Property management system

• US 20090251283A1
• Filed: 09/28/2006
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orient Instrument Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Orient Instrument Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Ito, Tomoaki
• Application Number:
  US11/666,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20090251283A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.610
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

A property management system includes: a management server for managing a property item by a non-contact IC medium; a gate apparatus for reading medium information from the non-contact IC medium; and a destruction apparatus for destroying the property item. Gate passage permission/non-permission information is stored on the management server or the non-contact IC medium and, when destroying the property item, the destruction apparatus transmits the medium information to the management server to perform a destruction completion registration. The gate apparatus includes: a determination device for determining whether the gate passage permission/non-permission information represents permission or non-permission based on the medium information; and a passage prohibition device for prohibiting passage when the determination result is non-permission. Even when the gate passage permission/non-permission information represents non-permission, if the read medium information indicates that the destruction completion registration is already performed, the determination device permits the passage.

Claims

1. A property management system, comprising:

a management server for managing a property item by a non-contact IC medium attached to the property item;

a gate apparatus provided at an entrance/exit or an aisle for reading medium information from the non-contact IC medium; and

a destruction apparatus including a reader section for reading the medium information from the non-contact IC medium and a destruction section for destroying the property item;

wherein;

gate passage permission/non-permission information regarding gate passage permission/non-permission for a property item having the non-contact IC medium attached thereto is stored on the management server or the non-contact IC medium;

when destroying the property item, the destruction apparatus transmits the medium information to the management server to perform a destruction completion registration;

the gate apparatus includes;

a determination device for determining whether the gate passage permission/non-permission information represents permission or non-permission based on the medium information read from the non-contact IC medium passing the gate apparatus; and

a passage prohibition device for prohibiting passage when the determination result is non-permission; and

even when the gate passage permission/non-permission information represents non-permission, if the read medium information indicates that the destruction completion registration is already performed, the determination device permits the passage.

2. A property management system, comprising:

a management server for managing a property item by a non-contact IC medium attached to the property item;

a gate apparatus provided at an entrance/exit or an aisle for reading medium information from the non-contact IC medium;

important information management server for managing important information which needs to be managed in terms of taken-out; and

an information processing apparatus for outputting information to an output medium;

wherein;

the gate apparatus includes;

a determination device for determining whether the gate passage permission/non-permission information represents permission or non-permission based on the medium information read from the non-contact IC medium passing the gate apparatus; and

a passage prohibition device for prohibiting passage when the determination result is non-permission;

important information gate passage permission/non-permission information regarding gate passage permission/non-permission for an output medium having important information which is output by the information processing apparatus is pre-registered in the important information management server in association with the important information; and

the information processing apparatus includes;

a reader section for reading medium information from the non-contact IC medium attached to the output medium;

an important information output medium registration device for, when the important information managed by the important information management server is output to the output medium, registering the medium information read by the reader section from the non-contact IC medium attached to the output medium in the management server as a property item; and

a device for writing the important information gate passage permission/non-permission information as the gate passage permission/non-permission information regarding the output medium.

3. A property management system according to claim 2, further comprising a shredder including a reader section for reading the medium information from the non-contact IC medium, the shredder being for discarding the output medium;

wherein an error occurs while the important information is being output to the output medium by the information processing apparatus, re-output of the important information is stopped until the reader section reads that the output medium is discarded by the shredder.

4. A property management system according to claim 2, wherein:

the information processing apparatus includes a reading function of reading information from a medium; and

for reading information from the medium, the medium information is read from the non-contact IC medium attached to the medium by the reader section, and when the medium is not authorized, the information is prohibited from being read.

9. A property management system according to claim 3, wherein:

the information processing apparatus includes a reading function of reading information from a medium; and

for reading information from the medium, the medium information is read from the non-contact IC medium attached to the medium by the reader section, and when the medium is not authorized, the information is prohibited from being read.

5. A property management system, comprising:

a camera for obtaining an image of a property item;

a management server for managing the property item by a non-contact IC medium attached to the property item;

a gate apparatus provided at an entrance/exit or an aisle for reading medium information from the non-contact IC medium; and

a destruction apparatus including a reader section for reading the medium information from the non-contact IC medium and a destruction section for destroying the property item;

wherein;

an introduction time image of the property item which is taken by the camera at the time of introduction is registered in the management server; and

for destroying the property item by the destruction apparatus, an image of the property item is taken by the camera to obtain a destruction time image, so that it can be determined whether or not the property item has been replaced based on the destruction time image and images taken in the past.

6. A property management system according to claim 5, wherein an inspection time image is obtained by the camera at the time of periodical inspection, so that it can be determined whether or not the property item has been replaced based on the inspection time image and images taken in the past.

7. A property management system, comprising:

a management server for managing a property item by a non-contact IC medium attached to the property item;

a gate apparatus provided at an entrance/exit or an aisle for reading medium information from the non-contact IC medium;

a destruction apparatus including a reader section for reading the medium information from the non-contact IC medium and a destruction section for destroying the property item; and

a vicinity shooting camera for taking an image of the destruction apparatus and the vicinity thereof;

wherein;

when destroying the property item, the destruction apparatus transmits the medium information together with the date/time of destruction to the management server to perform a destruction completion registration; and

a moving picture taken by the vicinity shooting camera is stored on the management server together with the shooting time.

8. A property management system, comprising:

a management server for managing a property item by a non-contact IC medium attached to the property item;

important information management server for managing important information which needs to be managed in terms of taken-out;

a gate apparatus provided at an entrance/exit or an aisle for reading medium information from the non-contact IC medium;

a destruction apparatus including a reader section for reading the medium information from the non-contact IC medium and a destruction section for destroying the property item;

a property shooting camera for obtaining an image of the property item;

a vicinity shooting camera for taking an image of the destruction apparatus and the vicinity thereof; and

an information output apparatus for outputting information onto an output medium;

wherein;

for managing a take-out state of the property item,

gate passage permission/non-permission information regarding gate passage permission/non-permission on a property item having the non-contact IC medium attached thereto is stored on the management server or the non-contact IC medium;

when the destruction apparatus destroys the property item, the medium information is transmitted to the management server to perform a destruction completion registration; and

when it is determined, based on the medium information read from the non-contact IC medium passing the gate apparatus, that the gate passage permission/non-permission information on the property item represents permission or the destruction completion registration is performed on the property item the gate apparatus permits the property item to pass therethrough; and

otherwise, the gate apparatus prohibits the property item from passing therethrough;

for managing an output medium having important information stored thereon as a property item,

when the important information is output to the output medium by the information output apparatus, medium information read by a reader section of the information output apparatus from the non-contact IC medium attached to the output medium is transmitted to the management server to register the output medium as a property item, and important information gate passage permission/non-permission information stored on the important information management server is written as the gate passage permission/non-permission information on the output medium;

for monitoring the property item,

a moving picture taken by the vicinity shooting camera is stored on the management server together with the shooting time;

for managing the position of the property item,

the current position is obtained by a GPS unit included in the non-contact IC medium; and

for inspecting the property item,

an image of the property item is taken by the property shooting camera to obtain an inspection time image, so that it can be determined whether or not the property item has been replaced based on the inspection time image and images taken in the past.