Library apparatus
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorKiyotaka Tanaka
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Abstract
A library apparatus includes: a housing, a record medium storage shelf that stores information record media having a barcode for identification; an input-output device in which the information record medium is loaded and which inputs and outputs information to and from the loaded information record medium; a robot that transfers the information record medium between the record medium storage shelf and the input-output device; and a controller that controls operation of the robot; a read unit that is detachably attached to the robot and reads the barcode of the information record medium; and a read unit storage that stores the read unit detached from the robot.
Claims6
A library apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a record medium storage shelf that is disposed in the housing and stores a plurality of information record media;
- an input-output device in which the information record medium is loaded and which inputs and outputs information to and from the loaded information record medium;
- a robot that transfers the information record medium between the record medium storage shelf and the input-output device;
- and
- a controller that controls operation of the robot, wherein the record medium storage shelf, the input-output device, the robot and the controller are arranged in the housing,
- the information record medium includes a barcode for identification,
- the library apparatus further comprises:
- a read unit that is detachably attached to the robot and reads the barcode of the information record medium;
- and
- a read unit storage that stores the read unit detached from the robot, and
- the controller controls the robot such that when the controller causes the robot to read the barcode of the information record medium, the controller causes the robot to receive the read unit stored in the read unit storage and after reading the barcode by the read unit, the controller causes the robot to return the read unit to the read unit storage.
A library apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a record medium storage shelf that is disposed in the housing and stores a plurality of information record media;
- an input-output device in which the information record medium is loaded and which inputs and outputs information to and from the loaded information record medium;
- a robot in operation that transfers the information record medium between the record medium storage shelf and the input-output device;
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- a robot on standby that stands by at a predetermined standby position as a reserve of the robot in operation which is in an operation state, wherein
- the record medium storage shelf, the input-output device, the robot in operation, and the robot on standby are arranged in the housing,
- the information record medium includes a barcode for identification,
- the library apparatus further comprises:
- a read unit which is detachably attached to either one of the robot in operation and the robot on standby and which reads a barcode put on the information record medium, the robot on standby stands by at the predetermined standby position in a state of receiving the read unit from the robot in operation while the robot in operation is in the operation state, and the robot in operation receives the read unit from the robot on standby when reading the barcode of the information record medium and returns the read unit to the robot on standby after reading the barcode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.