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US 2006/0214774 A1Published application
Desktop system for reading wireless tag and method for controlling reading of wireless tag
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSadayoshi Mochida
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Abstract
A system according to an aspect of the invention includes an article-range finder for finding a range in which an article with an RFID tag is placed; a reader having an antenna for communicating with the RFID tag; and a carrier for carrying the antenna of the reader within the range of the article found.
Claims9
A desktop system for reading a radio-frequency-identification (RFID) tag, the system comprising:
- an article-range finder for finding a range in which an article with an RFID tag is placed;
- a reader having an antenna for communicating with the RFID tag;
- and
- a carrier for carrying the antenna of the reader within the found range of the article.
1 more element
A desktop system for reading an RFID tag, comprising:
- an article-range finder for measuring the length of an article with an RFID tag in one direction, the article being disposed on a casing;
- an antenna disposed in the casing, for communicating with the RFID tag;
- a carrier disposed in the casing, for carrying the antenna in one direction of the article;
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- a communication section for allowing the antenna to communicate with the RFID tag when the antenna is moved by the carrier within the length of the article in one direction.
2 more elements
A method for controlling the reading of an RFID tag, the method comprising:
- an article-range finding step of finding a range in which an article with an RFID tag is placed;
- a carrying step of carrying an antenna that communicates with the RFID tag within the range in which the article is placed;
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- a communication step of communicating with the RFID tag while moving the antenna within the range in the carrying step.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.