Patent ID: 11924196
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H  A | IPC G  H

Claim 26:
27. A position detection system comprising:
a first communication terminal;
a second communication terminal configured to communicate with the first communication terminal; and
a server apparatus, wherein
the first communication terminal includes
a first memory in which identification information associated with a user is stored,
a controller configured to perform authentication of the user, and
a communication interface configured to transmit a signal including the identification information,

the controller is configured to:
set, when authentication of the user is successful, the first communication terminal to a first state in which the signal is transmitted to the second communication terminal, and
set, when authentication of the user is not successful, the first communication terminal to a second state in which the signal is not transmitted to the second communication terminal,

the second communication terminal includes a second memory in which apparatus information for identifying the second communication terminal is stored,
the second communication terminal is configured to transmit the identification information and the apparatus information to the server apparatus in response to reception of the identification information from the first communication terminal, and
the server apparatus is configured to specify that the user specified by the identification information is located at a location corresponding to the second communication terminal specified by the apparatus information in response to reception of the identification information and the apparatus information from the second communication terminal.