Inventory Management System
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1. An inventory management system, comprising:
- an antenna for communicating with an RFID tag attached to a displayed commodity;
detecting means for detecting a unique identifier from the RFID tag by communicating with the RFID tag through the antenna;
memorizing means for memorizing a list of the unique identifier detected by the detecting means; and
inventory management means for transmitting commodity inventory information to a computer through a network, the commodity inventory information being obtained by comparing the list of the unique identifier, the list being memorized in the memorizing means with a list of the unique identifier detected by the detecting means.
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Abstract
In the inventory management system managing the inventory status of a commodity displayed in a showcase by using a computer, the showcase is provided with an antenna for communicating with an RFID tag attached to a commodity on a commodity shelf, detecting means for detecting a unique number of the RFID tag by communicating with the RFID tag through the antenna, and transmitting means for transmitting the detected unique number of the RFID tag to the computer through a network. The computer manages the commodity inventory based on the unique number of the RFID tag, the unique number being received from the showcase.
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1. An inventory management system, comprising:
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an antenna for communicating with an RFID tag attached to a displayed commodity; detecting means for detecting a unique identifier from the RFID tag by communicating with the RFID tag through the antenna; memorizing means for memorizing a list of the unique identifier detected by the detecting means; and inventory management means for transmitting commodity inventory information to a computer through a network, the commodity inventory information being obtained by comparing the list of the unique identifier, the list being memorized in the memorizing means with a list of the unique identifier detected by the detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An inventory management system being provided with a showcase and a computer managing the inventory status of a commodity displayed in the showcase,
wherein the showcase includes: -
a commodity shelf for displaying a commodity to which an RFID tag is attached; a first antenna for communicating with the RFID tag attached to a commodity on the commodity shelf; first detecting means for detecting a unique identifier of the RFID tag by communicating with the RFID tag through the first antenna; and transmitting means for transmitting the detected unique identifier of the RFID tag to the computer through a network, the computer includes; first receiving means for storing a list of the unique identifier received from the first detecting means of the showcase in prescribed memorizing means; and inventory management means for managing commodity inventory based on the unique identifier of the RFID tag, the unique identifier being memorized in the memorizing means. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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