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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2023
Item management system, item management method, item detection instrument, and item detection device
Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsutoshi Sakagami, Tokyo, JP;
SATO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An item management system includes: a placement member for placing an item, the placement member being at a first position when no item is placed on the placement member, the placement member moving from the first position to a second position when an item is placed on the placement member; a communication device attached to the placement member; a radio wave shield member configured to shield radio waves emitted from the communication device when the radio wave shield member is close to the communication device; a wireless device wirelessly communicating with the communication device; and a control device that acquires a result of whether communication by the wireless device with the communication device is possible, and determines whether the item is placed on the placement member, based on the result of whether the communication is possible.