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-similés; Leurs 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.
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.
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 secondaire; Systèmes 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 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-similés; Leurs 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-similés; Leurs détails
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 - Mesure de la température basée sur l'utilisation d'éléments électriques ou magnétiques directement sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des éléments résistifs l'élément étant une résistance non linéaire, p.ex. une thermistance
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.
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.
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 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
G03G 15/16 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour transférer un dessin à un second support d'un dessin de teinte, p.ex. dessin de poudre
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 - Systèmes de balayage utilisant des miroirs à facettes multiples
B41J 2/47 - 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'irradiation sélective d'un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression utilisant la combinaison du balayage et de la modulation de lumière
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
H04N 1/024 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p.ex. transmission de fac-similés; Leurs détails - Détails des têtes de balayage
H04N 1/028 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p.ex. transmission de fac-similés; Leurs détails - Détails des têtes de balayage pour la lecture d'images
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 - Moyens mécaniques pour le transfert de la grandeur de sortie d'un organe sensible; Moyens pour convertir la grandeur de sortie d'un organe sensible en une autre variable, lorsque la forme ou la nature de l'organe sensible n'imposent pas un moyen de conversion déterminé; Transducteurs non spécialement adaptés à une variable particulière utilisant des moyens électriques ou magnétiques influençant la valeur d'un courant ou d'une tension en faisant varier la capacité
G16Y 20/10 - Information détectée ou collectée par les objets relative à l’environnement, p.ex. la température; relative à l’emplacement
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 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p.ex. transmission de fac-similés; Leurs détails
G03G 15/00 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
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
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.
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.
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.
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 - 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
H04N 1/00 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p.ex. transmission de fac-similés; Leurs détails
29.
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.
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.
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G06F 3/0482 - Interaction avec des listes d’éléments sélectionnables, p.ex. des menus
G06F 3/04886 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] utilisant des caractéristiques spécifiques fournies par le périphérique d’entrée, p.ex. des fonctions commandées par la rotation d’une souris à deux capteurs, ou par la nature du périphérique d’entrée, p.ex. des gestes en fonction de la pression exer utilisant un écran tactile ou une tablette numérique, p.ex. entrée de commandes par des tracés gestuels par partition en zones à commande indépendante de la surface d’affichage de l’écran tactile ou de la tablette numérique, p.ex. claviers virtuels ou 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.
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G06F 3/04842 - Sélection des objets affichés ou des éléments de texte affichés
G06F 3/0488 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] utilisant des caractéristiques spécifiques fournies par le périphérique d’entrée, p.ex. des fonctions commandées par la rotation d’une souris à deux capteurs, ou par la nature du périphérique d’entrée, p.ex. des gestes en fonction de la pression exer utilisant un écran tactile ou une tablette numérique, p.ex. entrée de commandes par des tracés gestuels
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 - 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'irradiation sélective d'un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression utilisant la combinaison du balayage et de la modulation de lumière
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
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 ou magasins pour les piles dans lesquelles on prélève des articles adaptés pour supporter les articles en position sensiblement horizontale, p.ex. pour les enlever en partant du haut de la pile
B65H 3/06 - Rouleaux ou séparateurs rotatifs analogues
B65H 5/06 - Transfert des articles retirés des piles; Alimentation des machines en articles par rouleaux
B65H 5/38 - Guides ou lissoirs pour articles, p.ex. mobiles pendant le travail fixes pendant le travail
G03G 15/00 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
G03G 21/16 - Moyens mécaniques facilitant la maintenance de l'appareil, p.ex. structures modulaires
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
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.
G02B 27/10 - Systèmes divisant ou combinant des faisceaux
G02B 27/28 - Systèmes ou appareils optiques non prévus dans aucun des groupes , pour polariser
H04N 1/028 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p.ex. transmission de fac-similés; Leurs détails - Détails des têtes de balayage pour la lecture d'images
38.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME
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 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour déposer une charge uniforme, p.ex. pour sensibiliser; Dispositifs pour la décharge corona
G03G 15/00 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
G03G 15/16 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour transférer un dessin à un second support d'un dessin de teinte, p.ex. dessin de poudre
39.
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 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
G06K 19/07 - Supports d'enregistrement avec des marques conductrices, des circuits imprimés ou des éléments de circuit à semi-conducteurs, p.ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit avec des puces à circuit intégré
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.
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 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour transférer un dessin à un second support d'un dessin de teinte, p.ex. dessin de poudre
G03G 15/02 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour déposer une charge uniforme, p.ex. pour sensibiliser; Dispositifs pour la décharge corona
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.
G03G 15/00 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
G03G 15/08 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour développer en utilisant un développateur solide, p.ex. développateur en poudre
G03G 15/10 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour développer en utilisant un développateur liquide
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.
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 - Moyens pour maintenir la bande sous tension ou pour l'enrouler
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 15/02 - Rouleaux ou axes; Fixation des bandes sur des noyaux ou axes
B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidage; Montages pour rouleaux ou axes
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 - Moyens pour maintenir la bande sous tension ou pour l'enrouler
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 15/02 - Rouleaux ou axes; Fixation des bandes sur des noyaux ou axes
B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidage; Montages pour rouleaux ou axes
49.
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.
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia
G06V 10/25 - Détermination d’une région d’intérêt [ROI] ou d’un volume d’intérêt [VOI]
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.
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
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
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 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.
G06F 9/455 - Dispositions pour exécuter des programmes spécifiques Émulation; Interprétation; Simulation de logiciel, p.ex. virtualisation ou émulation des moteurs d’exécution d’applications ou de systèmes d’exploitation
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 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.
G06F 3/14 - Sortie numérique vers un dispositif de visualisation
A47F 9/04 - Comptoirs de vérification, p.ex. pour magasins à libre-service
G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia
G06Q 30/015 - Fourniture d’une assistance aux clients, p. ex pour assister un client dans un lieu commercial ou par un service d’assistance
60.
DRIVER GENERATION DEVICE AND DRIVER GENERATION METHOD
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.
G06F 9/455 - Dispositions pour exécuter des programmes spécifiques Émulation; Interprétation; Simulation de logiciel, p.ex. virtualisation ou émulation des moteurs d’exécution d’applications ou de systèmes d’exploitation
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 - Transformation de modèles ou d'images tridimensionnels [3D] pour infographie
G01S 5/02 - Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de direction ou de ligne de position; Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de distance utilisant les ondes radioélectriques
G06T 11/60 - Edition de figures et de texte; Combinaison de figures ou de texte
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 - Voitures à bras ayant plus d'un essieu portant les roues servant au déplacement; Dispositifs de direction à cet effet; Appareillage à cet effet caractérisées par des moyens pour l'emboîtement ou l'empilage, p.ex. chariots pour achats
G06F 3/14 - Sortie numérique vers un dispositif de visualisation
G06K 7/14 - Méthodes 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
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G06Q 20/38 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement - leurs détails
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 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 - Positionnement, tension, suppression des à-coups ou guidage des bandes longitudinal par barres ou rouleaux mobiles chargés de poids ou à ressort
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 15/02 - Rouleaux ou axes; Fixation des bandes sur des noyaux ou axes
B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidage; Montages pour rouleaux ou axes
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.
According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus acquires a detection result of a sensor that detects an increase or a decrease in number of commodities put in a cart. The information processing apparatus acquires commodity registration managing information. The information processing apparatus determines a fraudulent operation on the basis of the detection result and the commodity registration managing information. Further, the information processing apparatus calculates fraudulent points on the basis of a result of the determination.
A communication apparatus according to an embodiment includes a movement control unit, an acquisition unit, and a determination processing unit. The movement control unit controls movement of a relative position of an antenna with respect to a wireless tag. The acquisition unit acquires, based on a radio wave of the wireless tag received by the antenna, a plurality of pieces of tag data on the wireless tag at a plurality of relative positions of the antenna. The determination processing unit determines, based on the plurality of pieces of tag data on the wireless tag, which range among a first range, a second range, and a third range between the first range and the second range the wireless tag is within.
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
G06K 19/07 - Supports d'enregistrement avec des marques conductrices, des circuits imprimés ou des éléments de circuit à semi-conducteurs, p.ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit avec des puces à circuit intégré
According to an embodiment, a printer apparatus sets a feeding amount when ejecting label paper from a paper ejection port of an attachment in accordance with a distance from a paper ejection port to the paper ejection port of the attachment. Further, the printer apparatus sets a back-feeding amount when reversely feeding the label paper after printing ejected from the paper ejection port of the attachment to a next printing position in accordance with presence or absence of a head-up function of the printer apparatus.
B41J 13/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements spécialement adaptés pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en petites longueurs, p.ex. des feuilles
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
According to an embodiment, a printer includes: a pair of support shafts that are supported by the casing, inserted into an inner periphery of an ink ribbon wound into a cylinder, and support the ink ribbon hung around a printing device. The printer further includes a driven shaft that is connected to one end of each of the support shafts so as to be movable along a longitudinal direction of the corresponding support shaft. The printer further includes a transmitter that is driven to rotate to transmits rotation to the driven shaft pressed by biasing of the biasing member.
B41J 35/02 - Bâtis ou supports pour petites longueurs non bobinées de rubans encreurs
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 15/02 - Rouleaux ou axes; Fixation des bandes sur des noyaux ou axes
B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidage; Montages pour rouleaux ou axes
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.
A self-checkout device of an embodiment includes a bagging stand, a pair of pillars, a beam, a user interface terminal, and one or more brackets. The bagging stand includes a table and a scale that weighs a load placed on the table. The pair of pillars is installed on the bagging stand with a longitudinal direction thereof oriented vertically, and at least one outer surface of the pair of pillars is configured with a split exterior member that is splittable into a plurality of pieces in the longitudinal direction. The beam connects upper ends of the pillars. The user interface terminal is mounted on the beam. The one or more brackets receive attachment of an external device, and the bracket is positionally interchangeable with a part of the split exterior member.
According to one embodiment, a mobile communication apparatus includes a communication module and a main module. The communication module is capable of storing only one of an MQTTS certificate and an HTTPS certificate. The main module is capable of storing both the MQTTS certificate and the HTTPS certificate. The main module provides the MQTTS certificate to the communication module if the communication module starts MOTTS communication. The main module provides the HTTPS certificate to the communication module if the communication module starts HTTPS communication in a case where the communication module performs the HTTPS communication during a keep-alive interval of the MQTTS communication and provides the MQTTS certificate to the communication module if the communication module stops the HTTPS communication.
H04L 61/4511 - Répertoires de réseau; Correspondance nom-adresse en utilisant des protocoles normalisés d'accès aux répertoires en utilisant le système de noms de domaine [DNS]
A printer includes a storing unit configured to store liner-less roll paper formed by winding, in a roll shape, continuous paper including an adhesive surface on a rear surface of a printing surface. The printer includes a conveying unit configured to draw out one end of the continuous paper in the roll paper from the roll paper in an unwinding manner and convey a sheet portion that is the drawn-out continuous paper in a sheet form. The printer includes a vibrating unit configured to apply vibration to a contact point of the sheet portion and an external circumferential surface of the roll paper, the external circumferential surface adhering to the adhesive surface of the sheet portion.
An image forming apparatus includes an interface, a printer, and a processor. The interface acquires first printing data. The printer prints an image on a medium. The processor extracts content blocks from the first printing data, rearranges the content blocks to generate second printing data, and controls the printer to print an image on the medium based on the second printing data.
A printer includes: a paper holding unit holding a roll paper; a printing unit printing on the paper pulled out from the paper holding unit; and a box-shaped casing housing the paper holding unit and the printing unit, the casing includes: a plate-shaped cover portion; and a main body portion being a portion other than the cover portion, wherein, in an attaching structure in which the cover portion is detachably attached to the main body portion, the cover portion can be attached in any direction where one of a first surface being one surface of the plate-shaped cover portion and a second surface being the other surface in a direction faces the main body portion, and the cover portion has a supporting portion detachably supporting an optional unit performing a predetermined process on the paper in any one of the first surface or the second surface.
B41J 2/32 - 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
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 an embodiment, a self-service point-of-sale terminal includes a control unit configured to register an item in a sales transaction, a first display unit facing a customer operating the terminal in the sales transaction, a second display unit facing the customer operating the terminal in the sales transaction, and a peripheral interface connected to the control unit. The peripheral interface is configured to receive video of the customer operating the terminal from a camera. The control unit is configured to cause the first display unit to display information about the registered item, and cause the second display unit to display at least a part of the video received by the peripheral interface.
A connector member connectable to a heating unit inside a heating roller of a fixing device includes a cover having a recess into which an end of a substrate of the heating unit in a first direction parallel to a rotation axis of the heating roller can be inserted, and an energizing terminal stored in the cover and including a contact portion on one side of the recess and to be in contact with a contact point on the substrate, and a connecting portion to which a conducting wire for receiving electric power is connected and located on the other side of the recess.
An image processing apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface acquires printing data including an image. If length in a longitudinal direction of the image is larger than a printing width of a medium on which the image is printed, the processor rotates the image.
An information processing apparatus including an action information generator, a tag specification device, a content specification device, and a correspondence information generator. The action information generator generates action information indicating each of a plurality of actions based on action-related information related to each of the plurality of actions of a user. The tag specification device specifies tags representing attributes of each of the plurality of actions based on the action information. The content specification device specifies the one or more contents related to at least one of the plurality of actions. The correspondence information generator generates correspondence information associated with the action information, the tags representing the attributes of each of the plurality of actions specified by the tag specification device, and the one or more contents specified by the content specification device.
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a tubular body, a heater unit, a frame, and a guide member. The heater unit is inside the tubular body and contacts the tubular body. The frame supports the heater unit. The guide member is on a side opposite the heater unit with the frame therebetween. The guide member includes a plurality of contact portions which are spaced from each other in a longitudinal direction that parallels an axial direction of the tubular body. A first contact portion is located in an end portion of the guide member. The second contact portion is located in a central portion of the guide member. The second contact portion has an effective heat transfer coefficient with respect to the tubular body that is less than that of the first contact portion with respect to the tubular body.
According to one embodiment, there is provided a cutting device including a cutting section configured to cut a conveyed long cloth medium into a predetermined length, a placement surface for placing the cloth medium cut by the cutting section, and a paddle section attached to a rotation shaft that is rotatable in a conveyance direction of the cloth medium, configured to come into contact with the placement surface by rotating around the rotation shaft, and configured to scrape out the cloth medium in the conveyance direction.
B26D 7/01 - Moyens pour maintenir ou mettre en position la pièce
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
A system for registering an item stored in a shopping cart in a store, includes beacons each configured to transmit a radio signal indicating item information, and a registration terminal attachable to the cart, including or connectable to a camera, and comprising: a network interface configured to communicate with the beacons, a memory that stores pieces of item information each in association with a feature value of an image of the corresponding item, and a processor configured to: upon receipt of a radio signal from a beacon, acquire item information therefrom, search the memory for a first feature value corresponding to the item information, control the camera to capture an image, and determine a second feature value of an item in the image, compare the first value with the second value, and register the item based on a comparison result of the first and second values.
G06Q 10/087 - Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks, p.ex. exécution des commandes, approvisionnement ou régularisation par rapport aux commandes
G06V 10/44 - Extraction de caractéristiques locales par analyse des parties du motif, p.ex. par détection d’arêtes, de contours, de boucles, d’angles, de barres ou d’intersections; Analyse de connectivité, p.ex. de composantes connectées
G06V 10/74 - Appariement de motifs d’image ou de vidéo; Mesures de proximité dans les espaces de caractéristiques
G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p.ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
H04N 23/61 - Commande des caméras ou des modules de caméras en fonction des objets reconnus
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System for registering an item stored in a shopping cart
A system for registering an item stored in a shopping cart, includes a terminal attachable to the shopping cart and one or more cameras attached to the shopping cart and positioned to face an opening of the shopping cart through which an item is put therein by a customer. The terminal includes an interface circuit connectable to the cameras, and a processor configured to: acquire first images captured by the cameras, execute image recognition on each of the first images to identify an item and one or more feature points each corresponding to a part of a hand of the customer in said each of the first images, select one of the first images in which an item is identified and a smaller number of feature points are identified, and determine the item in the selected first image to be registered for purchase by the customer.
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G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G06V 10/44 - Extraction de caractéristiques locales par analyse des parties du motif, p.ex. par détection d’arêtes, de contours, de boucles, d’angles, de barres ou d’intersections; Analyse de connectivité, p.ex. de composantes connectées
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STORE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD PERFORMED THEREBY, AND STORE SERVER
A store management system includes electronic shelf labels each displaying item information indicating one of items sold in a store, a shelf label server communicating with the labels and store the item information displayed by each label in association with a corresponding shelf label location information indicating a location of said each label in the store, and a store server storing, in a memory, item location information for each item that indicates a location of said item in the store in association with an item code, retrieve, from a database, item information for each item using the code, and for each item, transmit the item information along with the item location information thereof to the label server. The label server transmits each item information to a selected label for display thereby. The selected label is located at or nearest to the location indicated by the item location information.
A point of sale (POS) system includes a POS server configured to manage sales data of a store, and a plurality of POS terminals installed in the store and configured to perform processing for commercial transactions at the store and transmit data of the commercial transactions to the POS server. One of the POS terminals is connectable to a mobile settlement system including one or more mobile terminals and a mobile settlement server configured to store data of commercial transactions performed using the mobile terminals. The one of the POS terminals is configured to acquire the data of the commercial transactions performed using the mobile terminals from the mobile settlement server, generate sales data from the acquired data, and transmit the generated sales data to the POS server.
A method for controlling a terminal capable of performing a point-of-sale (POS) function, includes receiving an input of a particular operation via an input device of the terminal or a particular symbol via an imaging device of the terminal, selecting either a first mode or a second mode corresponding to the particular operation or the particular symbol, and displaying one or more screens for registering a commodity for purchase according to the selected mode. One or more of functions that are usable in the first mode are disabled in the second mode.
A checkout machine in a store for performing a checkout process in a sales transaction, includes a network interface connectable to a transaction management server for managing a sales transaction in which a checkout process is performed with or without a checkout machine in the store; and a processor configured to: acquire, from the transaction management server, data of a sales transaction in which a checkout process is performed without any checkout machine in the store, and a first transaction code of the sales transaction, the first transaction code being issued by the transaction management server according to a first code scheme, issue a second transaction code according to a second code scheme that is different from the first code scheme, and control the network interface to transmit the data of the sales transaction and the second transaction code to an electronic receipt server.
A label printer includes a reader/writer, a head label, and a printer. The reader/writer is configured to write tag data into multiple wireless tags present within a communicable range of the reader/writer. The tag data is the same for one or more of the plurality of wireless tags. The head label includes a wireless tag of the multiple wireless tags and is positioned at a head in a conveying direction of the multiple labels. The printer is configured to print print data on the plurality of labels.
A fixing device includes a fixer, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The fixer includes a fixed body and a heat source, the fixed body is configured to rotate and is in contact with a medium, wherein the medium is configured to receive a developer image, and the heat source is configured to supply heat to the fixed body. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of a surface of the fixed body that is in contact with the medium. The controller is configured to clean the fixer when an estimated value of the temperature of the fixed body is higher than a predetermined value.
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