JP2003296669A - Rf-id communication device, recorder, program, control method and radio communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To resolve a problem in carrying out recording on a surface of a recording medium with a built-in RF-ID element concurrently with writing information in the RF-ID element wherein a position of a communication antenna has to be manually adjusted in some cases due to a built-in position of the RF-ID element. <P>SOLUTION: In the RF-ID communication device, by moving the communication antenna of a body side on the basis of RF-ID positional information, information can be properly written in the RF-ID element. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an RF-ID (Radio Frequency) equipped with, for example, an integrated circuit chip and an antenna.
The present invention relates to an apparatus for performing a recording operation on a surface of a recording medium including a wireless communication element such as an (Identification) element and a non-contact communication with the built-in wireless communication element.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An RF-ID element equipped with an integrated circuit chip capable of writing / reading information without contact and an antenna has been developed. Usually, this RF-ID element is used for label paper, tag paper, and cut paper. It is embedded in media such as paper and plastic cards.

When writing / reading information to / from the RF-ID element built in the medium, the RF-ID is used.
An RF-ID communication device provided with an "RF-ID communication driver" that communicates with the element is used to write / read information via the RF-ID communication driver. At this time R
Depending on the built-in position of the F-ID element, it was necessary for the user to set the position of the antenna for communication in advance to an appropriate position.

[0004]

When information is written in the RF-ID element, the information can be written in the state where the RF-ID element is located under the communication antenna on the side where the information is written.

In the conventional RF-ID communication device, the communication antenna on the main body side is fixed to the conveyance section of the recording medium, or the position of the communication antenna can be manually moved.
In the former case, the RF-ID element built in the recording medium is
It is necessary to install it in a fixed position of the recording medium. In the latter case, it is necessary to manually adjust the position of the communication antenna in advance by the position of the RF-ID element built in the recording medium before the writing operation. There was.

According to the present invention, no matter which position of the recording medium the RF-ID element is built in, it is possible to write information correctly to the RF-ID element without adjusting the position of the communication antenna. An object is to provide an ID communication device.

[0007]

In view of the above, the present invention has implemented the following means.

RF-with integrated circuit chip and antenna
A communication antenna for contactless communication with the ID element,
The position of the communication antenna is changed based on the position setting instruction means for setting the position information of the RF-ID element built in the recording medium and the position information of the RF-ID element set by the position setting instruction means. An antenna position changing means, a position detecting means for detecting the position of the medium, and communication with an RF-ID element built in the medium using the communication antenna based on the medium position information detected by the position detecting means. RF-I characterized by having a communication means for performing
D communication device.

An RF-ID communication apparatus, wherein the antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in a medium carrying direction.

The antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in the width direction of the medium.
RF-ID communication device.

An RF-ID communication device, wherein the antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in a medium carrying direction and a width direction.

Information is written in the RF-ID element built in the medium by the communication means.
RF-ID communication device.

An RF-ID communication device, wherein the communication means reads information from an RF-ID element built in the medium.

An RF-ID communication device comprising recording means for recording information on the surface of a medium.

The RF-ID communication device, wherein the position setting instruction means is provided in an external device.

The RF-ID communication device, wherein the communication antenna is automatically set by the antenna position changing means based on the position setting instructing means.

The setting instruction by the position setting instruction means is
Characterized by being generated based on replacement of the recording medium,
RF-ID communication device.

The RF-ID communication device, wherein the position setting instructing means includes an operation panel of the RF-ID communication device, and performs setting instruction from the operation panel.

An RF-ID communication device, wherein the medium is a label paper in which a plurality of labels are attached to a mount, or a continuous paper having a TOF (Top of Form) mark.

An RF-ID communication device, wherein the medium is a cut sheet or a plastic card.

Recording means for recording on the surface of a recording medium containing a wireless communication element including a memory and an antenna, a communication antenna for communicating with the wireless communication element, and a position setting for setting position information of the wireless communication element. Instructing means, antenna position changing means for changing the position of the communication antenna based on the position information of the wireless communication element set by the position setting instructing means, position detecting means for detecting the position of the medium, and position detecting means. A recording device comprising: a communication unit that communicates with the wireless communication element using the communication antenna based on the position information of the medium detected by.

The recording apparatus, wherein the antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in the medium carrying direction.

The antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in the width direction of the medium.
Recording device.

The recording apparatus, wherein the antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in a medium carrying direction and a width direction.

In a program executed by a recording device for recording on the surface of a recording medium containing a wireless communication element including a memory and an antenna, a position setting step of setting position information of the wireless communication element, and a position setting step Based on the set position information of the wireless communication element, the antenna position changing step of changing the position of the communication antenna that communicates with the wireless communication element, the position detecting step of detecting the position of the recording medium, and the position detecting step. And a communication step of communicating with the wireless communication element via the communication antenna based on the detected position information of the medium.

In a method of controlling a recording apparatus for recording on a surface of a recording medium containing a wireless communication element including a memory and an antenna, a position setting step of setting position information of the wireless communication element and a position setting step are performed. An antenna position changing step of changing the position of a communication antenna that communicates with the wireless communication element based on the position information of the wireless communication element;
A position detecting step of detecting the position of the recording medium; and a communication step of communicating with the wireless communication element via the communication antenna based on the position information of the medium detected by the position detecting step. Characteristic control method.

Recording means for recording on the surface of a recording medium containing a wireless communication element including a memory and an antenna, a communication antenna for communicating with the wireless communication element, and a position setting for setting position information of the wireless communication element. Instructing means, antenna position changing means for changing the position of the communication antenna based on the position information of the wireless communication element set by the position setting instructing means, position detecting means for detecting the position of the medium, and position detecting means. And a communication unit that communicates with the wireless communication element using the communication antenna based on the position information of the medium detected by the wireless communication system.

Recording means for recording on the surface of a recording medium containing a wireless communication element including a memory and an antenna; and a recording device having a communication means for communicating with the wireless communication element,
An information processing device having position setting means for setting the position information of the wireless communication element; and an antenna position changing means for changing the position of the communication antenna based on the position information of the wireless communication element set by the position setting means. A wireless communication system comprising:

[0029]

The present invention provides an RF-ID communication device having a means for performing contactless communication with a medium containing an RF-ID element having an integrated circuit chip and an antenna, in which R
Regardless of the position of the F-ID element incorporated in the recording medium, the RF can be used without changing the position of the communication antenna manually.
-Information can be correctly written in the ID element.

[0030]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the recording apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) RF-
FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram in which an ink jet type label recording apparatus using a long line head with a built-in ID communication driver and a PC are connected.

The recording device (100) and the host computer (102) are connected by a printer cable (101),
The host computer (102) records information and RF-ID
Information or the like to be written in the element is output to the printer cable (101) as a control command.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of an ink jet type label recording apparatus using a long line head having a built-in RF-ID communication driver embodying the present invention. .

In the recording apparatus, a label paper (204) containing an RF-ID element is set in a paper feeding section (205), and a movable communication antenna (207) for writing information of the RF-ID element. ) And a TOF (Top Of Form) sensor (209) for detecting the leading edge position of the label.

When a recording instruction is issued, a recording job is started, and the label paper (2
04) starts transporting on the transport belt (203), and when the leading edge of the label reaches the detection position of the TOF sensor (209),
The built-in RF-ID element is a communication antenna (20
The position of the communication antenna (207) is adjusted in advance by an antenna motor described later so as to be close to 7).

Further, the label paper (204) is conveyed, and ink is sprayed onto the surface of the label conveyed on the conveyor belt (203) by the ink jet recording head (201) for forming an image for recording.

The recorded label is cut by the cutter (208) attached to the paper discharge port, and the conveyance roller (202) is provided until the leading edge of the next unrecorded leading label is located upstream of the TOF sensor (209). ) Is reversely rotated to perform back feed and the recording job ends.

A label paper with a built-in RF-ID element used in this embodiment is shown in FIG. The label paper (300) is wound in a roll shape, and a plurality of labels (3
02) is attached, and a blank part (307) is opened,
Recording is performed in the recording range (306). Label (30
An RF-ID element (303) is built in 2).
The TOF sensor detects the leading edge of the label (305)
The distance (304) from the label tip (305) to the RF-ID element (303) (hereinafter "RF-ID position information") can be set.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of an ink jet type label recording apparatus using a long line head having a built-in RF-ID communication driver used in this embodiment.

The recording device has an RF-ID for each label.
Label paper (300) with built-in element is set, and RF
A communication antenna (207) that is movable in the transport direction for writing information in the ID element and a TOF sensor (209) for detecting the position of the label sheet are provided. When a recording instruction is issued, the recording job is started, and the communication antenna (20) is used for the antenna adjustment value (304) set in advance.
7) The antenna motor described later is driven to move (in the longitudinal direction of the paper) to bring the communication antenna and the RF-ID element close to each other.

Next, the label paper is carried on the carrying belt (403) by rotating the carrying roller (402), and is incorporated in the label paper at the position where the leading edge of the label is detected by the TOF sensor (209). A process for writing information in the RF-ID element is executed. In addition, the TOF sensor (209) detects T
After a distance (409) from the OF sensor (209) to the recording head (400) (hereinafter referred to as “recording gap”) and a leading end margin (307) are added, the sheet is conveyed, and then the recording process is started. The recorded label is cut by the cutter (404) attached to the discharge port, and after the recorded label is cut, back feeding is performed until the leading edge of the unrecorded leading label is located upstream of the TOF sensor (209). The recording job ends.

Further, the recording apparatus (100) can detect the exchange of the recording medium by the recording medium attachment / detachment detection sensor (410).

The structure of the control command transmitted from the PC used in this embodiment is shown in FIG. As the control command, a paper setting command (500) for setting the type of continuous paper to be printed, a format command (501) having a setting as a reference of print data, and attribute parts (502, 503) showing attributes of the data command. , 504), a data part (505) of a data command, and a job start command (506) that indicates the end of recording data and starts a job, and these commands are transmitted as a recording command (507).
Is output. The data to be written in the RF-ID element built in the label is designated by the RF-ID command (504). The RF-ID position information (508) exists as a parameter in the paper setting command (500).

FIG. 6 shows an electrical simplified block diagram of an ink jet type label recording apparatus using a long line head provided with an RF-ID communication driver used in this embodiment. The MPU (microprocessor) (600) is stored in the program ROM (601), for example, as shown in FIGS.
The control program corresponding to the flow shown in is executed.

The MPU (600) controls the interface driver (605) to receive the control command from the host PC.

Among the received control commands, various set values of the paper setting command (500) and the format command (501) are stored in the RAM (60) as shown in FIG. 12, for example.
2), the image data of the image command (503) is expanded in the VRAM (604), and the character data of the character command (502) is stored in the CGROM (60).
3) Read the corresponding bitmap data from VRA
Expanded to M (604), RF-ID data is stored in RAM (6
02).

By controlling the motor drivers (611, 613, 615, 622) via the output port (610), the conveyance motor (612), the paper feeding motor (614),
Cutter motor (616), antenna moving motor (62
3) is driven to turn ON / O the operation panel LED (617).
It also controls the FF. K (black) recording head (40
0) is driven by controlling the head drive circuit (606).

Further, the RF-ID communication (communication with the RF-ID element built in the label) is performed via the communication antenna (408) by controlling the RF-ID communication driver (608), Writing data to the ID element is also performed during RF-ID communication.

TOF sensor (209), operation panel key (618), recording medium attachment / detachment detection sensor (410)
Is connected to the MPU (600) via the input port (619). The LCD (621) of the liquid crystal display unit mounted on the operation panel is display-controlled by the LCD driver (620).

FIG. 7 shows a flow chart of a recording job of the ink jet type label recording apparatus using the long line head having the built-in RF-ID communication driver used in this embodiment.

When the control command is received from the PC, the MPU
This processing is started by (600), and various recording data is processed by the VRAM (50) by the data expansion processing (700).
4), and various setting values and RF-ID data are shown in FIG.
As shown in (4), it is stored in the RAM (602).

Next, the communication antenna is moved (701) to the position set in the RF-ID position information value (508) stored in the RAM (602), and the RAM (60).
2) The value of “recording gap (409) + tip margin (307)” is stored (702) in the area B (recording start pulse number) existing above.

Until the TOF sensor (209) detects the leading edge of the label, the carry motor is driven one pulse at a time (70
3) Then, when the leading edge of the label is detected by the TOF sensor (209) (704), writing to the RF-ID element (70
9) is executed and the area C existing on the RAM (602)
"0" is substituted for (the number of driving steps) (705).

Further, the communication antenna moving motor is driven one pulse at a time (706), C is incremented (707) every time one pulse is driven, and one raster recording (709) is executed when C is B or more.

When the above processing is repeated for the set number of sheets and the set number of sheets are completed, the label already recorded by the sheet discharging process (714) is cut by the exit cutter (404), and the unrecorded label sheet is subjected to the predetermined pulse number (TOF sensor). Back feed only the distance from the cutter to the cutter).

As described above, the RF-embedded in the label
The position information of the ID element is set by the parameter of the control code from the PC, and the communication antenna is moved based on the set position information of the RF-ID element. Of the inkjet label recording apparatus using the long line head with the built-in RF-ID communication driver, which can correctly write information to the RF-ID element without manually changing the position of the communication antenna. A configuration can be realized.

(Second Embodiment) In the recording apparatus of the first embodiment, "RF-ID position information" is set by a control command, and the process of moving the communication antenna at the beginning of the recording job is not performed. , Operation panel key (6
The present invention can be implemented by automatically detecting "RF-ID position information" by performing "position setting instruction" from 18) and moving the antenna.

RF-ID used in the recording apparatus of this embodiment
FIG. 8 shows an example of an operation panel of an inkjet type label recording apparatus using a long line head with a built-in communication driver. For example, if the antenna position adjustment button (800) on the operation panel is pressed when the recording medium is replaced, R
F-ID Location information is automatically detected and detected RF-ID
The antenna is moved according to the position information.

RF-ID used in the recording apparatus of this embodiment
FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of communication antenna position adjustment processing of the inkjet label recording apparatus using a long line head with a built-in communication driver.

When the pressing of the antenna position adjustment button (800) on the operation panel is detected, the MPU (600) activates this process.

First, the carrier motor is driven one pulse at a time until the TOF sensor (209) detects the leading edge of the label (900), and the TOF sensor (209) detects the leading edge of the label (901). Move to home position (position closest to TOF sensor side) (91
5), "0" is substituted (902) into the area D (pulse count 1) existing on the RAM (602), and the RAM (6
02) Substituting "0" into the area E (pulse count 2) existing above (903).

Until the RF-ID communication process (904) is successful, the communication antenna moving motor is driven (906) by 100 pulses, for example, and the RF-ID communication process (904) is performed.

When the RF-ID communication process (904) is successful, the value of D is substituted for E (908).

At this point, the value of D is the number of pulses from the home position where the RF-ID communication was first successful.

Further, this time, the RF-ID communication process (91
Until 0) fails, the communication antenna moving motor is driven (909) by 100 pulses, for example, and RF-ID communication processing (910) is performed. When the RF-ID communication process fails (N in 911), the value of E is the number of pulses from the home position where the RF-ID communication was last successful.

By calculating "(D + E) / 2", the center value of the range in which RF-ID communication is possible is obtained, and stored as "communication antenna position information" in the RAM (602). At the same time, the communication antenna is calculated. It moves to the position of "position information" (916).

When the movement of the communication antenna is completed, in order to return the position of the label to the state before the communication antenna position adjustment processing,
Back feed processing is performed (914).

As described above, the RF-embedded in the label
The position information of the ID element is automatically detected by pressing the antenna position adjustment button (800) on the operation panel, and the communication antenna is moved by moving the communication antenna based on the position information of the RF-ID element automatically detected. -It is possible to properly position the communication antenna regardless of the position of the ID element incorporated in the recording medium.

(Third Embodiment) In the recording apparatus of the second embodiment, a recording medium attachment / detachment sensor (410) is used to replace the recording medium in addition to the method of issuing a "position setting instruction" from the operation panel key. When detected, the present invention can be implemented by automatically detecting the RF-ID position information by "communication antenna position adjustment processing" shown in FIG. 9 and moving the antenna.

(Fourth Embodiment) In addition to the second and third embodiments, the automatic detection of the recording medium after the recording medium attachment / detachment detection sensor detects the exchange of the recording medium and when a recording instruction is issued. RF-I by the "communication antenna position adjustment processing" shown in FIG.
The present invention can be implemented by detecting the D position information and moving the antenna.

(Fifth Embodiment) In the recording apparatus of the first embodiment, the "RF-ID position information" set by the control command is not limited to the Y direction (paper transport direction) but to the X (head nozzle row direction). ) And Y (paper conveyance direction), and the communication antenna is further provided with a motor for moving in the X direction so that the communication antenna can be moved in the XY directions.

FIG. 10 shows the paper setting command of the control command transmitted from the PC.

The paper setting command (1000) includes RF-ID position information (1001) in the X direction and RF-ID information in the Y direction.
There is a parameter of ID position information (1002).

FIG. 11 shows the moving direction of the communication antenna of the ink jet type label recording apparatus provided with the RF-ID communication driver according to this embodiment. This figure is a top view of the communication antenna unit, and the communication antenna (1104) is located above the label (1101). In this figure, the communication antenna (1104) is located at the home position, and the RF-I in the X direction of the paper setting command (1000) is set.
The communication antenna is moved to the position indicated by the parameters of the D position information (1001) and the Y-direction RF-ID position information (1002).

Further, in the above embodiment, the ink jet type label recording apparatus using the long line head has been described as an example, but the R-ID element has a function of communicating with information.
If it is an F-ID communication device, the RF built in the medium
A device for writing data to an ID element, a device for reading data from an RF-ID element built in the medium, a card recording device whose recording medium is a plastic card, a cut sheet or the like, an ink ribbon or the like is used. A thermal transfer type recording device equipped with an RF-ID communication driver, such as an RF-
The type of the ID communication device, and in the case of a recording device, the recording method is not limited.

[0076]

As described above, in the RF-ID communication device, the RF-ID provided with the integrated circuit chip and the antenna.
A communication antenna for contactless communication with the ID element,
Position setting means for setting the position information of the RF-ID element built in the medium, and R set by the position setting means.
Based on the position information of the F-ID, the antenna position changing means for changing the position of the communication antenna, the position detecting means for detecting the position of the medium, and the position information of the medium detected by the position detecting means, By having the RF-ID element built in the medium and the communication means for communicating using the communication antenna, the communication antenna can be manually operated regardless of the position of the recording medium where the RF-ID element is built. It is possible to provide an RF-ID communication device capable of correctly writing information to an RF-ID element without changing the position.

[0077]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram in which an inkjet type label recording apparatus and a PC in which the present invention is implemented are connected.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of an ink jet type label recording apparatus using a line head in which the present invention is implemented.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a label with a built-in RF-ID element used in Examples 1 to 4;

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of an inkjet-type label recording apparatus using a line head, which has a built-in RF-ID communication driver used in Examples 1 to 4.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a structure of a control command transmitted from the PC used in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an electrical simplified block diagram of an ink jet type label recording apparatus using a line head, which has a built-in RF-ID communication driver used in Examples 1 to 4;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a recording job of an inkjet type label recording apparatus using a line head, which has a built-in RF-ID communication driver used in the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation panel of an inkjet type label recording apparatus using a line head, which has a built-in RF-ID communication driver used in Example 2;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a communication antenna position adjustment process of an inkjet label recording apparatus using a line head, which has a built-in RF-ID communication driver used in Examples 2 to 4;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a paper setting command which is a control command transmitted from the PC used in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 11: RF used in the recording apparatus used in Example 5
-A diagram showing the moving direction of a communication antenna of an inkjet label recording apparatus using a line head, which has a built-in ID communication driver.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a memory map showing stored contents of a RAM (602) used in Examples 1 to 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

100 Label Recording Device 101 Printer Cable 102 Control Device 103 Monitor 104 Keyboard 105 Mouse 200 Recording Unit 201 Recording Head (K) 202 Conveying Roller 203 Conveying Belt 204 Label Paper 205 Paper Feeding Unit 206 Cutter Unit 207 Movable RF-ID Communication Antenna 208 Cutter 209 TOF Sensor 300 Label Paper 301 Mount 302 Label 303 RF-ID Element 304 RF-ID Adjustment Gap 305 Label Tip 306 Recording Range 307 Margin 400 Recording Head 402 Conveying Roller 403 Conveying Belt 404 Cutter 409 Recording Gap 410 Recording Medium Attachment / Detachment Sensor 500 Sheet Setting Command 501 Format Command 502 Data Command Character Attribute Section 503 Data Command Image Attribute Section 504 RF-ID attribute portion 505 of data command Data portion 506 of data command Job start command 507 Example of transfer of recording command 508 RF-ID positional information parameter 600 MPU 601 Program ROM 602 RAM 603 CGROM 604 VRAM 605 Interface driver 606 Head drive circuit 608 RF -ID communication driver 610 Output port 611 Carrying motor driver 612 Carrying motor 613 Feeding motor driver 614 Feeding motor 615 Cutter motor driver 616 Cutter motor 617 Operation panel LED 618 Operation panel key 619 Input port 620 LCD driver 621 Operation panel LCD 622 Communication antenna moving motor driver 623 Communication antenna moving motor 800 Antenna position adjusting button 8 1 Recording stop button 802 Error occurrence notification LED 802 Warning occurrence notification LED 802 Message display LCD 900 Processing for driving the transport motor by 1 pulse 901 Processing for confirming whether the leading edge of the label is detected by TOF 902 D (pulse count 1) Processing for substituting “0” for 903 processing for substituting “0” for E (pulse count 2) 904 RF-ID communication processing 905 processing for confirming whether communication has succeeded 906 processing for driving 100 pulses of the communication antenna moving motor 907 Processing 908 for adding the number of drive pulses (100 pulses) to D 909 Processing for substituting D for E 909 Processing for driving the communication antenna moving motor by 100 pulses 910 RF-ID communication processing 911 Processing for confirming whether communication is successful 912 D 913 for adding the number of drive pulses (100 pulses) to Processing for calculating "RF-ID position information" 914 Back feed processing 915 Processing for moving communication antenna to home position 916 Processing for moving communication antenna to "RF-ID position information" 1000 Paper setting command 1001 RF-ID in X direction Position information parameter 1002 Y-direction RF-ID position information parameter 1100 Mount 1101 Label 1102 TOF sensor 1103 RF-ID element 1104 built in the label Communication antenna

Claims (21)

[Claims] 1. An RF- comprising an integrated circuit chip and an antenna.
A communication antenna for contactless communication with the ID element,
The position of the communication antenna is changed based on the position setting instruction means for setting the position information of the RF-ID element built in the recording medium and the position information of the RF-ID element set by the position setting instruction means. An antenna position changing means, a position detecting means for detecting the position of the medium, and communication with an RF-ID element built in the medium using the communication antenna based on the medium position information detected by the position detecting means. RF-I characterized by having a communication means for performing
D communication device. 2. The RF-ID communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in a medium carrying direction. 3. The antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in the width direction of the medium.
The RF-ID communication device according to claim 1. 4. The RF-ID communication device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in a medium carrying direction and a width direction. 5. The information is written in the RF-ID element built in the medium by the communication means.
The RF-ID communication device according to claim 1. 6. The RF-ID communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication means reads information from an RF-ID element built in the medium. 7. The RF-device according to claim 1, further comprising recording means for recording information on the surface of the medium.
ID communication device. 8. The RF-ID communication device according to claim 1, wherein the position setting instruction means is provided in an external device. 9. The RF-ID communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication antenna is automatically set by the antenna position changing means based on the position setting instruction means. 10. The RF-ID communication device according to claim 9, wherein the setting instruction by the position setting instruction means is generated based on replacement of the recording medium. 11. The RF-ID communication device according to claim 9, wherein the position setting instruction means includes an operation panel of the RF-ID communication device, and the setting instruction is given from the operation panel. 12. The medium is a label paper in which a plurality of labels are attached to a mount, or continuous paper having a TOF (Top of Form) mark.
The RF-ID communication device according to item 1. 13. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the medium is a cut sheet or a plastic card.
The RF-ID communication device according to item 1. 14. A recording means for recording on the surface of a recording medium containing a wireless communication element including a memory and an antenna, a communication antenna for communicating with the wireless communication element, and position information of the wireless communication element. Position setting instructing means, antenna position changing means for changing the position of the communication antenna based on the position information of the wireless communication element set by the position setting instructing means, position detecting means for detecting the position of the medium, and position A recording device comprising: a communication unit that communicates with the wireless communication element using the communication antenna based on position information of the medium detected by the detection unit. 15. The recording apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in a medium transport direction. 16. The recording apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in the width direction of the medium. 17. The recording apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the antenna position changing means moves the communication antenna position in a medium carrying direction and a width direction. 18. A position setting step of setting position information of the wireless communication element in a program executed by a recording device for recording on a surface of a recording medium containing a wireless communication element including a memory and an antenna, and the position setting. An antenna position changing step of changing the position of a communication antenna that communicates with the wireless communication element based on the position information of the wireless communication element set in the step; a position detecting step of detecting the position of the recording medium; And a communication step of communicating with the wireless communication element via the communication antenna based on the position information of the medium detected in the step. 19. A method of controlling a recording apparatus for recording on a surface of a recording medium containing a wireless communication element including a memory and an antenna, comprising a position setting step of setting position information of the wireless communication element, and the position setting step. Based on the set position information of the wireless communication element, the antenna position changing step of changing the position of the communication antenna that communicates with the wireless communication element, the position detecting step of detecting the position of the recording medium, and the position detecting step. A communication step of communicating with the wireless communication element via the communication antenna based on the detected position information of the medium. 20. Recording means for recording on the surface of a recording medium containing a wireless communication element including a memory and an antenna, a communication antenna for communicating with the wireless communication element, and position information of the wireless communication element are set. Position setting instructing means, antenna position changing means for changing the position of the communication antenna based on the position information of the wireless communication element set by the position setting instructing means, position detecting means for detecting the position of the medium, and position A wireless communication system comprising: a communication unit that communicates with the wireless communication element using the communication antenna based on the position information of the medium detected by the detection unit. 21. A recording device for recording on a surface of a recording medium containing a wireless communication device including a memory and an antenna, a recording device having a communication device for communicating with the wireless communication device, and a position of the wireless communication device. An information processing device having position setting means for setting information, and antenna position changing means for changing the position of the communication antenna based on the position information of the wireless communication element set by the position setting means. And a wireless communication system.