Reading apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushika Kaisha
InventorsSadatoshi Oishi, Yuki Koike, Sunao Tsuchida, Jun Yaginuma
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a reading apparatus includes a shielding body, an antenna, and a reader and writer. The shielding body is formed in a box shape with an upper opening, to place an accommodating body and to shield radio waves. The antenna is provided in the shielding body to receive information from an RFID tag attached to a product that is passing through the opening. The reader and writer is connected to the antenna to read information of the product from the information received by the antenna.
Claims20
A reading apparatus, comprising:
- a shielding body configured to shield radio waves, the shielding body is formed in a box shape with an upper opening through which to place an accommodating body, the shielding body comprises four rectangular plate-shaped side walls and a rectangular plate-shaped bottom wall;
- an antenna provided in the upper opening at an upper end of the shielding body to receive information from an RFID tag attached to a product that is passing through the upper opening, at least a portion of the antenna is above the upper opening;
- a hanger fixed above the opening of the shielding body and above the antenna to place and hold the accommodating body;
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- a reader and writer connected to the antenna to read information of the RFID tag from the information received by the antenna,
- wherein
- the accommodating body is a bag that accommodates the product, and
- the accommodating body includes a bag hanger that is disposed above the shielding body to hang the bag.
A method for processing an RFID tag, comprising:
- radiating the RFID tag attached to a product, the product within an accommodating body that accommodates the product, passing through an upper opening in an upper portion of a shielding body configured to shield radio waves formed in a box shape, the shielding body comprises four rectangular plate-shaped side walls and a rectangular plate-shaped bottom walls, wherein the accommodating body includes a bag hanger that is disposed above the shielding body and above an antenna, at least a portion of the antenna is above the upper opening, the bag hanger hangs a bag, the accommodating body shields radio waves;
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- receiving information from the RFID tag.
A self-checkout POS apparatus, comprising:
- a shielding body configured to shield radio waves formed in a box shape with an upper opening through which to place an accommodating body, wherein the shielding body comprises four rectangular plate-shaped side walls and a rectangular plate-shaped bottom wall;
- an antenna provided in the upper opening at an upper end of the shielding body to receive information from an RFID tag attached to a product that is passing through the upper opening, at least a portion of the antenna is above the upper opening of the shielding body;
- a hanger fixed above the upper opening of the shielding body and the antenna, the hanger holds the accommodating body inside the shielding body;
- a reader and writer connected to the antenna to read information of the RFID tag from the information received by the antenna;
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- a printer for providing a receipt, wherein
- the accommodating body is a bag that accommodates the product, and
- the accommodating body includes a bag hanger that is disposed above the shielding body to hang the bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.