US Patent Application 18446682. INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM simplified abstract

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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:Toshifumi Kitamura of Shizuoka (JP)]]

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18446682 titled 'INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes an information processing apparatus that can identify communication objects held by a moving object with a reader apparatus.

  • The apparatus receives identification information and reading time from the reader apparatus for a communication object near it.
  • It stores this information in a memory unit as association information.
  • Based on the stored association information, the apparatus can specify the identification information of the communication object held by the moving object.
  • This technology can be useful for tracking and identifying objects carried by moving objects, such as inventory management in warehouses or tracking assets in transit.


Original Abstract Submitted

An information processing apparatus operable to specify identification information of a communication object that a moving object that carries a reader apparatus holds: receives, from the reader apparatus, identification information read from a communication object near the reader apparatus, and a reading time thereof; stores, in a memory unit, association information that includes association of the received identification information and the reading time; and specifies the identification information of the communication object that the moving object holds based on the association information stored in the memory unit.

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