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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kota Suzuki, Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/24 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01);
Abstract
A monitoring device according to an embodiment determines whether an information terminal, which moves together with a purchaser and receives data input regarding commodities for purchase by the purchaser, is present in a second place different from a set first place. The monitoring device detects that the information terminal is left unattended in the second place. The monitoring device activates an alarm in response to the information terminal being left unattended in the second place for a threshold period of time.