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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2024
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Eizo Kurita, Sunto, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeder on which a medium with a wireless tag is placeable, a conveyance mechanism, an image forming unit, a wireless tag communication device to communicate with the tag by radiating a radio wave to: a first area on a conveyance path of the medium and downstream of the feeder and a second area on the feeder, and a processor to: control the mechanism to convey a medium and control the communication device to radiate a radio wave to the first area to write data into a wireless tag attached to the medium. The processor is configured to, in response to an operation for reading data from a wireless tag attached to a medium on the sheet feeder, control the communication device to radiate a radio wave to the second area to read the data.
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