Patent ID: 8406915
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A47B,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A mobile rack for a library, the mobile rack comprising: a plurality of racks configured to hold books, each of the plurality of racks having an RFID tag attached and having an RFID reader mounted for recognizing tag information stored in the RFID tag; moving means configured to move at least one of the plurality of racks; a server configured to manage books that are input, output and stacked; and a controller configured to control the moving means in response to a user command received via the server or in response to the tag information and to adjust a distance between at least two of the plurality of racks, wherein the plurality of racks include at least a first rack and a second rack, and wherein the controller is further configured to control the moving means to lock the first and second racks when the at least first and second racks are approached in response to the tag information in the books stacked in at least the first rack or the second rack or in response to the user command.