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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kenji Ito, Tokyo, JP;

Masami Yamanashi, Shizuoka, JP;

Shinichi Kashiwagi, Shizuoka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/2462 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

An article management system comprises a medium in which unique identification information is recorded, a reader for reading the identification information recorded on the medium, an alarm, which is to be attached to an article deposited by a user, for carrying out a notification operation in response to input of a driving signal, and an article management apparatus including an association module configured to associate the medium with the alarm attached to the article to be handed over to the user who carries the medium and an output module configured to output the driving signal to the alarm associated with the medium of which the identification information is read by the reader.


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