IP Library Patent Application 16114256
Patent Application
App. No. 16/114,256

APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

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16/114,256
Abstract

An apparatus includes a controller. When an operation to set a door in a state in which the door will be opened is performed by a first existing subject and if a second existing subject is located on a path on which the door moves to open, the controller causes an informing unit to provide information that the door will be opened and the second existing subject is on the path.

Claims (26)

1 . An apparatus comprising:

a controller that causes, when an operation to set a door in a state in which the door will be opened is performed by a first existing subject and if a second existing subject is located on a path on which the door moves to open, an informing unit to provide information that the door will be opened and the second existing subject is on the path.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the operation is an unlocking operation.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the unlocking operation is made effective if a predetermined condition is satisfied.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined condition is a condition that the controller causes the informing unit to provide the information.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined condition is a condition that a predetermined time elapses after the controller has caused the informing unit to provide the information.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined condition is a condition that a predetermined time elapses after the unlocking operation has been performed.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined condition is a condition that the second existing subject moves to a position which does not cross the path.

8 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined condition is a condition that the second existing subject performs a specific operation in response to the information provided by the informing unit.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the unlocking operation is made effective without any delay if the second existing subject is not detected on the path.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the operation is an operation for opening the door.

11 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller provides information indicating a range in which the door moves to open.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the controller indicates the range by using illumination light.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the controller indicates an outer edge of the range.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller causes the informing unit to provide at least part of the information to both inside a room and outside the room, the room being separated from the outside by the door.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, if the door is an inward-opening type, when the operation is performed outside a room, the controller causes the informing unit to provide at least part of the information to inside the room, the room being separated from the outside by the door.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, if the door is an inward-opening type, when the operation is performed outside a room, the controller causes the informing unit to provide at least part of the information to outside the room, the room being separated from the outside by the door.

17 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, if the door is an outward-opening type, when the operation is performed inside a room, the controller causes the informing unit to provide at least part of the information to outside the room, the room being separated from the outside by the door.

18 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, if the door is an outward-opening type, when the operation is performed inside a room, the controller causes the informing unit to provide at least part of the information to inside the room, the room being separated from the inside by the door.

19 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, if the second existing subject is not detected on the path, the controller does not cause the informing unit to provide the information.

20 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller performs control so that a speed of the door that has started to open will not exceed a predetermined speed.

21 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the door is fixed to a space to be rented.

22 . A management system comprising:

a controller that causes, when an operation to set a door in a state in which the door will be opened is performed by a first existing subject and if a second existing subject is located on a path on which the door moves to open, an informing unit to provide information that the door will be opened and the second existing subject is on the path.

23 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

causing, when an operation to set a door in a state in which the door will be opened is performed by a first existing subject and if a second existing subject is located on a path on which the door moves to open, an informing unit to provide information that the door will be opened and the second existing subject is on the path.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 17, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056254/0323 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2018
From: TOKUCHI, KENGO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046763/0931 →