Vehicle-mounted apparatus and method for outputting information about articles in vehicle
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1. A vehicle-mounted apparatus comprising:
- a reading unit for reading an identification signal from an identification tag attached to an article placed in a vehicle; and
a control unit for determining the nature of the article in the vehicle on the basis of the read identification signal and for outputting the nature.
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Abstract
A vehicle-mounted apparatus includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reading unit for reading an RFID signal from an RFID tag attached to an article placed in a vehicle, a system controller for determining the nature of the article in the vehicle on the basis of the read RFID signal, and an user interface unit for outputting the nature. The system controller determines whether the article placed in the vehicle is dangerous or not. If the article is determined to be dangerous, the system controller outputs information for warning a user via the user interface unit.
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12 Claims
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1. A vehicle-mounted apparatus comprising:
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a reading unit for reading an identification signal from an identification tag attached to an article placed in a vehicle; and
a control unit for determining the nature of the article in the vehicle on the basis of the read identification signal and for outputting the nature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A vehicle-mounted apparatus comprising:
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article information acquiring means for acquiring article information corresponding to an identification signal read from an identification tag attached to an article placed in a vehicle;
location information acquiring means for acquiring location information about the current position of the vehicle; and
outputting means for outputting the location information and the article information in combination. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A vehicle-mounted apparatus comprising:
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article information acquiring means for acquiring article information corresponding to an identification signal read from an identification tag attached to an article placed in a vehicle;
geographic data acquiring means for acquiring geographic data that is used for indicating a current position of the moving vehicle; and
display means for displaying the geographic data and the article information in combination. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for outputting information about an article placed in a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring an identification signal from an identification tag attached to the article placed in the vehicle;
acquiring article information from the identification signal;
acquiring location information of the vehicle; and
outputting the article information and the location information in combination. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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