COMMODITY RENTAL APPARATUS,COMMODITY RENTAL SYSTEM,AND COMMODITY RENTAL METHOD

摘要

A commodity rental apparatus (300) includes an input unit (302), containing unit (310), and a return unit (320). The input unit (302) selects a predetermined commodity and inputs commodity rental information. The containing unit (310) has a commodity containing column having a data carrier, reads an identification number of a commodity selected by a commodity number input by a user via an antenna arranged at the column, and specifies a commodity. Furthermore, the specified commodity is carried from the containing column to the commodity pick−up unit, so that the user can picks it up. The return unit (320) reads rental information recorded on the data carrier of the commodity returned through a return hole, via an antenna arranged in the vicinity of the return hole, accepts the commodity, and contains it in a stocker to which it is conveyed by a predetermined convey mechanism.