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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2006
Masahiro Shiigi, Toyokawa, JP;
Kouji Ohara, Toyohashi, JP;
Takeshi Nomura, Toyohashi, JP;
Takeshi Tamada, Toyohashi, JP;
Hiroshi Tokuan, Toyohashi, JP;
Masahiro Shiigi, Toyokawa, JP;
Kouji Ohara, Toyohashi, JP;
Takeshi Nomura, Toyohashi, JP;
Takeshi Tamada, Toyohashi, JP;
Hiroshi Tokuan, Toyohashi, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for data processing for IC tags and an image forming device capable of recording an image onto a conveying medium on which IC tags are mounted. The apparatus and method set up a state that enables reliable radio communication between a reader/writer and an IC tag and read and/or write electronic information from/to IC tags. The reader/writer's antenna to face IC tags mounted on the conveying medium, arranged in multiple rows and columns in the conveyance direction, is skewed so that the IC tags pass sequentially under the antenna and each IC tag can be identified. The reader/writer reads and/or writes electronic information associated with the thus identified IC tag.