# US 2026/0073345 A1 · Wireless tag communication apparatus and wireless tag communication method

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- Number: US 2026/0073345 A1
- Document ID: US20260073345A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/228,302
- Filed: 2025-06-04
- Published: 2026-03-12
- Earliest claimed: 2024-09-09
- Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Nanami SHINOZAKI; Hiroyuki ISHIKAWA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260073345A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/0833: Tracking
- G06K 7/10366: {the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications}
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

## Abstract

According to an embodiment, a wireless tag communication apparatus checks an identification code of a wireless tag read by a reading device against a box list that is a list of identification codes of wireless tags attached to shipping boxes to identify a shipping box to which the wireless tag read by the reading device is attached. Further, the wireless tag communication apparatus creates a shipping list that is a list of the identification code of the wireless tag attached to the identified shipping box and identification codes of wireless tags attached to articles put in the shipping box.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wireless tag communication apparatus, comprising:
an antenna configured to receive a radio wave transmitted from a wireless tag;
a reading device configured to read, on a basis of the radio wave received by the antenna, tag data including an identification code of the wireless tag; and
a cross-check device configured to check the identification code of the wireless tag read by the reading device against a box list that is a list of identification codes of wireless tags attached to shipping boxes to identify a shipping box to which the wireless tag read by the reading device is attached, and
create a shipping list that is a list of the identification code of the wireless tag attached to the identified shipping box and identification codes of wireless tags attached to articles put in the shipping box.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wireless tag communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a relative position change device configured to change a relative position of the antenna to the wireless tag; and
an inferring device configured to infer whether the wireless tag is in a disposed region from the tag data of the wireless tag at a plurality of relative positions of the antenna to the wireless tag.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The wireless tag communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
the cross-check device is further configured to check the identification code of the wireless tag inferred to be in the disposed region against the box list to identify the shipping box, and creates, as the shipping list,
a list of identification codes of wireless tags inferred to be in the disposed region.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The wireless tag communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
the inferring device is further configured to perform the inference using a trained model by machine learning.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The wireless tag communication apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the cross-check device is further configured to delete, from the box list, the identification code of the wireless tag that matches the identification code of the wireless tag inferred to be in the disposed region.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The wireless tag communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
the reading device is further configured to read the tag data of the wireless tag while the relative position of the antenna to the wireless tag is constant.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The wireless tag communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein
the cross-check device is further configured to check the identification code of the wireless tag read by the reading device against the box list to identify the shipping box to which the wireless tag read by the reading device, and select a shipping list of the identified shipping box from a plurality of shipping lists of shipping boxes held in advance.

### Claim 8 (depends on 3)

The wireless tag communication apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising
a terminal configured to display the shipping list selected by the cross-check device.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The wireless tag communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the cross-check device is further configured to perform warning processing where the identification of the shipping box has failed.

### Claim 10

A wireless tag communication method, comprising:
receiving, by an antenna, a radio wave transmitted from a wireless tag;
reading, by a reading device, on a basis of the radio wave received by the antenna, tag data including an identification code of the wireless tag; and
checking the identification code of the wireless tag read by the reading device against a box list that is a list of identification codes of wireless tags attached to shipping boxes to identify a shipping box to which the wireless tag read by the reading device is attached; and
creating a shipping list that is a list of the identification code of the wireless tag attached to the identified shipping box and identification codes of wireless tags attached to articles put in the shipping box.