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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Katsuhiko Kawasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Komori, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yagisawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An article storage apparatus which enables categories to be subsequently assigned to storage sections or categories given to storage sections to be changed according to the progress of the user's storing operation or the user's desire. A plurality of storage shelves are provided to store articles. A RFID reader reads out a category assigned to an article to be stored in each of the storage shelves. A controller sets a category to be assigned to each storage shelf according to the category assigned to the article stored in the storage shelf.