read and number of different characters is
very limited.
2. More expensive than other methods used in direct data entry.

Optical Mark Recognition/ reader (OMR): It is a device that can read marks
written in pen or pencil. The position of the mark is stored in the computer’s
memory after being read by the OMR device.
Uses:
1. Used to read questionnaires, multiple-choice exam papers where responses
are registered in form of lines or shaded areas.
Adv:
1. Very fast way of in putting the results of a survey. The documents are fed in
automatically and there is no user input.
2. They are more accurate as there is no keying in the data.
3. They are more accurate than OCR methods.

Dis Adv:

1. The forms need to be carefully designed and correctly positioned to

gather accurate information.
2. There can be problems if forms haven’t been filled in correctly.
3. They have to be checked manually before being read which is both time
consuming and expensive.