ARTICLE MANAGEMENT UNIT AND ARTICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• Main Authors: MARUKAWA SHOJI, MASUDA MAKOTO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 11.11.2021
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONVEYING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

To provide an article management unit and an article management system in which a user can conveniently use a receipt/return service of articles.SOLUTION: An article management unit 33 provided at an outlet of an article management apparatus 3 storing articles includes: a first reader 331 and a second reader 332 that read a tag attached to an article; lock means 333 that is provided between the first reader and the second reader and can be switched between an unlocked state where the article can pass through and a locked state; and a unit control unit than can control the first reader, the second reader, and the lock means. The unit control unit causes either one of the first reader and the second reader to be activated in a readable state based on a lock unlocked request from a user terminal, and when one of the reader reads the tag, controls the lock means to be switched to the unlocked state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】物品の受取・返却サービスをユーザが便利に利用することができる物品管理ユニット及び物品管理システムを提供する。【解決手段】物品を収容する物品管理装置３の取出口に設けられる物品管理ユニット３３は、物品に付与されたタグを読み取る第一のリーダー３３１及び第二のリーダー３３２と、第一のリーダーと第二のリーダーの間に設けられ、物品の通過が可能な解錠状態と施錠状態とを切替可能なロック手段３３３と、第一のリーダー、第二のリーダー及びロック手段を制御可能なユニット制御部とを備える。ユニット制御部は、ユーザ端末からのロック解除要求に基づいて、第一のリーダー及び第二のリーダーのいずれか一方を読取可能な状態に起動させ、一方のリーダーがタグを読み取った場合に、ロック手段を解錠状態へ切り替えるように制御する。【選択図】図３