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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
May. 10, 2002
Yuji Ayatsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Rekimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Tajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Ivan Poupyrev, Tokyo, JP;
Eduardo Agusto Sciammarella, Tokyo, JP;
Henry Owen Newton-dunn, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Tobita, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Ayatsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Rekimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Tajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Ivan Poupyrev, Tokyo, JP;
Eduardo Agusto Sciammarella, Tokyo, JP;
Henry Owen Newton-Dunn, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Tobita, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An RF tagis incorporated in a mouseand an RF tag readeris mounted on the main body side of a computerWhen using the mouseto a specified computera user moves the mouse close to the readerto read identification information (ID) of the mousewhich is included in the RF tagOn the main body side of the computerthe mouseis designated in accordance with the read ID and communication with the mouseis set. There may be a case where a plurality of computers and peripheral equipment intermingle, but, by making joint use of the ID readerin a short-range, a corresponding relationship between the main body of the computerand the wireless equipmentis made clear.