Reading control device, reading control method, and vehicle

A vehicle comprising:

• reading devices provided at positions that are on a pair of wings attached to sides of a cargo bed of the vehicle, and face a cargo compartment;
• and
• a reading control device that controls reading of tags by the reading devices,
• wherein the reading control device includes:
• an identifying section that identifies that either one of the pair of wings is opened;
• and
• a reading control section that transmits control information for instructing to read a tag to a reading device attached to an opened wing in the pair of wings, and does not transmit the control information to a reading device attached to an unopened wing in a case where the identifying section identifies that either one of the pair of wings is opened,
• wherein the reading control section:
• causes the reading device attached to the opened wing in the pair of wings to emit the electromagnetic wave at a first electric power in a case where the identifying section identifies that either one of the pair of wings is opened, and
• causes the reading device attached to at least one of the pair of wings to emit the electromagnetic wave at a second electric power greater than the first electric power in a case where the identifying section identifies that none of the pair of wings are opened, and
• wherein each of the reading devices includes:
• a receiving section that receives the control information from the reading control device;
• and
• a reading section that reads a tag by emitting an electromagnetic wave to the tag in a case where the receiving section receives the control information.

A reading control method performed by a computer to control reading of tags by reading devices provided at positions that are on a pair of wings attached to sides of a cargo bed of a vehicle, and face a cargo compartment, the reading control method comprising:

• a step of identifying that either one of the pair of wings is opened;
• and
• a step of causing a reading device attached to an opened wing in the pair of wings to emit an electromagnetic wave for reading a tag, and not causing a reading device attached to an unopened wing to emit an electromagnetic wave for reading a tag in a case where it is identified that either one of the pair of wings is opened;
• a step of causing the reading device attached to the opened wing in the pair of wings to emit the electromagnetic wave at a first electric power in a case where the identifying section identifies that either one of the pair of wings is opened;
• and
• a step of causing the reading device attached to at least one of the pair of wings to emit the electromagnetic wave at a second electric power greater than the first electric power in a case where the identifying section identifies that none of the pair of wings are opened.