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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
May. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuo Murofushi, Susono Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/208 (2013.01); G06K 7/10316 (2013.01); G06K 7/10376 (2013.01); G07G 1/009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for reading information stored in an electronic tag includes (a) initiating a tag reading process during which information stored in an electronic tag is read by an electronic reading device, (b) emitting radio signals from an antenna of the electronic tag reading device toward a predetermined area while moving the antenna, and (c) after step (b), stopping the emitting of the radio signals and the moving of the antenna. Steps (b) and (c) are repeated one or more times during the tag reading process.