Article management device, article management system, article management method, and RFID-tag producing apparatus
First Claim
1. An article management device operable to read out information written on a plurality of RFID tags respectively attached to a plurality of articles handled as a set, for management of the plurality of articles, said plurality of articles consisting of a first article and at least one second article other than said first article, and said plurality of RFID tags including a first RFID tag attached to the first article, and at least one second RFID tag attached to said second articles, said article management device comprising:
- a communicating portion operable to read out information of all of said plurality of articles written on said first RFID tag, and information of each of said second articles and information of said first article which are written on said second RFID tag;
a control portion operable to effect a comparison of the information read out from said first RFID tag, with the information read out from said second RFID tag; and
an indicator portion operable to indicate a result of said comparison effected by said control portion.
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Abstract
An article management device for management of a plurality of articles handled as a set consisting of a main article and accessory article, by using a first RFID tag attached to the main article and second RFID tag attached to the at least one accessory article, the article management device including a communicating portion operable to read out information of all of the plurality of articles written on the first RFID tag, and information of each of the second article and information of the first article which are written on the second RFID tag, a control portion operable to effect a comparison of the information read out from the first RFID tag, with the information read out from the second RFID tag, and an indicator portion operable to indicate a result of the comparison by the control portion.
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28 Claims
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1. An article management device operable to read out information written on a plurality of RFID tags respectively attached to a plurality of articles handled as a set, for management of the plurality of articles, said plurality of articles consisting of a first article and at least one second article other than said first article, and said plurality of RFID tags including a first RFID tag attached to the first article, and at least one second RFID tag attached to said second articles, said article management device comprising:
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a communicating portion operable to read out information of all of said plurality of articles written on said first RFID tag, and information of each of said second articles and information of said first article which are written on said second RFID tag;
a control portion operable to effect a comparison of the information read out from said first RFID tag, with the information read out from said second RFID tag; and
an indicator portion operable to indicate a result of said comparison effected by said control portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An article management system operable to write information on a plurality of RFID tags to be respectively attached to a plurality of articles handled as a set, and read out the information from said plurality of RFID tags, for management of the plurality of articles, said plurality of articles consisting of a first article and at least one second article other than said first article, said plurality of RFID tags including a first RFID tag to be attached to the first article, and at least one second RFID tag to be attached to said second article, said article management system comprising:
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an RFID-tag producing apparatus operable to write information of all of said plurality of articles on said first RFID tag, and information of each of said second article and information of said first article on said each of said second RFID tag, on the basis of information input thereto; and
an article management device including a communicating portion operable to read out the information of all of said plurality of articles from said first RFID tag, and the information of each of said second article and the information of said first article from said second RFID tag, a control portion operable to effect a comparison of the information read out from said first RFID tag, with the information read out from said second RFID tag, and an indicator portion operable to indicate a result of said comparison by said control portion. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An article management method for management of a plurality of articles handled as a set, by writing information on a plurality of RFID tags to be respectively attached to said plurality of articles, and reading out the information from said plurality of RFID tags, said plurality of articles consisting of a first article and at least one second article other than said first article, said plurality of RFID tags including a first RFID tag to be attached to the first article, and at least one second RFID tag to be attached to said second article, said article management method comprising:
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reading out information of all of said plurality of articles from said first RFID tag attached to said first article, and information of each of said second article and information of said first article from said second RFID tag attached to said second article in block;
effecting a comparison of the information read out from said first RFID tag, with the information read out from said second RFID tag; and
indicating a result of said comparison.
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21. An RFID-tag producing apparatus operable to write information on a plurality of RFID tags to be respectively attached to a plurality of articles handled as a set, said plurality of articles consisting of a first article and at least one second article other than said first article, said plurality of RFID tags including a first RFID tag to be attached to said first article, and at least one second RFID tag to be attached to said second article, said RFID-tag producing apparatus comprising:
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an input portion operable to input information specifying each of all of said plurality of articles; and
a control portion operable to write information of all of said plurality of articles on said first RFID tag, and information each of said second article and information of said first article on said each of said second RFID tag, on the basis of the information input by said input portion. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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Specification