Place management apparatus and place management method
First Claim
1. A place management apparatus comprising:
- thing attribute storing means for storing attribute information and an RFID-tag ID of each thing in correspondence;
reception controlling means for receiving IDs of RFID-tags attached to respective things located in a spatial area of a predetermined place; and
attribute determining means for determining an attribute of the place on the basis of the RFID-tag IDs received by the reception controlling means and the attribute information and the RFID-tag ID of each thing stored in the thing attribute storing means.
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Abstract
As an embodiment of the present invention, a place management system reads attributes of commodities from RFID-tags attached to the respective commodities located in a spatial area of a predetermined place, and determines an attribute of the place from the attributes read. The place management system is also able to store attribute inference rule information for determining the attribute of the place from the attribute information of commodities and to determine the attribute of the place on the basis of the attribute inference rule information from the attributes of the commodities recognized. Furthermore, the place management system has a place movement determiner for determining a movement of a place, and the place movement determiner is able to appropriately determine the movement when the place moves.
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12 Claims
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1. A place management apparatus comprising:
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thing attribute storing means for storing attribute information and an RFID-tag ID of each thing in correspondence;
reception controlling means for receiving IDs of RFID-tags attached to respective things located in a spatial area of a predetermined place; and
attribute determining means for determining an attribute of the place on the basis of the RFID-tag IDs received by the reception controlling means and the attribute information and the RFID-tag ID of each thing stored in the thing attribute storing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A place management method comprising:
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a receiving step of receiving IDs of RFID-tags attached to respective things located in a spatial area of a predetermined place;
a reading step of reading attribute information and an RFID-tag ID of each thing stored in correspondence; and
a determining step of determining an attribute of the place on the basis of the received RFID-tag IDs and the attribute information and the RFID-tag ID read.
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