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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Kazutaka Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsuru Nakamura, Kasugai, JP;
Hiroshi Oida, Ogaki, JP;
Kazutaka Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsuru Nakamura, Kasugai, JP;
Hiroshi Oida, Ogaki, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An article management systemcomprising a handheld reader having a reader antenna for transmitting and receiving information with RFID tags and configured to search for a plurality of article tags respectively provided to a plurality of printers, and a database connected in an information transmittable and receivable manner to the handheld reader, wherein: the database stores in association the article name of each printer, management status information, and corresponding article tag ID; and the handheld reader performs a step of scanning an article tag ID from the article tag, a step of issuing a primary notification based on vibration to a user when the article tag ID is received, and a step of issuing a secondary notification based on sound generation to the user when a cross-check of the scanned tag ID and the article tag ID that is the search target results in a match.