ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,073, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Locker system, locker management system, and locker management method" was invented by Shin Norieda (Tokyo), Kenta Fukuoka (Tokyo), Masashi Yoneda (Tokyo) and Shogo Akasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a locker system in which usefulness to a locker user is increased. The locker system comprises an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a locker control unit. The acquisition unit acquires biological information about the user. The determination unit determines a request relating to the locker use of the user. The locker control unit opens a locker spe...