IP Library Granted Patent US 10,635,962
Granted Patent B2
US 10,635,962 · App. 16/536,472 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Apparatus for managing baggage, a method for managing baggage and a baggage management system

Inventors: Motoyuki Suzuki (Oyamazaki, JP); Kazuhiko Yoshizawa (Oyamazaki, JP); Yasunobu Hashimoto (Oyamazaki, JP); Shigetaka Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Shinji Shibuya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MAXWELL, LTD.
G06K19/0727G06K19/07749G06Q10/08G06Q10/0832G06Q10/0833G08B25/10G08B21/24H04M1/72522H04M2250/04H04M2250/10
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Patent No.
US 10,635,962
App. No.
16/536,472
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for managing baggage and a method for managing baggage with which improved usability can be obtained. In order to solve the problem, an apparatus for managing baggage is provided with: a reader unit which reads tag information of a wireless tag attached to a baggage; a storage unit in which the tag information read by the reader unit is stored; and a control unit which makes a determination of a forgotten baggage by comparing the tag information stored in the storage unit with tag information newly read by the reader unit.

Claims (40)

1. A method of managing baggage comprising the steps of:

reading, by a tag information reader, a radio tag information installed in a baggage;

storing, in a storage, baggage management information including item name information of a baggage to be necessary to carry, user name information of a user who needs the baggage, the radio tag information corresponding to the baggage, and a carrying condition of the baggage;

when there is one user name associated with the radio tag information read by the tag information reader, determining, by a controller, the user indicated by the user name information as a target user of a forgotten baggage notification process;

when there are a plurality of user names associated with the radio tag information read by the tag information reader, controlling to display, by the controller, the plurality of user names on a display and determining the user indicated by the one user name selected as the target user of the forgotten baggage notification process;

when the radio tag information included in the baggage management information stored in the storage is not read by the tag information reader, notifying, by the controller, an item name information associated with the radio tag information that is not read by displaying on the display as a forgotten baggage of the user determined in the user identification process; and

in a case in which the tag information reader reads the radio tag information not registered in the baggage management information, registering, by the controller, the radio tag information as the radio tag information of the baggage of the identified user.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the baggage management information, baggage which is necessary to carry are registered to be distinguished for each day of the week or each event as the carrying condition, and further comprising the step of:

determining, by the controller, the forgotten baggage of the identified user based on the information of a date and time and the each day of the week from a timepiece unit, that outputs information of the date and time and the each day of the week, or information of the presence or absence of an event.

3. A method of managing baggage comprising the steps of:

reading, by a tag information reader, a radio tag information installed in the baggage;

storing, in a storage, baggage management information including a baggage which is previously registered to be necessary to carry for each user, the radio tag information corresponding to the baggage, and a carrying condition of the baggage;

outputting, by a timepiece unit, information of a date and time and each day of the week,

in a case in which the tag information reader reads the radio tag information not registered in the baggage management information, registering, by a controller, the radio tag information as the radio tag information of the baggage of an identified user,

registering, in the baggage management information, baggage which is necessary to carry to be distinguished for the each day of the week or each event as the carrying condition,

determining, by the controller, the forgotten baggage of the identified user based on the information of the date and time and the each day of the week from the timepiece unit or information of the presence or absence of an event; and

generating, by the controller, a log information including a number of baggage checking operations and a number of detections of the radio tag of the baggage for each day of the week or each event, storing the log information as the baggage management information, regarding the baggage satisfying a predetermined carrying requirement condition as the baggage which is necessary to carry, and setting the carrying condition.

4. A method of managing baggage comprising the steps of:

performing, by a communication unit, transmission and reception of information with an information terminal device;

storing, in a schedule information storage unit, schedule information of a user acquired from the information terminal device;

outputting, by a timepiece unit, information of a date and time and a day of the week;

reading, by a tag information reader, a radio tag information installed in a baggage,

storing, in a storage, baggage management information including a baggage which is previously registered to be necessary to carry for each user, the radio tag information corresponding to the baggage, and a carrying condition of the baggage;

identifying, by a controller, a user and determining a forgotten baggage of the identified user on the basis of the radio tag information read by the tag information reader and the baggage management information stored in the storage; and

determining, by the controller, the forgotten baggage of the user on the basis of the information of the date and time and the day of the week from the timepiece unit, the schedule information of the user stored in the schedule information storage unit, and a carrying condition included in the baggage management information.

5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising the step of:

providing, by the controller, a notification of the forgotten baggage to the information terminal device through the communication unit in a case in which the user forgets a baggage.

6. A method of managing baggage in which an apparatus and an information terminal device cooperate to manage the baggage and provide a notification of a forgotten baggage, the method comprising the steps of:

in the apparatus for the managing of the baggage:

performing, by a first communication unit, transmission and reception of information with the information terminal device,

storing, in a first schedule information storage unit, schedule information of a user acquired from the information terminal device,

outputting, by a timepiece unit, information of a date and time and a day of the week, and

reading, by a tag information reader, a radio tag information installed in the baggage, and

in the information terminal device:

performing, by a second communication unit, transmission and reception of information with the apparatus for the managing of the baggage, and

storing, by a second schedule information storage unit, schedule information of the user,

the method for the managing of the baggage further comprising the steps of:

storing, by a storage, baggage management information including a baggage which is previously registered to be necessary to carry for each user, the radio tag information corresponding to the baggage, and a carrying condition of the baggage;

identifying, by a controller, a user and determining a forgotten baggage of the identified user on the basis of the radio tag information read by the tag information reader and the baggage management information stored in the storage; and

determining, by the controller, the forgotten baggage of the user on the basis of the information of the date and time and the day of the week from the timepiece unit, the schedule information of the user stored in the first schedule information storage unit, and a carrying condition included in the baggage management information, and providing a notification of the forgotten baggage to the information terminal device through the first communication unit in a case in which the user forgets a baggage.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058666/0407 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0579 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-253456 · Dec 25, 2015 · national
JP 2016-088037 · Apr 26, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15779554
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