Patent ID: 9135790
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06Q,G08B

Abstract:
1. A handheld device for determining a location of a physical object which is stored in one of a plurality of storage containers, the device comprising: a reader system configured to read, on the storage container in which the physical object is placed, a visual code which is provided on each of the containers, a user-readable unique container identifier also being provided on each of the containers; wherein the reader system is configured to extract the user-readable unique container identifier from the visual code; a data entry system configured to capture in the handheld device object data identifying the physical object and to store the object data in a data store linked to the user-readable container identifier of the storage container in which the physical object is placed; the data entry system being further configured to capture in the handheld device query data which defines the physical object; and a query module configured to determine the user-readable container identifier of the storage container containing the physical object˜ by comparing the query data to the object data in the data store, and to indicate the location of the physical object by showing on a display of the handheld device the user-readable container identifier of the storage container containing the physical object.