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US 2006/0214796 A1Published application
Item check-out management system
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAtsushi Ishikawa
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Abstract
By storing check-out procedure data into a radio tag and by providing a leaving allowance judgment portion at an exit gate, it is possible to judge whether a user is allowed to leave at an exit section alone. It is thus possible to shorten a time needed for a leaving allowance judgment.
Claims3
An item check-out management system to check out from a facility an item to which a radio tag storing unique ID data is attached, comprising:
- a writing portion that writes check-out procedure completion data into the radio tag when a check-out procedure of the item is performed;
- a reader/writer installed at an exit gate of the facility to read out the unique ID data and the check-out procedure completion data stored in the radio tag;
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- a leaving allowance judgment portion that judges whether a proper check-out procedure has been completed according to data read out from the radio tag, and outputs a signal to allow a user to leave through the exit gate upon judging that the proper check-out procedure has been completed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.