Reading apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSeiya Kishimoto, Sadatoshi Oishi
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Abstract
A reading apparatus is configured to communicate with a wireless tag attached to an object. The reading apparatus includes a container having a plurality of side walls and an opening such that the object can be placed through the opening, an antenna at a bottom of the container, configured to transmit and receive radio waves to and from the wireless tag, and a plurality of reflective elements arranged in the side walls so that the radio waves radiated from the antenna and reflected by the reflective elements do not leak through the opening to the outside.
Claims20
A reading apparatus configured to communicate with a wireless tag attached to an object, the reading apparatus comprising:
- a container having a plurality of side walls and an opening such that the object can be placed through the opening, each of the side walls including an inner wall and an outer wall;
- an antenna at a bottom of the container, configured to transmit and receive radio waves to and from the wireless tag;
- a plurality of support members arranged on an inner surface of the outer wall of each side wall;
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- a plurality of reflective elements arranged on the support members and between the outer and inner walls of each side wall so that the radio waves radiated from the antenna and reflected by the reflective elements do not leak through the opening to the outside.
A point of sale (POS) system comprising:
- a POS terminal configured to register a commodity;
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- a reading apparatus configured to read a wireless tag attached to the commodity, the reading apparatus comprising:
- a container having a plurality of side walls and an opening such that the object can be placed through the opening, each of the side walls including an inner wall and an outer wall;
- an antenna at a bottom of the container, configured to transmit and receive radio waves to and from the wireless tag;
- a plurality of support members arranged on an inner surface of the outer wall of each side wall;
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- a plurality of reflective elements arranged on the support members and between the outer and inner walls of each side wall so that the radio waves radiated from the antenna and reflected by the reflective elements do not leak through the opening to the outside.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.