Reader that reads information from RF tag
AssigneeAsterisk, Inc.
InventorNoriyuki Suzuki
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Abstract
A reader that reduces the impacts of radio waves while keeping the convenience during reading, and such an information providing system. The reader reads information from a RF tag attached to a product. The reader has an opening, and includes a shield that accommodates the product placed through the opening, and an antenna that radiates radio waves for communicating with the RF tag attached to the accommodated product. The reader reads information from the RF tag while keeping the shield open.
Claims8
A stationary reader that reads information from an RF tag attached to an article, comprising:
- an antenna that radiates radio waves to communicate with the RF tag;
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- a shield that accommodates the antenna, surrounds the article, the shield having a pair of sidewalls, a plate connecting the pair of sidewalls at a first end, and an opening between the pair of sidewalls at a second end opposite the first end, the opening having a substantially same width as the plate, the opening being configured to open upward,
- the reader being configured to read the information from the RF tag while keeping the shield open upward.
A stationary reader that includes a housing, the reader reading information from an RF tag attached to an article, comprising:
- an antenna that radiates radio waves to communicate with the RF tag;
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- a shield that is disposed in the housing and accommodates the antenna, the shield having a pair of sidewalls and an opening extending substantially an entire distance between the pair of sidewalls,
- while keeping each of the housing and the shield open in two directions including upward, the reader being configured to read the information from the RF tag of the article in the shield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.