Patent ID: 8395479
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. A commodity management apparatus comprising: a weighing dish on which a container having a wireless tag attached thereto is mounted; an antenna that forms a region to communicate with the wireless tag from a side part of the weighing dish to an upper part of the weighing dish; a tag reader that contactlessly reads, via the antenna, data in the wireless tag attached to the container; a weight detection unit that detects a weight of the container mounted on the weighing dish; an output control unit that outputs the weight of the container detected by the weight detection unit and the data in the wireless tag read by the tag reader; and a stop control unit which stops the tag reader to stop output of electromagnetic waves from the antenna in response to the tag reader simultaneously reading the data in the wireless tag attached to the container and data in a wireless tag to identify a user.