Wireless tag communication apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki Ishikawa, Nanami Shinozaki
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Abstract
Provided is a wireless tag communication apparatus that detects a target wireless tag with high accuracy and reads information. A wireless tag communication apparatus according to an embodiment includes at least one antenna, a reading apparatus, and a drive apparatus. The antenna is disposed below a table where an article attached with a wireless tag is placed. The reading apparatus communicates with the wireless tag via the antenna, detects the wireless tag within a placement range on the table where the article is placed, and reads information from the wireless tag within the placement range. The drive apparatus moves the antenna inside the placement range.
Claims20
A wireless tag communication apparatus, comprising:
- at least one antenna disposed below a table where an article attached with a wireless tag is placed;
- a reading apparatus configured to
- communicate with the wireless tag via the antenna,
- detect the wireless tag within a placement range on the table where the article is placed, and
- read information from the wireless tag within the placement range;
- and
- a drive apparatus configured to move the antenna inside the placement range, wherein
- the drive apparatus moves the antenna along two axes such that the antenna moves along a trajectory including a plurality of straight lines.
A wireless tag communication apparatus, comprising:
- at least one antenna disposed below a table where an article attached with a wireless tag is placed;
- a reading apparatus configured to
- communicate with the wireless tag via the antenna,
- detect the wireless tag within a placement range on the table where the article is placed, and
- read information from the wireless tag within the placement range;
- and
- a drive apparatus configured to move the antenna inside the placement range, wherein
- the drive apparatus moves the antenna in a two dimensional direction parallel with a placing surface of the table.
A wireless tag communication method, comprising:
- communicating with a wireless tag attached to an article placed on a table with an antenna disposed below the table;
- detecting the wireless tag within a placement range on the table where the article is placed;
- reading information from the wireless tag within the placement range;
- moving the antenna inside the placement range using a drive apparatus;
- and
- moving the antenna along two axes such that the antenna moves along a trajectory including a plurality of straight lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.