An image forming apparatus, comprising a conveying component configured to convey a first sheet having a first wireless tag and a second sheet having a second wireless tag; a printer configured to form an image in a sheet conveyed by the conveying component; an antenna configured to transmit a radio wave in a first polarization direction and a second polarization direction which is different polarization direction from the first polarization direction; and a processor that starts to convey the first sheet by the conveying component; acquires a response to the radio wave of the first polarization direction transmitted by the antenna from the first wireless tag provided on the first sheet during the first sheet being conveyed by the conveying component, start to convey the second sheet by the conveying component; acquires a response to the radio wave of the second polarization direction transmitted by the antenna from the second wireless tag provided on the second sheet during the second sheet being conveyed by the conveying component, and determines, from the first polarization direction and second polarization direction, the polarization direction appropriate with respect to the first wireless tag and the second wireless tag.
Systems and methods of object classification at point of sale are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a POS system having processing circuitry operationally coupled to a transducer operable to radiate a pressure wave and a sensor operable to sense a pressure wave. Further, the transducer and the sensor are positioned on or about the POS system so that a field of radiation of the transducer and a field of detection of the sensor are directed towards a certain region of the POS system. The method includes receiving, from the sensor, a reflected signal that represents a pressure wave radiated by the transducer that is reflected from a surface of an object when in or about the certain region of the POS system so that the object can be classified as at least one of a set of object types based on the reflected signal.
A regulation device regulates movement in a width direction of a rolled sheet which is a recording medium of a printer. The regulation device includes: a first rack gear connected to one guide support unit supporting the rolled sheet so that movement to one side of the width direction is regulated, and provided to be movable in the width direction; a second rack gear connected to the other guide support unit supporting the rolled sheet so that movement to the other side of the width direction is regulated, and provided to be movable in the width direction; a pinion gear engaging with the first and second rack gears; and a regulation gear that engages with the pinion gear to rotate, includes a locked portion in which a plurality of steps are formed along a curved line forming a part of a spiral wound in a rotation direction of the regulation gear if the first and second rack gears are moved outward in the width direction from a rotation shaft center of the regulation gear toward a diameter outside, and regulates movement of the first and second rack gears by locking the locked portion.
An image forming apparatus includes a forming unit, a storage unit, a correction unit, a measurement unit, and a changing unit. The forming unit forms an image. The storage unit stores correction data for correcting density irregularity in each of a plurality of regions obtained through division in a main scanning direction of the image formed by the forming unit. The correction unit corrects a density of the image formed by the forming unit for each of the plurality of regions based on the correction data stored in the storage unit. The measurement unit measures an image formation density by the forming unit in association with the correction by the correction unit. The changing unit changes the image formation density by the forming unit with a uniform change amount in the plurality of regions so that the image formation density measured by the measurement unit approaches a predetermined target density.
A fixing device includes a film forming a cylinder, a heater, a thermometer, and a series of contact portions. The heater extends within the cylinder and includes a heating element that extends in a longitudinal direction along the cylinder. The thermometer detects a temperature of the cylinder. The plurality of contact portions contact an inner surface of the cylinder and are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction. The contact portions include a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The first contact portion is longitudinally offset from the thermometer and has a first contact area with the cylinder. The second contact portion is longitudinally collocated with the thermometer and has a second contact area with the cylinder. The second contact area is smaller than the first contact area.
According to an embodiment, a heating device includes a cylindrical belt, a heater, a press roller, and a holder. The heater is disposed on an inner surface of the belt. The press roller rotates and is configured to contact an outer surface of the belt at a position opposite the heater to form a nip. The end portions of the press roller project by a first amount in a radial direction more than the central portion of the press roller. A holder has a first surface supporting the heater to face the cylindrical belt. The holder has a second surface that is opposite of the first surface with a center portion projecting in a direction orthogonal to the first surface more than the end portions of the second surface by a second projection amount that is greater than the first projection amount.
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a communication device, a printer, and a processor. The printer prints images on a medium. The communication device transmits data to, and receives data from, a radio tag on the medium. The processor is configured to control the communication device to read tag identification information from the radio tag. If the tag identification information read from the radio tag is already included on a list, the communication device is controlled to attempt to read tag identification information from another radio tag. If the tag identification information read from the radio tag is not yet included on the list, the communication device is controlled to write data to the radio tag, and the printer is controlled to print an 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
G03G 15/00 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
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LOG-IN CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF LOG-IN CONTROL APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION TERMINAL
In one embodiment, a log-in control apparatus has a processor which controls an operation for log-in to an information terminal moving along with a carrier for carrying a commodity to be purchased. The processor detects a state in which the commodity is placed on the carrier, in cooperation with a sensor attached to the carrier. The processor detects the operation for log-in to the information terminal, in cooperation with an input device included in the information terminal. When the processor detects the operation for log-in, in a case in which the processor detects the state in which the commodity is placed on the carrier, the processor judges that the operation for log-in is ineffective.
Systems and methods of multidirectional robotic shelf restocking are performed. In one exemplary embodiment, a multidirectional robotic shelf restocking apparatus is configured to operate in first and second adjoining regions. The first region being above or below the second region defined by opposing stocked shelf structures. The apparatus includes a vertical motion mechanism and a corresponding vertical motion drive operable to move the vertical motion mechanism in a vertical direction. Further, the apparatus includes an arm member and a corresponding rotational motion drive operable to rotate the arm member between the stocked shelf structures and a corresponding linear motion drive operable to linearly extend and retract the arm member. In addition, the apparatus includes an end effector coupled to the arm member and configured to transfer an item from the first region to the second region by the motion of the vertical motion mechanism and the arm member.
According to one embodiment, a printer device includes regulating members provided in a conveyance path of paper or an accommodation unit of the paper, and regulating side edges of the paper in a width direction and having a variable regulating width, a detection unit configured to detect a paper width of the paper based on the regulating width of the regulating members, and a processor. The processor is configured to store the paper width detected by the detection unit in a storage unit, control printing of the paper in the width direction based on the paper width stored in the storage unit, and update the paper width stored in the storage unit according to a variation in the paper width if the paper width newly detected by the detection unit is varied from the paper width stored in the storage unit.
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
According to one embodiment, a sheet processing device includes a folding unit and a fold-enhancing unit. The folding unit folds a sheet and thus forms a fold line thereon. The fold-enhancing unit includes a fold-enhancing roller, an opposite member, and an auxiliary roller. The fold-enhancing roller moves along a fold-line direction in which the fold line on the sheet formed by the folding unit extends. The opposite member sandwiches the fold line with the fold-enhancing roller. The auxiliary roller rolls over the sheet from the same side as the fold-enhancing roller. The auxiliary roller is displaced in a unified manner with the fold-enhancing roller in the fold-line direction and the direction of the thickness of the folded sheet. A drag torque generated by the movement of the fold-enhancing roller in the fold-line direction is higher in the auxiliary roller than in the fold-enhancing roller.
B65H 45/30 - Pliage combiné avec le plissage, le lissage ou l'application d'adhésifs
B65H 37/06 - Appareils délivrant des articles ou des bandes, comportant des dispositifs pour exécuter des opérations auxiliaires particulières pour plier
An optical scanning device according to an embodiment includes a light source, a first optical sheet, a second optical sheet, a holder, and a polygon mirror. The light source emits light. The first optical sheet is disposed on an optical path of the light emitted from the light source. The second optical sheet is disposed on the optical path. The holder includes a pair of engaging sections with which both end portions in a bending direction of the first optical sheet are engaged and with which both end portions in a bending direction of the second optical sheet are engaged. The holder holds the first optical sheet and the second optical sheet. The polygon mirror reflects the light from the light source guided via the first optical sheet and the second optical sheet and rotates to scan a scan surface present in a reflecting direction of the light.
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
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
According to one embodiment, a sheet processing device includes a pair of folding rollers, a blade, and a fold-enhancing unit. The pair of folding rollers are provided rotatably about an axial line extending in an axial direction. The pair of folding rollers form a first nip. The blade pushes a sheet into the first nip along an imaginary reference plane including the first nip. The blade forms a fold line on the sheet in cooperation with the pair of folding rollers. The fold-enhancing unit enhances the fold line on the sheet passed through the first nip. The fold-enhancing unit includes a first member and a second member. The first member and the second member form a second nip on one side of the imaginary reference plane along a direction of a normal line to the imaginary reference plane and sandwich the fold line.
B65H 37/06 - Appareils délivrant des articles ou des bandes, comportant des dispositifs pour exécuter des opérations auxiliaires particulières pour plier
According to one embodiment, an impact detection device includes a mobile body having mass, a supporting section, and a holding section. The supporting section includes a fixed end to be fixed to a detection target object, includes an attachment section, to a halfway position in a longitudinal direction of which separated from the fixed end the mobile body is attached, and is deformed between the fixed end and the attachment section if acceleration exceeding a fixed threshold was caused in the mobile body by impact applied to the detection target object. The holding section holds the mobile body moved by the deformation of the supporting section in a moving destination.
G01P 15/03 - Mesure de l'accélération; Mesure de la décélération; Mesure des chocs, c. à d. d'une variation brusque de l'accélération en ayant recours aux forces d'inertie en utilisant des moyens non électriques
15.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND ITEM RECOMMENDATION
The present disclosure provides techniques for improved animal recognition and recommendations. One or more images of an animal associated with a user are captured at a check-in kiosk of an enterprise. A unique identifier of the animal is determined by processing the one or more images using an animal recognition machine learning model. One or more records indicating characteristics of the animal are accessed based on the unique identifier, and one or more recommended items for the animal are generated based on processing the one or more records using an artificial intelligence system. One or more physical locations of the one or more recommended items in the enterprise are determined, and one or more indications of the one or more physical locations are output to facilitate user navigation to the one or more physical locations of the one or more recommended items in the enterprise.
G06V 10/70 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique
G06V 20/20 - RECONNAISSANCE OU COMPRÉHENSION D’IMAGES OU DE VIDÉOS Éléments spécifiques à la scène dans les scènes de réalité augmentée
G06V 40/10 - Corps d’êtres humains ou d’animaux, p.ex. occupants de véhicules automobiles ou piétons; Parties du corps, p.ex. mains
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION BASED ON ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
Techniques for animal identification based on animal behavior. A first video depicting a first animal associated with a user during a first visit to an enterprise location is received. One or more attributes pertaining to the first animal or to the user are received. A first behavior of the first animal as depicted in the first video is extracted and encoded into a first behavioral representation. One or more machine learning models are trained to identify the first animal based on the first behavioral representation and the one or more attributes.
G06V 10/762 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant le regroupement, p.ex. de visages similaires sur les réseaux sociaux
The present disclosure describes a system and method for holding or storing items. The system includes a pad, a weight sensor, a shape sensor, a memory, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The weight sensor detects a weight of an item when the item is positioned on the pad. The shape sensor detects a shape of the item when the item is positioned on the pad. The processor verifies that the item is positioned on the pad based on the detected weight and the detected shape and communicates a message that the item is positioned on the pad.
The present disclosure provides improved methods for generating, by a computing device, graphical elements on a display. The computing device, comprising at least part of one or more graphical elements, identifies an obstructed portion of a display that is blocked by the object. The computing device identifies an unobstructed portion of the display that is not blocked by an object and arranges one or more graphical elements from the obstructed portion to the unobstructed portion of the display.
G06F 3/041 - Numériseurs, p.ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction
G06T 7/73 - Détermination de la position ou de l'orientation des objets ou des caméras utilisant des procédés basés sur les caractéristiques
G09G 5/32 - Dispositions ou circuits de commande de l'affichage communs à l'affichage utilisant des tubes à rayons cathodiques et à l'affichage utilisant d'autres moyens de visualisation caractérisés par l'affichage de caractères ou de signes individuels en utilisant des signaux de commande d'affichage dérivés de signaux codés représentant les caractères ou les signes avec une mémoire de codes de caractères avec des moyens pour commander la position de l'affichage
A paper sheet processing apparatus includes a processing tray, a feed member, a drive unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The processing tray receives and stacks a plurality of paper sheets. The feed member faces the processing tray and includes a paddle that is elastically deformed by being pressed against the paper sheets during rotation. The drive unit rotates the feed member. The detection unit detects a leading end of the paper sheet being fed toward the alignment surface by the paddle. The control unit controls the drive unit based on a detection result during a period from if the detection unit detects the leading end of the paper sheet to if the paddle separates from the paper sheet and controls the rotation of the feed member so that the leading end of the paper sheet scraped by the paddle is aligned with the alignment surface.
B65H 7/08 - Commande de l'alimentation en articles, de l'enlèvement des articles, de l'avance des piles ou d'appareils associés permettant de tenir compte d'une alimentation incorrecte, de la non présence d'articles ou de la présence d'articles défectueux par palpeurs ou détecteurs sensibles à la présence d'articles défectueux ou à l'enlèvement ou à une alimentation incorrecte sensibles à un mauvais repérage de face
B65H 9/10 - Poussoirs ou positionneurs mobiles analogues; Appareils poussoirs ou pinces déplaçant les articles en position de repère
B65H 37/04 - Appareils délivrant des articles ou des bandes, comportant des dispositifs pour exécuter des opérations auxiliaires particulières pour fixer ensemble des articles ou des bandes, p.ex. par adhésifs, piqûre ou brochage
A regulation device regulates movement in a width direction of a rolled sheet which is a recording medium of a printer. The regulation device includes: a first rack gear connected to one guide support unit supporting the rolled sheet so that movement to one side of the width direction is regulated, and provided to be movable in the width direction; a second rack gear connected to the other guide support unit supporting the rolled sheet so that movement to the other side of the width direction is regulated, and provided to be movable in the width direction; a pinion gear engaging with the first and second rack gears; and a regulation gear that engages with the first rack gear to rotate and regulates the movement of the first and second rack gears by regulating the rotation.
A non-volatile multi-bit storage device that includes a phase change material doped with n-type or p-type semiconductor impurities, a first set of electrodes ohmically coupled to the phase change material, a second set of electrodes configured to apply an electric field across the phase change material. To program the non-volatile multi-bit storage device, an electrical field is applied to the phase change material as crystal annealing cool down is performed. Application of the electric field during the crystal annealing cool down forms a rectified current path through the phase change material.
H10N 70/00 - Dispositifs à l’état solide sans barrière de potentiel ni de surface, spécialement adaptés au redressement, à l'amplification, à la production d'oscillations ou à la commutation
G11C 13/00 - Mémoires numériques caractérisées par l'utilisation d'éléments d'emmagasinage non couverts par les groupes , ou
H10B 63/00 - Dispositifs de mémoire par changement de résistance, p.ex. dispositifs RAM résistifs [ReRAM]
H10N 70/20 - Dispositifs de commutation multistables, p.ex. memristors
A computing device determines that a duplicate scan has occurred. To do so, the computing device receives, during a sales transaction, a first image of an item comprising a first barcode and a second image comprising a second barcode. The computing device interrupts the sales transaction responsive to the first barcode and the second barcode being the same and a first feature in the first image associated with the first barcode matching a second feature in the second image associated with the second barcode.
G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p.ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasin; Examen 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
An image forming device includes a communication device, an image forming unit, a transfer unit, a transmitting unit, and a processor. The communication device communicates includes a wireless tag. The image forming unit forms a developer image on a surface of a photoreceptor. The transfer unit transfers the developer image to a medium provided with the wireless tag communicating with the communication device. The transmitting unit transmits the medium to the transfer unit. The processor controls an operation of the transmitting unit so as to transmit the medium at a first timing when communication with the wireless tag by the communication device is normally executed and controls the operation of the transmitting unit so as to transmit the medium at a second timing different from the first timing when the communication with the wireless tag by the communication device is not normally ended.
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
A fixing device includes a fixing unit, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The fixing unit includes a fixing member with which a medium on which a developer image is transferred comes into contact and a heat source that supplies heat to the fixing member. The temperature sensor measures temperature of a surface with which the medium comes into contact in the fixing member. The controller outputs information indicating an abnormality of temperature detection by the temperature sensor if an estimation value of temperature of the fixing member is larger than a predetermined reference value.
A regulation device regulates movement in a width direction of a rolled sheet which is a recording medium of a printer. The regulation device includes: a first rack gear connected to one guide support unit supporting the rolled sheet so that movement to one side of the width direction is regulated, and provided to be movable in the width direction; a second rack gear connected to the other guide support unit supporting the rolled sheet so that movement to the other side of the width direction is regulated, and provided to be movable in the width direction; a pinion gear engaging with the first and second rack gears; and a regulation gear that engages with the pinion gear to rotate and regulates the movement of the first and second rack gears by regulating the rotation.
A point-of-sale system is provided and includes a first checkout station and associated first edge cameras. The first cameras have a primary viewing area within the first checkout station and a peripheral viewing area outside the first checkout station. The system includes a second checkout station near the first checkout station and associated second edge cameras. The second cameras have a primary viewing area within the second checkout station and a peripheral viewing area outside the second checkout station. The peripheral viewing area of one second camera is within the first checkout station. The system further includes a vision mesh network having nodes in communication with each other. Some of the first and second cameras are nodes on the vision mesh network. A first edge camera receives and processes information about the first checkout station from the at least one second camera. A method is also provided.
An image forming apparatus includes a forming unit, a supply unit, a first measurement unit, a control unit, a second measurement unit, an adjustment unit, and a changing unit. The forming unit forms a toner image on an image carrier using developer which is contained in a developer container and includes toner and a magnetic carrier. The supply unit supplies the toner to the developer container. The first measurement unit measures a density of the toner in the developer contained in the developer container. The control unit controls the supply unit such that the density measured by the first measurement unit approaches a target density. The second measurement unit measures an image density formed by the forming unit. The adjustment unit adjusts a development contrast potential so that a formation density measured by the second measurement unit approaches a predetermined appropriate density with regard to the toner image formed by the forming unit under a predetermined condition. The changing unit is configured to change a target density if the adjustment unit is not able to adjust the development contrast potential so that the formation density measured by the second measurement unit approaches the appropriate density.
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 15/00 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging roller, an exposure unit, a developing device, a transfer roller, and a control unit. The charging roller charges the image bearing member. The exposure unit forms an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the image bearing member. The developing device develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image bearing member into a toner image. The transfer roller transfers the toner image from the image bearing member. The control unit detects a resistance detection voltage of the transfer roller as a voltage for detecting that there is an abnormality in the image bearing member.
A store server for managing customer information received by a terminal in a store, includes a network interface connectable to the terminal and a first server that stores information about a customer, the information associating identification information of the customer with a state of a medium issued to the customer and that is usable for payment, and a processor configured to: acquire identification information of a customer from the terminal, control the interface to transmit the identification information to the first server, acquire from the first server the state of the medium issued to the customer, and determine whether the medium is in an unusable state, upon determining that the medium is not in a usable state, cause the terminal to accept the medium for payment, and upon determining that the medium is in the unusable state, cause the terminal to display a message indicating that the medium is unusable.
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 magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
A customer service robot autonomously moves to support shopping of a customer in a commercial facility including a plurality of stores. The customer service robot includes an action plan generating unit (a route setting unit) configured to set a store to be visited and a moving route in the commercial facility based on a store visiting purpose acquired from the customer and an operation control unit (a movement control unit) configured to cause the customer service robot to autonomously move along the moving route.
A customer service robot autonomously moves to support shopping of a customer in a commercial facility including a plurality of stores. The customer service robot includes an operation mode setting unit (a moving form setting unit) that sets a moving form in moving while being accompanied by the customer to a leading mode (a first moving form) for leading the customer and moving along a set moving route or a following mode (a second moving form) for moving following the customer and a movement control unit that causes the customer service robot to move, in the moving form set by the operation mode setting unit, in a state in which the distance to the customer is kept constant.
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
G05D 1/243 - Moyens de capture de signaux provenant naturellement de l’environnement, p. ex. signaux optiques, acoustiques, gravitationnels ou magnétiques ambiants (utilisant des aides à la navigation passive extérieures au véhicule G05D 1/244;utilisant des signaux provenant de capteurs de positionnement situés à l’extérieur du véhicule G05D 1/249)
G05D 1/686 - Maintien d’une position relative par rapport à des cibles en mouvement, p. ex. pour suivre des animaux ou des êtres humains (pour diriger des charges utiles vers des cibles G05D 1/689; impliquant la commande de la position ou du cap de plusieurs véhicules G05D 1/69)
According to one embodiment, a computer includes a CPU and a storage device. The storage device stores an operating system that executes a bytecode without optimization for an extended ISA supported by the CPU unless the extended ISA is designated in a command line argument for executing the bytecode. The storage device further stores a correspondence table showing a correspondence between a value of an extension field indicating the extended ISA and the command line argument enabling optimization corresponding to the extended ISA. A program in the storage device is configured to cause the CPU to acquire an ISA supported by the CPU, acquire the extended ISA from the ISA, refer to the correspondence table to acquire the command line argument associated with the extended ISA, and then automatically include the command line argument associated with the extended ISA when executing the bytecode.
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 point-of-sale terminal includes a plurality of card readers each configured to read information from a credit card using a different reading method, and a processor configured to, upon selection of a reading method from a plurality of reading methods, perform a credit card settlement using one of the plurality of card readers corresponding to the selected reading method. The processor is configured to: search for a past credit card settlement, acquire data of the past credit card settlement, identify one of the plurality of reading methods that has been used for the past credit card settlement based on the data, control one of the plurality of card readers corresponding to the identified reading method to read a credit card, and upon receipt of information from the credit card via said one of the plurality of card readers, perform refund processing on the past credit card settlement using the information.
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 magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
An after-the-fact check of a face-to-face interaction between a plurality of people with a conversation. A video playback system includes a video acquisition unit, a video memory unit, a text acquisition unit, a text memory unit, a video display unit, and a text display unit. The video memory unit stores video data representing a video captured over an image capture area and acquired by the video acquisition unit. The text memory unit stores text data generated by recognizing a voice collected around the image capture area and acquired by the text acquisition unit. The text display unit selects text data formed by recognizing a voice collected around the image capture area at an image capture timing of the video displayed by the video display unit, from among the stored text data, and displays a text represented by the text data.
An information processing system according to an embodiment includes a management server, a plurality of store servers, and a store terminal. The management server receives order data including information for specifying an ordered commodity and a store from an external management server that aggregates an order from a customer who requests delivery of a commodity in stock at a store from the store. The store servers are provided in a plurality of stores, respectively, and each communicate with the management server. The store terminal communicates with any store server among the plurality of store servers. The management server transmits the received order data to a store server of the store specified by the order data among the store servers. Each store server receives registration of a commodity performed by the store terminal for each transaction in a host store, and notifies a user that a delivery order is placed in at least one of the store server and the store terminal when receiving the order data.
Systems and methods for service technicians to use when called upon to diagnose and repair electronic or electro-mechanical systems are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by an electronic display coupled to a location on a serviceable unit that is visible at an external region of the serviceable unit. The electronic display is operable to enable presentation of a digital image. The method includes powering the electronic display to enable display of the digital image when the serviceable unit receives an error. The digital image is indicative of a Universal Resource Locator (URL) associated with the error.
According to one embodiment, a point-of-sale apparatus includes a connection interface connectable to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal and a control unit connectable to an imaging unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a captured image of a commodity from the imaging unit, attempt to identify the commodity in the image using a code symbol attached to the commodity, attempt to identify the commodity based on external appearance feature data of the commodity in in the captured image, and output commodity identification information for the commodity to the POS terminal according to either the code symbol or the external feature data.
A point of sale terminal for registering items at a store includes a display, a memory that stores first data that associates items with groups, and second data that associates each group with a flag indicating whether a price of an item associated with the group is to be excluded from a total amount of purchased items for a service to be provided, and a processor configured to register items for purchase, calculate a first total amount of all registered items, calculate a second total amount of one or more registered items belonging to one or more groups each associated with the flag indicating that a price of an item associated with the group is not to be excluded from a total amount of purchased items for the service to be provided, and control the display to display the first and second total amounts.
Systems and methods of obtaining carbon footprint information of items checked out by a POS device are presented. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a POS device having a sensing device operable to sense an identifier specific to a container configured to transport items after checkout. The POS device is coupled to a blockchain network that includes network nodes that are collectively configured to operate a blockchain. The container identifier is specific to a cryptographic digital asset stored on the blockchain as a container identifier code. Further, the cryptographic digital asset includes a reference to carbon footprint information associated with checked out items by the POS device that utilized the container. The method includes sending a blockchain data request associated with the cryptographic digital asset based on the container identifier so that the carbon footprint information associated with the checked out items can be obtained.
Systems and methods of conducting a payment transaction via a blockchain registered container at a point of sale are presented. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a POS system having a sensing device operable to sense an identifier specific to a container configured to transport items after checkout. The POS system is communicatively coupled to a blockchain network that includes network nodes that are collectively configured to operate a blockchain. The container identifier is specific to a cryptographic digital asset stored on the blockchain as a container identifier code. Further, the cryptographic digital asset includes a code that represents an electronic payment instrument identifier configured to enable an electronic payment transaction based on the container identifier sensed from the container. The method includes sending, to the blockchain, a request for block data associated with the cryptographic digital asset based on the container identifier.
Systems and methods of verifying utilization of a blockchain registered container at POS are presented. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a POS system having a sensing device operable to sense an identifier specific to a container configured to transport items after checkout. The POS system is communicatively coupled to a blockchain network that includes network nodes that are collectively configured to operate a blockchain. The container identifier is specific to a cryptographic digital asset stored on the blockchain as a container identifier code. Further, the cryptographic digital asset includes a user identifier code, with the container identifier code and the user identifier code being included in a transaction entry of a block on the blockchain that is associated with the cryptographic digital asset. The method includes sending, to the blockchain, a request for block data associated with the cryptographic digital asset based on the container identifier.
G06Q 30/0238 - Remises ou incitations, p.ex. coupons ou rabais au point de vente
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G06Q 20/36 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des portefeuilles électroniques ou coffres-forts électroniques
G06Q 20/38 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement - leurs détails
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 appareils; Moyens permettant le réglage des appareils par rapport au banc permettant la rotation autour d'un axe horizontal
Provided is a technique that can suitably form a cut line. According to one embodiment, an image forming device includes a line information generation unit and an image forming unit. The line information generation unit generates line information representing a cut line to cut out a main image formed on a recording medium. The image forming unit forms the main image with a non-decolorable material on the recording medium and forms the cut line represented by the line information with a decolorable material on the recording medium. The line information generation unit changes a level of curving of a curve included in the cut line, according to the recording medium.
An image forming apparatus includes a forming device, a wireless tag communication device, an external communication interface, and a processor. The forming device forms an image on a sheet including a wireless tag. The wireless tag communication device performs wireless communication with the wireless tag included in the sheet. The external communication interface acquires an image forming data file from another device through communication. The processor forms the image on the sheet by controlling the forming device based on information included in the image forming data file if the image forming data file includes an instruction for image formation, and sets parameters of the wireless tag communication device based on information included in the image forming data file if the image forming data file includes an instruction for wireless tag communication setting.
According to one embodiment, a store system apparatus includes a communication interface connectable to a terminal of a customer of a store, a storage unit storing registration results of a plurality of customers, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire position information of the terminal of the customer via the communication interface and output recommended commodity information via the communication interface to the terminal according to an area of the store corresponding to the acquired position information. The recommended commodity information indicates a recommended commodity that is in the area of the store. The processor also outputs registration summary information based on the stored registration results of the plurality of customers via the communication interface to the terminal.
According to an embodiment, a monitoring support system determines whether or not a specified product accepted by a registration terminal is a predetermined product that needs to be checked. The monitoring support system acquires, where the specified product is the predetermined product that needs to be checked, an image taken by a camera from the camera at predetermined timing relative to timing at which the product that needs to be checked was registered as the transaction product by the registration terminal.
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 magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p.ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a display, a detection device, and a controller. The display is configured to display a first image including a first button and a second image including a second button in a display area of a space. The detection device detects a movement of an operator that accesses the display area. The controller receives an input of the first button if the operator performs a specific second operation while accessing the first button following a first operation in which the operator accesses the first button of the first image displayed in the display area, displays the second image, and receives an input of the second button if the operator performs the second operation while accessing the second button after the operator accesses the second button without leaving the display area.
A sheet processing device in an embodiment includes a conveyance path, a stacker, a post processing section, and vertical alignment members. The conveyance path conveys sheets in a conveying direction and stacks the sheets. The stacker restricts a leading end of the conveyed sheets. The stacker is movable in the conveying direction. The post processing section processes the sheets further on an upstream side in the conveying direction than a position where the sheets are supported by the stacker. The vertical alignment members feed the sheets in the conveying direction toward the stacker. The vertical alignment members are enabled to come into contact with a bundle of the sheets supported by the stacker. The vertical alignment members are movable in the conveying direction integrally with the stacker.
Techniques are provided for weight-based location tracking. In one embodiment, the techniques involve retrieving, via an item tracker, item data of each item in a transaction at a self-checkout system, wherein the item data includes incremental weight measurements, location data, and a total weight of the items in the transaction, generating, via the item tracker, a grouping of items based on the location data, identifying, via the item tracker, a decrease in the total weight of the items in the transaction, and matching, via the item tracker, the decrease in the total weight to a weight of the grouping of items, wherein the weight of the grouping of items is determined based on the incremental weight measurements.
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
A mobile wallet system is provided. The mobile wallet system includes a terminal and a mobile wallet on a mobile device. The mobile device includes a display. The mobile wallet locates the terminal, calculates information regarding the location of the terminal with respect to the mobile device and displays an indication on the mobile device display regarding the location information. A method is also provided.
G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil
G06Q 20/36 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des portefeuilles électroniques ou coffres-forts électroniques
A sheet processing device in an embodiment includes a processing section, a tray, a lifting and lowering device, a flexible member, a first member, and a second member. The processing section processes a sheet. The sheet can be placed on a first surface on a first side of the tray. The lifting and lowering device moves the sheet to the processing section. The flexible member is provided on the first side of the tray and has flexibility. The first member is connected to a first end portion of the flexible member. The second member is connected to a second end portion opposite to the first end portion of the flexible member. The second member is separated from the first member in a first direction. A separation distance between the second member and the first member is shorter than length of the flexible member between the second member and the first member.
A commodity sales data processing device in an embodiment includes a display unit configured to display information, first determining means for determining whether the number of characters of information that should be displayed in one row exceeds the number of characters that can be displayed in one row of the display unit, and display control means for, if the first determining means determines that the number of characters of the information that should be displayed in one row exceeds the number of characters that can be displayed in one row of the display unit, simultaneously displaying first information that can be displayed in one row of the display unit and a mark indicating that second information that should be further displayed in the same row is present and, after displaying the first information for a predetermined time, displaying the second information instead of the first information and the mark.
G09G 5/34 - Dispositions ou circuits de commande de l'affichage communs à l'affichage utilisant des tubes à rayons cathodiques et à l'affichage utilisant d'autres moyens de visualisation pour le mouvement ou pour le défilement
G09G 5/00 - Dispositions ou circuits de commande de l'affichage communs à l'affichage utilisant des tubes à rayons cathodiques et à l'affichage utilisant d'autres moyens de visualisation
A shopping cart includes a cart body, a handle attached to the cart body on a front side thereof, a terminal attached to the cart body and including a display screen on a rear side of the cart body and on which information of an item stored in the shopping cart can be displayed, and a basket table attached to the cart body at a position lower than the display screen and the handle and located between the display screen and the handle when viewed from above.
A system includes terminals installed in a store and configured to register an item in a transaction, first devices for executing the transaction, and an apparatus including: an interface connectable to the terminals and devices, a memory that stores first data that associates each terminal with one first device, and a processor configured to: upon receipt of a notification indicating one first device from a first terminal, update the first data to associate the first terminal with said one first device, upon receipt of a registration request from the first terminal, generate second data for a transaction in association with said one first device, and upon receipt of a change request from a second terminal, update the first data to associate the second terminal with said one first device.
An image reading device includes a lens mirror array, a photoelectric conversion section, and a diaphragm section. The lens mirror array includes a plurality of optical elements. Each of the optical elements includes an incident-side lens surface, an upstream-side reflection surface, a downstream-side reflection surface, an emission-side lens surface, and a stray light reflection surface. The incident-side lens surface transmits and converges reflected light from a read surface. The upstream-side reflection surface reflects light made incident via the incident-side lens surface. The downstream-side reflection surface reflects the light. The emission-side lens surface transmits and converges the light and images the light on an imaging surface. The stray light reflection surface reflects stray light. The photoelectric conversion section receives, photoelectrically converts, and outputs the reflected light. The diaphragm section is disposed between the read surface and the incident-side lens surface and includes a slit-like opening section.
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
An image forming apparatus includes a conveying unit, an image forming unit, a first detection unit, a second detection unit, and a control unit. The conveying unit includes a conveying member configured to convey a printing medium along a predetermined conveyance path. The image forming unit forms an image on the printing medium. The first detection unit detects passage of the printing medium through a first position on the conveyance path. The second detection unit detects passage of the printing medium through a second position that is positioned downstream of the first position on the conveyance path. The control unit controls the conveying unit and the image forming unit. If the control unit determines whether the conveying member is deteriorated, the control unit controls the conveying unit such that the printing medium is conveyed at a second conveying speed slower than a first conveying speed, the first conveying speed being a speed at which the printing medium is conveyed if the control unit does not determine whether the conveying member is deteriorated, and determines whether the conveying member is deteriorated based on a first timing at which the printing medium is detected by the first detection unit and a second timing at which the printing medium is detected by the second detection unit.
According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus has a first interface for communicating with a server, a second interface for communicating with a label printer, and a third interface for acquiring an image including a label image. A processor of the apparatus is configured to receive the image via the third interface, extract the label image from the received image, perform image processing on the extracted label image, transmit the processed extracted label image to the server via the first interface along with a request to generate label data based on processed extracted label image, receive the generated label data from the server via the first interface, and transmit the received label data to the label printer along with a request to print a label corresponding to the label data.
G06V 30/224 - Reconnaissance de caractères caractérisés par le type d’écriture de caractères imprimés pourvus de marques de codage additionnelles ou de marques de codage
G06V 30/26 - Techniques de post-traitement, p.ex. correction des résultats de la reconnaissance
58.
SOCIAL SHOPPING LIST MESSAGE AND PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for purchasing preauthorized items from a shared shopping list. Multiple users can add items to the shared shopping list and preauthorize other users to purchase the items on their behalf. When a user purchases an item from the list on behalf of another member using a mobile shopping app, the app can automatically purchase the item using funds (e.g., a credit card or bank account) of the member who added the item to the shared shopping list.
An optical device according to an embodiment includes a lens mirror array and a holder. The lens mirror array is opposed to a light emitting section. The lens mirror array includes a plurality of optical elements. The optical elements include incident-side lens surfaces, emission-side lens surfaces that emit incident light, and reflection surfaces that reflect incident light. A cross section orthogonal to a first direction of the lens mirror array has a constricted shape. The holder includes a slit having width smaller than width of both the ends in the cross section of the lens mirror array and larger than width of the center in the cross section and extending in the first direction. The holder holds the lens mirror array in a state in which a constricted portion in the center in the cross section of the lens mirror array is disposed in the slit.
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 17/00 - Systèmes avec surfaces réfléchissantes, avec ou sans éléments de réfraction
G03B 27/52 - Appareils de tirage par projection, p.ex. agrandisseur, appareil photographique de reproduction - Détails
According to an embodiment, a checkout apparatus includes a communication interface connectable to a network, a display unit positioned to face a customer at the checkout apparatus, an input unit configured to receive user inputs from the customer, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to acquire transaction information for a transaction of the customer via the communication interface, receive customer identifying information identifying the customer, acquire payment method information indicating a payment method associated with the customer identifying information, and execute payment processing for the transaction based on the acquired transaction information using the payment method associated with the customer.
An electronic device in an embodiment includes a housing including a hollow first space section with one surface of the hollow first space section opened and including a first ventilation hole, a lid provided to close the opening of the housing, including a hollow second space section, and including a second ventilation hole, a heat sink provided in the first space section and configured to radiate heat generated from an electronic component housed in the housing, and a fan provided in the first space section and configured to cool the heat sink with a flow of air caused by the fan rotating. The lid includes a ventilation port in a position facing the fan and separates the first space section and the second space section excluding the ventilation port.
A management device for managing data of workflows performed by business entities, includes a memory that stores first data that represents workflows and checklists each corresponding to one of the workflows and indicating one or more items to be checked when said one of the workflows is performed, a network interface connectable to a terminal, and a processor configured to: count and store in the memory a total number of checks of each item indicated by the checklists, upon receipt of an instruction to create a new checklist corresponding to one of the workflows from the terminal, search the first data for one or more of the items that are related to said one of the workflows and have been checked at least a predetermined number of times, and generate the new checklist including the extracted items.
Techniques to reconfigure self-checkout kiosks based on computer vision or interaction metrics. One or more graphical images are received. The one or more graphical images at least partially depict a physical area associated with a self-checkout kiosk during a transaction involving one or more items and a form of payment. The one or more graphical images include a first item. The self-checkout kiosk is configured to output one or more communications via one or more graphical user interface (GUI) screens associated with a workflow. An item type or a payment type is predicted for the transaction and using one or more classifiers. The predicted item type or payment type is provided as input to the workflow without requiring an intervention. The transaction is executed.
G06V 10/764 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant la classification, p.ex. des objets vidéo
G07G 1/01 - Caisses enregistreuses - Détails pour l'affichage
A fixing device includes a film-shaped cylinder, a heater unit, and a guide portion. The heater unit is disposed inside the cylinder and includes a heating element. The guide portion can contact an inner surface of the cylinder. A standard size sheet having a maximum width among standard size sheets that are conveyed together with rotation of the cylinder while being in contact with an outer surface of the cylinder is set as a maximum standard size sheet. A position corresponding to a center portion of the maximum standard size sheet is set as a first position. A position corresponding to an end portion of the maximum standard size sheet is set as a second position. In the guide portion, a contact length with the cylinder at the second position is shorter than a contact length with the cylinder at the first position.
According to an embodiment, an information retrieval system detects a product that is identified by product identification information stored in association with user identification information, from the information posted by a posting-person site of a posting-person identified by posting-person identification information stored in association with the user identification information. The information retrieval system detects sales information of the detected product from a store site that provides sales information of various products.
An assisting device that assists in inputting card information for credit card payment, includes a display and a processor configured to acquire a transaction amount from a registration device that registers information on an item, determine whether the acquired transaction amount is less than or equal to a threshold, and upon determining that the acquired transaction amount is less than or equal to the threshold, control the display to display a first guide screen indicating that reading methods including non-contact IC wireless reading, magnetic stripe reading, and IC chip contact reading are available for inputting the card information, and upon determining that the transaction amount is greater than the threshold, control the display to display a second guide screen indicating that reading methods including the magnetic stripe reading and the IC chip contact reading and not including the non-contact IC wireless reading are available for inputting the card information.
G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p.ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasin; Examen 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
G06Q 20/34 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des cartes, p.ex. cartes à puces ou cartes magnétiques
A point-of-sale system is provided including a conveyor that moves an item downstream and/or upstream, a shelf positioned above the conveyor, a defined zone below the shelf and a shield positioned between the conveyor and the shelf. The shield deters the item from moving to the defined zone when the conveyor is moving the item upstream. A method of conveying an item and methods of retrofitting a point-of-sale system are also provided.
B65G 47/29 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs arrangeant les objets, p.ex. faisant varier l'espace entre chaque objet pendant le transport par un seul transporteur en arrêtant temporairement le mouvement
Techniques to reconfigure self-checkout kiosks based on attendant availability. A first transaction is processed based on an indication of current availability, at a first point in time, of one or more attendants for a physical area associated with a self-checkout kiosk. After processing the first transaction, an indication of current availability, at a second point in time, of the one or more attendants is determined. A second transaction is processed based on the indication of current availability, at the second point in time, of the one or more attendants.
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
The present disclosure utilizes image data analysis to improve the accuracy and integrity of item characteristic information in a database. During point-of-sale (POS) transactions, a security exception may be triggered when an item's stored characteristic information, such as weight or dimensions, is found to be inaccurate or missing. By capturing images of procedures performed to resolve security exceptions, the system can analyze aspects of the individual's appearance or behavior to determine if measurement procedures are performed correctly. Measures from properly performed measurement procedures can be used to selectively update the item's characteristic information in the system, improving the accuracy and integrity the characteristic information.
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 magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
The present disclosure provides a checkout system and bagging structure. The bagging structure includes a body, a platform positioned on the body, and a power source disposed within the body. The platform defines a plurality of cavities arranged in a grid. A first cavity of the plurality of cavities receives a first mechanical rod. The power source provides electric power through the first cavity and to the first mechanical rod.
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 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
Techniques for intelligent order fulfillment using sensor feedback are disclosed. These techniques include receiving data captured by a plurality of sensors during fulfillment of one or more customer orders. The techniques further include predicting one or more issues affecting order fulfillment success using the data captured by the plurality of sensors and one or more trained machine learning (ML) models, and identifying one or more actions to improve order fulfillment based on the predicted one or more issues.
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
G06V 10/70 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique
G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p.ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
72.
System and control method for prioritizing functions of an image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to acquire setting information registered in advance by the user, determine a display mode of a list display of the setting information according to a priority assigned to the setting information or whether a job applying the setting information is executed, and control a display device to display the list display based on the display mode.
A medium processing device includes a conveying mechanism, an RFID device, and a processor. The processor controls the RFID device to perform a write process on first and second RFID tags of at least one medium conveyed by the conveying mechanism when the first and second RFID tags are moved to a write position along a conveyance path of the at least one medium, and a read process on the first and second RFID tags after the at least one medium is further conveyed along the conveyance path of the at least one medium by the conveying mechanism. The RFID device includes an antenna by which the RFID device communicates with the RFID tags and is configured to set a communication range of the antenna to a first communication range during the write process and to a second communication range wider than the first communication range during the read process.
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
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
74.
POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEM, METHOD PERFORMED THEREBY, AND USER TERMINAL
A point-of-sale (POS) system includes a user terminal configured to generate and display a symbol that represents a payment code that can be used for payment in a sales transaction and a setting related to issuance of a receipt; and a POS terminal including a scanner, a printer, and a processor configured to: register one or more items for purchase, decode a symbol read by the scanner to obtain a payment code and a setting, execute payment processing for the items that have been registered for purchase using the payment code obtained by decoding the symbol, after the payment processing is executed, determine whether to issue a receipt based on the setting obtained by decoding the symbol, and upon determining to issue a receipt, control the printer to issue a receipt for the purchased items.
An operation control device includes a controller. The controller is configured to receive a component of operation information from each of several user terminals. Each component of operation information indicates a requested command for a target device. The controller is configured to generate a command for the target device based on the components of operation information. The controller is configured to control the target device in accordance with the generated command.
G05B 19/05 - Automates à logique programmables, p.ex. simulant les interconnexions logiques de signaux d'après des diagrammes en échelle ou des organigrammes
76.
ITEM INFORMATION READING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An item information reading apparatus includes an antenna; a scanner; a network interface connectable to an external device; and a processor configured to cause the antenna to wirelessly read code information for uniquely identifying an item from a wireless tag, cause the scanner to read code information for uniquely identifying an item from a code symbol, compare the code information read by the antenna with the code information read by the scanner, and cause the network interface to transmit to the external device one or both of the code information read by the antenna and the code information read by the scanner based on a comparison result of the code information read by the antenna with the code information read by the scanner.
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a fixing member, a temperature sensor unit, a heater unit, and a controller. The fixing member has a surface that contacts a sheet. The temperature sensor unit is configured to measure a temperature of the surface of the fixing member. The heater unit is configured to heat the member when turned ON. The controller is configured to output a notification indicating an abnormality in the temperature measurement by the temperature sensor unit if an ON time of the heater unit during an operation period for controlling the fixing member to be at a target temperature, as measured by the temperature sensor unit, is longer than a predetermined threshold time.
A change machine includes a denomination discriminating unit to discriminate denominations of deposited coins or bills, a counting unit to count the number of the coins or the bills for each of the denominations, a storage unit to store a limit number of the coins or the bills, a number determining unit to determine a denomination of the coins or the bills, the number of which counted in one transaction reached the limit number, an operator determining unit to determine which of a customer and a store staff member deposited the coins or the bills, and a deposit control unit to, if the customer deposited the coins or the bills, return the coins or the bills of the denomination and, if the store staff member deposited the coins or the bills, allows storage of the coins or the bills of the denomination.
G07D 1/06 - Distributeurs de pièces de monnaie faisant de la monnaie en rendant la différence entre une somme versée et une somme à payer
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G07D 3/16 - Tri, selon leur valeur, de pièces de monnaie en vrac combiné au comptage de pièces de monnaie
G07D 5/00 - Vérification spécialement adaptée à la détermination de l'identité ou de l'authenticité des pièces de monnaie, p.ex. pour séparer les pièces qui ne peuvent pas être acceptées ou qui sont en monnaie étrangère
79.
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD
An information processing device includes: a receiving unit to receive processing requests of data collected in a store from a plurality of request sources; a processing unit to execute a predetermined process based on the data of the processing requests received by the receiving unit; a recording unit to record, in association with an identifier for identifying each of the request sources, a processing date and time when the processing unit last processes a processing request received from the request source corresponding to the identifier; and a controller to control, when the receiving unit receives processing requests from a plurality of request sources, the processing unit to preferentially process the processing requests of the request sources from a processing request of a request source that has an early processing date and time based on the processing date and time recorded in association with the identifier of each request source.
Provided is an electronic circuit that makes a changed FPGA usable without changing firmware. The electronic circuit includes: a processor; a first field-programmable gate array (FPGA); a first generation circuit; and a second generation circuit. The first FPGA executes configuration according to first bitstream data before the processor is activated. The first generation circuit outputs a first reset signal that resets the processor to the processor based on a first completion signal indicating that the configuration is completed. The second generation circuit outputs a second completion signal indicating that the configuration is completed to the processor based on a control signal output from the processor.
A first transmission and reception unit to transmit a signal to and receive a signal from a wireless tag by radio waves in a predetermined range; a second transmission and reception unit arranged side by side with the first transmission and reception unit to transmit a signal to and receive a signal from the wireless tag in a range that is at least partially deviated from the predetermined range; a reading unit to read signals received by the first and the second transmission and reception unit from the wireless tag; and a determination unit to, when the wireless tag detected by one of the first and the second transmission and reception unit is detected by the other based on a reading result, determine that a movement direction is a direction from one of the first and the second transmission and reception unit toward the other.
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
H01Q 21/24 - Combinaisons d'unités d'antennes polarisées dans des directions différentes pour émettre ou recevoir des ondes polarisées circulairement ou elliptiquement ou des ondes polarisées linéairement dans n'importe quelle direction
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INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
An information processing device includes a memory that stores a plurality of pieces of user information each for authenticating a user and indicating previous access attempts and unsuccessful login attempts by the user, a communication interface circuit connectable to a terminal, and a processor configured to: in response to a login attempt from the terminal, acquire login information indicating a user from the terminal, search the memory for one of the pieces of user information corresponding to the user, determine a threshold value for determining whether to reject the login attempt at least based on the previous access attempts by the user, compare a number of the unsuccessful login attempts by the user with the determined threshold value, and determine whether to reject the login attempt based on a comparison result of the number of the unsuccessful login attempts and the threshold value.
A computing device installed in or mountable on a shopping cart includes a display, a camera that faces a basket of the shopping cart, and a processor configured to acquire registration information through a connection with another computing device, the registration information indicating one or more commodities that have been registered for purchase, control the camera to capture an image and generate image data therefrom, performing object recognition on the image data to determine whether a commodity has been removed from the basket, upon determining that a commodity has been removed from the basket, determine based on the registration information whether the removed commodity is one of the registered commodities, and upon determining that the removed commodity is one of the registered commodities, control the display to display a message to cancel registration of the removed commodity.
A computing device permits distribution of power received from an external power source to one or more subsystems of the computing device. The computing device receives input requesting a power control operation and, responsive to the input, interrupts the distribution of the power to at least one of the subsystems.
The present disclosure utilizes excess processing capacity of a point of sale (POS) system by dynamically managing assigned tasks based on an expected activity of an individual. A resource management system can use image data and a trained neural network to analyzes aspects of an appearance or a behavior of the individual as captured in the image data to quantify a likelihood of the individual participating in a checkout procedure. The resource management system can dynamically allocate resources across different POS systems in anticipation of expected activity. This allows for the efficient use of the POS systems' resources while maintaining good system performance and a positive experience.
A coin change machine includes a reception counting unit to count types and the numbers of received coins, a storage state calculating unit to accumulate a counting result of the reception counting unit to thereby calculate types and the numbers of stored coins, a dispensing counting unit to count types and the numbers of dispensed or collected coins and an illumination control unit to turn on LEDs, which illuminate the inside of a storing unit, on condition that a lid covering the storing unit for coins is opened, if the types and the numbers of the coins calculated by the storage state calculating unit and the types and the numbers of the coins counted by the dispensing counting unit if the coins are collected or instructed dispensing content and the types and the number of the coins counted by the dispensing counting unit, are inconsistent.
G07D 1/06 - Distributeurs de pièces de monnaie faisant de la monnaie en rendant la différence entre une somme versée et une somme à payer
G07D 3/16 - Tri, selon leur valeur, de pièces de monnaie en vrac combiné au comptage de pièces de monnaie
G07D 5/00 - Vérification spécialement adaptée à la détermination de l'identité ou de l'authenticité des pièces de monnaie, p.ex. pour séparer les pièces qui ne peuvent pas être acceptées ou qui sont en monnaie étrangère
G07D 11/237 - Moyens de mesure ou de détection pour détecter les dysfonctionnements pour détecter les dysfonctionnements de transport, p.ex. le bourrage ou le blocage
G07D 11/60 - Aménagements des interfaces utilisateur
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus acquires stock information indicating a stock status of a product displayed on a sales floor. The information processing apparatus selects, on the basis of the acquired stock information, a product in short supply that needs to be replenished to the sales floor. Further, the information processing apparatus sets, where the product in short supply includes a plurality of products, priority of replenishment to the sales floor for the selected product in short supply.
An image forming apparatus can include a communications circuit, a printer, and a controller. The communications circuit is configured to communicate with a networked image forming apparatus via a network. The printer is configured to form an image on a sheet. The controller includes a processor and a memory. The controller is configured to acquire sensor data from a sensor operatively coupled to the controller; determine, via the network, a relay image forming apparatus, the relay image forming apparatus having an operating rate being relatively lower than an operating rate of multiple image forming apparatuses including the image forming apparatus and the networked image forming apparatus; and transmit, via the relay image forming apparatus, the sensor data to a predetermined recipient apparatus.
An optical device includes a light source unit, an optical member, and a holder formed by a single member. The light source unit includes a light source that emits light in a first direction and has a first positioning surface orthogonal to the first direction. The optical member is disposed to be separated from and opposed to the light source unit in the first direction and has an incident surface, an emission surface, and a second positioning surface. The holder has a third positioning surface and a fourth positioning surface, holds the light source unit in a state in which the first positioning surface of the light source unit is set in surface contact with the third positioning surface, and holds the optical member in a state in which the second positioning surface of the optical member is set in surface contact with the fourth positioning surface.
A printer includes a supply-side roll, a winding roller, a detector, a printing assembly, a conveying roller, and an adjuster. The supply-side roll is formed by winding an ink ribbon around a delivery roller. The winding roller winds the ink ribbon. The detector detects a change in tension of the ink ribbon. The printing assembly prints on a printing medium via the ink ribbon stretched between the supply-side roll and a collection-side roll formed by winding the ink ribbon. The conveying roller winds the ink ribbon and rotates in a direction in which the ink ribbon is wound by the winding roller. The adjuster adjusts, based on the change in the tension of the ink ribbon, a frictional force applied between the conveying roller and the ink ribbon and keeps constant tension of the ink ribbon passing through the printing assembly.
B41J 35/08 - Guides de rubans encreurs avec des systèmes pour mise en tension
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
An image forming apparatus includes a first printer configured to print on a medium using a first material, a second printer configured to print on the medium using a second material that turns invisible when a first condition is satisfied, and a controller configured to: control the first printer to print on the medium a first symbol that is machine-readable and associated with first information, and control the second printer to print a second symbol on the medium on which the first symbol has been printed. A composite symbol of the first and second symbols is machine-readable and associated with second information different from the first information.
According to an embodiment, a checkout machine receives information related to a transaction of a commodity to be purchased by a customer from a register. The checkout machine settles the transaction of the commodity on the basis of the information related to the transaction of the commodity. The checkout machine notifies the register of the fact that the information related to the transaction is receivable at a time point at which a standby period has elapsed after the settlement is finished. Further, the checkout machine changes the standby period in accordance with information of the customer who is a target of the settled transaction.
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a printing unit, a count unit, and a control unit. The printing unit includes a member, the self-maintenance of which is performable by a user, and prints an image on a printing medium. The count unit counts a count value indicating usage time of the member. The control unit outputs, when determining that the count value counted by the count unit is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, output information to an information processing device, in which the output information includes information indicating that the count value is equal to or greater than the first threshold value.
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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
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Fraud behavior recognition device, control program thereof, and fraud behavior recognition method
A detection device for detecting a fraud behavior of a customer at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal in a store, including a first interface circuit configured to receive a first image of the customer from a camera, a second interface circuit configured to receive a second image that is displayed on the POS terminal, and a processor configured to acquire one or more first images via the first interface circuit and determine one or more behaviors of the customer based on the acquired first images, acquire one or more second images via the second interface circuit and determine, based on the acquired second images, one or more operations that have been made by the customer on the POS terminal, and determine that one of the behaviors is fraudulent based on one or more of the operations that have been made by the customer before said one of the behaviors.
According to one embodiment, a checkout apparatus includes a camera interface and a processor. The camera interface acquires an image from a camera positioned to image a work region of the checkout apparatus and its surroundings in which a person performs a registration of items in a sales transaction and settlement of the sales transaction. The processor performs a registration process for registering items in the sales transaction and also a payment process for settlement of the sales transaction based on the items registered in the registration process. The processor detects whether a person has left the work region based on the image from the camera, then output an alert if it is detected that the person left the work region after performance of the registration process is started but before the payment process is completed.
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
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
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G06V 40/10 - Corps d’êtres humains ou d’animaux, p.ex. occupants de véhicules automobiles ou piétons; Parties du corps, p.ex. mains
H04N 7/18 - Systèmes de télévision en circuit fermé [CCTV], c. à d. systèmes dans lesquels le signal vidéo n'est pas diffusé
A printer includes a conveyor, a print head, a platen roller, an actuator, and a controller. The platen roller applies a conveying force by rotating while pinching a medium between the platen roller and the print head. The controller is configured to: enable a saving mode in which the print head is moved to a first position when a first area of the medium passes, and the print head is moved to a second position when a second area of the medium passes; detect a difference between a first conveyance amount of the medium when the actuator is in the saving mode, and a second conveyance amount of the medium when the print head is in the first position; and adjust a setting corresponding to the first conveyance amount so as to eliminate the difference.
B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
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
B41J 29/38 - Entraînements, moteurs commandes ou dispositifs d'arrêt automatiques pour le mécanisme d'impression tout entier
B41J 32/02 - Cartouches pour rubans encreurs pour rubans sans fin
In general, according to one embodiment, an information processing device that can be miniaturized by sharing maintenance hardware between control boards is provided. An information processing device according to an embodiment provided in a housing with a plurality of control boards on which processors and memories are mounted, and functioning by processes of the processors mounted on the plurality of control boards, the information processing device includes: maintenance hardware configured to be used when maintenance is performed on the information processing device; and a switching unit configured to selectively connect an input and output port of any one of the plurality of control boards to the maintenance hardware.
A merchandise sales data processing device of an embodiment includes, a processor configured to: acquire identification information on merchandise in accordance with a customer operation; register information related to a purchase amount of the merchandise corresponding to the identification information; calculate a total amount of the merchandise based on the information registered; and when the total amount exceeds a predetermined upper limit amount, cause a display unit to display an operation screen having an operator capable of calling a clerk and execute processing of calling a clerk in accordance with an operation to the operator, and restrict the customer operation related to registration of the merchandise.
