An image forming apparatus includes a storage device and a processing circuit. The storage device is configured to store a malfunction log in the image forming apparatus. The processing circuit is configured to control, if a job includes an operation relating to the malfunction log, a start timing of at least one of the operation and a next operation following the operation in the job.
In accordance with an embodiment, an information processing apparatus receives printing media type information indicating a type of printing media on which images are to be printed. The information processing apparatus causes a display device to display printer information indicating each of one or more printers satisfying a condition related to the type on the basis of the received printing media type information.
A fixing device including a tubular body, a heater, and a heat transfer member. The heater is positioned on an inner side of a tubular body and includes a substrate that supports a heat generating body. The substrate includes a first region. A first area in a first position on an inner side of the first region is smaller than the first area in a second position present on an outer side of the first region. The heat transfer member includes a second region. A second area in a third position present on an inner side of the second region is larger than the second area in a fourth position on an outer side of the second region. At least a part of the second region overlaps at least a part of the first region in a first direction.
A cutting device includes: a cutter positioned on a conveyance path for conveying a fabric medium and configured to cut the fabric medium into a predetermined length; a placement surface defining a part of the conveyance path receiving the cut fabric medium; a rotation shaft positioned above the conveyance path and configured to rotate in a conveyance direction of the fabric medium; a paddle portion attached to the rotation shaft and configured to scrape the fabric medium placed on the placement surface in the conveyance direction by moving in the conveyance direction while in contact with the placement surface in accordance with a rotation operation of the rotation shaft; and a driver configured to transmit a driving force to the cutter and the rotation shaft, and such that a cutting operation of the cutter and the rotation operation of the rotation shaft are performed in conjunction with each other.
Methods and systems of tool-free adjustment of torque used to maintain the viewing angle of a display stand are performed. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a device having a platform hingedly coupled to a base. A bar rotatably supported by the base includes a left-hand threaded portion, a right-hand threaded portion, and a grip configured to enable simultaneous rotation of both threaded portions. A first nut is in threaded engagement with the left-hand threaded portion, and a second nut is in threaded engagement with the right-hand threaded portion. A first spring is coupled to the first nut and the platform, and a second spring is coupled to the second nut and the platform. When the bar is rotated via the grip, the first and second nuts move in opposing directions to enable simultaneous tension adjustment of the first and second springs.
F16M 11/10 - Means for attachment of apparatusMeans allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting around a horizontal axis
A settlement terminal in which a customer can achieve a code settlement by holding a settlement tool on which a code symbol is displayed over and toward a display panel is provided. The settlement terminal according to an embodiment includes the display panel and an imaging unit. The display panel can be set to a transmissive state in at least partial area. The imaging unit is located at a reverse side of the display panel, and images the code symbol held over and toward the display panel through the area in the transmissive state of the display panel.
An evacuation guidance apparatus includes a server and one or a plurality of information terminals capable of moving in a commercial facility and capable of communicating with the server. The information terminal includes an emitting unit configured to emit specifying information for specifying a position of the information terminal including the emitting unit. The server includes a specifying unit configured to specify a position of the information terminal in the commercial facility, a receiving unit configured to receive an emergency signal emitted from an emission apparatus, a determining unit configured to determine evacuation guidance routes for each of the information terminals, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit evacuation guidance route information including information concerning the determined evacuation guidance routes to the information terminals, and the information terminal includes a displaying unit configured to display an evacuation guidance route included in the evacuation information received from the server.
G08B 7/06 - Signalling systems according to more than one of groups Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups using electric transmission
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
G08B 21/02 - Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
A transaction settlement device includes a processor that acquires a product code for an item being registered in a sales transaction in a customer operating mode, then checks whether the product code is associated with a sales restriction. A display screen then displays a clerk check screen when the product code has a sales restriction. The processor enters a clerk operating mode after the display of the clerk check screen for receiving a sales availability instruction and cancels registration of the acquired product code after the return to the customer operating mode when the sales availability instruction indicates purchase is not approved and permits the registration of the acquired product code after the return to the customer operating mode from the clerk operating mode when the sales availability instruction indicates purchase is approved.
A printing apparatus includes a feed side roll, a winding roller, a driver, a detector, a printer, a conveyance roller, and an adjuster. The feed side roll includes an ink ribbon wound on a feeding roller. The driver rotates the winding roller in a direction of winding the ink ribbon. The detector detects a change in a tension of the ink ribbon being wound. The printer prints on a print medium via the ink ribbon stretched in a tense state between a collection side roll where the ink ribbon is wound and the feed side roll. The conveyance roller winds the ink ribbon between the collection side roll and the printer. The adjuster adjusts a torque for rotating the winding roller by the driver based on detection results by the detector to keep a tension of the ink ribbon passing through the printer constant.
B41J 2/325 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
B41J 33/34 - Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms driven by motors independently of the machine as a whole
A sheet conveying device in an embodiment includes a first roller unit, a first conveyance path, a guide mechanism, and a control section. The first roller unit rotates and conveys a sheet. The first conveyance path conveys the sheet to the first roller unit. The guide mechanism is disposed along the first conveyance path and guides the conveyance of the sheet. The guide mechanism is capable of changing a conveyance path width. The control section sets the conveyance path width at a time when a leading end of the sheet passes a first position of the guide mechanism to first width. The control section sets the conveyance path width at a time when a trailing end of the sheet passes the first position to second width smaller than the first width.
A commodity registration system includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon. The instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to acquire a plurality of reference signals via an antenna at a plurality of positions between a first position and a second position, acquire a plurality of target signals via the antenna at a plurality of positions between the first position and the second position, and refrain from registering the commodity for purchase based on a comparison between a reference phase characteristic of the plurality of reference signals and a target phase characteristic of the plurality of target signals.
H01Q 3/02 - Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
According to one embodiment, a sales data processing apparatus has a communication interface and a processor. The processor acquires settlement data associated with a code symbol from a customer terminal. The settlement data includes information for completing a code settlement payment for a sales transaction which is transmitted via the communication interface to an external server providing a settlement proxy service. The processor receives a settlement result notification via the communication interface from the external server. The settlement result notification includes a code settlement brand used for the code settlement payment. The processor compares the code settlement brand to a listing of approved brands and outputs a notification that the code settlement payment was performed using an unapproved code settlement brand if the code settlement brand included in the settlement result notification does not match an approved brand on the listing.
According to one embodiment, a product sales data processing device includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information that can specify a product, a registration unit configured to register the product based on the identification information, and a display unit configured to arrange and display, on a same screen, information on products registered by the registration unit in the order of registration, and display an operator for instructing an end of registration, in which the display unit periodically changes a display mode of the operator using a moving animation so as to perform highlighting.
According to one embodiment, the information processing device includes a storage and a processor. The storage is configured to store application programs provided with a probational period. The processor is configured to stop a first-time automatic startup of the application program provided with the probational period during a startup of the information processing device.
According to an embodiment, a point management device for a multi-store commercial facility includes a processor and a communication interface to connect to a plurality of payment terminals in a plurality of stores of the facility. The processor acquires a notification of points granted to a member of a loyalty program for a transaction at a payment terminal in the plurality payment terminals, updates the points of the member based on the notification, and determines if the points of the member satisfy a benefit granting condition. When the points satisfy the benefit granting condition, the processor sends a benefit provision notification to the payment terminal if the payment terminal is a first-type terminal but not if the payment terminal is a second-type terminal.
A method, computer program product, and system are described. The method comprises receiving payment information, receiving a communication from an electronic device of a user, wherein the communication comprises a token that corresponds to the combination of the user and the electronic device. The method further comprises transmitting, to a payment processor of a payment network, the token and an identifier of the electronic device that is derived from the communication. The method further comprises receiving, from the payment network, a payment authorization that indicates that the token and the identifier of the electronic device were previously registered with an issuer corresponding to the payment information.
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentialsReview and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
According to one embodiment, a merchandise sales device includes a main body device and a support member. The main body device performs information processing for merchandise sales while accepting an operation from an operator. The support member can selectively form a first state where the main body device can be placed at a horizontal surface while a predetermined attitude of the main body device is maintained, and a second state where the main body device can be fixed to a vertical surface.
In accordance with an embodiment, an information processing apparatus selects a service node on the basis of tree data including a goal node indicating a management goal and a service node indicating contents of a service for realizing the goal. The information processing apparatus extracts verification items associated with effect verification of the contents of the service on the basis of the goal node associated with the selected service node. In addition, the information processing apparatus provides a screen that allows setting, for each of the extracted verification items, a specification associated with effect verification of the verification item.
A communication device includes a first generation unit, a common unit, a second generation unit, a suppression unit, and an adjustment unit. The common unit inputs a carrier wave generated by the first generation unit from an input terminal and outputs the carrier wave from an input and output terminal, and outputs a signal input from an output terminal. The second generation unit generates a cancelation signal by changing an amplitude and a phase of the carrier wave. The suppression unit suppresses a self-interference signal included in the signal output from the output terminal using the cancelation signal. The adjustment unit adjusts the cancelation signal generated according to the output signal from the output terminal, while inputting the carrier wave output by the first generation unit to the input terminal for a first period having a length such that the wireless tag is not activated.
According to one embodiment, a product registration device is configured to receive a recognition result, register a product corresponding to a product code as a sales target in a sales transaction if the recognition result specifies a single product code as the product being registered. When the recognition result specifies one or more candidate product codes, the device identifies a candidate product code in the recognition result having a highest degree of similarity value and checks a product master database to determine whether the identified candidate product code is for a code-symbol attached product having a code symbol thereon. If the candidate product code having the highest degree of similarity value is for a code-symbol attached product, the device delays registration to permit another recognition result to be received via the communication unit before display of candidate product selection screen or the like.
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism configured to form a developer image and transfer the formed developer image onto a medium and a fixing unit. The fixing unit includes a fixing member that contacts the medium the developer image is transferred onto, a heat source arranged to supply heat to the fixing member, a first temperature sensor that detects a temperature of a first region, and a second temperature sensor that detects a temperature of a second region of the fixing member. The image forming apparatus includes a controller that outputs information indicating an abnormality of the temperature detected by the first or the second temperature sensor, based on a difference between a first and a second estimation value. The first estimation value is an estimate of a temperature of the first region. The second estimation value is an estimate of a temperature of the second region.
An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to (a) acquire an image of a document, (b) identify a mark region containing a predetermined mark in the acquired image of the document, (c) decide a variable region containing a variable object that is variable based on an input based on the identified mark region, (d) decide a fixed region indicating a format of the document and containing a fixed object that is not variable, and (e) generate document data based on the decided variable region and the decided fixed region.
B41J 3/01 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for special character, e.g. for Chinese characters or barcodes
G06K 15/02 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data using printers
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
A point-of-sale device includes an interface unit for acquiring a recognition result that is a recognition of a product based on a captured image of the product, a user input unit for receiving user operations, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute a registering process for a sales transaction based on the acquired recognition result, cause a display screen to display a list of each product registered in the sales transaction, and receive a change operation via the user input unit to change a registered product on the list. The processor adds information corresponding to the change operation to the displayed list and then receives a transaction termination operation from the user input unit, the termination operation indicating an end of the registering process. After receiving the termination operation, the processor sends a change notification to a clerk terminal.
According to one embodiment, an information processing device communicates with an image forming device including an image forming unit and a container storing waste toner from the image forming unit. The information processing device includes a communication interface and a processing circuit. The communication interface acquires data regarding an amount of the waste toner. The processing circuit detects a near-full state of the container based on comparison between an amount of the waste toner based on the data and a threshold value corresponding to the number of times of installation of the container.
A thermal printer that forms an image on a medium by a thermal head having a heat generating element includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the thermal head; a head lifting motor configured to switch the thermal head between a head down state in which the thermal head can form an image on the medium and a head up state in which the thermal head is separated from the medium; and an MPU configured to determine whether a measurement temperature measured by the temperature sensor is less than a predetermined temperature threshold and cause the heat generating element to generate heat by switching the thermal head to a head up state by the head lifting motor, if the measurement temperature is less than the temperature threshold.
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism, a wireless tag communication device, an image forming mechanism, a fixing device including a heating device to heat a medium passing between fixing and pressing members, and a moving mechanism by which a distance between the fixing and pressing members can be changed, and a processor to control the conveyance mechanism to convey a medium, control the communication device to perform a writing process on a tag attached to the medium, and control the forming mechanism and the fixing device to perform a forming process on the medium. The processor controls the fixing device to set the distance at a first distance during a first period before a timing corresponding to completion of the writing process and at a second distance less than the first distance during a second period after the timing.
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus has a printing unit to print images on a sheet of paper from a paper storage unit and a conveying unit configured to convey sheets from the storage unit to the printing unit. A tag reader/writer communicates with a wireless tag on a sheet when the sheet is at a communication position on the conveyance path. A control unit determines whether a writing of data to a tag on a first sheet has succeeded, then controls the printing unit to print on the first sheet if the writing of data succeeded but not if the writing of data to the wireless tag failed. When writing of data to the wireless tag has failed, the control unit executes a tag data writing retry process on another sheet from the paper storage unit.
G06K 17/00 - Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups , e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a tag communication unit configured to communicate with wireless tags, an image forming unit configured to form image on media carrying wireless tags, and a processor. The processor is configured to permit the image forming unit to form an image on a medium when the tag communication unit successfully writes data to a wireless tag carried by the medium, and indicate the image formed on the medium by the image forming unit is a use charge target after the image forming unit is permitted to form the image on the medium.
G06K 17/00 - Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups , e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
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WIRELESS TAG COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS TAG SEARCH METHOD
Provided is a wireless tag communication device and a wireless tag search method capable of specifying a location where an RFID tag exists. According to one embodiment, a wireless tag communication device includes a communication device, a position detection sensor, a memory, and a processor. The communication device communicates with a wireless tag that is a target. The position detection sensor detects information indicating a self position. The memory stores the self position, which is specified based on the information detected by the position detection sensor, in association with a reading result of reading a wireless tag by the communication device. The processor specifies a position of the wireless tag based on reading results of the wireless tag obtained at a plurality of different positions that are stored in the memory.
G01S 13/75 - Systems using reradiation of radio waves, e.g. secondary radar systemsAnalogous systems using transponders powered from received waves, e.g. using passive transponders
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
In accordance with an embodiment, a commodity registration apparatus acquires, during commodity registration in one transaction, information regarding the operation by the customer, which is received by the customer display device. In addition, the commodity registration apparatus displays, on the basis of the acquired information regarding the operation by the customer, information indicating a progress status of the operation by the customer on the store checker display device.
A thermal printer with a thermal head including a heating element forms an image on a medium. The printer includes a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the medium, a heater that heats an interior of the thermal printer, and a processor. The processor determines whether a temperature measured by the temperature sensor is equal to or greater than a preset temperature threshold, operate the heater if the measured temperature is less than the temperature threshold, and determine an application energy amount for the thermal head based on the measured temperature if the measured temperature is equal to or greater than the temperature threshold.
G01K 7/22 - Measuring temperature based on the use of electric or magnetic elements directly sensitive to heat using resistive elements the element being a non-linear resistance, e.g. thermistor
A sheet processing apparatus in an embodiment includes a processing unit, a tray, alignment members, and a supporting member. The processing unit processes regular size sheets. The regular size sheets can be placed on a first surface of the tray. The alignment members are capable of coming into contact with end portions in a first direction, in which a line of intersection of the first surface and a horizontal plane extends, further in an upward direction than a center of gravity of a largest regular size sheet present in an initial position where the regular size sheet entering the tray is placed first. The supporting member supports a lower end portion of the largest regular size sheet and extends from inner sides to outer sides of end portions of the largest regular size sheet in the first direction.
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeder on which a medium with a wireless tag is placeable, a conveyance mechanism, an image forming unit, a wireless tag communication device to communicate with the tag by radiating a radio wave to: a first area on a conveyance path of the medium and downstream of the feeder and a second area on the feeder, and a processor to: control the mechanism to convey a medium and control the communication device to radiate a radio wave to the first area to write data into a wireless tag attached to the medium. The processor is configured to, in response to an operation for reading data from a wireless tag attached to a medium on the sheet feeder, control the communication device to radiate a radio wave to the second area to read the data.
An image forming device includes a transfer belt, a plurality of image forming units, a plurality of sensors, and a processor. The plurality of image forming units are arranged in a moving direction of the transfer belt, and form the toner images on the transfer belt. The plurality of sensors detect the toner images formed on the transfer belt. The processor determines a relative positional misalignment among the toner images formed by the plurality of image forming units based on detection results output from the plurality of sensors, and performs alignment control of adjusting formation timings of the toner images on the transfer belt in the plurality of image forming units based on a determination result. The processor further performs abnormality determination processing based on a difference value among the detection results output from the plurality of sensors, and outputs a determination result of the abnormality determination processing.
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
A checkout machine installed in a store includes an input device, a memory that stores discount information indicating payment methods acceptable to the store and whether a discount is to be applied to a settlement amount when each of the payment methods is used, and a processor to acquire a settlement amount for a transaction in the store. Upon selection of one of the payment methods via the input device, the processor determines whether a discount is to be applied to the settlement amount based on the discount information. When a discount is to be applied to the settlement amount, the processor applies the discount to the settlement amount and executes settlement processing for completing the transaction using the selected payment method.
A lens-mirror array includes a second optical element arranged adjacent to a first optical element in a main-scan direction. The first optical element has an incident surface, a first reflection surface, and an exit surface. The incident surface is shaped to transmit and focus a light incident on the incident surface. The first reflection surface has positive optical power and is configured to reflect and focus the light entering through the incident surface. The exit surface outputs the light reflected by the first reflection surface. The second optical element includes a second reflection surface. A travel blocking portion is provided between the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface. A reflectance reduction layer is provided in the travel blocking portion to set light reflectance in the travel blocking portion to be lower than that of the first reflection surface.
G02B 26/12 - Scanning systems using multifaceted mirrors
B41J 2/47 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using the combination of scanning and modulation of light
G03G 15/043 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with means for controlling illumination or exposure
A movable shelf system is provided for a retail or grocery store. The system includes a movable shelf in a store location; an actuator for moving the movable shelf; a plurality of cameras in the store location, each of the plurality of cameras having a field of view; and a vision mesh network having a plurality of nodes in communication with each other, at least one of the plurality of cameras being a node within the plurality of nodes on the vision mesh network. The vision mesh network receives and processes information about the movable shelf and sends an instruction to the movable shelf based on the information.
A management server includes a communication interface, a memory, and a processor. The communication interface communicates with an image forming device including a printer that prints an image on a medium and a reader-writer that writes data to an electronic device provided on the medium, and a reader device that reads the data from the electronic device. The memory stores document management information including job information that represents a job executed using a document whose data is written by the reader-writer to the electronic device provided on the medium on which the image is printed by the printer in the image forming device. The processor updates information that represents a work status of the job represented by the job information in the document management information, based on reading information of the electronic device provided on the document by the reader device.
A detection device for detecting a person near a target object includes an electrode installed proximate to the target object, and a capacitive sensing circuit connected to the electrode and capable of sensing capacitive changes on the electrode. The sensing circuit is configured to acquire a cumulative amount of the capacitive changes in a particular period, determine whether there is a person near the target object based on the cumulative amount, and upon determining that there is a person near the target object, issue a first signal indicating that there is a person near the target object.
G01D 5/24 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying capacitance
G16Y 20/10 - Information sensed or collected by the things relating to the environment, e.g. temperatureInformation sensed or collected by the things relating to location
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism, a wireless tag communication device, a memory that stores information indicating a user in association with an attribute thereof, and a controller configured to acquire a job for forming an image on a sheet using the image forming mechanism, identify a user who has issued the job, determine whether the job includes a tag process for reading or writing data from or to a wireless tag attached to a sheet using the wireless tag communication device, and upon determining that the job includes the tag process, determine whether to execute the tag process based on the attribute of the identified user.
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
G06K 17/00 - Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups , e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a cylindrical member, a heater, a holder, a sensor, a roller, and a pressing mechanism. The pressing mechanism is configured to change a pressure between the cylindrical member and the roller.
A collection bag support structure of an embodiment includes a collection bag, a frame, a support portion, a pair of shafts, and a pair of rails. The frame keeps an opening of the collection bag in an open state. The support portion is provided inside a check-out apparatus, and supports the frame in a state in which the opening of the collection bag faces upward. The pair of shafts is provided in either one of the frame or the support portion, and serves as fulcrums of rotation in which one end portions of both side portions of the frame remain in the support portion and the other end portions move away from the support portion. The pair of rails is provided on the other one of the frame and the support portion, rotatably supports the shafts, and guides the shafts movably at least in a depth direction of the check-out apparatus.
G07D 11/235 - Means for sensing or detection for monitoring or indicating operating conditionsMeans for sensing or detection for detecting malfunctions
According to an embodiment, a wireless tag communication device includes a first antenna that emits radio waves towards a first region of a conveyance path for wireless tags and a second antenna that emits radio waves towards a second region of the conveyance path on downstream of the first region along the conveyance path. A shield prevents the radio waves emitted from the first antenna from reaching a first portion of the first region while permitting the radio waves to reach a second portion of the first region. A controller is configured to select a tag ID read via the first antenna as a target tag ID, designate the target tag ID by communication via the second antenna, and then write tag information via the second antenna to the wireless tag corresponding to the designated target tag ID.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a motor that drives a fixing device; and a controller. The motor outputs a signal corresponding to a driving current value of the motor. The controller performs a first operation where a magnitude value of the signal has fallen out of a first range while driving the motor in a first operation mode. The controller performs a second operation where the magnitude value of the signal has fallen out of a second range while driving the motor in a second operation mode.
The present disclosure provides improved apparatuses for selective radio frequency identification shielding. A container is provided, the container including a plurality of sides comprising a bottom side on which items can be placed and one or more wall sides to contain the items, where at least one of the plurality of sides is permeable to a radio frequency (RF) used to identify items in the container, and one or more sides of the plurality of sides comprise an RF shield arranged to block the one or more sides such that radio waves used to identify items in the container are blocked by the one or more blocked sides. The container further includes at least one opening through which items can be placed into the container.
An image forming apparatus includes a polygon mirror configured to deflect a laser beam toward a photoconductor and a polygon mirror motor configured to rotate the polygon mirror. A controller acquires a measurement of a spin up time taken for a rotation speed of the polygon mirror motor to reach a target rotation speed range. The controller determines whether the spin up time is between (a) a first threshold time predefined based on a period of time required for the rotation speed of the polygon mirror motor to reach the target rotation speed range and (b) a second threshold time predefined as a period of time indicating that the polygon mirror motor is broken. The controller stores history data regarding the spin up time in response to a determination that the spin up time is between the first threshold time and the second threshold time.
G03G 15/043 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with means for controlling illumination or exposure
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
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SETTLEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTLEMENT DEVICE
According to one embodiment, a settlement device for retail transaction settlement processing includes a clerk display unit, a customer display unit, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a designation of whether a customer in a sales transaction belongs to an electronic receipt service, then cause the customer display unit to display a first display screen with selectable options for transaction receipts when the customer is not an electronic receipt service member and a second display screen with selectable options for transaction receipt output when the customer is an electronic receipt service member. The options on the first display screen are different from the options on the second display screen. The processor then receives a selectable option selection from the first or second display screen, and performs processing for the transaction receipt output according to the received selection.
Systems and methods of tracking utilization of tableware are presented. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by an electronic device having a sensing device operable to sense an identifier specific to and disposed with tableware. The tableware identifier is specific to a cryptographic digital asset stored on the blockchain as a code that represents the tableware identifier. Further, the cryptographic digital asset includes a reference to information associated with exposure of the tableware to a food allergen. The tableware identifier code and the food allergen exposure information reference are included with the cryptographic digital asset. The method includes sending, to the blockchain, an indication that includes a request for block data associated with the cryptographic digital asset based on the tableware identifier sensed from the tableware so that the food allergen exposure information of the tableware can be obtained based on the allergen exposure reference.
G06F 16/27 - Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database systemDistributed database system architectures therefor
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TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE
A temperature control device controls power supplied to a heater based on a temperature estimate value estimated over time so that a temperature control target to which heat propagates from the heater of the fixing unit reaches a preset target temperature. The temperature control device includes a temperature sensor, first and second storage circuits, a temperature difference detection circuit, and a target temperature correction circuit. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of the heater. The first storage circuit stores the temperature estimate value. The second storage circuit stores a sensor temperature. The temperature difference detection circuit calculates an actual temperature rise amount from a temperature difference between the temperature estimate value and the temperature of the heater from the respective storage circuits. The temperature correction circuit performs control such that a target temperature is lowered in accordance with the actual temperature rise amount.
According to an embodiment, a settlement device for handling payments for settling retail transactions includes a first interface to communicate with a change machine, a second interface to communicate with a selection receiving unit to receive an instruction to select a price payment method, and a processor. The processor performs settlement processing according to the selected price payment method received from the selection receiving unit, receives a payment suspension instruction via the selection receiving unit to suspend the settlement processing for the transaction according to the selected price payment method, and controls the change machine to delay, upon the payment suspension instruction being received, repaying of any cash deposited into the change machine until after another selected price payment method is received from the selection receiving unit after the payment suspension instruction is received. The repaying may be delayed until the transaction is settled by the other payment method.
G06F 3/0482 - Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
G06F 3/04886 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
A settlement device includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive a selection of a price payment method out of a plurality of price payment methods by a store clerk via a first touch panel or a keyboard and to receive a selection of a price payment method out of the plurality of price payment methods by a customer via a second touch panel. When the first touch panel and the keyboard are configured to provide the selection, the processor is configured not to receive the selection from the second touch panel. When the second touch panel is configured to provide the selection, the processor is configured not to receive the selection from the first touch panel and the keyboard.
G06F 3/04842 - Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
According to one embodiment, a settlement computing device includes a first display device capable of displaying information relevant to store clerks for settling transactions with customers; a second display device capable of displaying information relevant to the customers for settling the transactions; and a processor configured to: acquire identifying information about a commodity to be purchased by a first customer as part of a first transaction; and after acquiring the first information: cause the first display device to display a total price required from the first customer as payment to complete the first transaction; cause the second display device to display a first amount of money deposited by the first customer, without causing the first display device to display the first amount of money; and determine whether a total amount of money deposited by the first customer is sufficient for settling the first transaction.
An image forming apparatus configured to scan laser light on a photoconductive body with a polygon mirror rotated by a polygon mirror motor includes a first determining unit, a second determining unit, and a storage unit. After the polygon mirror motor is started and shifts to steady rotation in a target rotating speed range, the first determining unit determines, repeatedly at a regular interval, whether rotating speed of the polygon mirror motor is within the target rotating speed range. If the rotating speed is outside the target rotating speed range a specified continuous number of times, the second determining unit determines that failure of the polygon mirror motor occurred. If the rotating speed returns from the outside to within the target rotating speed range a number of times less than the specified continuous number of times, the storage unit stores the number of times.
B41J 2/47 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using the combination of scanning and modulation of light
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
G03G 15/043 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with means for controlling illumination or exposure
A sheet feeder includes a cassette has a sheet container space configured to hold a sheet having a wireless tag. The cassette feeds the sheet to a first side in a first direction. A horizontal direction orthogonal to the first direction is a second direction. A range in the second direction occupied by the wireless tag of the sheet held in the sheet container space is a first range. A range in the second direction including at least a part of the first range is a second range. A range in the second direction occupied by the sheet container space is a third range. In the cassette front wall, a height in a vertical direction in the third range except the second range is smaller than a height in the vertical direction in the second range.
B65H 1/04 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile
B65H 5/06 - Feeding articles separated from pilesFeeding articles to machines by rollers
B65H 5/38 - Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation immovable in operation
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
G03G 21/16 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
58.
FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION METHOD
According to one embodiment, detection of a foreign object mixed in a container can be efficiently performed. A foreign object detection device includes: a determination unit configured to determine, based on a reading result of a wireless tag obtained by radiating a radio wave for reading the wireless tag for a container housing an article and a data file in which a tag identifier held by a wireless tag attached to a foreign object different from the article is registered, whether the wireless tag attached to the foreign object is read; and a notification unit configured to notify that the foreign object is detected if it is determined that the wireless tag attached to the foreign object is read.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G06K 19/07 - Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards with integrated circuit chips
A server apparatus that communicates with a plurality of image forming apparatuses respectively having scan functions and a user terminal that provides an image that should be formed by any one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The server apparatus includes a receiving unit, an analyzing unit, and a determining unit. The receiving unit receives job information indicating the image that should be formed transmitted by the user terminal. The analyzing unit analyzes density in the image from the job information. The determining unit determines, based on the density information and image quality information of each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses obtained by scanning, in each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, reference paper on which monochrome reference images having gradations in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction are formed in separated positions of at least two parts in the first direction, a proper machine suitable for forming the image out of the plurality of image forming apparatuses.
A sheet processing device includes a folding unit, a first roller, and a pair of second rollers. The folding unit folds a sheet and forms a fold in the sheet. The pair of second rollers moves in a fold direction and additionally folds the fold. The first roller includes a first large diameter section and a first small diameter section. Each of the pair of second rollers includes a second large diameter section and a second small diameter section. The second large diameter section holds the sheet between the second large diameter section and the first small diameter section. The second small diameter section holds the sheet between the second small diameter section and the first large diameter section.
A light source module capable of combining light beams emitted by two semiconductor lasers mounted on the same substrate before entering a collimator lens to be focused on an image plane is provided. The light source module includes the two semiconductor lasers and a light beam combining element. The two semiconductor lasers are arranged so as to have parallel light axes. The light beams emitted by the two semiconductor lasers enter the light beam combining element which emits the light beams with respective light axes made closer to each other. An air conversion length of a total distance from a light emitting surface of one semiconductor laser to an exit surface of the light beam combining element, and an air conversion length of a total distance from a light emitting surface of the other semiconductor laser to the exit surface are equal to each other.
An image forming apparatus includes an image supporter, a charger, a toner image forming device, a transfer device, a detector, and a controller. The charger includes a charging member adjacent to the surface of the image supporter, and applies a voltage obtained by superimposing an AC voltage on a DC voltage to a charging member to thereby homogenously charge the surface of the image supporter. The toner image forming device forms a latent image provided to the image supporter and then develop the latent image. The transfer device transfers the toner image to a transfer body. The detector detects a resistance value of the transfer device. The controller estimates a saturation value of a surface potential of the image supporter, and then sets a peak value of the AC voltage which is applied by the charger to the charging member, in accordance with the saturation value estimated.
G03G 15/02 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitisingCorona discharge devices
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a charging roller, an image forming section, a bearing member, a holding member, an urging member, a fixing section, and an unfixing section. A cylindrical image bearing body is attached to the housing. The charging roller comes into contact with the surface of the image bearing body and charges the surface. The image forming section forms an image on the charged surface. The holding member holds the bearing member. The urging member urges the bearing member in a first direction. The fixing section fixes the bearing member in a first position. The unfixing section separates the charging roller from the surface of the image bearing body and positions the holding member in the housing, unfixes the bearing member, moves the bearing member to a second position, and brings the charging roller into contact with the surface of the image bearing body.
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
G03G 15/02 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitisingCorona discharge devices
An image forming apparatus includes a processing unit, a sensor, and a processor. The processing unit has a developing device using a developer containing two components of a toner and a carrier. The sensor outputs a detection value corresponding to a toner concentration of the developer during operation of the processing unit. The processor performs a process of determining whether a service call to a service person is necessary based on the detection value of the sensor. The processor operates the processing unit at either a high process speed or a low process speed to acquire the detection value of the sensor, before determining whether the service call is necessary. The processor determines the process speed at which the processing unit is to be operated based on the detection value. The processor operates the processing unit at the determined process speed to determine whether the service call is necessary.
A commodity registration system comprises a camera and a commodity registration device including a processor configured to: acquire images of a commodity being placed in a housing unit from the camera; determine, based on at least one of the acquired images, commodity type identifications for the commodity; and when the commodity type identifications are different: store each of the commodity type identifications in second registration information, the second registration information identifying candidates for commodities to be purchased; and in response to a user selection of one of the commodity type identifications stored in the second registration information, store the selected commodity type identification in first registration information, the first registration information identifying commodities to be purchased.
Provided is a commodity registration system by which occurrence of erroneous registration of a commodity can be reduced. The commodity registration system includes: an imaging unit provided in a housing unit configured to house a commodity that is a purchase target, an inside of the housing unit being included in an imaging area; a specifying unit configured to recognize a commodity from an image captured by the imaging unit and specify the commodity to be housed in the housing unit based on the recognition result; a registration unit configured to register the commodity specified by the specifying unit as the commodity that is the purchase target; and a changing unit configured to change, based on a quantity of commodities registered by the registration unit or the image, a recognition area in the image from which the specifying unit recognizes a commodity.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
A printer that forms an image on paper includes a movable blade configured to approach a fixed blade and cut the paper located between the movable blade and the fixed blade by at least the distal end of the movable blade running on the fixed blade, a housing including an opening, through which the movable blade can be inserted, and configured to house the movable blade, and a closing guide configured to close a gap between the opening and the movable blade and, if the distal end of the movable blade runs on the fixed blade, follow the running-on to thereby continue the closing.
A printer configured to form an image on roll paper includes a housing configured to house the roll paper and a first guide and a second guide coupled to the housing, the first guide and the second guide each being movable in a width direction of the roll paper, and the first guide being separated from the second guide in the width direction to hold the roll paper therebetween. The printer further includes a detection assembly configured to detect a position of the first guide and a position of the second guide and a controller configured to determine a width of the roll paper based on a detection result of the detection assembly.
According to an embodiment, a printer includes a damper that moves towards a continuous sheet by a predetermined distance and applies a tensile force to the continuous sheet on a conveying path on which the continuous sheet is conveyed by the feed roller. The printer further includes a limiter that switches a state of the damper between an unlimited state in which a movement distance for the damper is not limited and a limited state in which the movement distance for the damper is limited so that no tensile force is applied to the continuous sheet.
B41J 15/16 - Means for tensioning or winding the web
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 15/02 - Web rolls or spindlesAttaching webs to cores or spindles
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles
According to an embodiment, a printer includes a damper that applies tension to continuous paper by moving a predetermined distance toward the continuous paper in a conveying path of the continuous paper to be conveyed. The printer further includes a limiter that switches a state of the damper between a non-limited state in which a moving distance of the damper is not limited and a limited state in which the moving distance of the damper is limited to reduce tension to be applied to the continuous paper.
B41J 15/16 - Means for tensioning or winding the web
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 15/02 - Web rolls or spindlesAttaching webs to cores or spindles
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles
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ARTICLE REGISTRATION DEVICE, CART POS SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH ARTICLE REGISTRATION DEVICE, AND ARTICLE REGISTRATION METHOD
An article registration device detects an area where a merchandise item is put, performs image capture corresponding to the brightness of the area, and registers the article within the captured image, a cart POS system equipped with an article registration device, and an article registration method. The article registration device includes an image pickup device, an illumination unit, a position detection unit, and an information terminal. The position detection unit divides an image capture area into a plurality of areas and detects an area where the article is put under the illumination of the illumination unit. The information terminal sets an exposure time under the illumination of the illumination unit on a per image pickup device basis in such a way that the set amount of exposure is achieved, and causes the capture an image, recognize the article within the captured image, and register the article.
A portable terminal device of an embodiment includes, a coupon storage unit that stores coupon information related to a coupon; a display device; and a processor configured to display on the display device an image of a coupon, which includes a coupon code related to the coupon which has been designated and a use button of the coupon; determine, when the use button is operated, whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the use button was operated; and prohibit, when it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed, use of the coupon displayed on the display device by displaying a piece of information other than the coupon code with a size and at a position to overlap with the coupon code, thereby making the coupon code unreadable.
According to embodiments, a commodity identification system comprises a camera interface and a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire a first image of a commodity from a camera; detect a commodity area within the first image, that shows the commodity; attempt to identify the commodity from the commodity area based on a first copy of previously stored visual features for a plurality of commodities; and upon the attempt to identify the commodity from the commodity area being unsuccessful, perform the following: acquire a second image of the commodity from the camera, wherein the second image includes a visible code; generate error identification data that includes the first image and includes a commodity code associated with the visible code; and update the first copy of the previously stored visual features to include visual features of the commodity that are extracted from the first image.
According to embodiments, a commodity registration system comprises a processor configured to: acquire an image from a camera; attempt to detect in the acquired image, a commodity region showing a commodity, a hand region showing a purchaser's hand, and a seal region showing a discount seal attached to the commodity; when a detected commodity region is in contact with a detected hand region in the image, attempt to identify the commodity from the detected commodity region; when the detected commodity region is in contact with the detected hand region in the image and the seal region is detected from the image, attempt to identify the discount seal from the detected seal region; and when the detected commodity region is not in contact with the detected hand region and the seal region is detected from the image, attempt to identify the discount seal from the detected seal region.
According to an embodiment, a printer apparatus includes a guide member that guides an ink ribbon and a print sheet nipped by a thermal head and a platen roller and guides only the ink ribbon after the printing towards the winding reel. The printer apparatus further includes a sheet-like elastic member attached to a surface of surfaces in contact with the ink ribbon of the guide member, the surface guiding only the ink ribbon after the printing towards the winding reel.
A point of sale (POS) terminal for registering commodities for purchase at a store, includes a code reader, a memory that stores a commodity master with an entry for each commodity sold at a store in association with a full price for the commodity and a discount amount, and a processor configured to upon reading of a code via the code reader, register a commodity corresponding to the code in a transaction, calculate a total amount of payment due in the transaction based on the full price and the discount amount of the registered commodity, generate transaction information indicating an image of a receipt of the transaction, the image including first text indicating the total amount of payment due and second text indicating a total amount of discount, the second text being highlighted relative to the first text, and output the transaction information for printing.
A driver generation device includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores kernel source code for an embedded device with Linux installed, driver source code for a device driver for the embedded device, a container including a cross compiler that compiles the driver source, and container virtualization software that manages the container. The memory is configured to store a driver generation program, when executed by the processor, causes the computer to (a) mount the kernel source code from the computer to a first directory within the container, the first directory having the same path as a second directory on the computer containing the kernel source code, (b) mount the driver source code within the container, and (c) compile the driver source code to generate the device driver.
A communication apparatus includes a first determination processing unit that determines, based on measurement of a target including one or more wireless tags by a measurement unit, an arrangement of the target with respect to a predetermined range. A movement control unit controls movement of an antenna. An acquisition unit acquires, based on a radio wave of each of the wireless tags received by the antenna, a plurality of pieces of tag data on the wireless tag at a plurality of relative positions of the antenna. A second determination processing unit determines, based on data output from a trained model in response to input of the plurality of pieces of tag data on the wireless tag to the trained model, a positional relationship of the wireless tag with respect to the predetermined range, the trained model being selected from a plurality of trained models.
A customer service supporting device includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a self-service terminal in a store and an operator terminal in a location different from the store, and a processor configured to, upon receipt of a customer service request from the self-service terminal, acquire screen data corresponding to a screen that is displayed by the self-service terminal when the customer service request is issued, and control the communication interface to transmit the screen data to the operator terminal and cause the operator terminal to display the screen.
A driver generation device includes a processor and a storage device. The storage device stores an application source for a Linux driver, a container including a compiler that compiles the application source, container virtualization software that manages the container, and a patch for the compiler. The storage device stores a driver generation program that causes the computer to implement a function of determining whether the patch is required during execution of compilation, during starting of the container, a function of mounting the patch into the container if it is determined that the patch is required, a function of mounting the application source into the container, and a function of compiling the application source to generate a Linux driver.
According to an embodiment, a search device includes an antenna having directivity, a communication unit, a determination unit, an imaging unit, and a display unit. The communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a search-target wireless tag using the antenna. The determination unit is configured to determine a relative position of the wireless tag with respect to the antenna based on a state of communication between the communication unit and the search-target wireless tag. The imaging unit that obtains an image of an imaging range defined as a direction of orientation of the antenna. The display unit is configured to display a screen on which a guide image for bringing the antenna close to the position determined by the determination unit is superimposed on the image obtained by the imaging unit.
G06T 19/00 - Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
G06T 11/60 - Editing figures and textCombining figures or text
A paper conveying device includes a support shaft configured to pivotally support a roll of paper having a center measured in a width direction, a guide movable in the width direction of the roll based on a size of the roll and configured to position the center of the roll in a reference position, and a sensor coupled to the guide and configured to detect that the roll contains less than a threshold amount of paper based on a diameter of the roll.
A thermal printer includes a thermal head, a drive data generation unit, a clock generation unit, and a drive data supply unit. The thermal head is configured such that a large number of heating elements divided into a plurality of blocks are mounted thereon, and is configured to input drive data for driving the large number of heating elements to the plurality of blocks in parallel in synchronization with a plurality of different first clock signals. The drive data generation unit is configured to generate a plurality of pieces of drive data for each of the plurality of blocks from print data and to output the plurality of pieces of drive data in synchronization with a plurality of second clock signals. The clock generation unit is configured to generate a plurality of clock signals whose phases are shifted from each other. The drive data supply unit is configured to take in the plurality of pieces of drive data, which are output from the drive data generation unit, in synchronization with the plurality of second clock signals and to supply the plurality of pieces of drive data to the thermal head in synchronization with the plurality of first clock signals.
A store system includes a server configured to manage a price-cut amount specified by a sticking object stuck to a commodity and an information terminal operated by a consumer visiting a store that sells the commodity. The server detects that the price-cut amount specified by the sticking object fluctuated according to elapse of time. The server distributes, to the information terminal, communication of which with the server is established, information indicating that the price-cut amount specified by the sticking object fluctuated. The information terminal informs, based on the information received from the server, that the price-cut amount specified by the sticking object fluctuated.
According to one embodiment, a merchandise recognition system includes a processor and storage device to store an item upper limit value. The processor is configured to receive images of a shopping cart basket area via an interface, recognize merchandise items being moved into the shopping cart basket area in a received image, compare the item upper limit value to the number of merchandise items recognized as being moved into the shopping cart basket area in the received image, and issue a limit notification when the number of merchandise items recognized as being moved into the shopping cart basket area in the received image is greater than or equal to the item upper limit value.
An image processing apparatus includes a network interface configured to communicate with a server device, a first camera, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify an item presented by a user and imaged by the first camera using a list of items received from the server device through the network interface, wherein the items in the list are displayed at a location accessed by the user.
A container case that can restrain a drop in the accuracy of reading a wireless tag. According to one embodiment, a container case that contains an antenna radiating a radio wave for reading a wireless tag includes a plate-like component including a cavity, on a side where a reading area for the wireless tag is formed by the antenna.
According to one embodiment, a server device and a method capable of improving convenience for an order and settlement of merchandise sold in a plurality of stores are provided. The server device includes: a first reception unit configured to receives, from a user terminal, order information instructing merchandise as an order target selected from merchandise sold in a plurality of stores; a second reception unit configured to receive, from the user terminal, a settlement type instructing a settlement method for the merchandise; and a settlement unit configured to settle a total price of the merchandise instructed by the order information with the instructed settlement type.
An information processing apparatus includes a connection interface connectable to an external device and a peripheral device, a display, an input interface, and a processor configured to start an operation system, and when the operation system is started or the peripheral device is connected to the connection interface, execute a first application, which causes the display to continuously display a first operation screen in full screen mode before displaying a second operation screen of the operation system or another application installed in the information processing apparatus.
In an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form a toner image on a sheet and a fixing device to heat the toner image. The fixing device includes a cylindrical belt, a heater within the interior region to heat a region of the belt. A first and a second heat conduction member are also within the interior region. The heater is between the first heat conduction member and the belt, and also between the second heat conduction member and the belt. The second heat conduction member has a recess facing the heater.
According to one embodiment, an electronic receipt dispensing system includes a transaction system server, a database, and a point-of-sale (POS) terminal. The transaction system server stores registered commodity information in the database for a sales transaction at the POS terminal. The transaction system server generates, after a request for a printed receipt, printing data for a transaction receipt for a completed sales transaction based on stored information in the database, then transmits the generated printing data to the POS terminal. After a request for an electronic receipt, the transaction system server generates electronic receipt cooperation data for a transaction receipt for the completed sales transaction based on the stored information in the database, then transmits the electronic receipt cooperation data to an electronic receipt system server.
According to an embodiment, a promotion support server includes a storage unit, a communication interface, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire promotion results data including a plurality of feature parameters for recipients of a promotion related to a product, identify feature parameters in the plurality of feature parameters that are in a multicore relationship, store the identified feature parameters in the storage unit in association with a product identification, cause a display to display a promotion target setting screen on which feature parameters of a recipient of another promotion related to the product can be set by an operator, and cause the display to display a notification when a designated feature parameter among the feature parameters on the promotion target setting screen is one identified as being in a multicore relationship.
An item registration apparatus for registering an item for purchase in a store, includes a camera, a lamp disposed adjacent to the camera, and a processor configured to: control the camera to capture a first image using first settings, perform an object recognition process on the image, and determine whether a package of an item is in the image, upon determining that a package of an item is in the image, register the item for purchase, upon determining that a package of an item is not in the image, control the lamp to turn on and control the camera to capture a second image using second settings, perform a code recognition process on the second image, and determine whether a code of an item is in the second image, and upon determining that a code of an item is in the second image, register the item using the code.
A system for registering an item for purchase at a store includes a terminal attachable to a shopping cart and a camera attached to the cart and positioned to capture an image of an item stored therein. The terminal includes: an interface circuit connectable to the camera, and a processor configured to: control the camera to capture an image, execute object recognition processing on the image and determine one or more candidate items using a result of the recognition processing, when only one candidate item is determined by the recognition processing, register the candidate item as an item for purchase, and when two or more candidate items are determined by the recognition processing, execute character recognition processing on the image and determine a character string in the image, and register one of the candidate items as an item for purchase using a result of the character recognition processing.
B62B 3/14 - Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheelsSteering devices thereforEquipment therefor characterised by provisions for nesting or stacking, e.g. shopping trolleys
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
A printer equipped with a storage portion capable of storing front-wound continuous paper with a printing surface on a front side and back-wound continuous paper with a printing surface on a back side, the printer including a main body, a cover capable of being opened and closed relative to the main body, a print head that prints on the printing surfaces of the front-wound continuous paper and the back-wound continuous paper pulled out from the storage portion, a damper for back-wound continuous paper provided in the main body and capable of being urged in a direction abutting on a non-printing surface of the back-wound continuous paper pulled out from the storage portion, and a damper for front-wound continuous paper provided on the cover and capable of being urged in a direction abutting on the printing surface of the front-wound continuous paper pulled out from the storage portion.
B65H 23/16 - Registering, tensioning, smoothing, or guiding webs longitudinally by weighted or spring-pressed movable bars or rollers
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 15/02 - Web rolls or spindlesAttaching webs to cores or spindles
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles
According to one embodiment, in a non-transitory storage medium, a computer program is recorded so that a computer of an image forming apparatus executes a code acquisition step, a transmission step, an authority setting acquisition step, and a reflection step. The code acquisition step is to acquire a code for acquiring authority setting information including execution authority indicating a function to be permitted to use among functions of the image forming apparatus. The transmission step is to transmit the acquired code to a server that issued the code. The authority setting acquisition step is to acquire the authority setting information from the server. The reflection step is to reflect the acquired authority setting information in the image forming apparatus.
A heating device includes a rotatable film, a heater disposed inside the film and including a substrate that extends along a first direction and having two surfaces opposite to each other, and a heater element on one of the surfaces of the substrate, and a heat conductor including a first portion contacting the other surface of the substrate, and a second portion that is adjacent to the first portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and does not contact the other surface of the substrate. A width of the second portion is wider than the heater element in the second direction.
A check-out apparatus has a built-in coin receiving/dispensing device, and includes a drawer unit, a collection bag, a frame, and a support portion. The drawer unit is a container that is movably supported between an installation position provided on a lower side of a shelf board supporting the coin receiving/dispensing device and a pulled-out position pulled out from the installation position to a front side of the check-out apparatus, and has at least an upward opening. The collection bag is a bag-shaped container having an opening, and is used to collect coins. The frame keeps the opening in an open state. The support portion is provided on both side portions of the drawer unit, and supports the frame in a state in which the opening of the collection bag faces upward.
A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) enabled Self-Checkout (SCO) station includes an RF antenna that emits RF energy, such as RFID interrogation signals, through the variable apertures of one or more aperture layers into a scan zone. The size of the scan zone is selectively varied by electrically modifying the effective size of the variable aperture in the aperture layer.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus moves around a sales floor with a customer and executes processing relating to product registration. The information processing apparatus inputs specific information for specifying a product sold in the sales floor and a price of the product. The information processing apparatus displays information of a registered product on the basis of the input specific information. Further, the information processing apparatus acquires information regarding a discounted product sold in the sales floor and displays the acquired information regarding a discounted product.