Office device, office device system, control method using office device, and wireless device tracking method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinji Koizumi
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an office device includes a communication unit to wirelessly communicate with a wireless device using a short-range wireless communication standard. A processor of the office device is configured to periodically search for wireless devices within a communication range of the communication unit, acquire identification information from each wireless device detected in the search for wireless devices, output search data including the identification information to a server. In some examples, the office device may be used as a monitoring sensor or the like to provide information for control of another apparatus.
Claims19
A server device for an office device system, the server device comprising:
- a communication interface connectable to an office device and a target apparatus;
- a storage device for storing search data from the office device;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- collect search data output from the office device,
- count a number of wireless devices within the communication region of the office device based on the collected search data, and
- control the target apparatus based on the counted number of wireless devices.
A server device for an office device system, the server device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- collect wireless device search data output from an office device,
- determine whether each wireless device in the search data is a managed wireless device based on the identification information included in the collected search data,
- count the number of managed wireless devices in the search data, and
- obtain the total number of wireless devices in the search data.
A control method for a server device for an office device system, the control method comprising:
- periodically receiving search data from an office device, the search data corresponding to a search for wireless devices within a communication range of a short-range wireless communication unit of the office device and including identification information from each wireless device detected in the search for wireless devices;
- collecting the search data output from the office device;
- determine whether each wireless device in the search data is a managed wireless device based on the identification information included in the collected search data;
- count the number of managed wireless devices in the search data;
- obtain the total number of wireless devices in the search data;
- and
- control a target apparatus based on at least one of the counted number of managed wireless devices or the total number of wireless devices in the search data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.