Second Syndrome, the operator of the self-storage brand ‘Mini Storage DaLock’, announced on the 7th that it has launched ‘Digital Inventory’, an item management service utilizing artificial intelligence (AI).

Digital Inventory is a service where, if a user takes a photo of stored items, AI recognizes multiple items in the photo, extracts them into individual images, and categorizes them by type—such as clothing, electronics, and childcare products—for easy management.

Any Mini Storage DaLock member can use it for free, even if they do not use the paid storage service. It is designed to allow users to register items not only in shared storage units, but also in storage boxes or home storage spaces.

Previously, users had to manually remember or separately record the types and locations of items kept in storage and other spaces. Digital Inventory reduces this recording process by allowing users to take a single photo of a space containing multiple items, after which the AI isolates and registers images for each item.

Users can simply select the ‘AI Item Storage’ menu in the Mini Storage DaLock application and take a photo. AI analysis proceeds sequentially based on the number of items and data throughput included in the image, and users can check the results via app notifications once the process is complete.

Items misidentified by AI can be deleted, and unprompted or unrecognized items can be registered directly or photographed additionally. Saved items can be viewed as images, and a drag-and-drop feature is also provided to change categories. Items that are difficult to classify can be managed separately under the ‘Other’ section.

The scope of the service is not limited to self-storage users. By photographing items stored at home, users can register them in ‘My Space’, making it useful for keeping an integrated record of personal belongings.

Corporate users can utilize it to record and manage assets, fixtures, inventory status, and more stored in warehouses.

Second Syndrome plans to add features in the future that will allow users to have items registered in Digital Inventory delivered to their homes or sold/disposed of. The plan is to expand the service beyond simply logging items to connecting storage, management, and utilization processes.

Following the introduction of an AI-based branch and unit recommendation feature in June, the company is expanding its use of AI into the item data management sector with this new service.

According to Second Syndrome, Mini Storage DaLock currently operates 250 locations nationwide, with cumulative membership surpassing 130,000. The company explained that it holds AI- and IoT-related infrastructure and patents for shared storage store operation technology, while also running its own proprietary application.

Hong Woo-tae, CEO of Second Syndrome, said, "Digital Inventory is a service that extends the experience DaLock has accumulated while operating storage services into the realm of item management," adding, "We will continue to advance its features so that even users who do not use DaLock storage units can utilize it."

Reporter Kim Dae-sung (kdsung@dt.co.kr)