# US 2022/0036677 A1 · Booth, information processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

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- Number: US 2022/0036677 A1
- Document ID: US20220036677A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/149,735
- Filed: 2021-01-15
- Published: 2022-02-03
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-30
- Assignees: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Applicants: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Inventors: Kengo TOKUCHI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220036677A1

## CPC

- G07C 9/00571: {operated by interacting with a central unit}
- G07C 9/215: {the system having a variable access-code, e.g. varied as a function of time}
- G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
- G06Q 10/0287: {for portions of office space}
- G07C 9/00563: {using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns}
- G07C 9/00896: {specially adapted for particular uses}
- G07C 9/00904: {for hotels, motels, office buildings or the like}
- G07C 9/00912: {for safes, strong-rooms, vaults or the like}
- G07C 2209/08: With time considerations, e.g. temporary activation, valid time window or time limitations
- Y02A 40/25: Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor
- 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
- 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
- Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

## Abstract

A booth includes an openable door and a locking mechanism that locks the door. The door is locked in a case where the door is closed, and the door is not locked in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A booth comprising:
an openable door; and
a locking mechanism that locks the door, wherein
the door is locked in a case where the door is closed, and the door is not locked in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The booth according to claim 1, wherein
the booth is reservable, and
the door is not locked in a case where the door is closed inside a reservation period of the booth.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The booth according to claim 2, wherein
the door is locked after the reservation period ends.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The booth according to claim 1, wherein
the door is not locked in a case where the door is closed while the booth is in an unoccupied state.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The booth according to claim 4, wherein
the door is locked in a case where a predetermined amount of time elapses from when the door is closed while the booth is in an unoccupied state.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The booth according to claim 4, wherein
the booth is reservable, and
the door is locked when a reservation end time of the booth is reached while the booth is in an unoccupied state.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The booth according to claim 1, wherein
the door is not locked in a case where the door is closed while belongings of a user who uses the booth are inside the booth.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The booth according to claim 7, wherein
even in the case where the belongings of the user are inside the booth, the door is locked if the user is inside the booth.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The booth according to claim 1, wherein
the door is unlocked in a case where an unlock instruction is given by portable equipment carried by a user of the booth, and
the door is not locked in a case where the opened door is closed while the user not carrying the portable equipment is on an outside of the booth.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The booth according to claim 1, wherein
the booth is reservable, and
the door is locked when a reservation end time of the booth is reached while the booth is not locked.

### Claim 11

An information processing system that performs a process for a booth provided with a door that is unlocked on a basis of an instruction from portable equipment carried by a user, the information processing system comprising:
a processor configured to
output predetermined information in a case where the user inside the booth attempts to exit the booth without taking the portable equipment.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The information processing system according to claim 11, wherein
the processor is configured to output information for reminding the user to take the portable equipment as the predetermined information.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The information processing system according to claim 12, wherein
the processor is configured to output control information such that the door does not open as the information for reminding the user to take the portable equipment.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The information processing system according to claim 12, wherein
the processor is configured to output information for instructing the user to take the portable equipment as the information for reminding the user to take the portable equipment.

### Claim 15

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for a booth provided with a door that is unlocked on a basis of an instruction from portable equipment carried by a user, the process comprising:
outputting predetermined information in a case where the user inside the booth attempts to exit the booth without taking the portable equipment.

### Claim 16

A booth comprising:
an openable door; and
an unlocking mechanism that unlocks the door, wherein
the door is unlocked in a case where a predetermined first condition is satisfied, and after the first condition is satisfied and the door is unlocked, the door is also unlocked in a case where a second condition different from the first condition is satisfied.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The booth according to claim 16, wherein
the second condition is not satisfied before the first condition is satisfied.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The booth according to claim 16, wherein
the first condition is a case where an unlock instruction is given by portable equipment carried by a user, and the door is unlocked in the case where the unlock instruction is given by the portable equipment, and
after the unlock instruction is given by the portable equipment and the door is unlocked, the door is also unlocked in a case where a condition other than the condition of the unlock instruction from the portable equipment is satisfied.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The booth according to claim 18, wherein
the second condition is a case where user information obtained from a user on an outside of the booth satisfies a predetermined condition, and
after the unlock instruction from the portable equipment is given, the first condition is satisfied, and the door is unlocked, the door is also unlocked in a case where the user information satisfies the predetermined condition.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The booth according to claim 19, wherein
the user information is information obtained from a body of a user on an outside of the booth, and
after the unlock instruction from the portable equipment is given, the first condition is satisfied, and the door is unlocked, the door is also unlocked in a case where the information obtained from the body of the user on the outside of the booth satisfies the predetermined condition.
