Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Fulltime System, Tokyo, Japan
  • Publication number: 20020027160
    Abstract: An electronic locker system which is provided with: a locker for housing luggage; a reading means for electrically reading a depositor identifier that has been preliminarily determined by a contract between a managing company of the locker and a user of the locker; an electronic lock for locking the door of the locker after luggage has been deposited in the locker; and a central control unit which, based upon the depositor identifier read by the reading means, sends information of the corresponding depositor to a locker managing center through a communication line, and when, at the time of taking out the luggage, the read depositor identifier has been identified, releases the electric lock and sends necessary information such as a luggage deposit fee to the locker managing center through the communication line, and in this arrangement, the luggage depositing process and luggage taking-out process to and from the locker are carried out based upon only the depositor identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Fulltime System, Tokyo, Japan
    Inventor: Kouichiro Hara