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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Hiroyuki Higaki, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichirou Fukushima, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Aikawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Atsushi Honzawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuuichi Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Kishida, Fujisawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Higaki, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichirou Fukushima, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Aikawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Atsushi Honzawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuuichi Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Kishida, Fujisawa, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Apparatuses and method capable of reliably tracking processes through which products have passed without calling for expensive setup are necessary in production and distribution processes of the products. A process management apparatus including a data transmission/reception unit to and from an RFID tag of an information recording medium and a data generation unit comprises a process data generation unit for representing a process, a process pass certificate data generation unit for generating process data pass certificate data and a transmission/reception unit for the process data with the information recording medium and the process pass certificate data can track the processes through which the object products have passed.