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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2006
Tatsuya Iida, Kyoto, JP;
Manabu Shutto, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Furukawa, Kasugai, JP;
Toshiki Koshi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Tanaka, Kadoma, JP;
Tatsuya Iida, Kyoto, JP;
Manabu Shutto, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Furukawa, Kasugai, JP;
Toshiki Koshi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Tanaka, Kadoma, JP;
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
IDEC Corporation, Osaka, JP;
SUNX Limited, Kasugai-shi, Aichi, JP;
Yamataka Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd., Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Task—To provide a two-hand switch device that requires only a small load for each operation cycle. Means to Achieve the Task—The device comprises a left hand RF antenna placed in such a position as to enable a communication with the first RFID tag worn on the pre-determined position of the left hand of the worker only when the left hand of the worker is placed in a pre-determined left hand safe position, a right hand RF antenna placed in such a position as to enable a communication with the second RFID tag worn on the pre-determined position of the right hand of the worker only when the right hand of the worker is placed in a pre-determined right hand safe position and an output signal generating means for generating an output signal according to signals received by the left hand RF antenna and the right hand RF antenna.