Patent ID: 9472042
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G07F,G07G

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus for reducing access to a rental kiosk by items not belonging to the rental kiosk comprising: a delivery and return slot for delivery and return of rental items; means for sensing an RFID tag on an item proximate the delivery and return slot in an entryway surrounding the delivery and return slot which is external to the rental kiosk, said means for sensing arranged external to the delivery and return slot; a shutter which controls return of items through the delivery and return slot; a processor for evaluating whether the RFID tag is for an item belonging to the rental kiosk while the shutter is closed and the item under evaluation is external to the rental kiosk and which drives the shutter open and allows entry only if the RFID tag is for an item belonging to the rental kiosk; and a display driven by the processor to inform a user to check the item if the processor determines the RFID tag is for an item not belonging to the rental kiosk.