IP Library Granted Patent US 11,907,797
Granted Patent B2
US 11,907,797 · App. 17/425,843 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Printer, printer control method of printer and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Inventor: Hidekazu Arai (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06K7/10366G06K15/022G06K15/024
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Patent No.
US 11,907,797
App. No.
17/425,843
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printer that prints each printing medium having an RFID, the printer including: a radio wave strength acquisition unit that acquires radio wave strength from the RFID; and a determine unit that determines whether the RFID is normal or not on the basis of a radio wave strength obtained by the radio wave strength acquisition unit and a threshold.

Claims (29)

1. A printer configured to print on a printing medium having an RFID, the printer comprising:

a controller configured to:

obtain a radio wave strength threshold associated with the RFID,

determine a radio wave strength of a signal received from the RFID, and

determine whether or not the RFID is normal based on a comparison between the determined radio wave strength of the signal received from the RFID and the radio wave strength threshold.

2. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein:

the controller is configured to set the threshold on the basis of an average value or a lower limit value of radio wave strengths from a plurality of the RFID obtained by the controller.

3. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein:

the controller is configured to cause display of, on a display unit for each of the RFID, the radio wave strength obtained by the controller.

4. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein:

the printer is mounted with a continuous body on which a plurality of the printing media are temporarily attached; and

the controller is configured to acquire radio wave strengths from the RFID of each of the plurality of the printing media that are temporarily attached to the continuous body.

5. The printer according to claim 4 , wherein:

the controller is configured to:

record the radio wave strength from the RFID of each of a plurality of the printing media temporarily attached to the continuous body and a position of the RFID on the continuous body,

acquire, at a time of printing on the printing medium, a recorded radio wave strength of an RFID at a printing starting position, and

write onto the RFID at the printing starting position with a writing radio wave strength corresponding to the obtained radio wave strength.

6. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein:

the controller is configured to cancel the printing in response to determining that the RFID is not normal.

7. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to print an indication that the RFID is not normal in response to determining that the RFID is not normal.

8. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to write an indication that the RFID is not normal on the RFID in response to determining that the RFID is not normal.

9. A control method of a printer configured to print on a printing medium having an RFID, the method comprising:

obtaining a radio wave strength threshold associated with the RFID,

determining a radio wave strength of a signal received from the RFID, and

determining whether or not the RFID is normal based on a comparison between the determined radio wave strength of the signal received from the RFID and the radio wave strength threshold.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executable by a computer of a printer configured to print on a printing medium having an RFID, the program causing the computer to:

obtain a radio wave strength threshold associated with the RFID,

determine a radio wave strength of a signal received from the RFID, and

determine whether or not the RFID is normal based on a comparison between the determined radio wave strength of the signal received from the RFID and the radio wave strength threshold.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 1, 2025
From: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SATO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072085/0034 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: ARAI, HIDEKAZU
To: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 056979/0097 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-066732 · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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