US 12,450,562 B2
Information processing apparatus, article management system, and article management method
Jun Uchimura, Tokyo (JP); and Yasuyo Kazo, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/275,938
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/001614
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/176480, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-024952 (JP), filed on Feb. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0119410 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
at least one memory configured to store instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations; the operations comprising:
acquiring recipient identification information that identifies a recipient of an article stored in a warehouse including a plurality of storage spaces, and attribute information indicating an attribute that needs to be satisfied during storage of the article;
selecting, as a target storage space, a storage space having the attribute indicated by the attribute information from among the plurality of storage spaces;
storing, in a storage region, storage space identification information that identifies the target storage space and article determination information that determines the article in association with each other;
determining a terminal used by the recipient by using the recipient identification information, in response to the article being disposed in the target storage space,
transmitting the article determination information to the terminal; and
ejecting, from a predetermined outlet, the article stored in the target storage space identified by the storage space identification information being associated with the article determination information, in response to an input of the article determination information.