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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2014
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An article management system includes RFID tags () fixed above a reader waveguide (), a tag position table storage unit () that stores tag information and fixed positions of the RFID tags () in association with each other, an article position table storage unit () that stores identification information and an assigned position of an article () in association with each other, an article management table storage unit () that stores the identification information of the article () and the tag information of the RFID tags () in association with each other, a tag reading unit () that reads the RFID tags () by electromagnetic coupling through the reader waveguide (), and an article presence/absence determination unit that determines presence or absence of placement of the article () corresponding to the RFID tags () based on results of reading the RFID tags ().