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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2019
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Kunihiro Komaki, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Noboru Kato, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Tatsuya Ito, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Shunji Mandai, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Naoto Ikeda, Nagaokakyo, JP;
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Nagaokakyo-Shi, Kyoto-Fu, JP;
Abstract
A reader device is provided having a wider readable area and a table with the reader device. The reader device includes an antenna element communicating with an RFID tag attached to an article, a reader module electrically connected to the antenna element and reading information of the RFID tag through the antenna element, and a case housing the antenna element and the reader module. Moreover, the antenna element includes a first dipole antenna having a first element axis extending in a first direction, and a second dipole antenna having a second element axis extending in a second direction crossing the first direction.