JP6407344B1 - Information processing apparatus, program, and system - Google Patents

Abstract

It is desirable to provide a technology that can support effective use of articles. An article information acquisition unit that acquires article information relating to an article transmitted by a wireless tag attached to an article stored in a storage, and an article state management that manages the state of the article using the article information. Information processing unit, a lending availability determination unit that determines whether or not to lend an article based on the state of the article, and a lending process execution unit that executes a lending process for the article according to a determination result by the lending availability determination unit Providing equipment. [Selection] Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a program, and a system.

A technique for managing an article in a warehouse using an RFID attached to the article has been known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[Prior art documents]
[Patent Literature]
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-036389

  It is desirable to provide technology that can support the effective use of articles.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus may include an article information acquisition unit that acquires article information related to an article transmitted by a wireless tag attached to the article stored in the storage. The information processing apparatus may include an article state management unit that manages the state of the article using the article information. The information processing apparatus may include a rental availability determination unit that determines whether or not the article is lent based on the state of the article. The information processing apparatus may include a lending process execution unit that executes a lending process for an article according to a determination result by the lending permission determination unit.

  The lending availability determination unit may determine that lending is possible when the state of the article satisfies a condition defined for each type of the article. The lending availability determination unit may determine that lending is possible when the unused period of the article is longer than a predetermined period. The information processing apparatus is configured to determine whether or not to sell the article based on the state of the article, and a sales process for executing the article selling process according to a determination result by the sale availability determining unit. And an execution unit. The sale availability determination unit may determine that the sale is possible when the state of the article satisfies a condition defined for each type of the article.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, a program for causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus is provided.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, a system is provided. The system may include the information processing device and the relay device. The relay device may include an information receiving unit that receives article information transmitted by the wireless tag. The relay device may include an information storage unit that stores article information received by the information receiving unit. The relay device may include a change determination unit that determines whether or not the state of the article has changed based on the reception state of the article information by the information receiving unit. The relay device may include an information transmission unit that transmits the article information of the article to the information processing apparatus when it is determined by the change determination unit that the condition of the article has changed.

  The change determination unit determines whether the status of the article has changed based on a timing at which the information receiving unit receives the article information from the wireless tag and a period in which the article information is not received from the wireless tag. May be determined. The wireless tag may include a sensor, the information reception unit may receive detection information detected by the sensor from the wireless tag, and the change determination unit may detect the detection received by the information reception unit. Based on the information, it may be determined whether or not the status of the article has changed. The information transmission unit may transmit the detection information to the information processing apparatus when the change determination unit determines that the state of the article has changed based on the detection information.

  It should be noted that the above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention. In addition, a sub-combination of these feature groups can also be an invention.

1 schematically illustrates an example of a system 100. An example of system 100 at the time of applying to management of article 62 is shown roughly. An example of the cover area 301 of the edge server 300 is shown schematically. An example of functional composition of edge server 300 is shown roughly. An example of a functional composition of communication terminal 600 is shown roughly. An example of functional composition of edge server 400 is shown roughly. An example of the hardware constitutions of the computer 1000 which functions as the edge server 300, the edge server 400, or the communication terminal 600 is shown schematically.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. In addition, not all the combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential for the solving means of the invention.

  FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an example of a system 100. The system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of relay devices arranged in each of a plurality of network hierarchies. The system 100 is provided by, for example, a telecommunications carrier.

  In FIG. 1, the system 100 includes an edge server 200 arranged in the network 20, a plurality of edge servers 300 arranged in the network hierarchy 30 lower than the network 20, and a network hierarchy 40 lower than the network hierarchy 30. The case where it has the some edge server 400 arrange | positioned is illustrated. The number of network layers included in the system 100 is not limited to this, and may be an arbitrary number. The edge server 200, the edge server 300, and the edge server 400 are examples of relay devices.

  In this example, the lower network layer 80 may conform to the first communication method, and the upper network layer 90 may conform to the second communication method that is more reliable than the first communication method. For example, the first communication method is a communication method that does not perform collision control, and the second communication method is a communication method that performs collision control. The first communication method may be, for example, so-called LoRa (Long-Range) and so-called 5G IoT (Internet of Thing). The second communication method may be, for example, LTE (Long Term Evolution), so-called 4G, so-called 5G, and so-called NB-IoT (Narrow Band IoT).

  In the system 100 according to the present embodiment, the edge server 400 receives object information regarding the object 60 transmitted according to a predetermined timing by the wireless tag 50 attached to the object 60. The object information is identification information for identifying the object 60, for example. The object information may be identification information for identifying the wireless tag 50 attached to the object 60. Then, the system 100 optimizes the information by the edge server 400, the edge server 300, and the edge server 200 that are arranged in a hierarchy, and, for example, connects the cloud network 10 to the communication terminal 600 of the user 601 that manages the object 60. Send through. The cloud network 10 is configured by the Internet or the like.

  The object 60 may be any object whose status is a management target. The wireless tag 50 being attached to the object 60 may be disposed on the outer surface of the object 60 or may be incorporated in the object 60.

  Conceptually transmitting information may conceptually mean transmitting only information necessary for the user 601. Further, it may be that information inappropriate for the user 601 is not transmitted. Further, only reliable information may be transmitted. Further, it may be that uncertain information is not transmitted. Further, only information appropriate for the user 601 may be transmitted. In addition, information unnecessary for the user 601 may not be transmitted.

  For example, after transmitting the information received from the wireless tag 50 to the edge server 300, the edge server 400 determines whether or not the state of the object 60 has changed based on the reception state of the information from the wireless tag 50. Only when there is a change, information is transmitted to the edge server 300. As an example, the edge server 400 may determine whether or not the status of the object 60 has changed based on the timing at which information is received from the wireless tag 50 and the period in which information is not received from the wireless tag 50.

  When information is transmitted to the edge server 400 using a communication method in which the wireless tag 50 does not perform collision control, the information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 may not reach the edge server 400. For example, transmission by the wireless tag 50 may fail a few times every 10 times.

  For example, in a situation where the edge server 400 receives the information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 every 10 minutes, if the information is not received 10 minutes after the information is received, the object 60 is moved to the edge server 400. There is a possibility that it has been moved out of the communication range and a possibility that communication has failed. Therefore, if information is not received 10 minutes after receiving the information, it is uncertain if it is immediately determined that the object 60 has moved out of the communication range with the edge server 400 and transmitted to the communication terminal 600. Will send a lot of information.

  The edge server 400 according to the present embodiment receives information for a predetermined period such as 30 minutes after receiving information in a situation where information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 is received every 10 minutes, for example. If not, it is determined that the object 60 has been moved out of the communication range with the edge server 400, and information is transmitted to the communication terminal 600. As a result, uncertain information can be prevented from being transmitted.

  The edge server 400 may transmit the object information received and stored from the wireless tag 50 to the edge server 300 according to a preset timing. Arbitrary timings such as every minute, every hour, every day, every week, etc. may be set as the timing. The edge server 400 transmits information to the edge server 300 at the second timing when, for example, a change in the state of the object is detected between the first timing and the second timing that are continuous.

  For example, the edge server 400 sets the timing in accordance with an instruction received from the communication terminal 600 via the network hierarchy higher than the network hierarchy 40 included in the system 100 and the cloud network 10. Thereby, for example, the user 601 can adjust the usage amount of the network resource by adjusting the timing. Note that the edge server 400 may set the timing according to the operation of the operator of the edge server 400 or the like.

  In a situation where the wireless tag 50 having a sensor transmits detection information detected by the sensor to the edge server 400 according to a predetermined timing, the edge server 400 aggregates the detection information and performs edge processing in the same manner as the object information. You may transmit to the server 300.

  As described above, according to the system 100 according to the present embodiment, the amount of information transmitted to the communication terminal 600 via the hierarchical network and the cloud network 10 can be appropriately reduced, and the network load is appropriately reduced. can do. In addition, when the user 601 is charged according to the communication amount, the charge amount can be appropriately reduced.

  FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of the system 100 when applied to the management of the articles 62 in the storage 42. FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of the cover area 301 of the edge server 300. Here, the case where the storage 42 is a disaster prevention storage for storing articles 62 relating to disaster prevention will be described as an example.

  The article 62 may be anything as long as it relates to disaster prevention. For example, the article 62 is an engine generator, a fire extinguisher, an electric light, a helmet, and an emergency food.

  The wireless tag 50 attached to the article 62 transmits article information related to the article 62 in accordance with a predetermined timing. The article information may include article identification information that identifies the article 62. Further, the article information may include information such as the expiration date and the expiration date of the article 62.

  The wireless tag 50 attached to the article 62 may have a sensor, and the article information may include detection information detected by the sensor. For example, when the article 62 includes contents, the article information includes detection information detected by a sensor that detects the amount of the contents. As a specific example, the wireless tag 50 attached to the generator / generator transmits article information including the gasoline remaining amount detected by the gasoline remaining amount sensor. Further, the wireless tag 50 attached to the generator may transmit article information including position information of the generator detected by the GPS sensor.

  The edge server 400 in the storage 42 transmits the article information received from the wireless tag 50 to the edge server 300. The edge server 300 manages the state of the article 62 based on the article information received from the edge server 400. The edge server 300 manages the usage status of the article 62, for example. The edge server 300 may manage the number of articles 62. Further, the edge server 300 may manage the expiration date and the expiration date of the article 62.

  The storage 42 has a gate 44 having an opening / closing mechanism. The gate 44, for example, stores the user 701's storage box when it is determined that authentication is possible by reading a payment-enabled medium such as a credit card or a mobile phone of the user 701 that can perform payment for the rental or sale of the article 62. Admission to 42 is permitted. The user 701 may request for lending or purchasing by holding the wireless tag 50 of the article 62 desired to be lent or purchased and the settlement-enabled medium over the reader of the gate 44. The reader transmits request information to the edge server 300 via the edge server 400.

  When the edge server 300 receives request information for requesting the rental of the article 62, the edge server 300 determines whether the rental is possible according to the state of the article 62. The edge server 300 determines that lending is possible, for example, when the unused period of the generator / generator has passed a predetermined period. In this way, by allowing the generators whose untrial period has passed a predetermined period to be lent out, it is possible to avoid a state in which the generator is not used for a long period of time, and the performance of the generator A decrease can be prevented.

  If the edge server 300 determines that lending is possible, the edge server 300 executes lending processing for the article 62. The edge server 300 may perform settlement of the rental fee using information read from the settlement-enabled medium as the lending process. Further, the edge server 300 may open the opening / closing mechanism of the gate 44 as a lending process.

  The edge server 300 may set the rental period of the article 62 according to the state of the article 62. For example, the edge server 300 displays the set rental period of the article 62 on a display in the storage 42 or a portable terminal owned by the user 701. As the display in the storage 42, the edge server 400 may include a display, the gate 44 may include a display, and other communication devices may include the display. If the article 62 is not returned before the rental period of the article 62 elapses, the edge server 300 may execute the payment of the purchase fee using information read from the settlement readable medium.

  When the edge server 300 receives request information for requesting the purchase of the article 62, the edge server 300 determines whether or not the sale is possible according to the state of the article 62. When the edge server 300 determines that the item is for sale, the edge server 300 executes a sale process for the article 62. The edge server 300 may execute sales fee settlement using information read from a settlement-enabled medium as a sales process. Further, the edge server 300 may open the opening / closing mechanism of the gate 44 as a sales process.

  The edge server 300 may directly receive the article information transmitted by the wireless tag 50. For example, the edge server 300 manages the article 62 based on article information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 attached to the article 62 such as a motor generator that has been rented. For example, the edge server 300 determines that the article 62 has been taken out from the cover area 301 based on the timing at which the article information is received from the wireless tag 50 and the period in which the article information is not received from the wireless tag 50. As a specific example, the edge server 300 specifies the reception timing according to the reception status of receiving the article information from the wireless tag 50, and determines whether the article 62 has been taken out from the cover area 301 based on the specified reception timing. A determination reference period is set as a reference for this. Then, the edge server 300 determines that the article 62 has been taken out from the cover area 301 when the period in which the article information is not received from the wireless tag 50 exceeds the determination reference period. In this case, the edge server 300 may give a warning or the like to the subject that lends the article 62.

  FIG. 4 schematically shows an example of the functional configuration of the edge server 300. The edge server 300 includes an article information acquisition unit 302, an article state management unit 304, a lending availability determination unit 306, a sales availability determination unit 308, a request acquisition unit 310, a lending process execution unit 312, and a sales process execution unit 314.

  The article information acquisition unit 302 acquires article information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 attached to the article 62 stored in the storage 42. The article information acquisition unit 302 may receive article information from the edge server 400.

  The article state management unit 304 manages the state of the article 62 using the article information acquired by the article information acquisition unit 302. The article state management unit 304 manages, for example, the usage status, the expiration date, the expiration date, and the number of articles 62. When the article 62 includes contents such as a generator and a fire extinguisher, the article state management unit 304 may manage the remaining amount of the contents.

  The rentability determination unit 306 determines whether the item 62 is lent based on the state of the item 62 managed by the item state management unit 304. For example, if the untrial period of the article 62 is longer than a predetermined period, the lending / rejecting determination unit 306 determines that lending is possible. In addition, for example, if the period until the expiry date or the expiration date of the article 62 is shorter than a predetermined period, the lending availability determination unit 306 determines that lending is possible. For example, when the number of articles 62 is larger than a predetermined number, the lending / possessing determination unit 306 determines that lending is possible.

  The sale availability determination unit 308 determines whether the item 62 is available for sale based on the state of the item 62 managed by the item state management unit 304. For example, if the untrial period of the article 62 is longer than a predetermined period, the sale availability determination unit 308 determines that the sale is possible. In addition, the sale possibility determination unit 308 determines that sale is possible, for example, when the period until the expiration date or the expiration date of the article 62 is shorter than a predetermined period. Further, for example, when the number of articles 62 is larger than a predetermined number, the sale possibility determination unit 308 determines that sale is possible.

  The request acquisition unit 310 acquires a rental request for the article 62. The request acquisition unit 310 acquires a purchase request for the article 62.

  When the request acquisition unit 310 acquires a rental request for the article 62, the lending process execution unit 312 acquires the determination result of whether or not the lending is permitted by the lending availability determination unit 306. Execute the lending process.

  When the request acquisition unit 310 acquires a purchase request for the article 62, the sales processing execution unit 314 acquires the sale propriety determination result by the sale allowance determination unit 308. Execute sales processing.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the edge server 300 is an information processing apparatus has been mainly described as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Communication terminal 600 may be an information processing device.

  FIG. 5 schematically shows an example of a functional configuration of the communication terminal 600. The communication terminal 600 includes an article information acquisition unit 602, an article state management unit 604, a rental availability determination unit 606, a sales availability determination unit 608, a request acquisition unit 610, a lending process execution unit 612, and a sales process execution unit 614. Here, differences from FIG. 4 will be mainly described.

  The article information acquisition unit 602 acquires article information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 attached to the article 62 stored in the storage 42. The article information acquisition unit 302 may receive the article information transmitted by the edge server 400 via the cloud network 10. The article state management unit 604, the lending availability determination unit 606, the sale availability determination unit 608, the request acquisition unit 610, the lending process execution unit 612, and the sales process execution unit 614 include an article state management unit 304, a lending availability determination unit 306, and a sale. The same processing as the availability determination unit 308, the request acquisition unit 310, the lending process execution unit 312 and the sales process execution unit 314 may be executed.

  FIG. 6 schematically illustrates an example of a functional configuration of the edge server 400. The edge server 400 includes an information reception unit 402, an information storage unit 404, a change determination unit 406, an information transmission unit 408, a timing setting unit 410, an information aggregation unit 412, and an aggregation condition setting unit 414. Note that it is not essential that the edge server 400 has all of these configurations. The edge server 400 may be an example of a relay device.

  The information receiving unit 402 receives article information related to the article 62 transmitted according to a predetermined timing by the wireless tag 50 attached to the article 62. The information receiving unit 402 receives, for example, article identification information. The information receiving unit 402 receives detection information detected by a sensor included in the wireless tag 50, for example. The information storage unit 404 stores information received by the information reception unit 402.

  The change determination unit 406 determines whether or not the state of the article 62 has changed based on the reception state of the article information by the information reception unit 402. The change determination unit 406 determines the status of the article 62 based on, for example, the timing at which the information receiving unit 402 receives article information from the wireless tag 50 and the period in which the information receiving unit 402 does not receive article information from the wireless tag 50. Determine if there has been a change.

  For example, the change determination unit 406 specifies the reception timing according to the reception status of receiving the article information from the wireless tag 50, and the reference for determining whether or not the status of the article has changed from the specified reception timing. The judgment reference period is set. Then, the change determination unit 406 determines that the state of the article 62 has changed when the period in which the article information is not received from the wireless tag 50 exceeds the determination reference period. Further, the change determination unit 406 determines that there is a change in the state of the object when, for example, the difference in the detection information received by the information reception unit 402 from the wireless tag 50 is greater than a predetermined threshold.

  The change determination unit 406 may store a determination reference period setting method, a predetermined threshold value, and the like in advance. Further, the change determination unit 406 may receive and store such information from the communication terminal 600 or the like via a network layer higher than the network layer 40, for example.

  When the change determination unit 406 determines that the state of the article 62 has changed, the information transmission unit 408 displays the article information of the article 62 stored in the information storage unit 404 above the edge server 400. Send to the network hierarchy. For example, the information transmission unit 408 transmits the article information to the edge server 300. The information transmission unit 408 may transmit the article information to the edge server 200.

  The timing setting unit 410 sets the timing at which the information transmission unit 408 transmits the article information stored in the information storage unit 404. The timing setting unit 410 may set the timing in accordance with an instruction received via a network layer higher than the network layer 40. The timing setting unit 410 sets the timing according to instructions received from the communication terminal 600 via the cloud network 10, the edge server 200, and the edge server 300, for example. Note that the timing setting unit 410 may set the timing according to the operation of the operator of the edge server 400 or the like.

  When the change determination unit 406 detects a change in the state of the article 62 during successive timings set by the timing setting unit 410, the information transmission unit 408 displays the article information of the article 62 at the latter timing. You may transmit to the edge server 300. FIG.

  The information aggregating unit 412 aggregates information stored in the information storage unit 404. For example, the information aggregating unit 412 aggregates a plurality of pieces of detection information stored in the information storage unit 404 to generate aggregated information. For example, the information aggregating unit 412 generates an average value or a representative value of a plurality of pieces of detection information as aggregated information. In addition, the information aggregating unit 412 generates aggregated information including only detection information indicating abnormality among the plurality of detection information.

  The aggregation condition setting unit 414 sets information aggregation conditions by the information aggregation unit 412. The aggregation condition setting unit 414 may set the aggregation condition according to the instruction received via the network layer higher than the network layer 40. For example, the aggregation condition setting unit 414 sets the aggregation condition according to instructions received from the communication terminal 600 via the cloud network 10, the edge server 200, and the edge server 300. Note that the aggregation condition setting unit 414 may set the aggregation condition in accordance with the operation of the operator of the edge server 400 or the like. The information aggregation unit 412 may aggregate the information stored in the information storage unit 404 in accordance with the aggregation condition set by the aggregation condition setting unit 414.

  FIG. 7 schematically illustrates an example of a computer 1000 that functions as the edge server 300, the edge server 400, or the communication terminal 600. The computer 1000 according to this embodiment includes a CPU peripheral unit including a CPU 1010, a RAM 1030, and a graphic controller 1085 that are connected to each other by a host controller 1092; a ROM 1020 that is connected to the host controller 1092 by an input / output controller 1094; An input / output unit having F1040, a hard disk drive 1050, and an input / output chip 1080 is provided.

  The CPU 1010 operates based on programs stored in the ROM 1020 and the RAM 1030 and controls each unit. The graphic controller 1085 acquires image data generated by the CPU 1010 or the like on a frame buffer provided in the RAM 1030 and displays the image data on the display 1090. Alternatively, the graphic controller 1085 may include a frame buffer that stores image data generated by the CPU 1010 or the like.

  The communication I / F 1040 communicates with other devices via a network by wire or wireless. The communication I / F 1040 functions as hardware that performs communication. The hard disk drive 1050 stores programs and data used by the CPU 1010.

  The ROM 1020 stores a boot program executed when the computer 1000 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1000, and the like. The input / output chip 1080 connects various input / output devices to the input / output controller 1094 via, for example, a parallel port, a serial port, a keyboard port, a mouse port, and the like.

  A program provided to the hard disk drive 1050 via the RAM 1030 is stored in a recording medium such as an IC card and provided by the user. The program is read from the recording medium, installed in the hard disk drive 1050 via the RAM 1030, and executed by the CPU 1010.

  A program that is installed in the computer 1000 and causes the computer 1000 to function as the edge server 300 may work on the CPU 1010 or the like to cause the computer 1000 to function as each unit of the edge server 300. The information processing described in these programs is read by the computer 1000, whereby an article information acquisition unit 302, an article state management unit, which is a specific means in which software and the various hardware resources described above cooperate. 304, a lending availability determination unit 306, a sales availability determination unit 308, a request acquisition unit 310, a lending process execution unit 312, and a sales process execution unit 314. And the specific edge server 300 according to the intended purpose is constructed | assembled by implement | achieving the calculation or processing of the information according to the intended purpose of the computer 1000 in this embodiment by these specific means.

  A program installed in the computer 1000 and causing the computer 1000 to function as the communication terminal 600 may work on the CPU 1010 or the like to cause the computer 1000 to function as each unit of the communication terminal 600. The information processing described in these programs is read by the computer 1000, whereby an article information acquisition unit 602, an article state management unit, which is a specific means in which the software and the various hardware resources described above cooperate. 604, a lending availability determination unit 606, a sales availability determination unit 608, a request acquisition unit 610, a lending processing execution unit 612, and a sales processing execution unit 614. And the specific communication terminal 600 according to the use purpose is constructed | assembled by implement | achieving the calculation or processing of the information according to the use purpose of the computer 1000 in this embodiment by these concrete means.

  A program installed in the computer 1000 and causing the computer 1000 to function as the edge server 400 may work on the CPU 1010 or the like to cause the computer 1000 to function as each unit of the edge server 400. The information processing described in these programs is read by the computer 1000, whereby the information receiving unit 402, the information storing unit 404, which are specific means in which the software and the various hardware resources described above cooperate. It functions as a change determination unit 406, an information transmission unit 408, a timing setting unit 410, an information aggregation unit 412, and an aggregation condition setting unit 414. And the specific edge server 400 according to the use purpose is constructed | assembled by implement | achieving the calculation or processing of the information according to the use purpose of the computer 1000 in this embodiment by these concrete means.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The order of execution of each process such as operations, procedures, steps, and stages in the apparatus, system, program, and method shown in the claims, the description, and the drawings is particularly “before” or “prior to”. It should be noted that it can be realized in any order unless the output of the previous process is used in the subsequent process. Regarding the operation flow in the claims, the description, and the drawings, even if it is described using “first,” “next,” etc. for convenience, it means that it is essential to carry out in this order. It is not a thing.

10 network, 20 network, 30 network layer, 40 network layer, 42 storage, 44 gate, 50 wireless tag, 60 object, 100 system, 200 edge server, 300 edge server, 302 article information acquisition unit, 304 article state management 306 Lending availability determination unit 308 Sales availability determination unit 310 Request acquisition unit 312 Lending processing execution unit 314 Sales processing execution unit 400 Edge server 402 Information receiving unit 404 Information storage unit 406 Change determination unit 408 information transmission unit, 410 timing setting unit, 412 information aggregation unit, 414 aggregation condition setting unit, 600 communication terminal, 601 user, 602 article information acquisition unit, 604 article state management unit, 606 rental availability determination unit, 608 sale availability determination unit Department, 610 Request taking 612 Lending process execution part 614 Sales process execution part 1000 Computer 1010 CPU 1020 ROM 1030 RAM 1040 Communication I / F 1050 Hard disk drive 1080 Input / output chip 1092 Host controller 1094 Input / output controller 1000 computer, 1010 CPU, 1020 ROM, 1030 RAM, 1040 communication I / F, 1050 hard disk drive, 1080 input / output chip, 1085 graphic controller, 1090 display, 1092 host controller, 1094 input / output controller

Claims (10)

An article information acquisition unit for acquiring article information related to the article transmitted by a wireless tag attached to the article stored in the disaster prevention storage;
An article state management unit that manages the state of the article using the article information;
Based on the state of the article, a rentability determination unit that determines rentability of the article;
A lending process execution unit that executes the lending process of the article according to the determination result by the lending permission determination unit ;
The lending availability determination unit determines that lending is possible when the period until the expiration date or the expiration date of use of the article is shorter than a predetermined period.
Information processing device.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lendability determination unit determines that lending is possible when a state of the article satisfies a condition defined for each type of the article.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lending availability determination unit determines that lending is possible when the unused period of the article is longer than a predetermined period. Based on the state of the article, a sale availability determination unit that determines whether the article can be sold,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a sales process execution unit that executes a sales process of the article according to a determination result by the sales possibility determination unit.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the sale possibility determination unit determines that sale is possible when a state of the article satisfies a condition defined for each type of the article.   A program for causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5. An information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A system comprising a relay device,
The relay device is
An information receiving unit for receiving the article information transmitted by the wireless tag;
An information storage unit for storing the article information received by the information receiving unit;
A change determining unit that determines whether or not there has been a change in the status of the article based on the reception status of the article information by the information receiving unit;
An information transmission unit configured to transmit the article information of the article to the information processing apparatus when the change judgment unit determines that the condition of the article has changed.   The change determination unit determines whether the status of the article has changed based on a timing at which the information receiving unit receives the article information from the wireless tag and a period in which the article information is not received from the wireless tag. The system of claim 7, wherein: The wireless tag has a sensor,
The information receiving unit receives detection information detected by the sensor from the wireless tag,
The system according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the change determination unit determines whether there is a change in the status of the article based on the detection information received by the information reception unit.   The information transmission unit transmits the detection information to the information processing apparatus when the change determination unit determines that the state of the article has changed based on the detection information. System.

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