Patent ID: 8527286

Claim:
A system for handling scheduled lending and self-returning of articles to which radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are attached, comprising a body; the body including, on a front surface thereof: a display for displaying a method of using the system, handling processes, and processing results; a speaker; a receipt issuing unit; a manipulational information input unit; an external antenna for transmitting/receiving information to/from the RFID tags, each of which is attached to a respective one of the articles; and a plurality of article depositories having respective internal antennas for transmitting/receiving information to/from the RFID tags; and the body including, on the inside thereof: a reader for reading the information recorded in the RFID tags through the external antenna and the internal antennas; and a controller for comparing information, transmitted/received to/from the reader, with article management information stored in the database of a main computer installed in an article rental store, checking validity of deposit, lending, and returning of the articles, and operating locking units of the article depositories, the display, the speaker, and the receipt issuing unit.