A point-of-sale system includes a camera attachable to a shopping cart and a POS terminal attachable to the shopping cart and including: an interface connectable to the camera, a storage device that stores dictionary data, a display device, and a processor configured to: control the camera to capture an image, execute a recognition process to determine a feature value of an item in the image and search the dictionary data for one or more candidate items, when one candidate item is recognized, register the item as a transaction item, and when multiple candidate items are recognized, determine the item in the image as a pending item, and associate the candidate items with the pending item, and upon receipt of an operation, control the display device to display a selection screen through which one of the candidate items is selectable, and register the selected item as the transaction item.
It is made possible to introduce appropriate checkout apparatuses to customers who use a payment place where a plurality of checkout apparatuses different in class in which the checkout apparatus can perform a settlement is installed. A guide system includes first checkout apparatuses, at least one second checkout apparatus, an introduction device, and a management device. The first checkout apparatuses can accept settlements with first and second settlement methods. The second checkout apparatus can accept a settlement with the second settlement method. The introduction device introduces an available checkout apparatus. The management device determines the first checkout apparatus available for the first settlement method and the first and second checkout apparatuses available for the second settlement method based on unoccupied statuses of the first and second checkout apparatuses and a priority order set in advance, and makes the introduction device introduce the result.
In accordance with an embodiment, a commodity registration terminal detects an object on the basis of an image captured by an imaging device. The commodity registration terminal determines a commodity on the basis of the image including the detected object. The commodity registration terminal outputs a notice indicating cancellation of the determined commodity on the basis of an operation of a cancellation instruction made by a user.
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G06V 10/70 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique
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COMMODITY REGISTRATION TERMINAL AND COMMODITY REGISTRATION METHOD
According to an embodiment, a commodity registration terminal detects an object on the basis of an image captured by an imaging device. The commodity registration terminal determines a commodity on the basis of an image including the detected object. In addition, the commodity registration terminal causes a display device to display a notice indicating that determination processing is in progress during the determination processing for the commodity.
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G06V 10/75 - Organisation de procédés de l’appariement, p. ex. comparaisons simultanées ou séquentielles des caractéristiques d’images ou de vidéosApproches-approximative-fine, p. ex. approches multi-échellesAppariement de motifs d’image ou de vidéoMesures de proximité dans les espaces de caractéristiques utilisant l’analyse de contexteSélection des dictionnaires
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GUIDE SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MANAGEMENT DEVICE
In the mixed flow payment of the self use customers and the pre-registration customers, to guide the customers to appropriate checkout apparatuses without requiring personnel is made possible. In a guide system including a plurality of checkout apparatuses configured to use a first settlement method of performing registration and a settlement of a purchased article, and a second settlement method of performing a settlement of a purchased article pre-registered, the management device changes the checkout apparatus available for each of the settlement methods based on assignment of the first settlement method and the second settlement method to a method used in each of the checkout apparatuses set in advance, a priority order set in advance, an unoccupied status of the checkout apparatuses, and a settlement wait status in each of the first and second settlement methods, and makes the introduction device introduce the available checkout apparatus.
G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
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INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
According to one embodiment, an information processing system for handling accumulation of sales transaction data from multiple stores or the like includes a first communication processing unit to acquire transaction data related to sales transactions in a plurality of data formats, a first data processing unit to store, in a storage unit, the transaction data in a predetermined format, a second data processing unit to generate sales analysis information based on pieces of the transaction data in the predetermined format stored in the storage unit, and a second communication processing unit to output the sales analysis information generated by the second data processing unit.
According to one embodiment, a transaction processing system includes a camera positioned on a shopping cart to capture images of merchandise items placed in the shopping cart. A barcode reader is also on the shopping cart to read merchandise codes from merchandise items. A processor is configured to perform object recognition to recognize a merchandise item based on visual features of the merchandise item depicted in an image acquired by the camera. When a merchandise code is read by the barcode reader, the processor registers the merchandise item identified by the merchandise code in a sales transaction. When the merchandise item is recognized by the object recognition, the processor registers the merchandise item in the sale transaction unless the merchandise item recognized by the object recognition is the same merchandise item most recently registered in the sales transaction using the barcode reader.
B62B 5/00 - Accessoires ou détails spécialement adaptés aux voitures à bras
B62B 3/14 - Voitures à bras ayant plus d'un essieu portant les roues servant au déplacementDispositifs de direction à cet effetAppareillage à cet effet caractérisées par des moyens pour l'emboîtement ou l'empilage, p. ex. chariots pour achats
G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p. ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
A method is provided. The method includes receiving image information corresponding to a point-of-sale (POS) transaction, the image information includes an item being weighed, receiving an indication of an item weight or an indication of an item identifier for the item associated with the POS transaction, determining an expected item weight or an expected item identifier for the item based on the image information, determining a condition exists between an item weight and the expected item weight or between an item identifier and the expected item identifier and managing the POS transaction based on the condition. A system is also provided.
An edge gateway supports an operation of a cart terminal that registers a commodity. The edge gateway includes a video acquiring unit that acquires a video of the commodity being put in a basket that stores the commodity and an identification number of the basket, a commodity counting unit that counts, from the acquired video, a first number that is the number of commodities put in the basket, a commodity registration information acquiring unit that acquires a second number that is a number of commodities read by the cart terminal until registration completion, and a number-of-commodities comparison information output unit that outputs, on condition that the first number and the second number do not match, the identification number, the first number, and the second number in order to cause a portable terminal carried by a store clerk to alert the store clerk.
In one embodiment, a mobile merchandise registration device has a display, an input unit, a communication interface, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to display a first screen on the display listing each merchandise item registered as purchase targets in a sales transaction and receive a cancellation operation, via the input unit, for cancelling the registration of a merchandise item as a purchase target. After receiving a cancellation operation, the control unit displays a cancellation operation confirmation screen on the display which includes sales retention information related to the merchandise item that is a subject of the cancellation operation. If the user confirms the cancellation operation via the confirmation screen, the control unit causes the registration of the item to be cancelled from the sales transaction.
A point-of-sale terminal attachable to a shopping cart, includes an interface connected to an imaging device, an input device, and a processor configured to: control the imaging device to capture an image and generate image data based on the captured image, perform object recognition on the image data, and perform an automatic registration process for automatically registering an item when the item is identified by the recognition. The processor is configured to: determine whether a predetermined motion of a body part is detected based on a result of recognition or whether a predetermined operation is input via the input device, upon determining that the predetermined motion is detected or the predetermined operation is input, temporarily disable the registration process such that an item is not automatically registered for purchase or automatically removed from a list of registered items even when the item is identified by the recognition.
A store server for managing POS terminals used in a store, includes an interface connectable to the terminals and a cloud server configured to manage transaction information about a sales transaction performed by the terminals and a processor configured to: determine a communication load of the cloud server, determine whether the transaction information is to be transmitted to the cloud server based on the load, when the transaction information is to be transmitted, control the interface to output to the terminals an instruction to set a destination of the transaction information to the cloud server, and when the transaction information is not to be transmitted, control the interface to output to the terminals an instruction to set the destination to the store server, and upon receipt of the transaction information from the terminals, store the transaction information.
An image forming apparatus includes a head configured to transfer ink from an ink ribbon to a print medium, a roller for pressing the print medium, and a controller configured to: upon receipt of print data, determine image areas in which an image is formed and non-image areas in which no image is formed, at the beginning of printing, control a distance between the head and the roller such that they contact each other, and set conveyance speeds of the medium and the ribbon to first and second values, before a boundary between the image and non-image areas reaches a position at which the head contacts the roller, set the speeds to third and fourth values lower than the first and second values, and when the boundary reaches the position, control the distance such that the head and the roller are separated from each other.
B41J 13/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements spécialement adaptés pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en petites longueurs, p. ex. des feuilles
B41J 2/325 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques par le transfert sélectif d'encre à partir d'un support d'encre, p. ex. à partir d'un ruban ou d'une feuille encreurs
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
B41J 25/308 - Mécanismes mobiles pour têtes d'impression ou chariots mobiles vers ou à partir de la surface du papier avec des mécanismes de réglage de la distance entre l'élément d'impression et le matériau d'impression
A top cover moves between a first position where the top cover is opened with respect to a lower cover and a second position where the top cover is closed with respect to the lower cover. A label peel-off unit moves between a third position where the label peel-off unit is opened with respect to the lower cover and a fourth position where the label peel-off unit is closed with respect to the lower cover. A lock portion engages with an operable engagement claw provided on the top cover and an engagement claw housed in the lower cover to prevent the top cover from moving from the second position. A protruding portion protrudes upstream in a label conveying direction, abuts against the engagement claw, and causes the label peel-off unit to move from the fourth position to the third position by the engagement claw.
B65C 9/18 - Alimentation en étiquettes à partir de bandes, p. ex. de rouleaux
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
B65C 9/26 - Dispositifs pour appliquer les étiquettes
Disclosed herein are inventive concepts that facilitate the dynamic management of data retention. Data records associated with point-of-sale transactions can undergo evaluation based on data utilization metrics, which can include frequency of data access and timing of data access. A computational model can process these metrics to quantitatively assess each record based on a composite metric, leading to the generation of a data retention policy. Storage of at least some data can be modified to conform to the data retention policy.
A point-of-sale system is provided. The point of sale system receives map data that includes a plurality of dining locations in a dining environment, collects image information captured by a mobile device of a user in which the image information includes an image associated with a dining location of the user within the dining environment, determines the dining location of the user based on the collected image information and the map data, and transmits, to the mobile device, payment information for the dining location of the user. A payment method is also provided.
A printer includes a feeding shaft, a rolling shaft, a conveyance unit, a print head, and a turning force generation mechanism. The feeding shaft rotatably holds a supply roll in which the ink ribbon is rolled. The rolling shaft rotatably holds a collection roll in which the ink ribbon fed from the supply roll is rolled. The conveyance unit conveys a printing medium along the ink ribbon that moves from the supply roll toward the collection roll. The print head prints by bringing the ink ribbon into contact with the printing medium conveyed by the conveyance unit. The turning force generation mechanism generates a turning force in a direction in which the ink ribbon is rolled around the rolling shaft during back-feeding of moving the ink ribbon in a reverse direction by rotating the feeding shaft in a direction reverse to a feeding direction of the ink ribbon.
B41J 33/00 - Appareils ou agencements pour l'avance des rubans encreurs ou des matériaux de transfert d'impression similaires ayant des dimensions voisines de celles des caractères
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
According to one embodiment, a sales registration apparatus for a sales registration system includes a first interface connecting to an image recognition apparatus, a second interface connecting to a point-of-sale terminal, and an imaging unit for capturing an image of an item being registered in a sales transaction. A control unit of the sales registration apparatus receives captured images from the imaging unit, transmits the captured images to the image recognition apparatus, receives a transaction completed signal from the point-of-sale terminal, and, upon receiving the transaction completed signal, causes the imaging unit to stop capturing images and/or stop transmitting captured images to the image recognition apparatus.
A store server for managing a plurality of devices in a store via a store network, includes a network interface connectable to the store network, a memory that stores: a priority value assigned to each of the devices, and indicators for each device indicating frequency of use in time periods of a day, and a processor configured to: determine a priority order for the devices based on the priority values and the indicators for the devices stored in the memory, and control communication with each of the devices via the network interface according to the determined priority order.
A transaction processing device of an embodiment includes a first registration unit, a linkage unit, and a second registration unit. The first registration unit stores a content of a transaction related to a user in response to a request from a first terminal made by an operation of the user. The linkage unit links the process of storing the content of the transaction related to the user performed by the first registration unit to a second terminal. When the content of the transaction related to the user is sent from the second terminal, the second registration unit stores the content of the transaction sent from the second terminal as the content of the transaction related to the user in the first registration unit by using the association.
G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p. ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasinExamen et approbation des payeurs, p. ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil
G07G 1/14 - Systèmes comportant une ou plusieurs stations coopérant avec une unité centrale
Systems and methods of performing automated shelf stock management are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a first network node operationally coupled to an optical sensor device having a field of view towards a shelf structure having a set of stocked items and operable to capture an image of the shelf structure. Further, the first network node is operationally coupled to a set of display devices disposed on the shelf structure with each display device being specific to and proximate a certain stocked item on the shelf structure and operable to display stocked item information. The method includes obtaining information associated with a current arrangement of the stocked items and the corresponding display devices on the shelf structure so as to determine whether the stocked item information of a certain stocked item is associated with the stocked item information displayed by the corresponding display device.
G06Q 10/087 - Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks, p. ex. exécution des commandes, approvisionnement ou régularisation par rapport aux commandes
G06K 7/14 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation électromagnétique, p. ex. lecture optiqueMéthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire utilisant la lumière sans sélection des longueurs d'onde, p. ex. lecture de la lumière blanche réfléchie
A printer includes a conveyance unit, a print head, and a braking member. The conveyance unit includes first and second rollers arranged in a state of being in pressure contact with each other with a conveyance path for conveying a long printing medium interposed therebetween, and applies a conveyance force to the printing medium by rotating the first and second rollers. The print head is disposed upstream of a position where the conveyance unit applies the conveyance force in a forward direction along the conveyance path, and performs printing on the printing medium conveyed in the forward direction through the conveyance path. The braking member is disposed in contact with the second roller, is moved, by a frictional force generated by rotation of the second roller in the forward direction, to a first position where a first braking force is applied to the printing medium, and is moved, by a frictional force generated by reverse rotation of the second roller, to a second position where a second braking force larger than the first braking force is applied to the printing medium.
B41J 13/036 - Cylindres coopérant avec un cylindre d'appui
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
B41J 13/10 - Supports de feuilles, taquets d'arrêt ou guides fixes
B65H 5/06 - Transfert des articles retirés des pilesAlimentation des machines en articles par rouleaux
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a local area network (LAN) interface including a control unit and an abnormality monitoring function for monitoring whether a communication path is abnormal. The control unit is configured to disable the abnormality monitoring function of the LAN interface when it is determined a LAN cable is not connected to the LAN interface and enable the abnormality monitoring function when the LAN cable is determined to be connected to the LAN interface. Certain examples of the information processing apparatus may be a product scanner unit or the like for use in or with point-of-sale terminals.
According to one embodiment, a merchandise information processing device includes a control unit and a communication interface connectable to a product scanner. The control unit receives an image from the product scanner. The image is obtained when a user holds a merchandise item in front of an image pickup unit of the product scanner in a scanning operation. The control unit processes the image to obtain a merchandise code for the merchandise item in the image by object recognition and may also process the image to determine if a hand of the user appears in the image. The control unit saves the image to update a dictionary file only if the merchandise code obtained by the object recognition does not match a merchandise code received from the product scanner in association with the image and the hand of the user is determined not to be in the image.
According to one embodiment, an image forming system includes a photoreceptor system, first and second detection system, a controller, and a determination system. The photoreceptor system having a rotational shaft in a longitudinal direction. The first detection system detects whether there is an abnormality on a surface of the cylindrical photoreceptor system at a first position. The second detection system detects whether there is the abnormality on the surface of the cylindrical photoreceptor system at a second position. The controller causes the second detection system to start detecting of the abnormality at a point in time after a waiting time. The determination system determines damage occurred at a surface position of the surface of the cylindrical photoreceptor system if the second detection system detects the abnormality at the surface position at which the first detection system detected the abnormality.
G03G 15/00 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
G03G 15/02 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour déposer une charge uniforme, p. ex. pour sensibiliserDispositifs pour la décharge corona
A printer driven by power of a battery, the printer including a thermal head including a plurality of heating elements arranged along a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction, a drive unit to supply power to the thermal head to drive the thermal head, and a processor to control driving and perform printing on the recording medium according to printing data, in which the processor calculates, based on a state of its own printer, a printing cycle related to printing of each line for the line configuring the printing data and an energization time for supplying power to the thermal head within the printing cycle, adjusts the energization time according to a characteristic difference between an internal resistance of the reference battery and an internal resistance of the battery, and prints for one line by supplying power to the drive unit during the energization time after adjustment.
B41J 2/35 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques en alimentant la tête thermique en courant ou en tension
B41J 29/393 - Dispositifs de commande ou d'analyse de l'ensemble de la machine
G06K 15/02 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD PERFORMED THEREBY
An information processing apparatus connectable to a UPS, includes motherboards, a first circuit connected to the motherboards to receive first signals therefrom, each first signal indicating whether the corresponding motherboard is operating, a second circuit connected to the motherboards to receive second signals therefrom, each second signal indicating whether power is to be supplied from the UPS to the corresponding motherboard during a power outage, a third circuit for detecting a power outage, and a fourth circuit connected to the first through third circuits. In response to the outage, the fourth circuit supplies power from the UPS to the motherboards when the first and second circuits each receive from at least one motherboard, the first signal indicating that the corresponding motherboard is operating and the second signal indicating that power is to be supplied from the UPS to the corresponding motherboard during a power outage.
G06F 1/30 - Moyens pour agir en cas de panne ou d'interruption d'alimentation
H02J 9/06 - Circuits pour alimentation de puissance de secours ou de réserve, p. ex. pour éclairage de secours dans lesquels le système de distribution est déconnecté de la source normale et connecté à une source de réserve avec commutation automatique
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PRINTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING DEVICE
According to at least one embodiment, a printing device includes a shaft, an antenna, a drive unit, and a control unit. The shaft is inserted into a cylindrical body of a medium roll in which a medium is wound around the cylindrical body equipped with a wireless tag, and rotatably supports the cylindrical body. The antenna is provided on the shaft to perform data communication with the wireless tag. The drive unit rotates the cylindrical body equipped with the wireless tag around the shaft. The control unit controls the drive unit so that the cylindrical body equipped with the wireless tag rotates around the shaft by a predetermined angle.
B41J 33/00 - Appareils ou agencements pour l'avance des rubans encreurs ou des matériaux de transfert d'impression similaires ayant des dimensions voisines de celles des caractères
B41J 2/325 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques par le transfert sélectif d'encre à partir d'un support d'encre, p. ex. à partir d'un ruban ou d'une feuille encreurs
B41J 33/06 - Rubans associés aux appuis des machines mais non solidaires de ceux-ci, p. ex. situés dans le sens transversal de l'appui
A point-of-sale terminal includes an interface connectable to an imaging device, a memory that stores feature data representing a feature of an image of each item sold in a store, the feature data being associated with an item code of each item, and a processor configured to: control the imaging device to capture an image, perform a process on the image to read an item code of an item in the image, perform feature extraction on the image to acquire first feature data representing a feature of the item, search the memory for second feature data associated with the item code, based on the first and second feature data, determine whether a package of the item was changed, upon determining that the package of the item was not changed, register the item for purchase, and upon determining that the package of the item was changed, issue a notification.
A sales data processing apparatus includes a first display device facing a first direction, a second display device facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first table that is disposed in front of the first display device and on which an item is placeable, a second table disposed lateral to the first display device, a bag hanger disposed on the second table and on which a bag is hangable, and a third table disposed directly below the first table.
A printer includes a body having an opening; a lid that is rotated to open and close the opening, a sheet discharge port being formed between the lid and the body when the lid is in a closed position; a printing mechanism; a first sensor that is disposed closer to a first end of the lid and is capable of detecting whether the first end of the lid is in the closed position; a movable part that is provided on one of the lid and the body and moves when pressed by a jammed sheet; and a second sensor that is provided on another one of the lid and the body at a position closer to a second end of the lid to detect the movable part and is capable of detecting that the second end is not in the closed position and the movable part is moved.
A store system includes a plurality of point-of-sale (POS) terminals each installed at a store; and an edge device connectable to the POS terminals via a store network for executing sales data processing on sales data generated by the POS terminals. The edge device includes a plurality of circuit boards, each of which can operate as a primary board or a secondary board and is configured to, when operating as the primary board: acquire a request for executing the sales data processing from a POS terminal, assign the sales data processing to another circuit board that is operating as the secondary board, and output a result of the sales data processing to the POS terminal.
A system and method is provided for rendering print jobs emanating from a manufacturer specific printer driver on a printer from a different manufacturer. Non-compatible Printer Job Language (PJL) codes are detected and a lookup table is consulted to determine one or more compatible codes that accomplish the functionality of an incompatible code. These compatible codes injected into the print job PJL as substitute code, allowing the job to be rendered correctly.
A self-service commodity sales data processing device that includes a take-out determination unit for determining whether commodities were taken out simultaneously based on an image of a commodity taken out, a first identical termination unit for determining whether commodities are different commodities or identical commodities if the take-out determination unit determines that the commodities are taken out simultaneously, a reading unit for reading information of the taken-out commodities, a second identical determination unit for determining whether the commodities read by the reading unit are the identical commodity if the first identical determination unit determines that the taken-out commodities are different commodities, and a suspension unit for suspending the transaction if the second identical determination unit determines that the commodities are the identical commodity.
G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p. ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasinExamen et approbation des payeurs, p. ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p. ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
A light source module includes a first light source, a second light source, a beam combiner, a substrate, and an adjuster. The first light source emits a first light beam. The second light source emits a second light beam parallel to the first light beam. The beam combiner combines and emits the first light beam and the second light beam. The first light source and the second light source are mounted on the substrate. The adjuster adjusts a mounting height of at least one of the first light source or the second light source on the substrate to vary at least one of (a) a first optical path length of the first light beam or (b) a second optical path length of the second light beam.
G03G 15/04 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour exposer, c.-à-d. pour projeter optiquement l'image originale sur un matériau d'enregistrement photoconducteur
G02B 27/10 - Systèmes divisant ou combinant des faisceaux
A thermal printer 1 that forms an image on sheet-shaped paper P using a print head 21 and discharges the paper P through a discharge port, the printer 1 including: an upper detection unit 31 provided closer to a side of the discharge port than to the print head 21 in a conveyance path of the paper P, the upper detection unit 31 being provided above the conveyance path and configured to detect an upward bias by the paper P; and a lower detection unit 32 provided closer to the side of the discharge port than to the print head 21 in the conveyance path, the lower detection unit 32 being provided below the conveyance path and configured to detect a downward bias by the paper P.
A system and method for multifunction peripheral fleet device management includes a cloud-based management system interacting with an administrator terminal. Lists or desired device information are assembled and displayed as tabbed entries. An initial or active tab is displayed first, along with a tab that includes a descriptive term for the associated list, along with a numeric count of list items. A search box is provided to allow for filtering a list when a number of entries is excessive for an item-by-item review. Other tabs, associated with other, hidden lists, are not populated until the active tab list is complete. A placeholder indicator is displayed until such time as each inactive tab is completely populated. If an inactive tab is selected prior to being populated, it is moved to a position for being populated next.
According to one embodiment, an attendant terminal for monitoring of retail transactions includes a control unit and a communication interface that is connected to a transaction server. The control unit can cause a first screen to be displayed. The first screen lists transaction statuses for customer transactions managed by the transaction server. The control unit can receive a first-type or second-type designation of a specific transaction and cause a second screen to be displayed after receiving either the first-type designation or the second-type designation. The second screen displays information about the specific transaction corresponding to the designation received and permits confirmation of an attendant checking operation prior to transaction payment when the first-type designation is received but does not permit confirmation of the attendant checking operation when the second-type designation is received.
A sales data processing apparatus includes a first table on which an item is placeable, a mounting table including a mounting plate and columnar supports disposed on sides of the first table to face each other, the mounting plate being supported by the supports and disposed above the first table, and a first display device that is disposed on the mounting plate and includes a display surface facing a first direction.
A system and method for user friendly replacement of printer platen rolls includes a roll assembly having a support shaft with a bearing seated in a flange at one end. A crescent notch in a printer chassis receives the shaft into an interior of the notch. The assembly is moved axially so that a flange neck nests in the notch with a flange lip contacting a surface of the chassis. A lock contacts the lip to prevent axial motion of the assembly when installed. An opposed side of the shaft is placed in a bearing on an opposite side of the chassis.
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
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42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Market research and business analyses; Market research services; Provision of information concerning commercial sales; Product merchandising for others; Providing marketing information via a website; Providing information about commercial business and commercial information via the global computer network; Updating and maintenance of data in computer databases Telecommunication access services Cash registers; Coin counting or sorting machines; Smartphones; Facsimile machines; Electronic point-of-sale (POS) systems comprised primarily of point-of-sale terminals, bar code readers, touchscreen monitors, keyboards, document printers, scanners, and recorded operating software; Point-of-sale (POS) terminals; Photocopying machines; Computers and computer hardware; Computer peripherals and parts thereof; Radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers; Toner cartridges, unfilled, for printers and photocopiers; Computer printers for printing documents; Document printers for use with computers; Bar code printers; Computer display monitors; Computer display screens; Downloadable computer programs for use in database management; Downloadable computer programs for use in viewing, editing and merging function used in multi-functional machines with photocopying, scanning, printing, and facsimile functions; Downloadable cloud-computing software for monitoring computer systems by remote access for managing photocopiers, electronic copying machines or multi-functional printers with photocopying, facsimile and scanning functions with cloud computing, for remote multi-function printer device management and maintenance, detecting and eliminating viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware malware and unauthorized data and programs on multi-function printer devices and systems, remote online backup of computer data, for customizing, downloading and installing applications for multi-function printer systems Providing electronic processing of credit card transactions and electronic payments via a global computer network Repair or maintenance of office machines and equipment; Repair or maintenance of computers; Repair or maintenance of telecommunication machines and apparatus; Repair or maintenance of printing or bookbinding machines and apparatus Computer programming; Providing online non-downloadable computer networking software; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable cloud computing software for use in database management
A lens mirror array includes a plurality of optical elements arrayed in a main scanning direction. Each of the optical elements includes an incident surface, at least one reflection surface, and an emission surface. The incident surface transmits and converges light made incident thereon. The reflection surface has positive optical power for reflecting and converging the light made incident via the incident surface. The emission surface emits the light reflected by the reflection surface. The lens mirror array includes a plurality of grooves and a light blocking member. The plurality of grooves are provided among a plurality of the reflection surfaces arranged in the main scanning direction of the plurality of optical elements. The light blocking member is provided in the plurality of grooves.
G02B 26/12 - Systèmes de balayage utilisant des miroirs à facettes multiples
G03G 15/04 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour exposer, c.-à-d. pour projeter optiquement l'image originale sur un matériau d'enregistrement photoconducteur
H04N 1/028 - Détails des têtes de balayage pour la lecture d'images
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PRINT JOB STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL IN CONJUNCTION WITH A BLOCKCHAIN
A system and method for distributed storage and release of print jobs with a networked fleet of multifunction peripherals (MFSs) employs the Interplanetary File System (IPFS) for document storage with document metadata and document transactions stored on a blockchain housed on nodes formed by the multifunction peripherals. A user sends a print job to the network via a print driver on their local device. The print job is stored in the IPFS by the print driver, and the metadata and document transactions are hashed and stored to the blockchain which is managed by MFP consensus. The print job may be accessed via its content at any MFP for release and printing. Access and printing information is also added to the blockchain.
A system and method for data automated management, storage and retrieval of data runs on a cloud computing platform. Storage space is saved by implementation of data deduplication using a parent data storage and one or more child data storage. An application calculates a checksum on incoming data blobs into a child storage. Incoming data is stored in the parent storage with the associated checksum when there is no matching checksum. The incoming data is deleted from the child storage and replaced with an associated checksum label. Additional applications provide for automated reduplication, storage, retrieval and deletion of data.
G06F 16/215 - Amélioration de la qualité des donnéesNettoyage des données, p. ex. déduplication, suppression des entrées non valides ou correction des erreurs typographiques
G06F 16/21 - Conception, administration ou maintenance des bases de données
A decolorizing apparatus includes a translucent heater, a casing, and a controller. The translucent heater is configured to generate heat according to an applied voltage. The casing is configured to support the translucent heater. The controller is configured to apply a voltage to the translucent heater. The voltage is associated with a temperature at which a thermochromic colorant.
G01K 11/12 - Mesure de la température basée sur les variations physiques ou chimiques, n'entrant pas dans les groupes , , ou utilisant le changement de couleur, de translucidité ou de réflectance
B43K 29/05 - Combinaisons d'instruments pour écrire avec d'autres objets avec des applicateurs de liquide d'effacement ou de liquide correcteur
C09D 11/50 - Encres sympathiques, encres changeant de couleur ou encres similaires
G02F 1/01 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur
According to one embodiment, a sheet conveying device includes a tray, a pickup roller, a movement mechanism, a holder, a biasing unit, and a detecting mechanism. The movement mechanism moves the tray between a raised position and a lowered position. The raised position is a position where sheets come into contact with the pickup roller. The holder holds the pickup roller so that the pickup roller is displaceable when pushed up by the sheets. The biasing unit applies a biasing force to the holder pushing down the pickup roller. The detecting mechanism detects when the sheets push up the pickup roller. The detecting mechanism includes a detection unit and a sensor. The detection unit is switchable between a reference position and a detection position according to displacement of the holder accompanying the movement of the tray. The sensor detects when the detection unit reaches the detection position.
B65H 3/06 - Rouleaux ou séparateurs rotatifs analogues
B65H 1/08 - Supports ou magasins pour les piles dans lesquelles on prélève des articles avec moyens pour faire avancer la pile en vue de présenter les articles à un dispositif d'enlèvement
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a fuser including a fixing member with a surface to contact a printable medium and a heat source for heating the fixing member. A temperature sensor is provided having a sensing part that contacts the surface of the fixing member. A heater control circuit is configured to estimate a temperature of the surface of the fixing member based on a temperature measured by the sensing part of the temperature sensor. A memory is provided for storing estimated temperature values obtained over a prior time period by the heater control circuit. A controller is configured to determine whether there is an abnormality in the fixing device based on a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the estimated temperature values stored in the memory.
A wireless tag reading system includes wireless tag reading devices each configured to, when communicating with a wireless tag, instruct the wireless tag to transmit a response wave in a certain response format, and a management device including: a network interface configured to communicate with the reading devices, a memory that stores setting data that associates each of the reading devices with a different response format, and a processor configured to: upon receipt of a notification from a first reading device, search the memory for a first response format corresponding to the first reading device, and control the network interface to transmit, to the first reading device, information indicating the first response format. The first reading device, when communicating with a wireless tag, instructs the wireless tag to transmit a response wave in the first response format.
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation électromagnétique, p. ex. lecture optiqueMéthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a first roller, a second roller, and a sensor unit. The first roller is rotatable around a first rotation axis. The second roller is rotatable around a second rotation axis. The second roller can contact and separate from the first roller. The second roller can contact the first roller to form a nip. The distance between the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis is a first distance. The sensor unit can output a signal corresponding to the first distance which is continuously changing.
A self-service POS terminal includes a tag reader, a camera, and a processor configured to: start a registration process to register items each of which has a wireless tag attached thereto, control the wireless tag reader to read tag information from wireless tags and store the tag information in memory, determine a number of the tags based on the tag information, control the camera to capture images and generate image data from each of the images, perform object recognition on the image data to determine a number of items shown in the images, compare the number of the tags with the number of the items, when the number of the tags is identical to the number of the items, perform a checkout process, and when the number of the tags is not identical to the number of the items, issue a notification signal.
A wireless tag reading apparatus includes a reading device; and a processor configured to: control the reading device to attempt to read tag data from a wireless tag based on a response wave transmitted from the wireless tag, determine whether the tag data has been read normally, upon determining that the tag data has been read normally, output either the tag data or first information based on the tag data, and upon determining that the tag data has not been read normally, output second information indicating presence of the wireless tag.
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation électromagnétique, p. ex. lecture optiqueMéthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
An image forming device includes a communication device that communicates with a wireless tag, and an image former that forms a developer image on a surface of a photoreceptor via a transfer belt. The image former includes a transferor that transfers the developer image from the transfer belt to a medium, and a transmitter configured to transmit the medium to the transferor. The image forming device includes a controller communicably coupled to the image former. The controller includes a processor that controls an operation of the transmitter. When communication with the wireless tag by the communication device is not ended, the controller controls the transmitter to stop the medium, and after the developer image has been transferred to the transfer belt by the image former and passes a transfer position of the transferor, transmit the medium preventing the developer image on the transfer belt from being transferred to the medium.
G03G 15/01 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour reproduire des copies multicolores
G03G 15/00 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
G03G 15/043 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour exposer, c.-à-d. pour projeter optiquement l'image originale sur un matériau d'enregistrement photoconducteur avec des moyens de commande de l'éclairage ou de l'exposition
G03G 15/09 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour développer en utilisant un développateur solide, p. ex. développateur en poudre utilisant une brosse magnétique
G03G 21/16 - Moyens mécaniques facilitant la maintenance de l'appareil, p. ex. structures modulaires
G03G 21/18 - Moyens mécaniques facilitant la maintenance de l'appareil, p. ex. structures modulaires utilisant une cartouche de traitement
Systems and methods of detecting activity at point of sale are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a POS system having first and optical scanner devices. The optical sensor device is positioned on or about the POS system with a field of view directed towards a first spatial region of the POS system and operable to capture successive images. The optical scanner device is positioned on or about the POS system with a field of view directed towards a second spatial region disposed within the first spatial region and associated with scanning visual object identifier codes disposed on objects and operable to scan those visual object identifier codes. The method includes receiving, from the optical sensor device, a set of successive images associated with the first spatial region to enable detection of activity in or about the second spatial region.
According to one embodiment, there is provided an image forming apparatus including a conveyance unit, a detection unit, an image forming unit, and a control unit. The conveyance unit is configured to convey a print medium to which a wireless tag is attached and on which wireless tag position information indicating a position of the wireless tag is formed. The detection unit is configured to detect the wireless tag position information formed on the print medium. The image forming unit is configured to form an image on the print medium. The control unit is configured to control the conveyance unit and the image forming unit based on the wireless tag position information detected by the detection unit.
A computer includes a storage device that includes a first partition in which a current version of software is written and a second partition used as a swap area and a processor that controls the storage device. The processor invalidates the swap area of the second partition when updating the current version of the software to a new version of the software. The processor writes the new version of the software to the second partition.
According to one embodiment, a printer includes a printing unit that prints on a strip of sheet, and a cutter unit that cuts and discharges the sheet on the downstream side of the printing unit. The cutter unit includes an elastic film that is positioned below a sheet discharge port discharging the sheet, is provided to protrude downstream in the sheet discharge direction, and touches a lower surface of the sheet with its leading end portion to support the sheet.
A sales transaction processing system includes a point-of-sale terminal in a store, a printer for printing transaction receipts, and a transaction system server connected to the point-of-sale terminal via a network. The server receives a commodity code of an item being registered for purchase in a sales transaction at the point-of-sale terminal and registers the item in transaction data for the sales transaction, receives a member code for a customer, generates printing data for printing a transaction receipt for the sales transaction on the printer, and, if the received member code indicates the customer is a member of an electronic receipt service, generates linkage data from the printing data. The linkage data permits an electronic receipt to be generated for the sales transaction either presently or subsequently.
According to an embodiment, an information processing terminal includes a storage unit and a communication interface to connect to a receipt server storing receipt data in electronic format. A control unit of the terminal is configured to cause a receipt image corresponding to the receipt data received from the receipt server to be displayed on a display device along with an instruction input part for receiving a user selection of an option for storage of data corresponding to the receipt image and create an electronic image file corresponding to the receipt image displayed on the display device. The control unit receives the user selection of the option and causes the electronic image file to be stored in the storage unit or sent via e-mail to a user-designated e-mail address according to the selection.
Inventive concepts disclosed herein relate systems, methods, and computer-readable media for detecting a leakage condition. A container integrity system can obtain sensor data associated with a sensor pad placed on or integrated with shelves or similar surfaces. Containers or items susceptible to leakage can be positioned on the sensor pad, and sensors distributed throughout the sensor pad can measure force profiles exerted by the items. Using the sensor data from the sensor pad, the container integrity system can identify the presence or absence of a leakage condition.
G01M 3/32 - Examen de l'étanchéité des structures ou ouvrages vis-à-vis d'un fluide par utilisation d'un fluide ou en faisant le vide par mesure du taux de perte ou de gain d'un fluide, p. ex. avec des dispositifs réagissant à la pression, avec des indicateurs de débit pour récipients, p. ex. radiateurs
According to one embodiment, a merchandise return support system includes a return support server. The return support server of the system acquires image data for a merchandise item that a user is attempting to return, identifies a state of the merchandise item based on the image data, then determines a response regarding the attempt to return the merchandise item based on the identified state of the merchandise item. The return server further outputs a notification to a terminal of the user indicating the response regarding the attempt to return the merchandise item.
G06Q 30/016 - Fourniture d’une assistance aux clients, p. ex. pour assister un client dans un lieu commercial ou par un service d’assistance après-vente
A print head includes a transparent substrate on which a light emitting element is formed, a lens configured to condense light from the light emitting element that passes through the transparent substrate, and a holder including a first supporting surface that supports the transparent substrate and a second supporting surface that supports the lens. The holder is formed from a single, continuous piece of material by bending.
G03G 15/04 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour exposer, c.-à-d. pour projeter optiquement l'image originale sur un matériau d'enregistrement photoconducteur
According to an embodiment, a printing apparatus mounts an ink ribbon provided with a wireless tag storing a digital certificate that is generated using an encryption algorithm on the basis of a private key and a unique identifier (ID) of the wireless tag. The printing apparatus communicates with the wireless tag, and reads the unique ID of the wireless tag and also reads the digital certificate stored in the wireless tag. Further, the printing apparatus verifies the digital certificate on the basis of a public key and the unique ID read from the wireless tag to determine whether or not the ink ribbon is a genuine product.
An information processing device according to an embodiment includes a first acquisition unit, a first recognition unit, a second recognition unit, a second acquisition unit, and an output unit. The first acquisition unit obtains an image from a camera installed in a moving vehicle. The first recognition unit recognizes a symbol attached to the article from the image to obtain identification information for identifying the article from the symbol. The second recognition unit recognizes an action performed on the article by the moving vehicle based on a change in size of the symbol recognized by the first recognition unit from the image. The second acquisition unit obtains location information of the article when an action of the moving vehicle is recognized. The output unit outputs association information obtained by associating the identification information and the location information of the article with each other.
A mobile terminal for obtaining and temporarily storing information about an item to be purchased before the item is registered using a point of sale (POS) terminal, includes a memory, a scanner, a display, a printer, and a processor configured to: control the scanner to scan a first symbol and obtain an item code from the first symbol, store, in the memory, item information indicating an item corresponding to the obtained item code, generate a second symbol indicating the stored item information and readable by the POS terminal, and control the display or the printer to output the second symbol.
A printer device includes a hopper configured to receive a roll of paper, a printing head, a conveyor, a flapper, and a remaining paper sensor. The printing head prints on the paper. The conveyor draws out an end of the paper from the roll and conveys the paper to the printing head. The flapper contacts an outer peripheral surface of the roll and presses the roll against an inner wall of the hopper at a drawing-out point where the paper is drawn out from the roll. The remaining paper sensor provides an indication that an amount paper remaining in the roll has reached a predetermined amount of paper.
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidageMontages pour rouleaux ou axes
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System and method for single sign on across multiple applications with license enablement
A multifunction peripheral (MFP) includes user selectable functions that call home applications on the device that direct it to work cooperatively with cloud service providers. To avoid requiring users to login to each cloud service each time they use it, they are registered with an authorization server to establish and grant identity and authorization tokens. When a user logs in to an MFP, they are redirected to login to the authorization server which then sends tokens to the MFP identifying the user and their permissions and licenses. Home applications associated by the tokens are displayed for selection. Each time a home application using a cloud service is selected, a background application sends the user's session tokens with a service request to an associated cloud service resource server. The resource servers processes authenticated requests and return the result to the MFP which completes the selected home application function. Therefore, the user is able to use multiple cloud services without need to login to them.
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 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.
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.
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 - Moyens pour la fixation des appareilsMoyens permettant le réglage des appareils par rapport au banc permettant la rotation autour d'un axe horizontal
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 - Systèmes de signalisation selon plus d'un des groupes Systèmes d'appel de personnes selon plus d'un des groupes utilisant une transmission électrique
G01S 5/02 - Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de direction ou de ligne de positionLocalisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de distance utilisant les ondes radioélectriques
G08B 21/02 - Alarmes pour assurer la sécurité des personnes
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 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques par le transfert sélectif d'encre à partir d'un support d'encre, p. ex. à partir d'un ruban ou d'une feuille encreurs
B41J 33/34 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans entraînés par des moteurs indépendants de la machine elle-même
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 - Dispositifs pour changer ou faire varier l'orientation ou la forme du diagramme de directivité des ondes rayonnées par une antenne ou un système d'antenne utilisant un mouvement mécanique de l'ensemble d'antenne ou du système d'antenne
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation électromagnétique, p. ex. lecture optiqueMéthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
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.
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 20/38 - Protocoles de paiementArchitectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement leurs détails
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p. ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasinExamen et approbation des payeurs, p. ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
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.
H04B 1/12 - Montages de neutralisation, d'équilibrage ou de compensation
H02J 50/20 - Circuits ou systèmes pour l'alimentation ou la distribution sans fil d'énergie électrique utilisant des micro-ondes ou des ondes radio fréquence
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 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour caractères particuliers, p. ex. pour caractères chinois ou codes-barres
G06K 15/02 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes
H04N 1/00 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p. ex. transmission de fac-similésLeurs détails
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.
The present disclosure describes a system (e.g., a self-checkout system) that includes a modifiable cabinet. The self-checkout system includes a cabinet, a scanner, a sleeve, and a panel. The cabinet includes a front side and a back side opposite the front side. The scanner is positioned on the cabinet. The scanner scans an item during checkout. The sleeve is positioned within the cabinet. The sleeve moves away from the front side of the cabinet and out the back side of the cabinet. The sleeve defines a chamber. The panel is positioned within the chamber. When the sleeve is moved away from the front side of the cabinet and out the back side of the cabinet, the panel folds down to create a shelf within the chamber.
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.
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 - Systèmes utilisant la reradiation d'ondes radio, p. ex. du type radar secondaireSystèmes analogues utilisant des transpondeurs alimentés par les ondes reçues, p. ex. utilisant des transpondeurs passifs
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation électromagnétique, p. ex. lecture optiqueMéthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
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 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour faire travailler en coopération des équipements couverts par plusieurs des groupes principaux , p. ex. fichiers automatiques de cartes incluant les opérations de transport et de lecture
H04N 1/00 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p. ex. transmission de fac-similésLeurs détails
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 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour faire travailler en coopération des équipements couverts par plusieurs des groupes principaux , p. ex. fichiers automatiques de cartes incluant les opérations de transport et de lecture
H04N 1/00 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p. ex. transmission de fac-similésLeurs détails
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 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.
