Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Credit or identification card systems
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-04
2001-03-20
Frech, Karl D. (Department: 2876)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Credit or identification card systems
C235S487000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06202925
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a computer system using a situation change of an actual world.
In “Active Badges and Personal Interactive Computing Objects” of Olivetti Research Limited Technical Report 92-2, there is described system of Active Badges in which persons are made to wear badges and sensors for reading identification numbers of the badges are disposed in respective rooms. From the badge a person wears, an infrared ray signal containing a unique ID number is issued. The signal is read by a sensor. It becomes thus possible to know where the person wearing that badge is.
Furthermore, in JP-A-7-81725, there is disclosed a system for managing the stock of objects in a warehouse or the like. In this system, management of objects deposited in or withdrawn from a warehouse is conducted by attaching a slip having an ID tag to each object and passing the object near a reader disposed in the warehouse.
Furthermore, in JP-A-7-85145, there is disclosed a whereabouts management system for accurately grasping whereabouts of members of the staff and visitors in an installation. In this system, each of members of the staff in the installation is made to carry a card incorporating an ID tag, and whereabouts of the members of the staff in the installation are managed on the basis of information read from readers installed on telephone lines.
In the above described conventional techniques, however, each of objects or persons is provided with a card or the like having an ID tag in order to manage the object or person. It is considered only to manage objects or persons as simple substances.
In other words, it is necessary for a person managing objects to manage information concerning the objects, such as contents of the objects, as well as the whereabouts representing where the objects are. Furthermore, when it is attempted to carry out these objects from a warehouse, it is insufficient to simply manage the movement of objects. For example, management cannot be conducted, when an object is carried out from a warehouse. Two distinguishing cases can occur in this situation; one case where a warehouse owner or an object owner carries out the object and the other case where a person having no connection with this object carries out the object, by simply attaching an ID tag to the object.
Furthermore, in the case where objects are managed to a higher degree, a system for managing objects cannot be operated unless ID tags to be given to objects or persons are issued efficiently.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the above described problems, the present invention has been made. An object of the present invention is to provide an object management system for managing objects to a higher degree by combining objects with information concerning the objects.
The above described object can be achieved by including a reading device capable of reading information stored in a card without contacting the card, a storage device, an input device for inputting information of an object to be managed and information concerning the object, a processing device for causing a new identification number to be generated, storing the information of the object to be managed and the information concerning the object input from the input device in the storage device so as to be associated with each other, and reading the information of a related object from the storage device on the basis of an identification number read from the reading device, a card issue device for storing the new identifying number in a card, and a display device for displaying the information relating to the object read out from the storage device.
Furthermore, the above described object can be achieved by including a plurality of reading devices for reading information stored in a card given to an object to be managed, a storage device for storing processing contents for situations, a condition setting unit for setting processing to be executed according to a situation, a state monitor unit for executing processing on the basis of information read from one of the reading devices and the contents set by the condition setting unit, a management unit for managing identification numbers each stored in the card for managing the object to be managed, and display means for informing of processing executed by the state monitor unit.
According to the invention, it becomes possible to search an actual object by using the surrounding situation around the actual object or a person as a key.
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R. Want, et al, Active Badges and Personal Interactive Computing Objects, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Feb. 1992, vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 10-20.
Arai Toshifumi
Machii Kimiyoshi
Antonelli Terry Stout & Kraus LLP
Frech Karl D.
Hitachi , Ltd.
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