Patents Assigned to Yamato Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
  • Inventory management system
    Patent number: 4783740
    Abstract: The inventory management system comprises a central control unit, a number of parts terminal units deposed at each parts container, and some guide terminal units arranged at each parts container shelf. A worker goes to a parts container in accordance with the guidance on the guide terminal units, performs parts storing, parts collecting or stocktaking jobs in accordance with a job display and parts quantity display on the parts terminal unit and can also correct a displayed parts quantity if the quantity displayed is not correct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1988
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Yamato Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimichi Ishizawa, Ryuichi Nakagawa, Youji Yamaguchi, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshihisa Toyoda, Nobuya Nishida, Yoshitaka Naya, Hiroshi Araki, Isao Adachi, Akimichi Ishikawa, Eiji Ootaki, Masayuki Nagatsuka