Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

Muneharu Yajima

To provide a gate apparatus through which a user can efficiently pass. A gate apparatus is communicatively connected to an information processing apparatus including a first reading unit that reads a store leaving code to acquire first identification information for individually identifying a product for which a payment process has been completed. The gate apparatus includes a pair of side wall portions that are disposed to face each other with a passage interposed therebetween, a second reading unit that is provided on at least one of the pair of side wall portions and outputs predetermined radio waves to read, from an RFID tag attached to the product, second identification information for individually identifying a product that has passed through the passage, and a placement portion on which the information processing apparatus is placed. The placement portion is disposed above a reading region of the second reading unit.

Gate apparatus

Provided is a shopping bag including a perimeter wall having a shield layer having a radio wave shielding function, and an antenna layer having a wire antenna for scanning product identification information from an RF tag attached to a product accommodated in a housing space being stretched along the perimeter wall.

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Yamaguchi, Japan

Muneharu Yajima