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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2005
Minoru Koshimizu, Ebina, JP;
Masao Watanabe, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Hiroyuki Funo, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Kiyoshi Iida, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Ryota Mizutani, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Yasunori Saito, Ebina, JP;
Tsutomu Ishii, Ebina, JP;
Hiroyuki Hotta, Ebina, JP;
Naoki Hayashi, Ebina, JP;
Minoru Koshimizu, Ebina, JP;
Masao Watanabe, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Hiroyuki Funo, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Kiyoshi Iida, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Ryota Mizutani, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Yasunori Saito, Ebina, JP;
Tsutomu Ishii, Ebina, JP;
Hiroyuki Hotta, Ebina, JP;
Naoki Hayashi, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a control system including: plural wireless measuring units, each of which, when receiving a radio signal, uses the signal as an energy source to measure a physical quantity, and generates and sends a radio signal having an attribute reflecting the measured physical quantity; a transmitter; a receiver; a storage unit which stores position data of the wireless measuring units in accordance with their identification data; a calculation unit which calculates physical quantities based on the received radio signals; a recognition unit which recognizes a distribution of the calculated physical quantities with reference to position data stored in accordance with identification data specified by the received radio signals; an identifying unit which identifies a state of an object on the surface based on the distribution of the recognized physical quantities; and a control unit which performs a control depending on the state of the identified object.