摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antenna for a reader writer and an article management system for reading information of an IC tag, regardless of the direction of the IC tag attached to the article. <P>SOLUTION: In the article management system 10, an article stored in a management shelf 11 is managed by using an IC tag 31 and a reader writer 100 for communicating with the IC tag 31. A reader writer antenna 9 is assembled in a rear face plate 14 of the management shelf 11 so that radio communication with the IC tag 31 can be carried out. In this case, the reader writer antenna 9 has two or more antenna units, in which each loop antenna is arranged in the shape of chain, and two or more antenna units 9a, 9b are shifted in the chain direction and arranged in the same plane. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |