Patent ID: 7942321
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: F25D,G06Q,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a detecting device that is configured to detect, using RFID, removal from storage of an object having a RFID tag; a temperature detection unit that is configured to determine the temperature within the storage; an access control unit that is configured to control access to the storage; a control unit that is configured to control said access control unit so as to prevent a user from accessing the storage by maintaining the storage in a locked state in accordance with the temperature determined by said temperature detection unit; and a charging unit that is configured to charge a user for the object in response to the detection by said detecting device of the removal from the area of the object; wherein said detecting device detects the removal in accordance with a comparison between two inventory records, each prepared in accordance with RFID detection.