# US 9,519,897 B2 · Reading apparatus and commodity sales data processing apparatus

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- Number: US 9,519,897 B2
- Document ID: US9519897B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/689,143
- Filed: 2015-04-17
- Published: 2015-10-22
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2014-04-18
- Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Toshiyasu Terahara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9519897B2

## CPC

- G06Q 20/208: {Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing}
- G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
- G07G 1/0018: {Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means}
- G07G 1/009: {the reader being an RFID reader}
- 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
- G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS

## Abstract

In accordance with one embodiment, a reading apparatus which reads information from a RFID tag attached to a commodity comprises a housing which includes an opening serving as an entrance/exit of the commodity and space for housing the commodity inside; an antenna arranged in the space; an opening and closing lid for opening and closing the opening; a reading module which reads information relating to the commodity from the RFID tag attached to each commodity housed in the housing through the antenna; and an output module which outputs the information read by the reading module.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A reading apparatus which reads information from a RFID tag attached to a commodity comprising:
a housing which includes an opening serving as an entrance/exit of the commodity and space for housing the commodity inside;
an antenna arranged in the space;
an opening and closing lid for opening and closing the opening;
a reading module which reads information relating to the commodity from the RFID tag attached to each commodity housed in the housing through the antenna;
an output module which outputs the information read by the reading module; and
a notifying module which notifies that the opening and closing lid is in an opened state if the opening and closing lid is turned into the opened state during a period after reading by the reading module is started and before the reading is completed, wherein
the reading module starts reading if the opening and closing lid is turned into a closed state and the reading module resets read information if the opening and closing lid is turned into the opened state before the reading is completed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
at least one of the antennas is arranged at the bottom surface of the housing.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the housing includes a placing table in the space for placing the commodity; and
the antenna is arranged at the bottom surface opposite to the commodity surface of the placing table.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The reading apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
the housing includes a placing table in the space for placing the commodity; and
the antenna is arranged at the bottom surface opposite to the commodity placing surface of the placing table.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The reading apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
the placing table is made with an electric wave permeable material.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the housing includes an opening that is large enough so that a shopping basket can pass through, and space that is large enough to house the shopping basket.

### Claim 7

A commodity sales data processing apparatus comprising:
a reading apparatus equipped with a housing which includes an opening serving as an entrance/exit of a commodity and space for housing the commodity inside, an antenna arranged in the space, an opening and closing lid for opening and closing the opening, and a reading module which reads information relating to the commodity from a RFID tag attached to each commodity housed in the space through the antenna; and
a registration module which executes commodity registration processing for the commodity housed in the reading apparatus based on the information read by the reading module; and
a notifying module which notifies that the opening and closing lid is in an opened state if the opening and closing lid is turned into the opened state during a period after reading by the reading module is started and before the reading is completed, wherein
the reading module starts reading if the opening and closing lid is turned into a closed state and the reading module resets read information if the opening and closing lid is turned into the opened state before the reading is completed.