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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Mitsuhiro Kanda, Nagoya, JP;
Yuichiro Suzuki, Komaki, JP;
Mai Fukutani, Anjo, JP;
Minako Ishida, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsuhiro Kanda, Nagoya, JP;
Yuichiro Suzuki, Komaki, JP;
Mai Fukutani, Anjo, JP;
Minako Ishida, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
This disclosure discloses an RFID tag communication system comprising: a communication antenna that performs wireless communication using a plurality of communication formats with a plurality of types of RFID circuit elements, each of the RFID circuit elements having an IC circuit part configured to store information and a tag antenna configured to transmit and receive information, each type of the plurality of types of RFID circuit element having a different compatibility factor and lacking communication compatibility; a format switching portion that sequentially switches the plurality of communication formats in a switching order that corresponds to the frequency of use results of each of the plurality of communication formats used in the past; and an information acquisition portion that performs an acquisition process to acquire information by wireless communication from the RFID circuit elements using each of the communication formats that are sequentially switched by the format switching portion.