Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Consumables management system and consumables management device
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Application No.: US15815714Application Date: 2017-11-17
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Publication No.: US10664729B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Mitsuru Sato , Noriyuki Suzumura , Kosuke Kubota , Hosana Kimura
- Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6312f529
- Main IPC: G06K15/02
- IPC: G06K15/02 ; G06F3/12 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06K15/00

Abstract:
A consumables management system includes: a service providing device side communication unit that performs communication relevant to consumption information of a consumable item with a mobile device present within a communication area set in advance corresponding to a service providing device; a mobile device side communication unit that is mounted in the mobile device and performs communication relevant to the consumption information with the service providing device side communication unit in a case where the mobile device is present within the communication area; and a notification unit that notifies an administrator possessing the mobile device that a remaining amount of the consumable item mounted in the service providing device has been reduced to a predetermined threshold remaining amount or less in a case where it is determined that the remaining amount of the consumable item has been reduced to the threshold remaining amount or less.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180276511A1 CONSUMABLES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONSUMABLES MANAGEMENT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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