Ic chip for a recording agent cartridge, management system and packaging box
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkira Takano
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an IC chip for a recording agent cartridge comprises a contact interface, a non-contact interface, a memory and a switching section. The contact interface communicates with a first external device in a wired manner. The non-contact interface communicates with a second external device in a wireless manner. The memory stores identification information. The switching section switches between a first mode capable of accessing the memory via wired communication and a second mode capable of accessing the memory via wireless communication. The switching section switches between the first mode and the second mode depending on whether access information is acquired via the contact interface or the non-contact interface.
Claims17
An IC chip fora recording agent cartridge, comprising:
- a contact interface configured to communicate with a first external device in a wired manner;
- a non-contact interface configured to communicate with a second external device in a wireless manner;
- a memory configured to store identification information;
- and
- a switching section configured to switch between a first mode capable of accessing the memory via wired communication and a second mode capable of accessing the memory via wireless communication, wherein
- the switching section switches between the first mode and the second mode depending on whether access information is acquired via the contact interface or the non-contact interface.
A management system, comprising:
- a first external device;
- a second external device different from the first external device;
- and
- an IC chip for a recording agent cartridge comprising a contact interface configured to communicate with the first external device in a wired manner;
- a non-contact interface configured to communicate with the second external device in a wireless manner;
- a memory configured to store identification information;
- and a switching section configured to switch between a first mode capable of accessing the memory via wired communication and a second mode capable of accessing the memory via wireless communication, wherein the switching section switches between the first mode and the second mode depending on whether access information is acquired via the contact interface or the non-contact interface.
A packaging box for packaging a recording agent cartridge comprising an IC chip for a recording agent cartridge which comprises a contact interface configured to communicate with a first external device in a wired manner;
- a non-contact interface configured to communicate with a second external device in a wireless manner;
- a memory configured to store identification information;
- and a switching section configured to switch between a first mode capable of accessing the memory via wired communication and a second mode capable of accessing the memory via wireless communication, wherein the switching section switches between the first mode and the second mode depending on whether access information is acquired via the contact interface or the non-contact interface, wherein
- a mark is arranged at a position of the outside opposite to the non-contact interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.