US 11,893,447 B2
Article management apparatus and method
Shigeaki Suzuki, Gotemba Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/584,136.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-097562 (JP), filed on Jun. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0398387 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10099 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10138 (2013.01); G06K 7/10237 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article management apparatus comprising a processor configured to:
repeatedly acquire, at a predetermined interval, identification information from a radio tag attached to an article, the identification information identifying the article;
track an elapsed reading time during which the identification information is repeatedly acquired; and
manage the elapsed reading time in association with the identification information.