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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1989
Filed:
May. 14, 1987
Abstract
A rental control system for controlling the rent and return of cassettes is disclosed. Each cassette internally contains an article such as a recorded information medium, with an IC circuit for storing commodity information concerning the article, and a signal output unit for transferring the commodity information of the IC circuit to outside. For controlling the cassettes, the rent control system further comprises a plurality of shelves and a controller. The plurality of shelves respectively accommodate the cassettes to be controlled. The controller is provided in connection with the plurality of shelves, and includes a plurality of signal input unit for receiving signals from the signal output units of the cassettes, and a memory coupled with the control circuit so as to store signals from the plurality of signal input units.