Wireless information storage device and method
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1. A wireless information storage device, comprising:
- a coil antenna having a two-dimensional center for transmitting and/or receiving a signal via wireless communication and a space therein;
a memory arranged in the space of the coil antenna for storing information;
a control unit that generates information by demodulating a signal received via the coil antenna, and generates a signal to be transmitted via the coil antenna by modulating information stored in the memory, the control unit being arranged in the space of the coil antenna; and
a molded case having a two-dimensional center including the coil antenna, wherein each coil antenna is non-concentric with respect to coil antennas in other devices when a plurality of devices is stacked.
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Abstract
A wireless information storage device and method for putting the device on or into an item are disclosed. According to the disclosed device and method, even if a plurality of wireless information storage devices is perfectly stacked, it is possible to read information from or write information into those wireless information storage devices with certainty at a time, furthermore, it is possible to improve efficiency of communicating with the wireless information storage device or the item.
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1. A wireless information storage device, comprising:
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a coil antenna having a two-dimensional center for transmitting and/or receiving a signal via wireless communication and a space therein;
a memory arranged in the space of the coil antenna for storing information;
a control unit that generates information by demodulating a signal received via the coil antenna, and generates a signal to be transmitted via the coil antenna by modulating information stored in the memory, the control unit being arranged in the space of the coil antenna; and
a molded case having a two-dimensional center including the coil antenna, wherein each coil antenna is non-concentric with respect to coil antennas in other devices when a plurality of devices is stacked. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A reader/writer system comprising:
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a plurality of wireless information storage devices having substantially planar surfaces, the same outer shapes and sizes, and which are stacked, wherein each of the devices includes;
a coil antenna that transmits and/or receives a signal via wireless communication and has a two-dimensional center;
a memory arranged in the space of the coil antenna to store information;
a control unit that generates information by demodulating a signal received via the coil antenna, and generates a signal to be transmitted via the coil antenna by modulating information stored in the memory, the control unit being arranged in the space of the coil antenna; and
a molded case including the coil antenna, wherein the two-dimensional center of the coil antenna is off from the two-dimensional center of the molded case;
an antenna box that communicates with the plurality of wireless information storage devices to receive the signal from the plurality of the wireless information storage devices; and
a computer connected to the antenna box to process the signal received via the antenna box, wherein each coil antenna is located at a position in the wireless information storage device relatively different from each other when the plurality of wireless information storage devices are stacked in a direction perpendicular to their planar surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. A reader/writer system comprising:
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a plurality of items with planar surfaces, wherein a wireless information storage device on or in each item is located off from a two-dimensional center of each item, each device comprising a loop-shaped coil antenna, a wireless transmitter/receiver, and a molded case containing the antenna and the wireless transmitter/receiver therein;
an antenna box that communicates with each of the wireless information storage devices to receive a signal from the wireless information storage devices; and
a computer connected with the antenna box to process the signal received via the antenna box, wherein each device is located at a position on or in an item relatively different from each other when the plurality of items are stacked in a direction perpendicular to their planar surfaces.
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