摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably find out a management object to be searched even when a communication to an RFID tag circuit element fails. <P>SOLUTION: The article management system 1 comprises a handheld reader 2 having a reader antenna 23 for transmitting and receiving information with RFID tags Tb, Tj and Tp and configured to search for a plurality of article tags Tb respectively provided to a plurality of printers B, and a database 4 connected in an information transmittable and receivable manner to the handheld reader 2. The database 4 stores in association the article name of each printer B, management status information, and corresponding article tag ID; and the handheld reader 2 performs a step MR5 of scanning an article tag ID from the article tag Tb, a step MR6 of issuing a primary notification based on vibration to a user when the article tag ID is received, and a step MR7 of issuing a secondary notification by voice to the user H when a cross-check of the scanned tag ID and the article tag ID that is the search target results in a match. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |