Patent ID: 11970015
Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A printer configured to print on a printing medium having an RFID, the printer comprising:
a communication unit configured to communicate with the RFID; and
a search unit configured to move the communication unit to a position with respect to the RFID to search for a position at which the communication unit is communicable with the RFID,
wherein the search unit:
determines communication success/failure between the RFID and the communication unit at a plurality of positions with respect to the RFID, and on the basis of a region including a plurality of positions at which the search unit has determined that the communication was successful,
weighs each of the plurality of positions based on a number of adjacent positions at which the communication has been determined to be successful to obtain a highest weighted position among the plurality of weighted positions,
identifies a communication position between the RFID and the communication unit, based on the communication position having the highest weighted position, and
causes the communication unit to move based on the communication position having the highest weighted position.