Combined reading apparatus for identifying product

1. A combined reading apparatus for identifying a product, the combined reading apparatus comprising:

a plate panel configured to recognize Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag information, configured such that an antenna adapted to transmit and receive a Radio Frequency (RF) signal to and from an RFID tag is included therein, and formed in a plate shape having predetermined lengths in a horizontal direction, which is a direction from a front thereof to a rear thereof, and a height direction, which is a direction from a top thereof to a bottom thereof;

a connection bar coupled to one side of the plate panel, configured to support the plate panel, and configured to extend from the plate panel in the horizontal direction of the plate panel by a predetermined length;

a grip formed in a bar shape having a predetermined length so as to be held by a hand, spaced apart from the plate panel by a predetermined distance, and coupled to the connection bar;

a control unit configured to control the RF transmission and reception of the antenna; and

an image code reader disposed on one side of the plate panel, and configured to read an optically recognizable image code,

wherein:

the plate panel comprises a mounting part configured to penetrate the plate panel from one surface of the plate panel to a remaining surface of the plate panel, configured to have a predetermined size, and configured to accommodate the image code reader; and

the image code reader is formed in a shape corresponding to that of the mounting part, comprises an image reading unit configured to read the image code and disposed at one of opposite ends of the image code reader disposed on a front side in the horizontal direction, and is rotated within a predetermined angle range around the height direction so that the image reading unit is selectively exposed to the front side.

2. The combined reading apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an image reader detection unit configured to detect whether the image code reader has been rotated and the image reading unit has been exposed from a plane of the plate panel.

3. The combined reading apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the control unit controls operation of the image code reader based on a result of the detection of the image reader detection unit, and stops operation of the antenna of the plate panel.

4. The combined reading apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a wrist support configured such that one end thereof is coupled to the connection bar at one location, configured to extend by a predetermined length in a direction in which the connection bar extends, and configured such that a remaining end thereof is curved by a predetermined angle in a direction in which the grip extends.

5. The combined reading apparatus of claim 4 , wherein:

the connection bar comprises a support coupling part configured such that the wrist support is coupled thereto and rotated around the height direction, and configured to apply restoring force to the wrist support so that the wrist support is aligned in a direction in which the connection bar extends; and

the wrist support comprises a connection part coupled to the support coupling part.

6. The combined reading apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising a wrist support detection unit configured to detect rotation of the wrist support, and configured to provide an instruction to operate the plate panel to the control unit when the rotation of the wrist support is detected.

7. The combined reading apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the wrist support comprises a support surface configured to come in contact with a body of a user holding the grip and formed to have a predetermined curvature.

8. The combined reading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the connection bar comprises a panel rotation unit coupled to one side of the plate panel, and configured to rotate the plate panel around the horizontal direction.

9. The combined reading apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the control unit measures strength of the signal of the RFID tag received via the plate panel, and controls the rotation of the plate panel based on the measured strength of the signal of the RFID tag.

10. The combined reading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plate panel comprises an antenna panel configured such that the antenna is mounted therein, and a housing configured to cover outsides of the antenna panel and coupled to the antenna panel so that the antenna panel is selectively inserted and discharged through an insertion hole open forward in the horizontal direction.

11. The combined reading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the antenna comprises first and second antennas configured to transmit radio waves having different characteristics; and

the control unit selectively operates the first and second antennas by operating at least one of the first and second antennas based on strength of the signal received from the RFID tag.