# US 10,504,058 B2 · Storage cabinet > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,504,058 B2 - Document ID: US10504058B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/565,830 - Filed: 2016-04-28 - Published: 2018-04-26 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-28 - Assignees: Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yoshiaki Uno; Yusita Kasdani; Kaleb Withrow - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10504058B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - G06Q 10/08776: {by management of storage life of perishable or hazardous products} - B65G 1/137: with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed - B65G 1/1371: {with data records} - E05B 49/00: Electric permutation locks; Circuits therefor {; Mechanical aspects of electronic locks; Mechanical keys therefor (arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; mechanisms including electronic locks actuated by nonmechanical keys such as passive and active electrical keys and other data carriers G07C9/00, G07F7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00)} - E05B 65/02: for thin, hollow, or thin-metal wings - G06K 7/10297: {arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 (cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00)} - G06K 7/10425: {the interrogation device being arranged for interrogation of record carriers passing by the interrogation device} - G06K 17/00: Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations - G06K 17/0022: {arrangements or provisions for transferring data to distant stations, e.g. from a sensing device ("transfer between computer elements G06F13/00 "; data-transmission H04L)} - G07C 9/00912: {for safes, strong-rooms, vaults or the like} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE ## Abstract A storage cabinet according to an embodiment stores a plurality of items, each item including a first tag attached thereto, the first tag being an RF tag for recording item information relating to a corresponding item. The storage cabinet includes: a first reader for reading the item information recorded in the first tag of items stored in a housing, when the door is in a closed state; and a second reader for reading item information of a first tag, when the door is in an open state, and an item to which the first tag is attached is made proximate from the outside to a predetermined area on the housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A storage cabinet for storing a plurality of items, each item including a first tag attached thereto, the first tag being an RF tag for recording item information relating to a corresponding item, the storage cabinet comprising: a housing for storing the plurality of items, the housing configured to be in a first state in which the plurality of items is accessible from an outside, or in a second state in which the plurality of items is inaccessible from the outside; a first reader configured to read item information recorded in the first tag of items stored in the housing, when the housing is in the second state; a second reader configured to read item information of the first tag, when the housing is in the first state and an item to which the first tag is attached is made proximate from the outside to a predetermined area on the housing; a memory configured to record item information; and a first controller configured to record the item information read by the first reader in the memory, and to determine a judgment result of whether the item information read by the second reader meets a warning occurrence condition by comparing the item information read by the second reader and the item information recorded in the memory, the warning occurrence condition being that an item to be stored in or to be retrieved from the housing is improper. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The storage cabinet according to claim 1, further comprising a display configured to display on a display panel the judgment result determined by the first controller. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The storage cabinet according to claim 1, further comprising a voice output configured to output a voice of the judgment result determined by the first controller. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The storage cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the first reader is configured to read the item information recorded in the first tag of items stored in the housing in a case in which the housing changes its state from the first state to the second state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The storage cabinet according to claim 4, wherein the item information includes an item code and an expiration date, and the warning occurrence condition is that the item made proximate to the predetermined area is an item having a period of time to an expiration date which is not the shortest among items of the identical item code in the housing, or that the item made proximate to the predetermined area is expired. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The storage cabinet according to claim 1, further comprising: a door configured to be openable or closable with respect to the housing, a door lock configured to lock or unlock the door, and a second controller configured to control the door lock, wherein when the door is in the closed state, and a second tag including user identification information recorded therein for identifying a user is made proximate from the outside to the predetermined area on the housing, the second reader is configured to read the user identification information recorded in the second tag, and wherein the second controller is configured to control the door lock so as to unlock the door when authentication of the user identification information read by the second reader is successful. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The storage cabinet according to claim 2, wherein the display panel and the predetermined area are closely located to each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The storage cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the item information includes at least one of a description, an item code, an expiration date, or a lot number of a corresponding item. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The storage cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the first reader is configured to read item information recorded in the first tag of all items stored in the housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The storage cabinet according to claim 6, wherein the first controller and the second controller are part of a same controller. ### Claim 11 A method for storing a plurality of items in a storage cabinet, each item including a first tag attached thereto, the first tag being an RF tag for recording item information relating to a corresponding item, the storage cabinet being in a first state in which the plurality of items is accessible from the outside, or in a second state in which the plurality of items is inaccessible from the outside, the method comprising: reading, by a first reader, item information recorded in the first tag of items stored in a housing, when the storage cabinet is in the second state; reading, by a second reader, item information of the first tag, when the storage cabinet is in the first state and an item to which the first tag is attached is made proximate from the outside to a predetermined area on the housing; determining a judgment result of whether the item information read by the second reader meets a warning occurrence condition by comparing the item information read by the first reader and the item information read by the second reader, wherein the warning occurrence condition is that an item to be stored in or to be retrieved from the housing is improper. ### Claim 12 A storage cabinet for storing a plurality of items, each item including a first tag attached thereto, the first tag being an RF tag for recording item information relating to a corresponding item, the storage cabinet comprising: a housing for storing the plurality of items, the housing configured to be in a first state in which the plurality of items is accessible from the outside, or in a second state in which the plurality of items is inaccessible from the outside; a first reader configured to read item information recorded in the first tag of items stored in the housing, when the housing is in the second state; a second reader configured to read item information of the first tag, when the housing is in the first state and a user moves an item to which the first tag is attached close to a specific area on the housing, the specific area being a part of an exterior of the housing; a memory configured to record item information; and a first controller configured to record the item information read by the first reader in the memory, and to determine a judgment result of whether the item information read by the second reader meets a warning occurrence condition by comparing the item information read by the second reader and the item information recorded in the memory. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The storage cabinet according to claim 12, further comprising a display configured to display on a display panel the judgment result determined by the first controller. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The storage cabinet according to claim 12, further comprising a voice output configured to output a voice of the judgment result determined by the first controller. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The storage cabinet according to claim 12, wherein the first reader is configured to read the item information recorded in the first tag of items stored in the housing in a case in which the housing changes its state from the first state to the second state. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The storage cabinet according to claim 15, wherein the item information includes an item code and an expiration date, and the warning occurrence condition is that the item made proximate to the predetermined area is an item having a period of time to an expiration date which is not the shortest among items of the identical item code in the housing, or that the item made proximate to the predetermined area is expired. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The storage cabinet according to claim 12, further comprising: a door configured to be openable or closable with respect to the housing, a door lock configured to lock or unlock the door, and a second controller configured to control the door lock, wherein when the door is in the closed state, and a second tag including user identification information recorded therein for identifying a user is made proximate from the outside to the predetermined area on the housing, the second reader is configured to read the user identification information recorded in the second tag, and wherein the second controller is configured to control the door lock so as to unlock the door when authentication of the user identification information read by the second reader is successful. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The storage cabinet according to claim 13, wherein the display panel and the predetermined area are closely located to each other. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The storage cabinet according to claim 12, wherein the item information includes at least one of a description, an item code, an expiration date, or a lot number of a corresponding item. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The storage cabinet according to claim 12, wherein the first reader is configured to read item information recorded in the first tag of all items stored in the housing. ### Claim 21 A method of storing a plurality of items in a storage cabinet, each item including a first tag attached thereto, the first tag being an RF tag for recording item information relating to a corresponding item, the method comprising: storing the plurality of items in a housing, the housing configured to be in a first state in which the plurality of items is accessible from the outside, or in a second state in which the plurality of items is inaccessible from the outside; reading item information recorded in the first tag of items stored in the housing via a first reader, when the housing is in the second state; reading item information of the first tag via a second reader, when the housing is in the first state and a user moves an item to which the first tag is attached close to a specific area on the housing, the specific area being a part of an exterior of the housing; recording the item information read by the first reader in a memory; and determining a judgment result of whether the item information read by the second reader meets a warning occurrence condition by comparing the item information read by the second reader and the item information recorded in the memory.