Tag reader
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsHidehiko FUCHIDA, Shuko Saito, Tomohiko Maeda, Yoshitaka Muraoka, Kazuo Sato
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Abstract
A tag is attached to each piece of a set of goods mounted on a palette, and a tag storing the quantity of goods that should be mounted on the palette is also attached. A reader/writer counts the number of tags attached to all of the goods, reads quantity information of the tags attached to the palette, and determines whether the two are equal or not.
Claims11
A tag reader for detecting the number of goods via a tag attached to the goods and by counting the number of tags read by a reader/writer, comprising:
- a determination unit for determining whether reading of the tag is properly conducted or not by comparing a quantity of goods mounted on a goods mounting unit to which a tag having quantity information relating to the quantity of mounted goods is attached and quantity information of the tag attached to the goods mounting unit.
A mounting device for mounting and moving goods having a tag attached that a reader/writer can read, wherein
- the mounting device has a tag attached storing information relating to a quantity of mounted goods.
A management system for managing a flow of goods in a production line by a reader/writer reading a tag attached to the goods, comprising:
- a tag that is attached to the goods;
- and
- a tag that stores information of a total number of goods and is provided for each carrier of the goods.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.