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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2008
Koji Ashizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Toyoda, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Ashizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Toyoda, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable information reading apparatus includes: a first antenna which has a loop or spiral like shape and is provided in a plate-like manner on one surface of an outer shape; a second antenna which is provided in a plate-like manner on a side face of the one surface, has a loop or spiral like shape, and has a smaller size in a short axis than that in a short axis of the first antenna; and a control part adapted to communicate with a non-contact type IC chip by using the first or second antenna and obtain the information recorded on the IC chip, in which when the information is obtained from the IC chip via the second antenna, the control part determines whether the information obtained via the second antenna is a search condition for searching for the information recorded on the IC chip.