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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshifumi Kitamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Junna Takase, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Tomioka, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Shimura, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process management system includes a management unit that manages section data that defines sections in a real space and process data that indicates an expected location, from among the sections, in which a management target is to be positioned at the time of completing a work process, a first wireless device that is attached to the management target and stores first identification information, at least one reading apparatus that is capable of reading identification information from a wireless device, and a determination unit that checks a location of the management target estimated based on a result of reading of the first identification information from the first wireless device against the expected location by variable granularity depending on type information associated with the management target to determine a status of the work process regarding the management target.