Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-12
2005-04-12
Holloway, III, Edwin C. (Department: 2632)
Communications: electrical
Continuously variable indicating
With meter reading
C340S010100, C340S572100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06879264
ABSTRACT:
An article identifying system for allowing a user, especially a visually handicapped person to identify an article correctly. The article identifying system1comprises a communication tag100, each of which is attached to an article, and an information output device200. Each of the communication tags100comprises: a memory140for storing an identifier assigned to the article with each of the communication tags100; and an antenna110and a transceiver120for transmitting the stored identifier wirelessly. The information output device200comprises: a memory230for storing the information data associated with the identifier assigned to that article; an antenna plate210forming a planar surface on which one or more articles can be placed and a transceiver220for receiving the identifier from the communication tag100when the article with the communication tag is placed in a communication area on the planar surface; and a speaker260for outputting the information data from the memory230.
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Hidaka Hitoshi
Takeuchi Masao
Holloway III Edwin C.
Kyuhoku Electronics, Inc.
Muramatsu & Associates
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