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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2007
Shigeru Tokita, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroo Matsue, Yokohama, JP;
Antony Cleitus, Cork, IE;
Tomonao Kikuchi, Fujisawa, JP;
Shigeru Tokita, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroo Matsue, Yokohama, JP;
Antony Cleitus, Cork, IE;
Tomonao Kikuchi, Fujisawa, JP;
Opnext Japan, Inc., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A reader/writer is provided which is capable of speedily recognizing a correspondence between one end and the other end of a fiber-optic cable when a plurality of fiber-optic cables is laid. The reader/writer according to the present invention reads, on receiving through the fiber-optic cable a signal that is an instruction to read data from a RF tag mounted to an end of the fiber-optic cable, data from the RF tag through radio communication, and transmits the read data through the fiber-optic cable. Also, on receiving through the fiber-optic cable a signal that is an instruction to write data into the RF tag and a signal indicating the write data, the reader/writer writes the write instruction and the write data into the RF tag through radio communication.