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Commodity rental apparatus, commodity rental system, and commodity rental method

  • US 20050261977A1
  • Filed: 08/16/2002
  • Published: 11/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A commodity rental apparatus comprising:

  • an input unit that selects a commodity to input rental information for renting the selected commodity;

    a containing unit that contains a commodity with a record tag on which identification information for identifying the commodity is recorded in advance to deliver the commodity selected by the input unit after executing reading/writing of predetermined information onto the record tag;

    a return unit that accepts a commodity to be returned, and reads rental information recorded on the record tag of the commodity to generate return information; and

    a control unit that is connected to the input unit to control the containing unit and the return unit, wherein the control unit reads identification information recorded on the record tag based on rental information sent from the input unit, identifies the commodity to be delivered from the containing unit, records rental information on the record tag of the commodity, and records return information sent from the return unit on the record tag of the commodity when the commodity is accepted by the return unit.

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