COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, RELAY COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, RELAY COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE COMBINATION, ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM PRODUCTION METHOD
First Claim
1. A communication system, comprising:
- an information storage medium;
an electromagnetic induction communication device; and
a relay communication device disposed between the information storage medium and the electromagnetic induction communication device, the communication system performing communication while conveying the information storage medium,wherein the information storage medium comprises;
an IC chip configured to be communicable through electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic coupling; and
a pair of electrically conductive plates connected to the IC chip,wherein the relay communication device comprises;
a relay loop antenna; and
a pair of electrically conductive rails which is connected to both ends of the relay loop antenna, placed along a conveyance direction of the information storage medium, and electrostatically coupled with the pair of electrically conductive plates of the information storage medium, andwherein the electromagnetic induction communication device comprises;
a communication loop antenna configured to communicate with the relay loop antenna through electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic coupling; and
a control unit configured to execute processing of communication with the IC chip of the information storage medium, when the communication loop antenna communicates with the relay communication device through electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic coupling, and the relay communication device electrostatically couples with the information storage medium.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a communication system, a relay communication device, a combination of the relay communication device and the electromagnetic induction communication device, an electromagnetic induction communication device, an information storage medium, and an information storage medium manufacturing method, in which a communication system communicating through electromagnetic induction can be implemented at low cost. A relay automatic ticket gate system provides the following. An IC card 40 includes an IC chip capable of communicating through electromagnetic induction, and a pair of conductive plates. A relay communication device includes a relay loop antenna, and a pair of conductive rails. An electromagnetic induction ticket gate communicates through electromagnetic induction between a ticket gate loop antenna communicating with a relay loop antenna through electromagnetic induction, and a relay communication device. A ticket gate control unit executes processing of communication with the IC chip.
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27 Claims
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1. A communication system, comprising:
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an information storage medium; an electromagnetic induction communication device; and a relay communication device disposed between the information storage medium and the electromagnetic induction communication device, the communication system performing communication while conveying the information storage medium, wherein the information storage medium comprises; an IC chip configured to be communicable through electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic coupling; and a pair of electrically conductive plates connected to the IC chip, wherein the relay communication device comprises; a relay loop antenna; and a pair of electrically conductive rails which is connected to both ends of the relay loop antenna, placed along a conveyance direction of the information storage medium, and electrostatically coupled with the pair of electrically conductive plates of the information storage medium, and wherein the electromagnetic induction communication device comprises; a communication loop antenna configured to communicate with the relay loop antenna through electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic coupling; and a control unit configured to execute processing of communication with the IC chip of the information storage medium, when the communication loop antenna communicates with the relay communication device through electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic coupling, and the relay communication device electrostatically couples with the information storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16)
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8. A relay communication device, which is disposed between an information storage medium and an electromagnetic induction communication device each provided in a communication system, configured to perform communication while conveying the information storage medium, the relay communication device comprising:
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a relay loop antenna configured to communicate with a communication loop antenna of the electromagnetic induction communication device through electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic coupling; and a pair of electrically conductive rails connected to both ends of the relay loop antenna and placed along a conveyance direction of the information storage medium, wherein the pair of electrically conductive rails is configured to communicate through electrostatic coupling with a pair of electrically conductive plates, which is connected to an IC chip provided at the information storage medium and communicable through electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic coupling. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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17. A method of manufacturing an information storage medium used in a communication system that includes:
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an electromagnetic induction communication device including a communication loop antenna configured to be communicable through electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic coupling, and a control unit configured to execute communication processing via the communication loop antenna; and a relay communication device including a relay loop antenna that communicates with the communication loop antenna through electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic coupling, and a pair of electrically conductive relay members, which is connected to both ends of the relay loop antenna and spaced away each other by a slit, the information storage medium performing communication processing with the control unit of the electromagnetic induction communication device via the relay communication device, the method for manufacturing the information storage medium arranged in a predetermined direction, comprising; forming a plurality of electrically independent pairs of electrically conductive plates so as to be separated each other on an insulating base material; and placing an IC chip communicable through electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic across a slit between a pair of electrically conductive plates obtained in the forming. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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