Article management system, and portable apparatus for communicating with RFID tag
First Claim
1. An article management system comprising:
- a portable apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag that has an apparatus antenna for transmitting and receiving information with a RFID circuit element comprising an IC circuit part configured to store information and a tag antenna configured to transmit and receive information, and searches for a plurality of article RFID circuit elements respectively provided to a plurality of managed articles; and
a database connected by a wired or radio communication line to said portable apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag;
wherein;
said database stores in association article information of said managed article, and tag identification information of said article RFID circuit element corresponding to said managed article;
said portable apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag includes;
a transmission processing portion configured to generate an unconditional information acquisition instruction for unconditionally acquiring information stored in said IC circuit part and to transmit the unconditional information acquisition instruction via said apparatus antenna;
a reception processing portion configured to receive a reply signal returned from said article RFID circuit element via said apparatus antenna in response to said unconditional information acquisition instruction;
a primary notifying device configured to make a notification in a first form to an operator when said reply signal is received by said reception processing portion;
a collating portion configured to collate whether or not the tag identification information of said article RFID circuit element included in said reply signal received by said reception processing portion matches the tag identification information of said article RFID circuit element provided to said managed article that is the search target of said operator;
a secondary notifying device configured to make a notification to said operator in a second form that differs from said first form when the collation results of said tag identification information by said collating portion indicate a match;
a timer device configured to measure the elapsed time since a first transmission of said unconditional information acquisition instruction by said transmission processing portion; and
a time information display device configured to display time information corresponding to said elapsed time measured by said time device to said operator.
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Abstract
An article management system 1 comprising a handheld reader having a reader antenna for transmitting and receiving information with RFID tags and configured to search for a plurality of article tags respectively provided to a plurality of printers, and a database connected in an information transmittable and receivable manner to the handheld reader, wherein: the database stores in association the article name of each printer, management status information, and corresponding article tag ID; and the handheld reader performs a step of scanning an article tag ID from the article tag, a step of issuing a primary notification based on vibration to a user when the article tag ID is received, and a step of issuing a secondary notification based on sound generation to the user when a cross-check of the scanned tag ID and the article tag ID that is the search target results in a match.
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8 Claims
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1. An article management system comprising:
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a portable apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag that has an apparatus antenna for transmitting and receiving information with a RFID circuit element comprising an IC circuit part configured to store information and a tag antenna configured to transmit and receive information, and searches for a plurality of article RFID circuit elements respectively provided to a plurality of managed articles; and a database connected by a wired or radio communication line to said portable apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag;
wherein;said database stores in association article information of said managed article, and tag identification information of said article RFID circuit element corresponding to said managed article; said portable apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag includes; a transmission processing portion configured to generate an unconditional information acquisition instruction for unconditionally acquiring information stored in said IC circuit part and to transmit the unconditional information acquisition instruction via said apparatus antenna; a reception processing portion configured to receive a reply signal returned from said article RFID circuit element via said apparatus antenna in response to said unconditional information acquisition instruction; a primary notifying device configured to make a notification in a first form to an operator when said reply signal is received by said reception processing portion; a collating portion configured to collate whether or not the tag identification information of said article RFID circuit element included in said reply signal received by said reception processing portion matches the tag identification information of said article RFID circuit element provided to said managed article that is the search target of said operator; a secondary notifying device configured to make a notification to said operator in a second form that differs from said first form when the collation results of said tag identification information by said collating portion indicate a match; a timer device configured to measure the elapsed time since a first transmission of said unconditional information acquisition instruction by said transmission processing portion; and a time information display device configured to display time information corresponding to said elapsed time measured by said time device to said operator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A portable apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag that has an apparatus antenna for transmitting and receiving information with a RFID circuit element comprising an IC circuit part configured to store information and a tag antenna configured to transmit and receive information, and searches for said article RFID circuit element provided to a managed article, comprising:
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a transmission processing portion configured to generate an unconditional information acquisition instruction for unconditionally acquiring information stored in said IC circuit part and to transmit the unconditional information acquisition instruction via said apparatus antenna; a reception processing portion configured to receive a reply signal returned from said article RFID circuit element via said apparatus antenna in response to said unconditional information acquisition instruction; a primary notifying device configured to make a notification in a first form to an operator when said reply signal is received by said reception processing portion; a collating portion configured to collate whether or not the tag identification information of said article RFID circuit element included in said reply signal received by said reception processing portion matches the tag identification information of said article RFID circuit element provided to said managed article that is the search target of said operator; a secondary notifying device configured to make a notification to said operator in a second form that differs from said first form when the collation results of said tag identification information by said collating portion indicate a match; a timer device configured to measure the elapsed time since a first transmission of said unconditional information acquisition instruction by said transmission processing portion; and a time information display device configured to display time information corresponding to said elapsed time measured by said timer device to said operator.
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