| US 7,573,390 B2 | ||
| Split-able label | ||
| Takuya Nagao, Ichinomiya (Japan); and Takaaki Mizukawa, Hiroshima (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Iwata Label Co., Ltd., Ichinomiya (Japan); and Miyake, Inc., Hiroshima (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/592,054 PCT Filed Mar. 14, 2005, PCT No. PCT/JP2005/004470 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 08, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/088585, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 22, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2004-073392 (JP), filed on Mar. 15, 2004; and application No. 2004-073393 (JP), filed on Mar. 15, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0146140 A1, Jun. 28, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G08B 13/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—572.8 [340/572.1; 340/572.7; 340/10.1] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A split-able label comprising:
a label base having a back surface and being formed of a plurality of sections including a first section adjacent to a second
section at a boundary therebetween, the back surface of the first section and the back surface of the second section not opposing
each other;
an adhesive layer formed on the back surface of the label base;
an ID tag that includes an IC chip storing identification information of a first object to be identified and to which the
split-able label is capable of being affixed and a transmitter-receiver connected to said IC chip so as to transmit the identification
information to and from an external device,
wherein, in a state where the split-able label is affixed to the first object to be identified, the second section is capable
of being separated from the first section at the boundary,
wherein upon the second section being separated from the first section, the second section is affixed to a second object,
the second object being different from the first object, and
wherein the ID tag is disposed on the back surface of at least one of the first section and the second section.
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