Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Sony Corporation

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab

Astrodesign, Inc.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

Shigeaki Suzuki

Takashi Onishi

Wataru Sakurai

Toshiki Mori

Yuki Suzuki

Yoshiji Fujita

Nobuo Murofushi

Nobuyoshi Horie

Masaki Kimura

Yuichiro Kawabe

Wataru Fushimi

Toshiaki Sato

Toshiharu Takesue

Kazuo Yamamoto

Kazuyuki Yada

Hisashi Yajima

Shigeto Takeda

Haruka Otake

Takashi Nishida

Tatsuya Sunamoto

Yushi Naito

Junichi Fuji

Yukimasa Sugino

Takuya Takasu

Yoshihiro Tokuda

Masahiro Muranaka

Kenta Takeda

Dai Namiki

Takahiro Tambara

Kenji Shimoyamada

Nobuyuki Nishizawa

Tatsuho Arima

Shinpei Hirano

Kazunori Takahashi

Tadashi Yamaura

Noriaki Yoshimura

Masaru Kimura

Fumio Mori

Minoru Onodera

Koji Hirai

Kimio Nakayama

Tetsuo Takigawa

Tomoharu Awano

Junzo Otera

Michihiro Ishiguro

Masao Mizuno

Takahiro Nakashima

Tsutomu Tsuchiya

Shuji Matsunaga

Takashi Ohnishi

Shinji Hiramatsu

Hideaki Ebisawa

Hiroshi Fujii

Taro Takita

Tatuya Oshita

Katsushi Nagareda

Tomoko Ishii

Yuya Itagaki

Shoji Kimura

Noriaki Kawano

Takashi Sugaizumi

Michio Takigawa

Yuhshi Naito

A wireless tag reading system includes wireless tag reading devices each configured to, when communicating with a wireless tag, instruct the wireless tag to transmit a response wave in a certain response format, and a management device including: a network interface configured to communicate with the reading devices, a memory that stores setting data that associates each of the reading devices with a different response format, and a processor configured to: upon receipt of a notification from a first reading device, search the memory for a first response format corresponding to the first reading device, and control the network interface to transmit, to the first reading device, information indicating the first response format. The first reading device, when communicating with a wireless tag, instructs the wireless tag to transmit a response wave in the first response format.

Wireless tag reading system, management device, and method

A sound collection device performs Fourier transform on a first sound reception signal outputted from a first microphone and outputs a first signal, performs Fourier transform on a second sound reception signal outputted from a second microphone and outputs a second signal, estimates an arrival direction of the voice, calculates a phase of a cross-spectrum of the first signal and the second signal, determines a mask coefficient based on an arrival direction phase table indicating a relationship between the phase and the arrival direction regarding each frequency band, the calculated phase, and the estimated arrival direction, separates a signal from the first signal or the second signal by using the mask coefficient, and performs inverse Fourier transform on the separated signal and outputs a signal of a target voice.

Sound collection device, sound collection method, and storage medium storing sound collection program

A wireless tag reading apparatus includes a reading device; and a processor configured to: control the reading device to attempt to read tag data from a wireless tag based on a response wave transmitted from the wireless tag, determine whether the tag data has been read normally, upon determining that the tag data has been read normally, output either the tag data or first information based on the tag data, and upon determining that the tag data has not been read normally, output second information indicating presence of the wireless tag.

Wireless tag reading apparatus, method, and storage medium

A wireless tag reading apparatus includes an antenna, a driving mechanism configured to move the antenna to multiple positions, and a controller configured to: upon receipt of a radio wave from a wireless tag via the antenna at each of the multiple positions, obtain tag information stored in the wireless tag and radio wave information related to the radio wave, determine whether the wireless tag is a reading target based on positional information indicating a position of the wireless tag that is output from a model in response to an input of the radio wave information, and issue a notification when a reliability level of the positional information output from the model is less than a predetermined threshold value.

Wireless tag reading apparatus, storage medium, and method

According to an embodiment, a registration apparatus includes a storage device that stores management information of a plurality of payment apparatuses. The registration apparatus selects a payment apparatus that performs payment processing for a purchased commodity from payment apparatuses corresponding to a designated payment method on the basis of the management information of the plurality of payment apparatuses, the management information being stored in the storage device.

Registration apparatus and control method

A wireless tag reading apparatus includes an antenna, a driving mechanism configured to move the antenna to multiple positions, and a controller configured to: upon receipt of a radio wave from a wireless tag via the antenna at each of the multiple positions, obtain tag information stored in the wireless tag and radio wave information related to the radio wave, adjust the radio wave information based on the tag information, and determine whether the wireless tag is a reading target based on information indicating a position of the wireless tag that is output from a model in response to an input of the adjusted radio wave information.

A wireless tag reading apparatus for reading tag information stored in a wireless tag attached to an item, includes a stage on which the item can be placed, one or more antennas movable between first and second positions, a camera facing the stage, and a controller configured to control the camera to capture images and detect an object therein, control the antennas to transmit radio waves to a wireless tag and move the antennas, wherein the transmitting and the moving are repeated while the antennas move from the first position to the second position during a tag reading period, acquire tag information from response waves transmitted by the wireless tag in response to the radio waves, based on the captured images, determine whether the object has moved during the tag reading period, and upon determining that the object has moved during the tag reading period, issue a notification.

Wireless tag reading apparatus

A wireless tag reader includes a casing, an antenna in the casing and through which a radio wave is transmitted to and received from a wireless tag on an article, a control device in the casing and configured to read tag information stored in the wireless tag based on a radio wave received by the antenna, and an elastic member between the casing and the antenna so as to permit the antenna to be movable with respect to the casing.

Wireless tag reader and basket device

According to one embodiment, a wireless tag reading apparatus includes a first communication interface configured to communicate with a first external device, a second communication interface configured to communicate with a second external device, an antenna configured to emit a radio wave to read a wireless tag, and a controller. The controller is configured to identify either (a) the first communication interface as being in communication with the first external device or (b) the second communication interface as being in communication with the second external device. The controller is configured to change a power level of the radio wave emitted by the antenna based on which of the first communication interface or the second communication interface is identified. The controller is configured to read the wireless tag by controlling the antenna to emit the radio wave with the changed power level.

Wireless tag reading apparatus and method

An article management apparatus includes a processor configured to repeatedly acquire, at a predetermined interval, identification information from a radio tag attached to an article. The identification information is capable of identifying the article. The processor is also configured to track an elapsed reading time during which the identification information is repeatedly acquired. The processor is also configured to manage the elapsed reading time in association with the identification information.

Article management apparatus and method

According to one embodiment, a commodity registration device includes an optical reading unit with a reading range. The optical reading unit is configured to acquire an image of a commodity in the reading range. A wireless tag reading unit is configured to read a commodity code from a wireless tag of the commodity in the reading range. A processor determines whether the commodity is in the reading range of the optical reading unit and causes a notification unit to indicate the commodity has been registered if the wireless tag reading unit successfully reads the commodity code from the wireless tag while the commodity is determined to be in the reading range of the optical reading unit.

Commodity registration device with wireless tag reader and optical reading unit

A tag reading device includes an external interface, an RFID interface, a buffer memory, and a processor. The external interface communicates with a higher-level device. The RFID interface reads tag information from an RFID tag. The buffer memory sequentially records the tag information read from the RFID tag using the RFID interface. The processor transmits the tag information recorded in order in the buffer memory to the higher-level device via the external interface, and updates a transmission start pointer indicating untransmitted tag information in the buffer memory.

Tag reading device

According to one embodiment, a radio tag reading device includes: a body portion including a radio tag reading unit that reads a radio tag; a grip portion detachably connected to the body portion; a magnet provided in the grip portion; a magnet detection unit provided in the body portion and configured to detect magnetism generated by the magnet; a state detection unit configured to detect a state of the grip portion based on the magnetism detected by the magnet detection unit; and a reading control unit configured to control the radio tag reading unit.

Radio tag reading device

According to one embodiment, a code reader includes an interface, a scanner, and a processor. The interface transmits and receives data to and from an external device. The scanner reads a code from an item. The processor extracts a portion of code information obtained from the code read by the scanner and transmits the portion of the code information to the external device through the interface.

Reader

According to one or more embodiments, the tag reader includes a communication controller, a temperature measuring sensor, and a processor. The communication controller controls an output signal to be output from an antenna of the tag reader. The temperature measuring sensor measures an internal temperature of the tag reader. The processor sets the output value of an output signal based on the measured temperature and causes the communication control circuit to output the output signal from the antenna at the set output value.

Tag reader

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Shigeaki Suzuki