Patent ID: 7545275

Claim:
An article management device operable to read out information written on a plurality of RFID tags respectively attached to a plurality of articles handled as a set, for management of the plurality of articles, said plurality of articles consisting of a first article and at least one second article other than said first article, and said plurality of RFID tags including a first RFID tag attached to the first article, and at least one second RFID tag attached to said second articles, said article management device comprising: a communicating portion operable to read out information of all of said plurality of articles written on said first RFID tag, and information of each of said second articles and information of said first article which are written on said second RFID tag; a control portion operable to effect a comparison of the information read out from said first RFID tag, with the information read out from said second RFID tag; and an indicator portion operable to indicate a result of said comparison effected by said control portion.