Product managing apparatus and control method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakeshi Shimazaki
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a product managing apparatus includes a radio unit, an instruction receiving unit, an area-password storing unit, and a password updating unit. The radio unit performs radio communication with an RFID tag that is attached to a product and can store an identification code of the product and a password. The instruction receiving unit receives an instruction for moving the product from a first area to a second area. The area-password storing unit stores a password corresponding to the second area. When the instruction receiving unit receives the instruction for moving the product from the first area to the second area, the password updating unit causes the radio unit to operate and writes, in the RFID tag attached to the product, the password corresponding to the second area.
Claims7
A product managing apparatus, comprising:
- an input receiving unit configured to receive input of a first password;
- a radio unit configured to perform radio communication with a first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag attached to a first product and storing an identification code of the product and a second password;
- a comparing unit configured to perform a comparison of the first password and the second password read out from the first RFID tag by the radio unit;
- a counting unit configured to count a quantity of products, wherein the first password and the second password for respective products of the quantity of products are determined to coincide with each other based on the comparison by the comparing unit;
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- a display unit configured to display the quantity counted by the counting unit.
A control method for a product managing apparatus including a radio unit capable of performing radio communication with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag attached to a product and that stores an identification code of the product and a second password, the method comprising:
- receiving input of a first password by an input receiving unit;
- causing the radio unit to read out the second password from the RFID tag;
- comparing the first password with the second password read out from the RFID tag by the radio unit;
- counting a quantity of products, wherein the first password and the second password for respective products of the quantity of products are determined to coincide with each based on the comparison;
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- causing a display unit to display the quantity of products.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.