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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Nec Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Keishi Ohashi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An article management system according to the present invention includes: a reader antenna () including an open-type transmission line terminated in an impedance matched state; an RF tag () that is placed at a location that is electromagnetically coupled to the reader antenna () and is visible from the reader antenna () in a state where a management target article () is placed in the vicinity of the RF tag; a management target article arrangement region in which the management target article () is placed, the management target article arrangement region being set in a location where the management target article () is electromagnetically coupled to a tag antenna of the RF tag (); and an RFID reader () that sends a transmitted signal to the reader antenna () and receives a response signal output from the tag antenna via the reader antenna ().