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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kouichi Sano, Shizuoka, JP;
Jun Yaginuma, Shizuoka, JP;
Sunao Tsuchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasutsugu Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10089 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wireless tag communication device for communicating with a wireless tag through a directional antenna includes a wireless tag communication section configured to communicate with the wireless tag, a calculation section configured to estimate a direction range for communicating with the wireless tag based on transmission output power of the wireless tag communication device and an estimated reading distance to the wireless tag, and a display section configured to display the estimated direction range.