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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2002
Toshiaki Nakanishi, Chiba, JP;
Hiroaki Takano, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiro Isogai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Nakanishi, Chiba, JP;
Hiroaki Takano, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiro Isogai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an information management system, a patient operates a button of an identification number issuing apparatus installed in the reception area in a hospital and receives a ticket from a ticket slot. The ticket has the patient's identification number printed thereon. Having received the ticket, the patient moves to a photograph booth, operates an identification number input panel to input the identification number printed on the ticket, and takes a photograph of the patient's upper body. The patient receives a photograph/bar code sheet ejected from the photograph booth. Four pairs including photographs and bar codes, which are vertically arranged so as to be associated with each other, are printed on the photograph/bar code sheet. Having received the photograph/bar code sheet, the patient moves to the reception and submits the photograph/bar code sheet and a health insurance card to an attendant at the reception.