Image forming device
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuki Kawasaki
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, there is provided an image forming device that prevents write information from being incorrectly written to a non-target RFID tag. The image forming device according to the embodiment includes: a placement unit, a wireless tag communication unit, and a conductor. A sheet provided with a wireless tag can be placed in the placement unit. The wireless tag communication unit can write information to the wireless tag provided on the sheet. The conductor is provided in the placement unit and hinders communication between the wireless tag communication unit and the wireless tag.
Claims20
An image forming device, comprising:
- a placement component configured to accommodate a sheet provided with a wireless tag;
- a wireless tag communication writer configured to write information to the wireless tag provided on the sheet conveyed from the placement component;
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- a conductor provided in the placement component, the conductor configured to hinder communication between the wireless tag communication writer and the wireless tag provided with the sheet placed on the conductor,
- wherein the placement component comprises a recess configured to receive the conductor, and wherein the conductor is provided such that a sheet placement surface is flat.
An apparatus to reduce unintended RFID writing, comprising:
- a placement component configured to accommodate a sheet provided with a wireless tag;
- a wireless tag communication writer configured to write information to the wireless tag provided on the sheet conveyed from the placement component;
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- a conductor provided in the placement component, the conductor configured to hinder communication between the wireless tag communication writer and the wireless tag provided with the sheet placed on the conductor,
- wherein the placement component comprises a recess configured to receive the conductor, and wherein the conductor is provided such that a sheet placement surface is flat.
A method of mitigating unintended wireless tag writing in an image forming device, comprising:
- writing information to a wireless tag provided on a sheet conveyed from a placement component using a wireless tag communication writer;
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- hindering communication between the wireless tag communication writer and the wireless tag provided with the sheet placed on a conductor using a conductor provided in the placement component,
- wherein the placement component comprises a recess configured to receive the conductor, and wherein the conductor is provided such that a sheet placement surface is flat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.