Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKiyoshi Oyama
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus of the present invention is an image forming apparatus to which a plurality of replacement units are detachably loaded, wherein the replacement units have individual IC tags that perform data writing or reading through non-contact wireless communication, the image forming apparatus having at least one reader/writer that writes/reads data to/from the IC tags of said replacement units through non-contact wireless communication, wherein a blocked area being defined in said image forming apparatus and shielded by a shield member for shielding electromagnetic radiation noise is defined, and the IC tags that at least an antenna part of said reader/writer and said replacement units have are arranged in said blocked area.
Claims11
An image forming apparatus into which a replacement unit having an individual IC tag can be detachably loaded, wherein the IC tag performs data writing or reading through non-contact wireless communication, the image forming apparatus having at least one reader/writer that can write or read data to/from the IC tag of said replacement unit through non-contact wireless communication, the image forming apparatus,
- wherein a blocked area which is defined in said image forming apparatus and where radio wave is shielded by a shield member for blocking electromagnetic radiation noise is defined;
- the IC tag that at least an antenna part of said reader/writer and said replacement unit have is arranged in said blocked area.
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