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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeaki Suzuki, Gotemba Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10099 (2013.01); G06K 7/10138 (2013.01); G06K 7/10237 (2013.01);
Abstract
An article management apparatus includes a processor configured to repeatedly acquire, at a predetermined interval, identification information from a radio tag attached to an article. The identification information is capable of identifying the article. The processor is also configured to track an elapsed reading time during which the identification information is repeatedly acquired. The processor is also configured to manage the elapsed reading time in association with the identification information.