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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2015
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimi Urushibata, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshihiro Kaneko, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment, a reading apparatus, arranged at a position between an operator and a customer who stand in a face to face manner, comprises a main body having an opening on a surface thereof facing the operator, an image capturing section for operator, housed in the main body, configured to photograph a commodity through the opening of the main body to capture an image of the commodity, and a reading section for customer, arranged on the main body, configured to communicate with an object, which is held by the customer and is capable of realizing near field communication, to read specified additional information stored in the object.