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US 10,482,368 B2Granted
Electronic apparatus and wireless communication system
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsMasayuki Hayakawa, Seiji Tanaka
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Abstract
The present invention addresses the problem of preventing the malfunction of an electronic apparatus containing an RFID module with a wired communication port. An electronic apparatus is provided with: an RFID module containing an antenna, a control circuit, a memory connected to the control circuit, and a wired communication port; a processing unit connected to the RFID module via the wired communication port; and a switch that electrically connects or interrupts the antenna and the control circuit.
Claims18
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a wireless communication module including an antenna, a control circuit, a memory connected to the control circuit, and a wired communication port;
- a processing unit connected to the wireless communication module via the wired communication port;
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- a switch configured to electrically connect or interrupt the antenna and the control circuit,
- wherein the processing unit detects a read request from an outside via the antenna during a period that a connection between the antenna and the control circuit is interrupted by the switch.
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