Wireless tag scan device

• US 20070063040A1
• Filed: 03/22/2006
• Published: 03/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ohishi, Satoshi
• Application Number:
  US11/386,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20070063040A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/439
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10316 using at least one antenna particularly designed for interrogating the wireless record carriers antennas in general H01Q1/22

Abstract

As pairs of antennas driven under the same timing among antennas of respective groups, there are plural combinations whose selected two antennas have the distance therebetween set to be shortest.

Claims

1. A wireless tag scan device that scans radio frequency ID of wireless tags which are attached to articles placed on a scan table, comprising:

antennas of respective groups for communicating with the wireless tags, which face with each other;

wherein, as pairs of antennas driven under the same timing among the antennas of respective groups, there are plural combinations whose selected two antennas have the distance therebetween set to be shortest.

2. The wireless tag scan device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the antennas of respective groups are arranged substantially in the form of the letter “

L”

, respectively.

3. The wireless tag scan device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the antennas of respective groups are six planar antennas, respectively.

4. The wireless tag scan device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the selected two antennas are a transmission antenna and a reception antenna.

5. The wireless tag scan device as set forth in claim 1, wherein an electric wave shield is arranged between the antennas of respective groups.

6. The wireless tag scan device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the electric wave shield includes an aluminum foil or a copper foil.