JP2020083565A - Article management system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an article management system which avoids overlapping a beacon signal transmitting similar positional information, and achieves power saving.SOLUTION: An article management system includes: a storage device including opening/closing detection means and first beacon transmitting/receiving means; a wearable device including operation detection means and second beacon transmitting/receiving means; a beacon transmitting/receiving device which each transmits/receives positional information transmitted from the first beacon transmitting/receiving means at a predetermined interval, positional information transmitted from the second beacon transmitting/receiving means at a predetermined interval and a beacon signal including information on the operation detection means of the wearable device; and a storage state determination device which determines a storage state. The article management system determines that the wearable device is stored in the storage device with the storage state determination means, and controls a change in a positional information transmission frequency of the wearable device transmitted at the predetermined interval by the result of the opening/closing detection means and the result of the operation detection of the operation detection means of the wearable device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11

Description

The present invention relates to a communication system in a wireless network including a router and a plurality of end devices, and particularly to power saving in a plurality of end devices.

At home, articles are stored in various storage cases, chests, closets, etc. to manage articles such as costumes. As an article management method using a wireless network, as in Patent Document 1, a storage case or the like, which is one of the end devices, is provided with a beacon transmission means, and position information and the like are transmitted to a master device provided with a beacon reception device. An article management system that manages articles can be considered.

JP, 2007-122535, A

However, when managing various storage cases and the like at home, it is necessary to manage movement of the storage cases between rooms and the like, and it is necessary to periodically transmit position information. At this time, when a plurality of storage cases are used by stacking or arranging them side by side, or when a device equipped with a beacon transmitting/receiving means is stored in the storage case and used, the storage case and the beacon transmitting/receiving means are provided. Each of the devices will periodically transmit position information of substantially the same position as a beacon signal. However, only one piece of position information is required for the same place.

An object of the present invention is to avoid such duplication of similar beacon signals and realize power saving.

In order to achieve the above object, the article management system according to the present invention,
A storage device provided with an opening/closing detection means and a first beacon transmission/reception means, a wearable device having an operation detection means for detecting an operation and a second beacon transmission/reception means, and a transmission from the first beacon transmission/reception means Position information, a beacon signal including the opening or closing information of the storage device, position information transmitted from the second beacon transmitting and receiving means, and a beacon signal including information of the operation detecting means of the wearable device. , An external beacon transmitting/receiving device for transmitting/receiving, respectively, and a storage state determination device for determining the storage state of the articles to be stored in/removed from the storage device, in a beacon transmission/reception means of the storage device. From the beacon transmission/reception means of the wearable device, position information is transmitted to the external beacon transmission/reception device at predetermined intervals, respectively, and it is determined that the wearable device is stored in the storage device by the storage state determination means, According to a result of the opening/closing detection unit and a result of the operation detection of the wearable device, a frequency of transmitting position information of the wearable device at the predetermined interval is controlled to be changed.

According to the article management system of the present invention, beacon signals from a plurality of end devices located at substantially the same location can be minimized, and power can be saved.

It is a perspective view of a room 10 relating to the article management system of the present invention. 1 is a schematic diagram of a house 1 and a schematic diagram of a short-range wireless communication network 81 related to an article management system of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the storage case 30 regarding the article management system of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the house 1 concerning the article management system of the present invention. It is a management table of the goods concerning the goods management system of the present invention. It is a management table of the case concerning the article management system of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the computer 50 related to the article management system of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing in detail a process of updating the article management table 100 according to the article management system of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing in detail a process of updating the management table 200 of the case relating to the article management system of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the IoT clothes 300 concerning the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram of the storage case 30 concerning the Example of this invention. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation of the computer 50 in the power saving system when the IoT clothes 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention is taken in and out of the storage case 30. 9 is a flowchart showing in detail a process of updating the case management table 200 in the power saving system when the IoT clothes 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention is put in and taken out of the storage case 30. It is a management table of the articles|goods in the power saving system which concerns on the Example of this invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The technical scope of the present invention is defined by the claims and is not limited by the embodiments. Moreover, not all combinations of the features described in the embodiments are essential to the present invention. First, an outline of the article management system will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a room 10 showing a room of a house 1.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a closet, in which various storage cases and articles are stored, and various storage cases and articles can be hidden by closing a door 21 that is configured to be openable and closable. Reference numeral 30 denotes a storage case, in which various articles are stored, and the articles are managed by monitoring the articles put in and taken out of the storage case 30 (details will be described later). A home camera 40 stores most of the room 1 within the angle of view, and is used for monitoring the room as necessary and for determining articles to be taken in and out from a storage case described later.

Although only one home camera 40 is shown in the figure, it is supposed that a plurality of home cameras 40 are provided in the house 1, and it is preferable to provide a plurality of home cameras 40 to reduce the blind spot in the house 1 as much as possible. Reference numeral 50 denotes a computer, which controls the devices in the house 1. A wireless communication router 60 is connected to the Internet communication network 80 and is used when transmitting or acquiring a wireless signal transmitted from the computer 50 or the like to an external device such as the cloud server 70.

2A is a diagram schematically showing the house 1, and FIG. 2B is a diagram schematically showing a short-range wireless communication network 81 set up in the house 1.

10 is the above-mentioned room, 11 is a room different from 10, 12 is a corridor connecting the rooms, and 13 is an entrance of the house 1.

As shown in FIG. 2B, a short-distance wireless communication network 81 is set up in the house 1. The short-range wireless communication network 81 is constructed by connecting each device within a range where a beacon signal transmitted from a beacon transmission/reception device (details will be described later) provided in each device reaches each other through communication of the beacon signal.

For example, taking the room 10 as an example, between the closet 20, the storage case 30, the home camera 40, the computer 50, the wireless communication router 60, and other lighting devices, switches, doors, and other devices in the room 10. Are connected to each other.

This short-distance wireless communication network 81 has redundancy, and even if the communication of the beacon signal between some devices is disconnected, the beacon signal can be transmitted to the target device via the other device. For example, when a certain luminaire is taken out of the room 10, the communication of the beacon signal via the luminaire is reconstructed so as to be communicated via another device. On the contrary, when a new device is brought into the room 10, a new short-range wireless communication network 81 via the device is rebuilt. The short-range wireless communication network 81 is connected not only to the above-mentioned room 10 but also to the devices of the entire house 1, and for example, the beacon signal sent from the door 14 of the entrance 13 should be passed through other devices such as the door of the room 10. Can be transmitted to the computer 50 in the room 10.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the storage case 30 will be described with reference to FIG.

3A and 3B are configuration diagrams of the storage case 30. FIG. 3A shows a state where the storage case 30 is open, and FIG. 3B shows a closed state.

The storage case 30 mainly includes a drawer portion 31 and a main body portion 32, and the drawer portion 31 can store articles such as clothes. When the drawer 31 is pulled out from the main body 32, the storage case is opened, and when it is stored, it is closed.

The drawer 31 is provided with a coil 31a, a beacon transmitter/receiver 31b, and a coin-type battery 31c, and the main body 32 is located at a position facing the coil 31a of the drawer 31 when the storage case 30 is in a stored state. Is equipped with a magnet 32a. The coil 31a and the magnet 32a constitute open/close detection means. The principle of open/close detection will be described below.

When the pulling-out portion 31 of the storage case 30 is pulled out from the main body portion 32, that is, the transition operation from the closed state to the open state is performed, the coil 31a and the magnet 32a that face each other move away from each other (see (a) of FIG. 3). .. As a result, the magnetic flux penetrating the coil 31a changes, and an induced electromotive force is generated in the coil 31a according to the law of electromagnetic induction. A beacon signal is transmitted by activating the beacon transmission/reception unit 31b with this electric power and receiving electric power from the coin battery 31c.

Next, when the operation of storing the drawer portion 31 of the storage case 30 in the main body portion 32, that is, the operation of transitioning from the open state to the closed state, is performed, the coil 31a and the magnet 32a approach a position where they face each other (see FIG. 3). (See (b)). As a result, the magnetic flux penetrating the coil 31a changes, and in accordance with the law of electromagnetic induction, an induced electromotive force is generated in the coil 31a in the opposite direction to that when the lead portion 31 is pulled out. A beacon signal is transmitted by operating the beacon transmission/reception unit 31b with this electric power and receiving electric power from the coin battery 31c.

Since the induced electromotive force in the opposite direction is generated when the drawer 31 is pulled out and when the drawer 31 is stored, the beacon signal transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 31b can be distinguished. Therefore, it is possible to determine that one of the drawers 31 has been pulled out and the other one that the drawer 31 is housed. When the computer 50 described above receives the transmitted beacon signal, the opening/closing of the storage case 30 is detected. The above is the principle of open/close detection.

Not only when the storage case 30 is opened/closed, but also from the beacon transmitting/receiving unit 31b provided in the storage case 30, a beacon signal is transmitted once every 10 seconds in normal times. This beacon signal is called the first beacon signal B1.

Further, as described above, the beacon signal is also transmitted when the open state in which the drawer portion 31 of the storage case 30 is pulled out from the main body portion 32 is detected and when the stored closed state is detected. .. The beacon signal transmitted when the open state is detected is called the second beacon signal B2, and the beacon signal transmitted when the closed state is detected is called the third beacon signal B3.

However, the frequency of transmission of the first beacon signal B1 may be reduced to save power, the frequency of transmission may be increased to improve the tracking accuracy of the position of the storage case 30, or when position information is not required. You may stop sending calls. Each beacon signal B1, B2, B3 transmitted from the storage case 30 is sent to each device including a computer 50 and other beacon transmitting/receiving units via the short-range communication network 81 set up in the house 1. ..

When the first beacon signal B1 is sent from the storage case 30, peripheral devices receive the beacon signal B1. When the beacon signal B1 is received by three or more devices, the first beacon signal B1 is obtained from the difference between the position of each device that received the beacon signal B1 and the radio field intensity received by each device in the manner of three-point positioning. Is determined. For example, when the beacon signal B1 is transmitted from the storage case 30 shown in FIG. 2B, the beacon signal B1 is received by the closet 20, the computer 50, and the door in the vicinity. Since it is received by three or more devices, the current position of the storage case 30 can be determined. The determined result is sent to the cloud server 70 via the wireless communication router 51 and the internet communication network 80. That is, the position of the storage case 30 is determined by the first beacon signal B1, and the information is managed by the cloud server 70.

On the other hand, when the second beacon signal B2 is sent from the storage case 30, the computer 50 determines that the drawer 31 of the storage case 30 is in the open state, and when the third beacon signal B3 is sent. Is determined to be closed.

With the above configuration, it is possible to detect the current position of the storage case 30 in addition to detecting the opening/closing of the storage case 30. Further, the same beacon signals B1, B2, B3 are transmitted from all the storage cases 30 provided with the beacon transmission/reception unit 31b in the house 1.

However, the coil 31a provided in the drawer unit 31, the beacon emitting/receiving unit 31b, the coin-type battery 31c, and the magnet 32a provided in the main body unit 32 need not be attached to the storage case 30 from the beginning. The detachable coil 31a, the beacon transmitter/receiver 31b, the coin-type battery 31c, and the magnet 32a may be retrofitted to the storage case 30. By doing so, it is not necessary to use the dedicated storage case 30, and the system can be constructed at low cost.

As described above, beacon signals B1, B2, and B3 are transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 31b to the storage case 30, and the power thereof is covered by one coin-type battery 31c. However, since the electric current required to generate each beacon signal B1, B2, B3 is as small as several mA, even one coin-type battery 31c can generate a beacon signal for several years.

Subsequently, a method of monitoring the article will be described. When the storage case 30 is pulled out as described above, the second beacon signal B2 is transmitted and transmitted to the computer 50. The computer 50 determines the home camera 40 that captures the storage case 30 at an angle of view based on the position information of the storage case 30 that has transmitted the second beacon signal B2, and sends an instruction to start shooting to the home camera 40. Upon receiving the instruction from the home camera 40, the photographing of the storage case 30 is started, and the articles taken in and out of the storage case 30 are monitored.

On the other hand, when the third beacon signal B3 is transmitted and transmitted to the computer 50, the computer 50 sends an instruction to end shooting to the home camera 40 that is currently shooting, and the monitoring of the article ends. With the above configuration, the articles that are taken in and out of the storage case 30 are monitored. Details such as determination of articles taken in and out will be described later.

Next, the configuration of the article management system of the present invention will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an article management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, only the parts necessary for explaining the features of the present invention are described, and the parts unnecessary for the description are omitted. Further, the same reference numerals are used for the members described in FIGS. 1 to 3.

First, each device installed in the house 1 will be described. The storage case 30 includes the drawer portion 31 and the main body portion 32 as described above. The drawer 31 is provided with a coil 31a that faces the magnet 32a when the drawer 31 is stored in the main body 32 and is used for open/close detection. Further, a beacon transmission/reception unit 31b used for establishing communication with a device in a short distance by a beacon signal and used for constructing the short distance wireless communication network 81, and a coin-type battery 31c for supplying power to the beacon transmission/reception unit 31b are provided. ..

The main body 32 is provided with a magnet 32a that faces the coil 31a when the drawer 31 is stored and is used for open/close detection. The home camera 40 includes a lens and an image sensor, and includes an image capturing unit 41 that captures an image. Further, the storage unit 42 that stores the image data acquired by the imaging unit 41, the control unit 43 that controls shooting, and the power necessary to drive the home camera 40 are supplied to each unit of the home camera 40. And a power supply section 44 for

Furthermore, a wireless communication unit 45 that transfers image data to the computer 50, and a beacon transmission/reception unit 46 that is used to establish a short-distance wireless communication network 81 by establishing communication with a device in a short distance by a beacon signal are provided. When the transfer of the image data to the computer 50 is completed, the image data stored in the storage unit 42 is sequentially erased. This is because all the data is centrally managed by the cloud server 70 and unnecessary data is not left on the system as much as possible to reduce the risk of data leakage.

The computer 50 includes a control unit 51 that controls the computer 50 and gives instructions to each device in the home. The control unit 51 includes an article determination unit 51a that determines an article shown in the image data sent from the home camera 40. The article determination unit 51a can recognize what an article is. This is realized by learning the features of various items in advance from many images, analyze the image of a certain item, and determine what the item is from the difference in the feature amount from the pre-learned database. It can be realized by a known technique.

With the application of this technology, for an article that was not in the house 1, what kind of article it is, for example, if it is a shirt, it is recognized as a shirt, and if it is an article already existing in the house 1 and registered, If so, which registered item can be recognized. Further, it is possible to recognize how many things are stored in a certain storage case 30 and how much free space is available.

Further, the computer 50 has an image processing unit 52 that processes the image data sent from the home camera 40 into an image suitable for uploading to the cloud server 70, and an information processing unit 53 that acquires necessary information from the image data. And are provided. Further, a storage unit 54 for storing data processed by the image processing unit 52 and the information processing unit 53, unprocessed data, and the like is provided. In addition, the power supply unit 55 that supplies power to each unit of the computer 50 and the image data sent from the home camera 40 are acquired, and the image data and character data processed in the computer 50 are sent to the wireless communication router 60. A wireless communication unit 56 is provided. Further, a beacon transmission/reception unit 57 used for establishing communication with a device in a short distance by a beacon signal and used for constructing a short distance wireless communication network 81 is provided.

The original image data that has been processed and the data that has been processed are also sequentially deleted from the storage unit 54 for the data that has been transmitted. This is also to reduce the risk of data leakage by preventing unnecessary data from being left on the system as much as the home camera 40.

The wireless communication router 60 includes a wireless communication unit 61 that communicates with each device and a communication unit 62 that performs Internet communication with an external device such as the cloud server 70. Further, a power supply unit 63 which has electric power necessary to drive the communication units 61 and 62 and supplies electric power to the communication units 61 and 62 is provided. The above is the device installed in the house 1.

Next, the devices installed outside the house 1 will be described. The communication base 71 is installed on the cloud server 70 side and is connected to the Internet communication network 80. The communication base 71 is used when receiving the data sent from the wireless communication router 60 via the communication base station and transmitting the data of the cloud server 70 to the wireless communication router 60. The communication base 71 communicates with the wireless communication router 60 and also communicates with the cloud server 70, and has power necessary to drive the communication unit 71a and supplies power to the communication unit 71a. A power supply unit 71b is provided.

The cloud server 70 is installed in a certain base, collects and stores each information in the house 1, and plays a role of transmitting necessary data to the computer 50 or the mobile terminal 90 based on a request from the computer 50 or the mobile terminal 90. Carry. The cloud server 70 includes a communication unit 72 that communicates with the communication base 71. Further, a storage unit 74 that stores the data sent from the computer 50, an information processing unit 73 that processes the information in a state suitable for browsing by the computer 50 or the mobile terminal 90, and data sent from the computer 50 And a storage unit 74 for storing Further, a power supply unit 75 having electric power necessary to drive the cloud server 70 and supplying electric power to the cloud server 70 is provided.

The mobile terminal 90 is a device that is mainly carried by an individual and used, and is brought out inside or outside the house 1. The mobile terminal 90 is used as a browsing unit when browsing various information stored in the cloud server 70, or as an operating unit when inputting to the cloud server 70.

The mobile terminal 90 has a control unit 91 that controls the mobile terminal 90, a display unit 92 that displays various information, and an application 93 that provides a UI suitable for browsing various data stored in the cloud server 70. And are provided. Further, there is provided an operation unit 94 capable of performing an input operation by tracing or tapping the surface of the display unit, and a storage unit 95 storing information including the application.

Further, a GPS 96 is provided which can receive radio waves from artificial satellites and can obtain absolute position information of the mobile terminal 90 from the received radio waves. In addition, a power supply unit 97 that has power necessary to drive the mobile terminal 90 and supplies power to the mobile terminal 90, and a wireless communication unit 98 that communicates with the wireless communication router 60 and a communication base station are provided. Further, a beacon transmission/reception unit 99 used for establishing communication with a device in a short distance by a beacon signal and constructing the short distance wireless communication network 81 is provided.

The wireless communication unit 98 has a first communication means 98a for communicating with the wireless communication router 60 and a second communication means 98b used for wireless communication with a communication base station. When the mobile terminal 90 is mainly in the house 1 and communication is performed by the first communication means 98a, the mobile terminal 90 is taken out of the house 1 and the signal of the first communication means 98a cannot reach the wireless communication router 60. The second communication means 98b is used for. Therefore, even if the mobile terminal 90 is taken out of the house 1, it is possible to establish communication with the cloud server 70.

In addition, as an example of an article called a IoT (Internet of Things) device in which the article itself is provided with a beacon transmission/reception unit, etc., the article is provided with a beacon transmission/reception unit, which is called IoT clothing 300. There is a thing. Since the IoT suit 300 is provided with the beacon transmission/reception unit, a beacon signal transmitted from a beacon transmission/reception device (described later in detail) provided in each device by the short-range wireless communication network 81 set up in the house 1. The devices within reach of each other are connected to each other through the communication of beacon signals.

The IoT clothing 300 mainly measures various biological information with the clothing portion 301 worn by the user, establishes communication by a beacon signal with a device in a short distance, and transmits and receives a beacon used for constructing the short-distance wireless communication network 81. And a section 302b. The details of the role of the IoT clothes 300 and the article management system related to the IoT clothes 300 will be described later.

Next, the article management method will be described with reference to the tables shown in FIGS.

The information of the articles is managed in a table including an article management table 100 and a case management table 200 storing the articles. FIG. 5 shows the article management table 100, and FIG. 6 shows the case management table 200. The article management table 100, the case management table 200, and the information managed therein are stored in the cloud server 70.

As shown in FIG. 5, various kinds of information of the article are managed in the article management table 100. Once registered in the system, various types of information of an article are roughly classified into constant information that does not change and variable information that changes in real time. The immutable information includes an item category 101 indicating the type of item, a registered name 102 indicating the name of the item, an image 103 indicating the image of the item, a registration date 108 indicating the date and time when the item was first registered in the item management system, and the owner of the item. Information on the owner 109 that is represented is managed.

On the other hand, as the variation information, a status 104 indicating the storage status of the article, a storage location 105 indicating a storage case in which the article is stored, a final storage date/time of the article, or a final storage/delivery date/time 106 indicating the removal date/time of the article, Information on the usage frequency 107 indicating the usage frequency is managed. If there are special notes for other items, they are managed in the special notes 110 column.

Next, a method of registering information on each item managed in the article management table 100 will be described.

For the article category 101, the type of the article is determined by the image of the home camera 40 and the article determination unit 51a. For example, the article in the row A in FIG. 5 is automatically registered as “shirt” from the appearance. Since the registered name 102 has a plurality of shirts, the owner names the registered name 102 as “shirt 1” to distinguish it from other shirts, and the registered name 102 is manually set on the article management table 100 from the mobile terminal 90 or the like. You can register by entering in. As for the image 103, an image taken by the home camera 40 when the article is put in or taken out of the storage case 30 may be registered, an image acquired from the purchase information may be registered, or an image taken by the user may be taken. The image may be registered.

The information acquired from the purchase information is temporarily registered in advance in the article management table 100, and when the article determining unit 51a recognizes the actual article corresponding to the registered information, the actual article is associated with the temporary registration information and the string. Attached and main registered.

The status 104 is registered as "stored" when the article is stored and "taken out" when the article is taken out. However, if the stored article is a new article that is not yet registered in the article management table 100, it is registered as “new”. When “new” is registered, when the user subsequently registers new information in the registered name 102, the image 103, or the owner 109, which are invariant information, the status 206 column is updated. At that time, if stored, “stored” is registered, and if taken out, “takeout” is registered. In the storage location 105, the registered name (described later) of the storage case 30 currently stored is registered for the article in the stored state, and “-” is registered for the article in the brought-out state. ..

The final storage/delivery date and time 106 is registered with the date and time when the article was last taken in and out of the storage case 30. The usage frequency 107 is registered in three levels of usage frequency of each article: “high”, “medium”, and “low”. The three-step switching thresholds can be set individually, for example, “high” if there is a record of taking out at least once a week for the past three months, “medium” if there is a record of taking out within three months, 3 If there is no record of taking out for a month, if "low" is set, the usage frequency according to the setting is registered.

As the registration date 108, the date when the article is first stored in one of the storage cases 30 is registered. The owner 109 is the owner information of the article, and is registered in the article management table 100 by being manually input from the mobile terminal 90 or the like. The special item 110 is registered only when there is a special item. For example, if it is known that there is a hole in one side of the sock as shown in column B of FIG. 5, or if it is known that there is a stain as shown in column C, that information is required. Is registered by being manually input from the mobile terminal 90 or the like.

Among the registration information of the various items, the storage case 30 is opened and closed for the variation information, and the latest information is overwritten and registered each time the item is taken in and out.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 6, various information of the storage case 30 is managed in the case management table 200. Similar to the information of the article, various information of the storage case 30 is roughly classified into constant information which basically does not change once registered in the system and variable information which changes in real time.

As the invariant information, information on a case category 201 indicating the type of case, a registered name 202 indicating the name of the case, and an image 203 indicating the image of the storage case 30 is managed. On the other hand, as the variation information, the latest internal image 204 showing the internal image when the storage case 30 is opened and closed last, the free capacity 205 showing the free state of the storage case 30, and the status 206 showing the open/closed state of the storage case 30 are managed. It Also, an installation location 207 representing the installation location of the storage case 30 and a final opening/closing date/time 208 representing the date/time when the storage case 30 was last opened/closed are managed.

Furthermore, the battery remaining amount 209 indicating the battery remaining amount of the coin-type battery 31c included in the storage case 30, and the beacon frequency 210 indicating the transmission frequency of the first beacon signal B1 transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 31b included in the storage case 30. Is managed.

Next, a method of registering information on each item managed in the case management table 200 will be described. The type of the case category 201 is determined by the image of the home camera 40 and the article determination unit 51a, and, for example, in the case of the row A in FIG. 6, the storage case is automatically registered as a “storage case”. Since the registered name 202 has a plurality of costume storage cases, the owner names the registered name 202 as “Costume Case A” in order to distinguish it from other costume cases. It is registered by being manually input from 90 or the like.

As for the image 203, an image taken by the home camera 40 when the article is put in or taken out of the storage case 30 may be registered, an image acquired from the purchase information may be registered, or an image taken by the user may be taken. The image may be registered. The method is similar to that for articles.

The latest internal image 204 is registered as an image captured by the home camera 40 immediately before the storage case 30 starts to be closed and the storage case 30 is completely put in and out. The empty capacity 205 is “many” when the article determination unit 51a determines that almost no articles are present, “medium” when it is determined that about half of the articles are present, and there is almost no vacancy. Or, if it is determined to be full, it is registered as "small".

The status 206 is registered as “closed” when the storage case 30 is closed and as “open” when the storage case 30 is open. The installation location of the storage case 30 is registered as the installation location 207. As for the level of information to be registered, not only the information on the place placed as in “the lower part of the closet” but also the position when possible is registered. Further, when the opening/closing of the door 14 of the entrance 13 of the house 1 is detected and the entrance camera 15 detects that the storage case is taken out, the installation location is registered as “takeout”. As the final opening/closing date/time 208, the date/time when the storage case 30 was last opened/closed is registered.

The remaining battery amount 209 is registered by determining the remaining battery amount of the coin type battery 31c provided in the storage case 30. When it is determined that the position of the storage case 30 has not moved by the method described above, the rough battery level is determined by looking at the absolute value of the radio wave intensity of the beacon signal B1. When the remaining amount is large, it is registered as "many", when it is small, it is registered as "small", and when it is in between, it is registered as "medium".

The beacon frequency 210 is “normal” when the first beacon signal B1 is transmitted once every 10 seconds during normal times, and “high” when the frequency is higher than normal, and is decreased. In this case, "small" is registered, and when stopped, "stop" is registered.

Of the registration information of the various storage cases 30, the latest information is overwritten and registered as the variation information each time the storage case 30 is opened or closed or moved.

Next, the operation and flow of the entire article management system will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the computer 50 that gives instructions to the system in the house 1 when the storage case 30 is opened and closed. 8 and 9 are flowcharts showing the sub-process of FIG. 7.

When the pull-out portion 31 of the storage case 30 is pulled out from the main body portion 32 in S101, the coil 31a and the magnet 32a facing each other move away from each other. As a result, an induced electromotive force is generated in the coil 31a, and the second beacon signal B2 indicating that the storage case 30 is opened is transmitted from the beacon transmitting/receiving unit 31b provided in the storage case 30. When this signal is transmitted to the computer 50 via the short-range wireless communication network 81, the process proceeds to S102. If the drawer 31 of the storage case 30 is not pulled out from the main body 32 and the second beacon signal B2 is not received, the computer 50 does not operate.

In S102, the computer 50 sends an instruction to start shooting to the home camera 40. Next, in step S103, the storage case 30 is photographed by the image pickup unit 41 of the home camera 40, and the loading/unloading of the article is monitored. If it is confirmed that the article is taken in and out, the process proceeds to S104, and if not, the process proceeds to S106.

If the process proceeds to S104, the management table 100 of the taken-in/out object is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S105. If the process proceeds to S105, the management table 200 of the case where the article is taken in and out is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S106.

When the drawer portion 31 of the storage case 30 is stored in the main body portion 32 in S106, the coil 31a and the magnet 32a, which have been opposed to each other, face each other. As a result, an induced electromotive force is generated in the coil 31a, and the beacon transmitting/receiving unit 31b provided in the storage case 30 transmits a third beacon signal B3 indicating that the storage case 30 is stored. This signal is transmitted to the computer 50 via the short-range wireless communication network 81, and proceeds to S107. When the drawer 31 of the storage case 30 is not stored in the main body 32 and the third beacon signal B3 is not received, the process returns to S103.

In S107, the computer 50 sends an instruction to end shooting to the home camera 40, and the computer 50 ends the operation.

Subsequently, the sub-process of FIG. 7 shown in FIG. 8 will be described. FIG. 8 shows in detail the process of updating the article management table 100 shown in S104 of FIG.

In S201, it is determined whether the article is stored in the costume case 30. When it is stored, the process proceeds to S202, and when it is not stored, the process proceeds to S203. The article determination unit 51a determines whether or not the article stored in S202 is a new article that is not yet registered in the article management table 100. If the item is a new item, the process proceeds to S206. If the item is not a new item, the process proceeds to S204. If the process proceeds to S203, the status 104 managed in the article management table 100 is changed to “take out”, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S205.

If the process proceeds to S204, the status 104 managed in the article management table 100 is changed to "storage", the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S205. If the process proceeds to S205, the usage frequency 107 information is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S208.

If the process proceeds to S206, the status 104 managed in the article management table 100 is changed to "new", the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S207. If the process proceeds to S207, if the product image acquired from the purchase information is not registered in advance, the product image captured by the home camera 40 when the product is stored is registered in the product management table 100, and then in S208. move on.

If the process proceeds to S208, the storage location 105 is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S209. If the process proceeds to S209, the final carry-out/storage date and time 106 is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, the sub-process for updating the article management table 100 is ended, and the process proceeds to S105 in FIG.

Subsequently, the sub-process of FIG. 7 shown in FIG. 9 will be described. FIG. 9 shows in detail the process of updating the management table 200 for the case shown in S105 of FIG.

In step S301, the internal image 204 of the storage case 30 taken by the home camera 40 when the article is taken in and out is registered in the case management table 200, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to step S302. If the process proceeds to S302, the free space 205 information of the storage case 30 in which the article is taken in and out is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S303. If the process proceeds to S303, the last open/close date/time 209 is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, the sub process of updating the case management table 200 is ended, and the process proceeds to S106 in FIG.

As described above, the article management system of the present invention can easily manage articles in a predetermined space such as a home.

Further, although the present embodiment has been described by taking the storage case 30 as an example of a container for storing articles, the scope of application of the present invention is not limited to this. All cases that can store items such as suitcases, various cases and boxes, bags, chests and closets, closets, and sheds are covered.

For example, in the case of monitoring an article put in and taken out of the closet 20 shown in FIG. 1, a door 21 of the closet 20 is provided with a coil 21a, a beacon transmitting/receiving section 21b, and a coin battery 21c, and a frame 22 is provided with a magnet 22a. Opening/closing detection means can be formed by.

The open/close detection method has also been described by using the induced electromotive force generated by bringing the coil 31a and the magnet 32a close to or away from each other, but the application range of the present invention is not limited to this. Not exclusively. For example, when a vibration sensor is used to detect that the storage case is vibrated, the opening of the storage case may be detected, and various sensors (pressure sensor, acceleration sensor, switch, etc.) may detect changes in weight and inclination. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the opening and closing of the storage case is detected by detecting with.

Furthermore, although clothing is taken as an example of the article to be stored, this is not a limitation, and any article can be stored as long as it can be stored in each storage case.

As described above, it becomes possible to provide an article management system that easily manages articles in a predetermined space.

Next, a system for realizing power saving in an example in which the IoT clothes 300 are put in and taken out of a storage case and managed according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 14. First, the configurations of the IoT clothes 300 and the storage case 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of the IoT clothing 300, and FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram when the IoT clothing 300 is stored in the storage case 30. The configuration of the storage case 30 is as described above.

The IoT clothing 300 mainly includes a clothing portion 301 and a measuring portion 302, and a sensing portion including a biosensor (not shown) is provided inside the clothing portion 301, and the sensing portion is brought into contact with a human body to obtain a biopotential signal. can do. Also, the sensing unit and the measuring unit 302 are electrically connected by a conductive cloth (not shown) provided between the sensing unit and the measuring unit 302, a fiber having electrodes embedded therein, or the like.

The measuring unit 302 includes various motion sensors 302a, a beacon transmitting/receiving unit 302b, and a coin battery 302c. Although the garment portion 301 is a jacket in the figure, it is not limited to this, and includes all wearable items such as clothes, hats and shoes. In addition, the measuring unit 302 can select the mounting position according to the actual mode of clothes of different styles, and there is no particular limitation. The beacon transmission/reception unit 302b transmits a beacon signal by receiving power from the coin battery 302c.

The biometric information including the biopotential signal acquired by the sensing unit is transmitted to the computer 50 by transmitting a beacon signal from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the measurement unit 302. The fourth beacon signal transmitted when the sensing unit acquires the biometric information including the biopotential signal is referred to as a biometric information beacon signal B4.

The motion sensor 302a is, for example, a tilt sensor that detects the tilt of an object, a vibration sensor that detects vibration, a pressure sensor that detects a change in pressure, or the like to detect the movement of an object. When the motion sensor 302a detects the movement of an object, a beacon signal is transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b and transmitted to the computer 50. The fifth beacon signal transmitted when the motion of the object is detected by the motion sensor 302a is referred to as a motion information beacon signal B5.

A beacon signal is transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b once every 10 seconds in normal times. This beacon signal is called a sixth beacon signal B6. However, the transmission frequency of the sixth beacon signal B6 may be reduced to save power, or may be increased to improve the tracking accuracy of the position of the IoT suit 300, and position information is unnecessary. In some cases, the call may be stopped.

The beacon signals B4, B5, B6 transmitted from the measuring unit 302 are transmitted to each device including the computer 50 and other beacon transmitting/receiving units via the short-range communication network 81 set up in the house 1. Be done.

When the sixth beacon signal B6 is transmitted from the IoT suit 300, the beacon signal B6 is received by the peripheral device. When the beacon signal B6 is received by three or more devices, the sixth beacon signal B6 is obtained from the difference between the position of each device that received the beacon signal B6 and the radio field intensity received by each device in the three-point positioning procedure. Is determined. The determined result is sent to the cloud server 70 via the wireless communication router 51 and the internet communication network 80. That is, the position of the IoT suit 300 is determined by the sixth beacon signal B6, and the information is managed by the cloud server 70.

On the other hand, when the fourth beacon signal B4 is sent from the IoT suit 300, the computer 50 determines that the IoT suit 300 has acquired the biological information, and when the fifth beacon signal B5 is sent. The computer 50 determines that the movement of the IoT clothing 300 has changed.

With the above configuration, in addition to detecting the state of the IoT clothing 300, it is possible to grasp the current position of the IoT clothing 300. Further, the same beacon signals B4, B5, B6 are transmitted from all the IoT clothes 300 including the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b in the house 1. Note that the beacon signal is received by each device or the mobile terminal 90 including the beacon transmission/reception unit that can receive the beacon signal not at the home 1 but at the outside place.

As described above, beacon signals B4, B5, and B6 are transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b to the measurement unit 302, and the power thereof is covered by one coin-type battery 302c. However, since the electric power required to issue each beacon signal B4, B5, B6 is as small as several mA, even one coin-type battery 302c can issue a beacon signal for several years.

The biometric information can be viewed on the mobile terminal 90. The biological information is, for example, heart rate, mileage, calories burned, cardiac potential, air temperature, body temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure and the like. When the user wants to confirm the biometric information, he/she can browse the data stored in the cloud server 70 by operating the mobile terminal 90.

Also, in order to check the latest information, in order to obtain the latest data from the IoT clothing 300, the mobile terminal 90 is operated to transmit a beacon signal from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT clothing 300 to the cloud server 70. By making a request, the latest biometric information causes a beacon signal to be transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b, the signal is transmitted to the computer 50 via the short-range wireless communication network 81, and the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70. The mobile terminal 90 can be browsed.

Next, the operation and flow of power saving when the IoT clothes 300 are taken in and out of the storage case 30 in the configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 12 and 13.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the computer 50 that gives instructions to the system inside the house 1 when the storage case 30 is opened and closed. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the sub-process of FIG.

When the pull-out portion 31 of the storage case 30 is pulled out from the body portion 32 in S401, the coil 31a and the magnet 32a facing each other move away from each other. As a result, an induced electromotive force is generated in the coil 31a, and the second beacon signal B2 indicating that the storage case 30 is opened is transmitted from the beacon transmitting/receiving unit 31b provided in the storage case 30. When this signal is transmitted to the computer 50 via the short-range wireless communication network 81, the process proceeds to S402. If the drawer 31 of the storage case 30 is not pulled out from the main body 32 and the second beacon signal B2 is not received, the computer 50 does not operate.

In S402, the computer 50 sends an instruction to start shooting to the home camera 40, and proceeds to S403.

Next, in S403, the computer 50 determines whether or not the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT clothes 300 has transmitted the fifth beacon signal B5 transmitted when the motion sensor 302a detects the movement of an object. When the beacon signal B5 is transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b and the computer 50 receives the beacon signal B5, the process proceeds to S404, and if not received, the process proceeds to S406. For example, when the drawer 31 of the storage case 30 in which the IoT clothes 300 are stored is pulled out from the main body 32, the motion sensor 302a of the IoT clothes 300 detects the vibration, and the IoT clothes 300 are taken out. You can judge.

In S404, the computer 50 emits a seventh beacon signal B7 instructing the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT clothing 300 to set the transmission frequency of the sixth beacon signal B6 that periodically emits position information to the normal frequency. When this signal is transmitted to the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b that has emitted the sixth beacon signal B6 via the short-range wireless communication network 81, the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT suit 300 transmits the sixth beacon signal B6. Shifts to the normal mode, which is a normal state, transmits the information to the cloud server 70, and proceeds to S405.

If the process proceeds to S405, the article management table 100 is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S406. Next, in step S406, the storage case 30 is photographed by the image pickup unit 41 of the home camera 40, and the taking in and out of the article is monitored. If it is confirmed that the article is taken in and out, the process proceeds to S407, and if not, the process proceeds to S411.

Next, in S407, the computer 50 determines whether or not the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT clothes 300 has transmitted the fifth beacon signal B5 transmitted when the motion sensor 302a detects the movement of an object. When the beacon signal B5 is transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b and the computer 50 receives the beacon signal B5, the process proceeds to S408, and if not received, the process proceeds to S411. For example, it is possible to determine that the IoT clothing 300 has been taken out by detecting the tilt by the motion sensor 302a of the IoT clothing 300 due to the change in the tilt when the IoT clothing 300 is taken out from the drawer 31 of the storage case 30.

In S408, the computer 50 emits a seventh beacon signal B7 that instructs the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT clothes 300 to periodically transmit the sixth beacon signal B6 that periodically transmits position information. When this signal is transmitted to the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b that has emitted the sixth beacon signal B6 via the short-range wireless communication network 81, the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT suit 300 transmits the sixth beacon signal B6. Shifts to the normal mode, which is a normal state, transmits the information to the cloud server 70, and proceeds to S409.

When the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT suit 300 shifts to the normal mode, the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b returns from the power saving mode, and again transmits the sixth beacon signal B6 that periodically emits position information. When the mobile terminal 90 is operated to receive a request from the cloud server 70 to transmit a beacon signal from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT suit 300, the latest biometric information is transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b. This signal is transmitted to the computer 50 via the short-range wireless communication network 81, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the mobile terminal 90 can browse the information.

If the process proceeds to S409, the article management table 100 is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S410. If the process proceeds to S410, the management table 200 for the case where the article is taken in and out is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S411.

When the drawer portion 31 of the storage case 30 is stored in the main body portion 32 in S411, the coil 31a and the magnet 32a that face each other face each other. As a result, an induced electromotive force is generated in the coil 31a, and the beacon transmitting/receiving unit 31b provided in the storage case 30 transmits a third beacon signal B3 indicating that the storage case 30 is stored. This signal is transmitted to the computer 50 via the short-range wireless communication network 81, and proceeds to S412. When the drawer 31 of the storage case 30 is not housed in the main body 32 and the third beacon signal B3 is not received, the process returns to S406.

In step S412, it is determined whether the IoT clothes 300 are stored in the drawer 31 of the storage case 30. If the IoT clothes 300 are stored, the process proceeds to S413, and if not stored, the process proceeds to S416. The determination of the article is performed by the article determination unit 51a included in the control unit 51 in the computer 50. Further, when the position information transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 31b of the storage case 30 and the position information transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT clothing 300 match, the IoT clothing 300 is stored in the storage case 30. It is also possible to determine that it has been done.

In S413, the computer 50 emits the eighth beacon signal B8 instructing to suspend the sixth beacon signal B6 which periodically emits the position information by the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT suit 300. When this signal is transmitted to the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b that has emitted the sixth beacon signal B6 via the short-range wireless communication network 81, the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT suit 300 transmits the sixth beacon signal B6. It shifts to the power saving mode, which is a suspended state, transmits the information to the cloud server 70, and proceeds to S414.

When the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT suit 300 shifts to the power saving mode, it periodically suspends transmission of the sixth beacon signal B6 that transmits position information. In addition, when a request to transmit a beacon signal from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT clothing 300 from the cloud server 70 by the operation of the mobile terminal 90, the storage case 30 responds instead, and the IoT clothing 300 is saved. A beacon is transmitted from the beacon transmission/reception unit 31b of the storage case 30 indicating that it is in the electric power mode, this signal is transmitted to the computer via the short-range wireless communication network 81, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the mobile The terminal 90 is notified.

If the process proceeds to S414, the management table 100 of the taken-in/out object is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S415. If the process proceeds to S415, the management table 200 of the case where the article is taken in and out is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S416. In step S416, the computer 50 sends a shooting end instruction to the home camera 40, and the computer 50 ends the operation.

Subsequently, the sub-process of FIG. 12 will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 13 shows in detail the process of updating the article management table 100 shown in S405, S409, and S414 of FIG. 12, and FIG. 14 shows the updated article management table 100. The process of updating the management table 200 in the cases shown in S410 and S415 of FIG. 12 is the same as that of FIG. 9 described above.

In S501, it is determined whether or not the article is stored in the costume case 30. If it is stored, the process proceeds to S502, and if it is not stored, the process proceeds to S507.

In S502, the storage case 30 is photographed by the image pickup unit 41 of the home camera 40, and it is determined whether or not the article put in and taken out is the IoT clothes 300. If it is determined that the taken-in/out article is the IoT suit 300, the process proceeds to S503, and if it is determined that the article is not the IoT suit 300, the process proceeds to S506. The determination of the article is performed by the article determination unit 51a included in the control unit 51 in the computer 50.

If the process proceeds to S503, the "IoT" information is added to the item category 101 managed in the item management table 100, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S504.

In S504, the computer 50 receives the sixth beacon signal B6 that periodically emits position information from the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT clothing 300, and in response thereto, the beacon transmission/reception unit 302b of the IoT clothing 300 periodically transmits the position information. An eighth beacon for instructing the seventh beacon signal B7 for instructing the transmission frequency of the first beacon signal B1 for transmitting information to be a normal frequency or a sixth beacon signal B6 for periodically transmitting position information to be stopped It is determined whether the signal B8 is transmitted. If the beacon signal B7 or the beacon signal B8 is transmitted, the process proceeds to S505, and if not transmitted, the process proceeds to S506.

If the process proceeds to S505, the beacon frequency 111 of the IoT clothes 300 managed in the article management table 100 is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server, and the process proceeds to S506. If the beacon signal B7 is transmitted, the beacon frequency 111 is registered as "normal", and if the beacon signal B8 is transmitted, the beacon frequency 111 is registered as "stop" or "pause" as shown in FIG. ..

The article determination unit 51a determines whether the article stored in S506 is a new article that is not yet registered in the article management table 100. If it is a new article, the process proceeds to S509, and if it is not a new item, the procedure proceeds to S508.

If the process proceeds to S507, the status 104 managed in the article management table 100 is changed to “take out”, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S510.

If the process proceeds to S508, the status 104 managed in the article management table 100 is changed to "storage", the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S510.

If the process proceeds to S510, the usage frequency 107 information is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S208.

If the process proceeds to S509, the status 104 managed in the article management table 100 is changed to "new", the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S511. If the process proceeds to S511, if the product image acquired from the purchase information is not registered in advance, the product image captured by the home camera 40 when the product is stored is registered in the product management table 100, and the product image is acquired in S512. move on.

If the process proceeds to S512, the storage location 105 is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, and the process proceeds to S513. If the process proceeds to S513, the final carry-out/storage date and time 106 is updated, the information is transmitted to the cloud server 70, the sub-process for updating the article management table 100 is ended, and the process returns to the flow of FIG.

When the IoT clothing 300 is stored in the storage case 30, the IoT clothing 300 keeps emitting the beacon signal of the position information even though the location of the IoT clothing 300 is managed, so that the IoT clothing 300 is managed twice. As a result, power is wasted, but as described above, power saving can be achieved by suspending the beacon transmission frequency of the IoT clothes 300 stored in the storage case 30.

In addition, although the box-shaped storage case 30 has been described as an example in the present embodiment, the scope of application of the present invention is not limited to this, and various cases such as suitcases and boxes, bags, chests, closets, and closets. , Storerooms, etc., that can store all items. Further, the number of IoT clothes 300 stored in the storage case 30 is not limited to one, and the same is applicable to the case where a plurality of IoT clothes 300 are stored.

Furthermore, although clothing has been described as an example of an article provided with a beacon transmitting/receiving unit, the scope of application of the present invention is not limited to this, and is intended for all wearable items such as clothing, hats and shoes. To do.

For example, in the case of the IoT shoe 400 in which the shoe has a beacon transmitting/receiving unit, as shown in FIG. 4, the IoT shoe 400 mainly measures the shoe portion 401 worn by the user and various biological information, and is in a short distance. A beacon transmission/reception unit 402b used for establishing communication with a device by a beacon signal and constructing the short-range wireless communication network 81 is provided. Various sensors can be used to determine whether the user is dancing, walking, or running, installing GPS etc. to accurately determine the current position information, pressure, bending, Information such as speed, atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity can be acquired.

The open/close detection method has also been described by using the induced electromotive force generated by bringing the coil 31a and the magnet 32a close to or away from each other, but the application range of the present invention is not limited to this. Not exclusively. For example, when a vibration sensor is used to detect that the storage case is vibrated, the opening of the storage case may be detected, and various sensors (pressure sensor, acceleration sensor, switch, etc.) may detect changes in weight and inclination. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the opening and closing of the storage case is detected by detecting with. Furthermore, although clothing is taken as an example of the article to be stored, this is not a limitation, and any article can be stored as long as it can be stored in each storage case.

20 closet, 30 storage case, 31a coil,
31b Beacon transmitter/receiver, 31c Coin type battery, 32a Magnet,
40 home camera, 41 imaging unit, 50 computer, 54 storage unit,
57 beacon transmission/reception unit, 70 cloud server, 100 article management table,
200 case management table, 300 IoT clothes

Claims (12)

A storage device having an opening/closing detection means and a first beacon transmission/reception means,
A wearable device including a motion detection unit that detects a motion and a second beacon transmission/reception unit;
The position information transmitted from the first beacon transmission/reception unit, a beacon signal including open/close information of the storage device, the position information transmitted from the second beacon transmission/reception unit, and the wearable device Beacon signal including the information of the operation detection means, an external beacon transmitting and receiving device for transmitting and receiving respectively,
A storage state determination device for determining the storage state of the articles to be taken in and out of the storage device,
In an article management system including
From the beacon sending and receiving means of the storage device, and the beacon sending and receiving means of the wearable device, position information is transmitted to the external beacon sending and receiving device at predetermined intervals, respectively.
It is determined that the wearable device is stored in the storage device by the storage state determination means,
According to the result of the opening/closing detecting means and the result of the operation detection of the wearable device, the article management is controlled to change the position information transmission frequency of the wearable device transmitted at the predetermined interval. system. 2. When the opening/closing detection means detects that the storage device is in the closed state, the frequency of transmitting the position information of the wearable device transmitted at a predetermined interval is controlled to be reduced or stopped. Item management system described in. 2. When the operation detecting means of the wearable device detects an operation, control is performed such that the transmission frequency of the position information of the wearable device transmitted at a predetermined interval is increased to a normal frequency. Item 2. The article management system according to item 2. When the storage device is detected to be in the open state by the opening/closing detection means and the operation detection means of the wearable device detects an operation, the transmission frequency of the position information of the wearable device transmitted at a predetermined interval is set to a normal frequency. The article management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the article management system is controlled so as to raise the temperature. In a state where the position information transmission frequency of the wearable device is stopped, when it is requested to transmit a beacon signal to the second beacon transmission/reception means, the second beacon transmission/reception means is replaced with the second beacon transmission/reception means. The article management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first beacon transmitting/receiving unit is controlled to respond. When the position information transmission frequency of the wearable device is a normal frequency and the second beacon transmission/reception unit is requested to transmit a beacon signal, the first beacon transmission/reception unit does not respond. The article management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the second beacon transmitting/receiving unit is controlled to respond. 7. The storage state determination device is configured by a camera including an imaging unit and an article determination unit that determines an article from an image captured by the camera. Item management system according to item. 8. The article management system according to claim 1, wherein the opening/closing detection unit includes an opening/closing detection coil and the opening/closing detection magnet. And a management table managed by a predetermined device that manages the information of the article including the storage state of the article,
When the article determination unit determines that the article to be stored in or taken out of the storage apparatus at the time of shooting by the storage state determination apparatus is the predetermined device, it is determined that the article is stored or taken out. The article management system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the article management system updates the management table. The management table includes at least a name, a type of the storage device in which the product is stored, a management table of the product including the storage status, and a management table of the storage device including at least information of the name and the installation location. The article management system according to claim 1, wherein management information managed in the management table can be browsed by accessing the predetermined device. Information indicating a storage status different from that of an article that has already been stored in the management table of the article is given to the article stored in the storage apparatus for the first time managed by the management table of the storage apparatus. The article management system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein: 12. The storage device includes all kinds of cases and boxes such as a suitcase, a bag, a chest, a closet, a closet, a closet, a storage room, and the like, which are all capable of storing articles. Item management system according to item.