Abstract: According to one embodiment, a commodity registration device includes an optical reading unit with a reading range. The optical reading unit is configured to read a code symbol on a commodity in the reading range. A wireless tag reading unit is configured to read a commodity code from a wireless tag of the commodity in the reading range. A processor determines whether the commodity is in the reading range of the optical reading unit and causes a notification unit to indicate the commodity has been registered if the wireless tag reading unit successfully reads the commodity code from the wireless tag while the commodity is determined to be in the reading range of the optical reading unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radio tag reading device includes: a body portion including a radio tag reading unit that reads a radio tag; a grip portion detachably connected to the body portion; a magnet provided in the grip portion; a magnet detection unit provided in the body portion and configured to detect magnetism generated by the magnet; a state detection unit configured to detect a state of the grip portion based on the magnetism detected by the magnet detection unit; and a reading control unit configured to control the radio tag reading unit.

Abstract: A checkout apparatus includes an input device through which an instruction to start checkout settlement processing is input, a wireless tag reader configured to read tag information from a wireless tag attached to a commodity in first and second areas, and a processor. The processor is configured to, when the wireless tag reader reads tag information from a wireless tag attached to a commodity in either the first area or the second area, register the tag information in a memory, and upon receipt of an input of the instruction, perform settlement processing using the registered tag information. The processor determines whether commodities to be purchased have been moved from the first area to the second area and controls the input device to not accept the input of the instruction until all commodities are determined to have been moved.

Abstract: A reading apparatus for reading commodity information relating to a commodity from a RFID tag attached to the commodity includes a placement section, a first antenna, one or more second antennas, a reflection member, and a reading controller. The placement section is configured to support the commodity. The first antenna is configured to emit radio waves in a direction facing the placement section. The one or more second antennas are arranged below the first antenna in such a manner that a direction of an emitting plane from which radio waves are emitted is different from that of the emitting plane of the first antenna 15. The reflecting member is configured to reflect radio waves emitted from the one or more second antennas. A reading controller is configured to read the commodity information from the RFID tag of each commodity placed on the placement section with at least one of the first antenna or the one or more second antennas.

Abstract: A relay circuit board includes: a plurality of first pads arranged in parallel in a first direction; a plurality of second pads arranged in parallel in a second direction; and wirings connecting the plurality of first pads and the plurality of second pads, respectively. The second direction is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the first direction, and the predetermined angle is greater than 0 degree and smaller than 90 degrees.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reading device reads inherent information of a commodity from an attached RFID tag. The device includes antennas arranged at different vertical locations with respect to a table having a placing region. The antennas respectively transmit radio waves from different locations to the placing region. A specifying unit of the reading device can specify a commodity in the placing region based on the inherent information read through the antennas. A selection unit of the reading device can select one commodity to be moved from the placing region from commodities specified by the specifying unit if a container in which the commodities are contained is taken in the placing region. A guide unit of the reading device can display guide information for instructing a movement of the commodity selected by the selection unit from the placing region on a display.

Abstract: A reading device includes an antenna, a data storage unit, and a controller. The antenna is configured to receive tag information from RFID tags attached to objects in a receiving range. The data storage unit stores an object ID in association with a predetermined total number of RFID tags on an object corresponding to the object ID. The controller is configured to start a reading operation in which the antenna emits radio waves and receives tag information from the RFID tags. The controller counts the number of RFID tags associated with the object ID according to the tag information received during the reading operation. The counted number is compared to the predetermined total number associated with the object ID, and the controller controls a timing for terminating the reading operation based on the comparison.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reading device reads inherent information of a commodity from an attached RFID tag. The device includes antennas arranged at different vertical locations with respect to a table having a placing region. The antennas respectively transmit radio waves from different locations to the placing region. A specifying unit of the reading device can specify a commodity in the placing region based on the inherent information read through the antennas. A selection unit of the reading device can select one commodity to be moved from the placing region from commodities specified by the specifying unit if a container in which the commodities are contained is taken in the placing region. A guide unit of the reading device can display guide information for instructing a movement of the commodity selected by the selection unit from the placing region on a display.

Abstract: A reading device includes an accommodating unit having an opening through which a commodity is taken therein and an opening/closing lid for opening or closing the opening. The reading device includes an antenna that emits radio waves to communicate with a wireless tag attached to the commodity, an open/close state controller configured to acquire an open or closed state of the opening/closing lid. The device also includes a reading control unit configured to read commodity information from the wireless tag of each commodity by modifying a communication range of the wireless antenna to the wireless tag when the commodity is accommodated in the housing and the opening/closing lid is moved from the open state in which the opening is open to the closed state in which the opening is closed.

Abstract: A reading apparatus includes an antenna, provided under a placing surface on which a placing area is formed. The antenna is configured to radiate radio waves capable of communicating with an RFID tag attached to a commodity placed in the placing area on the placing surface. The apparatus includes a moving module configured to move the antenna in the placing area in parallel with the placing surface, a detector configured to detect a position of the antenna within the placing area, a change module configured to change an output of the antenna according to the position of the antenna detected by the detector, and a reading module configured to read information from the RFID tag via the antenna.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reading apparatus for reading a wireless tag includes a housing having a chamber and an opening providing an entrance to the chamber, a door attached to the housing and covering the opening when closed and permitting access to the chamber when opened, and an antenna within the housing and configured to emit a radio wave to read information from a wireless tag inside the chamber, a radiation surface of the antenna being parallel to a first inner wall surface and a second inner wall surface of the housing facing each other. The distance between the first and second inner wall surfaces is at least one half of a wavelength of a radio wave emitted from the antenna, and is a length based on an odd number multiple of a quarter of the wavelength.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reading apparatus for reading a wireless tag includes a housing having a chamber and an opening providing an entrance to the chamber, a door attached to the housing and covering the opening when closed and permitting access to the chamber when opened, and an antenna within the housing and configured to emit a radio wave to read information from a wireless tag inside the chamber, a radiation surface of the antenna being parallel to a first inner wall surface and a second inner wall surface of the housing facing each other. The distance between the first and second inner wall surfaces is at least one half of a wavelength of a radio wave emitted from the antenna, and is a length based on an odd number multiple of a quarter of the wavelength.

Abstract: A reading apparatus for reading commodity information relating to a commodity from a RFID tag attached to the commodity includes a placement section, a first antenna, one or more second antennas, a reflection member, and a reading controller. The placement section is configured to support the commodity. The first antenna is configured to emit radio waves in a direction facing the placement section. The one or more second antennas are arranged below the first antenna in such a manner that a direction of an emitting plane from which radio waves are emitted is different from that of the emitting plane of the first antenna 15. The reflecting member is configured to reflect radio waves emitted from the one or more second antennas. A reading controller is configured to read the commodity information from the RFID tag of each commodity placed on the placement section with at least one of the first antenna or the one or more second antennas.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reading apparatus for reading a wireless tag includes a housing having a chamber and an opening providing an entrance to the chamber, a door attached to the housing and covering the opening when closed and permitting access to the chamber when opened, and an antenna within the housing and configured to emit a radio wave to read information from a wireless tag inside the chamber, a radiation surface of the antenna being parallel to a first inner wall surface and a second inner wall surface of the housing facing each other. The distance between the first and second inner wall surfaces is at least one half of a wavelength of a radio wave emitted from the antenna, and is a length based on an odd number multiple of a quarter of the wavelength.

Abstract: A wireless tag reading apparatus communicates with a wireless tag attached to an object conveyed by a conveyance section. The apparatus includes a tunnel section and an antenna. The tunnel section is provided to cover an upper portion of a part of a lane of the conveyance section and the antenna. The antenna is configured to radiate radio waves to read information stored in the wireless tag. The tunnel section has a first door provided at an entrance of the tunnel section in a conveying direction, a second door provided at an exit of the funnel section, and a third door provided between the first door and the second door of the tunnel section. The antenna is arranged in a space between the second door and the third door in the tunnel section. The first door, second door and third door is opened and closed in response to the conveyance position of the object.

Abstract: A wireless tag reading apparatus includes a tunnel, an antenna, and a protrusion. The tunnel section is arranged to surround an upper portion of the lane of a part of a conveyance section for conveying an object to which a wireless tag is attached. The antenna is provided on an inner surface of the tunnel section, and is configured to radiate radio waves to read information stored in the wireless tag attached to the object that is being conveyed. The protrusion is provided at a part of a region on the inner surface of the tunnel section facing the antenna and projects from the region. The protrusion has a step portion facing a center of a surface of the antenna from which radio waves are radiated.

Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core and one or more magnets. The rotor core includes magnet supporters radially formed around a rotating shaft. The magnet includes a supported part supported by the magnet supporter and a projection projecting from the magnet supporter in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, The rotor core and the supported parts arranged annularly form a first generation part that generates a cogging torque of a first waveform, and the projections arranged annularly form a second generation part that generates a second cogging torque that differs in phase from the cogging torque of the first waveform.

Abstract: An opening and closing load device includes a door configured to be openable and closable with respect to an opening in a side of a housing, the housing including a perimeter wall surrounding the opening, a seal member provided on a perimeter of the door or the perimeter wall and configured to seal the opening when the door is closed to sandwich the seal member between the door and the perimeter wall, and a controller configured to adjust an attraction force between the door and the perimeter wall based on a distance between the door and the perimeter wall.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reading apparatus for reading a wireless tag includes a housing having a chamber and an opening providing an entrance to the chamber, a door attached to the housing and covering the opening when closed and permitting access to the chamber when opened, and an antenna within the housing and configured to emit a radio wave to read information from a wireless tag inside the chamber, a radiation surface of the antenna being parallel to a first inner wall surface and a second inner wall surface of the housing facing each other. The distance between the first and second inner wall surfaces is at least one half of a wavelength of a radio wave emitted from the antenna, and is a length based on an odd number multiple of a quarter of the wavelength.

Abstract: A reading apparatus for reading a wireless tag, such as an RFID tag, comprises a housing having a chamber and an opening providing an entrance to the chamber. A door attached to the housing and covers the opening when closed and permits access to the chamber when opened. A detector is proximate to a first portion of the housing and is configured to detect whether the door is opened or closed. The first portion of the housing faces the door when the door is closed. An antenna within the housing is configured to emit a radio wave to read information from wireless tags inside the chamber. A shielding portion is disposed adjacent to the detector to prevent the radio wave emitted by the antenna from leaking to the outside of the housing through the first portion of the housing.