IP Library Granted Patent US 12,260,287
Granted Patent B2
US 12,260,287 · App. 18/322,136 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Wireless tag reading device

Inventor: Atsushi Otake (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
G06K7/10386
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Patent No.
US 12,260,287
App. No.
18/322,136
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless tag reading device includes: a reader that receives tag information transmitted from a wireless tag attached to an article; a first engagement portion provided in the reader; and a handle portion detachable from the first engagement portion. The handle portion further includes a second engagement portion detachable from the first engagement portion, and a gripper detachable from the second engagement portion.

Claims (15)

1. A wireless tag reading device comprising:

a reader that receives tag information transmitted from a wireless tag attached to an article;

a first engagement portion provided in the reader; and

a handle portion detachable from the first engagement portion,

wherein the handle portion further includes

a second engagement portion detachable from the first engagement portion, and

a gripper detachable from the second engagement portion.

2. The wireless tag reading device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second engagement portion is detachable from a fixing member other than the gripper with the gripper being detached from the second engagement portion.

3. The wireless tag reading device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the handle portion is detachable from the first engagement portion by being rotated with respect to the reader.

4. The wireless tag reading device according to claim 1 , further comprising a detector that detects whether the gripper is attached to or detached from the second engagement portion.

5. The wireless tag reading device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the reader includes an antenna that transmits a radio wave to the wireless tag and receives the tag information, and

further includes a radio wave intensity controller that increases a radio wave intensity of the radio wave transmitted from the antenna in a case where the detector detects that the gripper is attached to the second engagement portion and that decreases a radio wave intensity of the radio wave transmitted from the antenna in a case where the detector detects that the gripper is detached from the second engagement portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2023
From: OTAKE, ATSUSHI
To: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063731/0779 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-023200 · Feb 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021046071 · Dec 14, 2021
Related Publication 20230297791A1 · Sep 21, 2023
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