An image forming apparatus includes a communication device configured to communicate with a wireless tag of a sheet, an image forming mechanism configured to form an image and transfer the image to the sheet according to a control value, and a controller configured to: receive a job for printing an image on a sheet and performing tag processing on the tag, control the communication device to perform the tag processing on the tag, determine whether the processing has completed properly, upon determining that the processing has completed properly, control the image forming mechanism to form the image and transfer the image to the sheet according to a first control value, and upon determining that the processing has not completed properly, control the image forming mechanism to form the image and transfer the image to the sheet according to a second control value.
A printing device for printing on a label sheet includes a first print head to perform printing on a first side of a label sheet being conveyed along a conveyance path. The label sheet is interposed between the first print head and a first roller. A second print head is upstream of the first print head and performs printing on a second side of the label sheet. A second roller is adjacent the second print head across the conveyance path. A cutter is downstream of the first print head to cut off a first portion of the label sheet. A processor is configured to cause the label sheet to be conveyed in a second direction after the first portion is cut off from the sheet so that the cut end of the sheet reaches the first print head.
B41J 33/14 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans
B41J 2/325 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques par le transfert sélectif d'encre à partir d'un support d'encre, p.ex. à partir d'un ruban ou d'une feuille encreurs
B41J 11/70 - Utilisation de dispositifs coupants coupant perpendiculairement à la direction de l'avance du papier
A security management apparatus includes a receiver, a printer, and a notifier. The receiver acquires, at an entrance of a facility, information about a visitor to a visiting destination of the facility. The information includes a stay permitted time at the visiting destination and at least one of an attribute, relation information, or a visiting purpose. The printer generates a portable medium that includes the information and the stay permitted time and records an image allowing distinguishing of content of the information. The notifier is configured to receive the stay permitted time from one or more readers disposed at the facility and is configured to read the stay permitted time from the portable medium in a noncontact manner. The notifier, in response to the stay permitted time being elapsed, warns the visitor who passes a disposition position of the one or more readers.
G07C 9/29 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée comportant l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer le laissez-passer comportant des éléments électroniques actifs, p.ex. des cartes à puce
A wireless tag reading apparatus according to an embodiment includes an accommodation part formed by a bottom surface part and a peripheral surface part vertically provided upward from the bottom surface part, a peripheral surface opening part that is formed in the peripheral surface part, and enables goods to be taken into and out of the accommodation part, a cover part covering a part of an upside of the accommodation part, a top surface opening part formed by the cover part and the peripheral surface part, and contiguous to the peripheral surface opening part, and a reading part configured to read, by transmitting and receiving radiowaves to and from a wireless tag attached to goods accommodated in the accommodation part, tag information from the wireless tag.
According to one embodiment, a sales data processing apparatus, such as a point-of-sale terminal or the like, includes a processor. The processor is configured to register commodity information for commodities in a sales transaction, receive an operator selection designating an item of registered commodity information, and then receive editing data for editing the designated item of registered commodity information. The processor then edits the designated item of registered commodity information according to the received editing data and causes a display screen to display the edited item of registered commodity information and the unedited item of registered commodity information together on the display screen. In some examples, the edited and unedited information may be displayed adjacent to one another and in a different font format.
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a film-shaped cylindrical body, a heating body unit, a first member, and a control unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. The cylindrical body has a sheet-passing region coming into contact with the sheet to fix the image to the sheet moving in a first direction. The cylindrical body is broader than the sheet-passing region in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The heating body unit includes a heating body and comes into contact with a first surface inside the cylindrical body. The first member is disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the heating body. The first member has an outer end disposed outside an outer end of the sheet-passing region in the second direction. The control unit allows the heating body to generate heat inside the outer end of the sheet-passing region in the second region.
A group management device includes a required information acquisition unit, a supplement instruction unit, a mounting information acquisition unit, and a group update unit. The required information acquisition unit acquires information showing required groups that are groups determined to require supplements of the consumables used in image forming devices that are managed per group. The supplement instruction unit performs a supplement instruction of the consumables for the required groups. The mounting information acquisition unit acquires mounting information showing the image forming device mounted with the consumable supplemented in response to the supplement instruction. The group update unit specifies a mounting group that is the group to which the image forming device mounted with the consumable belongs based on group correspondence information obtained by associating the image forming device and the group, and the mounting information, and updates the group correspondence information if the required group and the mounting group are different from each other.
According to one embodiment, a reading device and a method capable of improving operability of an operator without impairing an appearance of a commodity and preventing forgetting to read privilege information such as discount information are provided. A reading device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging unit configured to image a reading target; a reading unit configured to read, from an image captured by the imaging unit, first information by first processing and second information by second processing different from the first processing, the first information being indicated by a symbol printed with a digital watermark and the second information being indicated by a symbol printed with a digital watermark and different from the first information; and an output unit configured to output information read by the reading unit.
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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INDIVIDUAL ITEM PRICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING INDIVIDUAL ITEM PRICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
In accordance with an embodiment, an individual item management system includes an information terminal and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus changes the price included in the product information in accordance with a predetermined rule according to a lapse of time from the reference date and time. The information processing apparatus acquires, upon receiving the identification information in units of the individual item from the information terminal, the product information that includes at least the reference date and time and the price and is stored in association with the identification information in units of the individual item from a storage device and transmits the acquired information to the information terminal.
G06Q 30/0283 - Estimation ou détermination de prix
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
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PERSONAL SHOPPER INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR PERSONAL SHOPPING, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PERSONAL SHOPPER SERVICES
According to an embodiment, a method for personal shopping services includes executing a shopping application on a communication terminal to generate transaction data for a sales transaction for a personal shopping service. The transaction data includes commodity information of at least one commodity. The method also includes acquiring prior confirmation request data for the personal shopping service from the transaction data, and then handing over the acquired prior confirmation request data to another application on the communication terminal and causing the other application to transmit the acquired prior request confirmation data to another communication terminal.
In an embodiment, a merchandise registration apparatus has a processor configured to calculate a first-type value for a check digit of a merchandise code according to a first code system, and compare the first-type value to the check digit of the merchandise code according to the first code system, register an item of merchandise corresponding to the merchandise code when the first-type value matches the check digit of the merchandise code according to the first code system. If the first-type value does not match the check digit, a second-type value is calculated for the check digit according to a second code system, and the calculated second-type value is compared to the check digit according to the second code system. When the second-type value matches with the check digit in the merchandise code, the processor registers an item of merchandise corresponding to the merchandise code according to the second code system.
According to one embodiment, a commodity registration apparatus includes an input device that can be operated by a customer himself or herself to input information related to a sales transaction in which the customer purchases a commodity. The apparatus also has a processor and a display device to display information to the customer who operates the input device. The processor is configured to cause the display device to display a consent confirmation screen for obtaining consent from the customer to an additional use of a video from a camera monitoring the customer during the sales transaction including the operation of the input device by the customer. The processor is also configured to perform registration processing for the commodity to be purchased based on information from the input device. The consent confirmation screen is displayed before the processor performs the registration processing.
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
G06V 20/40 - RECONNAISSANCE OU COMPRÉHENSION D’IMAGES OU DE VIDÉOS Éléments spécifiques à la scène dans le contenu vidéo
G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p.ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus has a first interface connectable to an external server, a second interface connectable to a display, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive order data for dinning orders via the first and second interface and cause the display to display order data in a first area or a second area depending on whether the order data is first-type order data or second-type order data. The first and second areas are separate areas. The first-type order data is for dining orders of a first type, such as delivery orders, and the second-type order data is for dining orders of a second type, such as in-store dining orders.
G06F 3/14 - Sortie numérique vers un dispositif de visualisation
G06Q 10/0832 - Marchandises spéciales ou procédures de manutention spéciales, p. ex. manutention de marchandises dangereuses ou fragiles
G09G 5/02 - 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 la manière dont la couleur est visualisée
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TRANSACTION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMODITY SALES SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM
According to one embodiment, a transaction processing apparatus includes a communication interface to connect to a communication network, a storage unit for storing a store database with setting information indicating a service available period for a store, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a registration start instruction via the communication interface from a terminal apparatus operated by a user in the store, determine whether the registration start instruction has been received in the service available period for the store by reference to the stored setting information for the store, and then permit the user of the terminal apparatus to register a commodity designated using the terminal apparatus in a sales transaction only if the registration start instruction was received in the service available period for the store.
A fixing unit or device that can be used in an image forming apparatus includes a first heater element that is formed of a material that increases in electrical resistance with increases in temperature. A controller of the fixing unit is configured to vary a duty ratio of electric power applied to the first heater element during a start-up operation in which the temperature of the first heater element is raised to a target operating temperature. By varying the duty ratio during the start-up operation, changes in the resistance of the first heater element with the heating can be compensated. For example, the duty ratio can be increased during the course of the start-up to achieve the target operating temperature faster.
An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit to form a toner image on a first sheet and a fixing unit configured to heat the first sheet to fix the image to the first sheet. A control unit begins a cooling process for cooling the fixing unit when an overheating condition is met, then permits the image forming unit to form a toner image on a second sheet after the cooling process ends according to a first cooling condition if a person is detected near the image forming apparatus or after the cooling process ends according to a second cooling condition if a person not detected near the image forming apparatus. The cooling process under the first cooling condition ends in less time than under the second cooling condition.
Provided are a structure capable of protecting an air intake portion from entry of water droplets or the like, and an electronic device including the structure. The electronic device includes: a housing which is a box-shaped container having an open upper surface, configured to house an electronic component and a fan for blowing air downward, and provided with an air exhaust hole; an inner lid to be attachable and detachable at a position at which an opening of the housing is closed, and provided with an air intake hole upstream of the fan in an air-blowing direction; and an upper lid provided to overlap the inner lid, and facing, from above, a surface provided with the air intake hole with a gap therebetween.
According to one embodiment, a transaction processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a communication interface, and a processor. The processor is configured to register a commodity in a transaction based on commodity information sent from a user terminal via the communication interface. The processor is configured to determine whether the user terminal is located in a predetermined area in a store and execute processing for permitting a user of the user terminal to settle the transaction using an online settlement service via the user terminal only when the user terminal is determined to be located in the predetermined area.
According to an embodiment, a checkout device has a processor configured to acquire merchandise information for an item being registered for purchase in a transaction, and then execute a settlement process for the transaction based on the acquired merchandise information. The processor is configured to cause a display screen to display, on the same screen at the same time, a first display area in which a transaction amount for the transaction is displayed, a second display area in which at least one settlement method to be used for the settlement process is displayed in a selectable manner, and a third display area in which information about a selected settlement method is displayed.
According to an embodiment, a sales data processing apparatus includes a camera positioned to acquire images of a region around the sales data processing apparatus and a user input unit permitting a user to operate the sales data processing apparatus. A controller is configured to perform registration processing on items in a sales transaction, acquire a first image from the camera, acquire a second image from the camera after the first image, and then acquire an image analysis comparing the first image to the second image to determine whether the camera has shifted position between the acquisition of the first image and the second image. If the camera has shifted between the acquisition of the first image and the second image, the controller performs countermeasure processing, such as pausing the sales data processing, issuing a warning notification, or attempting to return the camera to the previous position.
G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
G06T 7/73 - Détermination de la position ou de l'orientation des objets ou des caméras utilisant des procédés basés sur les caractéristiques
H04N 23/695 - Commande de la direction de la caméra pour modifier le champ de vision, p. ex. par un panoramique, une inclinaison ou en fonction du suivi des objets
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MONITORING DEVICE, PAYMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING A MONITORING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A MONITORING DEVICE
In accordance with an embodiment, a monitoring device acquires image data of an image of an imaging area including at least a placement portion for placing a purchased product of a payment apparatus including the placement portion. The monitoring device detects an article placed on the placement portion on the basis of the acquired image data, and measures a time period during which the detected article is left in the same place. The monitoring device notifies, where the measured time period exceeds a threshold value, that there is a lost article.
According to one embodiment, an information processing device for analysis of images from a camera positioned to view a checkout apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to perform an analysis of a first sub-area of images from the camera to detect a movement of an operator or merchandise at the checkout apparatus. The control unit outputs a notification of non-registration if the analysis of the first sub-area of the images indicates that an item of merchandise has arrived at a post-registration storage place of the checkout apparatus from a pre-registration storage place of the checkout apparatus without passing through a registration region. The control unit adjusts a boundary position between the first sub-area and a periphery area in the images from the camera based on how often the operator or the merchandise is detected as crossing the boundary position.
A sheet post-processing apparatus including a binding mechanism, a tray, a shift mechanism, and a control unit is provided. The binding mechanism is configured to apply binding to a sheet. The sheet applied with the binding is stacked on the tray. The shift mechanism is configured to perform a shift operation in which a side surface of the sheet is pushed and the sheet is deviated in a sheet width direction orthogonal to a discharge direction during discharge of the sheet to the tray. The control unit is configured to cause the shift operation to be performed by dividing the number of times for the shift operation into a plurality of times.
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 printer including a conveyance unit to convey long label paper in which a plurality of label areas each of which corresponds to one label and are disposed in one direction and a wireless tag is attached to each of the label areas, a printing unit to perform printing on the label paper, a cutting unit disposed at a rear stage of the printing unit to cut the label paper, a writing unit disposed at a rear stage of the cutting unit to perform writing of data on the wireless tag, and a processor, in which the processor allows printing by the printing unit to be performed and writing of data by the writing unit to be performed on the label area positioned at a front end of the label paper while controlling the conveyance unit to convey the label paper between the printing unit and the writing unit and allows the label area to be cut by the cutting unit, thereby issuing a label.
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
According to an embodiment, an attendant terminal for retail stores operating multiple point-of-sale systems includes an input unit configured to receive a user designation of a first terminal type or a second terminal type, a network interface configured to connect to a transaction server tracking a status of one or more sales transactions being performed by customers on a point-of-sale service terminal of the first terminal type or a point-of-sale service terminal of the second terminal type, and a processor. The processor is configured to filter sales transaction status information based on the user designation of the first terminal type or the second terminal type, and cause a display device to display the sales transaction status information as filtered based on the user designation.
A wireless tag reading apparatus includes an antenna, a driving mechanism configured to move the antenna to multiple positions, and a controller configured to: upon receipt of a radio wave from a wireless tag via the antenna at each of the multiple positions, obtain tag information stored in the wireless tag and radio wave information related to the radio wave, determine whether the wireless tag is a reading target based on positional information indicating a position of the wireless tag that is output from a model in response to an input of the radio wave information, and issue a notification when a reliability level of the positional information output from the model is less than a predetermined threshold value.
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
G01S 5/02 - Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de direction ou de ligne de position; Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de distance utilisant les ondes radioélectriques
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WIRELESS TAG READING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD
A wireless tag reading apparatus includes an antenna, a driving mechanism configured to move the antenna to multiple positions, and a controller configured to: upon receipt of a radio wave from a wireless tag via the antenna at each of the multiple positions, obtain tag information stored in the wireless tag and radio wave information related to the radio wave, adjust the radio wave information based on the tag information, and determine whether the wireless tag is a reading target based on information indicating a position of the wireless tag that is output from a model in response to an input of the adjusted radio wave information.
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires transaction information in which consumer identification information for identifying a consumer is associated with individual item identification information indicating an individual item of a commodity purchased by the consumer in a transaction; a management unit that manages, for an individual consumer, the transaction information acquired by the acquisition unit; a receipt information output unit that outputs, based on the transaction information managed by the management unit, receipt information presented as a receipt to the consumer; a reception unit that receives event information indicating contents of an event targeting a commodity; and a specifying unit that specifies the consumer identification information, corresponding to the individual item identification information of an individual item which is a target of the event information received by the reception unit, with reference to the transaction information managed by the management unit.
A payment device is to be operated by a customer to make payment for a transaction. Transaction data for the transaction is generated by a registration device operated by a store clerk. The payment device includes a sensor configured to detect motion when enabled, and a processor configured to enable the sensor upon receipt of a notification that the transaction data has been generated, in response to the motion being detected by the sensor while the payment is pending, acquire the transaction data generated by the registration device, and perform a payment process using the acquired transaction data.
A reading apparatus includes a mechanism to move an antenna between first and second positions, and a controller configured to: (a) control the antenna to transmit radio waves to wireless tags each attached to an object when the antenna is between the first and second positions; acquire, from response waves, information registered in each tag and indicating attributes of the object and the tag, and signal values of the response waves; and calculate an estimated position of each tag and a reliability level thereof based on the values. When the level of the position of a tag is less than a threshold or when the information of a tag indicates an attribute that can affect radio communications, the controller performs step (a) again, acquires signal values of response waves received from the tag, and calculates an estimated position of the tag and a reliability level thereof based on the values.
G01S 13/06 - Systèmes déterminant les données relatives à la position d'une cible
G01S 5/02 - Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de direction ou de ligne de position; Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de distance utilisant les ondes radioélectriques
A wireless tag reading apparatus for reading tag information stored in a wireless tag attached to an item, includes a stage on which the item can be placed, one or more antennas movable between first and second positions, a camera facing the stage, and a controller configured to control the camera to capture images and detect an object therein, control the antennas to transmit radio waves to a wireless tag and move the antennas, wherein the transmitting and the moving are repeated while the antennas move from the first position to the second position during a tag reading period, acquire tag information from response waves transmitted by the wireless tag in response to the radio waves, based on the captured images, determine whether the object has moved during the tag reading period, and upon determining that the object has moved during the tag reading period, issue a notification.
A point-of-sale system includes a registration device configured to register items for a transaction, a plurality of payment devices with which payment for the transaction can be made, and an imaging device including a camera configured to capture images in an area where the registration device and the payment devices are located and a processor that is configured to determine, based on the images captured by the camera, one of the plurality of payment devices as a destination for sending payment data for the transaction. The payment data is sent to the payment device determined to be the destination and not sent to other payment devices of the plurality of payment devices.
A printer including a conveyance unit to convey long label paper in which a plurality of label areas each of which corresponds to one label and are disposed in one direction and a wireless tag is attached to each of the label areas, a printing unit to perform printing on the label paper, a cutting unit disposed at a rear stage of the printing unit to cut the label paper, a writing unit disposed at a rear stage of the cutting unit to perform writing of data on the wireless tag, and a processor, in which the processor allows printing by the printing unit to be performed and writing of data by the writing unit to be performed on the label area positioned at a front end of the label paper while controlling the conveyance unit to convey the label paper between the printing unit and the writing unit and allows the label area to be cut by the cutting unit, thereby issuing a label.
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
A printer including a conveyance unit to convey long label paper in which a plurality of label areas each of which corresponds to one label and are disposed in one direction and a wireless tag is attached to each of the label areas, a printing unit to perform printing on the label paper, a cutting unit disposed at a rear stage of the printing unit to cut the label paper, a writing unit disposed at a rear stage of the cutting unit to perform writing of data on the wireless tag, and a processor, in which the processor allows printing by the printing unit to be performed and writing of data by the writing unit to be performed on the label area positioned at a front end of the label paper while controlling the conveyance unit to convey the label paper between the printing unit and the writing unit and allows the label area to be cut by the cutting unit, thereby issuing a label.
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
A seating detection device includes a sensor, a coupler, a power supply, a switch, and a controller. The sensor forms an electric field to detect a change in an electrostatic capacitance. The coupler couples the sensor to a chair. The power supply supplies power for forming the electric field to the sensor. The switch controls transmission of power from the power supply to the sensor. After the switch is turned on, the controller sets a seating threshold based on the change in electrostatic capacitance detected by the sensor. The seating threshold represents a threshold amount of electrostatic capacitance. The controller determines whether an occupant is seated on the chair based on the seating threshold.
An image processing apparatus includes a memory, a scanner, and a processor configured to: control the scanner to read an image formed on a sheet along a reading direction, and store data of the read image in the memory, determine a plurality of regions of the image, select one of the regions based on a whiteness or saturation level of color thereof, and add a first image indicating the reading direction to said one of the regions, and store data of the image to which the first image has been added in the memory.
An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor, a charger, an exposure device, a developing device, a transfer device, a power supply, a detection element, and a processor. The processor sets a transfer bias used in image forming processing based on the resistance value calculated using the value of the transfer bias supplied by the power supply, a measured value measured by the detection element, and the potential of the photoreceptor estimated from the charging potential at which the charger charges the photoreceptor if the measured value is measured, and determines the state of the photoreceptor based on a change in the surface potential of the photoreceptor if the charger changes the charging potential for charging the photoreceptor.
An image forming apparatus includes an instruction-information acquiring unit, a translation-result-information acquiring unit, a font-data acquiring unit, an image-formation control unit, and an image forming unit. The instruction-information acquiring unit acquires information indicating a first character string described in a first language and information indicating a second language different from the first language. The translation-result-information acquiring unit acquires, from a translation service provision server, information indicating a second character string, which is a character string obtained by translating the first character string into the second language. The font-data acquiring unit acquires font data of the second language from a font data distribution server. The image-formation control unit generates a synthetic image obtained by adding the second character string having a font based on the font data to a formation target image.
G06F 40/58 - Utilisation de traduction automatisée, p.ex. pour recherches multilingues, pour fournir aux dispositifs clients une traduction effectuée par le serveur ou pour la traduction en temps réel
G06F 40/109 - Maniement des polices de caractères; Typographie cinétique ou temporelle
An application distribution device includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices storing instructions. The instructions cause the processors to obtain a virtual image forming apparatus that emulates a physical image forming apparatus; determine whether an application launched in the virtual image forming apparatus corresponds to an application installed in the physical image forming apparatus; based on the determination, acquire setting information of the application launched in the virtual image forming apparatus, the setting information comprising a setting made for the application launched in the virtual image forming apparatus; obtain an updated application by updating the application based on the acquired setting information; and distribute a program to the physical image forming apparatus, the program comprising instructions executable by the physical image forming apparatus and configured to implement the updated application in the physical image forming apparatus, the updated application based on the acquired setting information.
Presented is an image forming apparatus that includes a plurality of photoconductors, a sensor, a first memory, and a processor. The photoconductors include first and second photoconductors on which a toner image is formed in response to an image being formed. The sensor detects a physical amount that changes in response to a deterioration state of the first photoconductor. The first memory collects and stores a history of the physical amount and usage status information relating to a usage status of the first photoconductor. The processor performs a prediction of a lifespan of the second photoconductor and determination of a failure of the second photoconductor based on the history of the physical amount and the usage status information of the first photoconductor, and usage status information relating to a usage status of the second photoconductor.
G03G 15/00 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
G06K 15/00 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie
G06K 15/12 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes par impression photographique
An image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus equipped with an exposure device including a plurality of light emitting points, and includes a photoconductor and a processor. The photoconductor forms a latent image of an image to be formed on the surface thereof by the light emitted from a plurality of light emitting points of the exposure device. The processor controls the light emission of each of the plurality of light emitting points of the exposure device based on the image to be formed. The processor calculates a fourth correction coefficient by changing a third correction coefficient, which is calculated based on a first correction coefficient for correcting a first physical quantity related to the exposure condition of the photoconductor by the light emitting point, and a second correction coefficient for correcting a second physical quantity related to the exposure condition of the photoconductor by the light emitting point, and is between the first correction coefficient and the second correction coefficient, based on the light emission time set according to the gradation of the image to be formed, and corrects the light output of each of the plurality of light emitting points by the fourth correction coefficient.
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
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND CONTROLLING PRINT CARTRIDGE OWNERSHIP TRANSFERS USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS
A system and method of a system provides for tracking and controlling print cartridge ownership transfers using non-fungible tokens (NFTs). A print cartridge manufacture creates a unique NFT for each manufactured print cartridge that is stored on a public blockchain. Each NFT is encoded with a serial number of its associated cartridge, along with manufacturer information stored in the manufacturer's digital certificate. Each NFT may include manufacturer information, transactional information and a smart contract. Sale or resale of a cartridge is accomplished by a sale of its associated NFT on a digital marketplace. Sales are governed by smart contract terms. A buyer scans a cartridge QR code to decode its serial number which is then used to lookup manufacturer information, cartridge information and transactional information. If a purchase permitted and is accepted, the buyer information and sale information are updated to the blockchain with the associated NFT which is placed in the possession of the buyer.
Provided is a shopping cart capable of simplifying equipment of a storage area of the shopping cart. A shopping cart allowed to be nested in a front-rear direction, including: a cart body; a battery configured to supply power to an electronic device attached to the cart body and displayed commodity information read by a reading device; a power receiving portion provided on a front side of the cart body and configured to be electrically connectable to an external power supply; and a power transmitting portion provided on a rear surface side of the power receiving portion and configured to supply power to a power receiving portion of another shopping cart nested in the shopping cart. Each of the power receiving portion and the power transmitting portion is provided with a magnet configured for holding a relative position.
B62B 3/14 - Voitures à bras ayant plus d'un essieu portant les roues servant au déplacement; Dispositifs de direction à cet effet; Appareillage à cet effet caractérisées par des moyens pour l'emboîtement ou l'empilage, p.ex. chariots pour achats
According to an embodiment, a settlement apparatus calculates, if a payment amount is an amount of money in a unit of a second currency, the amount of difference between a settlement amount in the unit of the second currency and the payment amount. The settlement apparatus converts the payment amount in the unit of the second currency into the payment amount in a unit of a first currency and computes the amount of difference between the converted payment amount and a settlement amount calculated in the unit of the first currency. Further, the settlement apparatus outputs the amount of difference calculated by second computing means or the amount of difference calculated by second converting means.
According to an embodiment, an inkjet head includes a piezoelectric element that is configured to change the volume of a pressure chamber from which a liquid is dispensed. A first switch is configured to connect the piezoelectric to a first power line at a first voltage when turned on, and a control circuit is configured to turn on the first switch at a first change time and then turn off the first switch after the voltage of the piezoelectric element reaches the first voltage and then turn on the first switch before a second change time. The control circuit applies a drive waveform to the piezoelectric element in which the voltage of the drive waveform is a second voltage before the first change time, the first voltage after the first change time, and the second voltage after the second change time.
B41J 2/045 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par le procédé de formation du jet en produisant à la demande des gouttelettes ou des particules séparées les unes des autres par pression, p.ex. à l'aide de transducteurs électromécaniques
According to one embodiment, a role management system includes a first management unit, a second management unit, an acquisition unit, and a first control unit. The first management unit manages a role assigned to a user identified by an identifier in correlation with the identifier. The second management unit manages a role to be assigned to an assignee identified by an identifier in correlation with the identifier. The acquisition unit individually acquires two identifiers as a first identifier and a second identifier. The first control unit controls the first management unit so that the role managed by the second management unit in correlation with an identifier acquired as the second identifier by the acquisition unit is managed as a role assigned to a user identified by an identifier acquired as the first identifier by the acquisition unit.
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a sheet and a sensor with a light emitting part having a light emission intensity that changes according to an input voltage level and a light receiving part that outputs an output value that changes according to the amount of incident light. The sensor is configured to detect a toner density of the image formed by the image forming unit. A power supply unit is provided to supply power to the light emitting part and change the input voltage level of the power supplied to light emitting part in a predetermined sequence until an end condition is satisfied during an inspection operation. A controller is configured to make an abnormality determination based on a state of the sensor when the end condition is satisfied during the inspection operation.
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a tubular body and a heater unit inside the tubular body. The heater unit has a longitudinal direction parallel to an axial direction of the tubular body. A first surface side of the heater unit contacts the tubular body. A heat equalizing member is on a second surface side of the heater unit. The heater unit is between the heat equalizing member and the tubular body. The heat equalizing member includes a heat transfer sheet and a protective member. A support member is configured to hold the heat equalizing member and the heater unit. The heat equalizing member is between the support member and the second surface side of the heater unit.
A pre-feed system and method for a liner-less label printer includes a drive roller that is configured to peel liner-less labels from a reel and pass print stock comprising the labels to an in-line label printer at a consistent rate. An idler roller disposed in proximity to the drive roller creates a nip for pulling labels from the reel. Label stock is fed to one or more print heads while supported by a support plate comprising projections extending from a planar surface, contacting an adhesive side of the labels. The projections are aligned in rows substantially perpendicular to a travel direction of the moving print stock and in a plurality of columns substantially parallel to the travel direction of the moving print stock, with projections on alternate rows offset from projections on adjacent rows and projections on alternate columns offset from projections on adjacent columns.
B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidage; Montages pour rouleaux ou axes
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes an image bearing body, a developing roller, a housing, and a gap adjusting member. The image bearing body includes a first rotating shaft and includes a first surface on which a latent image is formed. The developing roller includes a second rotating shaft, includes a second surface, includes a bearing, and supplies a developer to the latent image and develops the latent image. The housing rotatably supports the second rotating shaft. The gap adjusting member includes a shaft hole for rotatably receiving one end of the first rotating shaft and includes a cam surface. The gap adjusting member is turned around the first rotating shaft and is fixed to the housing in a turning position where a gap is uniform in a direction of the second rotating shaft of the developing roller.
G03G 15/08 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour développer en utilisant un développateur solide, p.ex. développateur en poudre
51.
THERMAL PRINTER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THERMAL PRINTER
According to one embodiment, a thermal printer includes a thermal head that is provided inside a main body and prints acquired print data on a medium, a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the thermal head, a notification unit that notifies a user of information, and a processor. If the temperature sensor detects the temperature of a preset set value or higher during the printing of the print data by the thermal head, the processor controls the thermal head to stop the driving and controls the notification unit to notify that the thermal printer is not in an abnormal state.
B41J 29/38 - Entraînements, moteurs commandes ou dispositifs d'arrêt automatiques pour le mécanisme d'impression tout entier
B41J 2/32 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques
52.
CASSETTE DRAWING-IN DEVICE AND SHEET SUPPLY DEVICE
A cassette drawing-in device in an embodiment includes a lever, a guide section, and an urging member. The lever includes an engaging groove opened on a first side in a first direction. The engaging groove includes an entrance for a cassette pin at an end portion in a longitudinal direction. The cassette pin projects to a second side in the first direction from a cassette. The cassette is capable of moving in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The lever rotates around the rotation axis to thereby draw in, in the second direction, the cassette pin engaging in the engaging groove. The guide section is formed in the entrance of the engaging groove and guides the cassette pin to the first side in the first direction. The urging member urges the lever to the first side in the first direction.
B65H 1/26 - Supports ou magasins pour les piles dans lesquelles on prélève des articles avec supports auxiliaires pour faciliter l'introduction ou le remplacement de la pile
According to one embodiment, a sheet conveyance device includes a plurality of conveyance rollers, a sheet sensor, and a control unit. The conveyance rollers convey a sheet on a conveyance path. The sheet sensor is provided at least at a first position and a second position on the conveyance path for the sheet and senses passage of a front end of the sheet and passage of a rear end of the sheet. The control unit determines double sheet feed based on a first time as time from passage of a front end of a first sheet through the first position to passage of the front end of the first sheet through the second position, a second time as time from sensing of the passage of the front end of the first sheet by a sheet sensor to sensing of passage of a rear end of the first sheet by the sheet sensor, a third time as time from passage through the first position of a front end of a second sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller after the first sheet to passage of the front end through the second position, and a fourth time as time from sensing of the passage of the front end of the second sheet by a sheet sensor to sensing of passage of a rear end of the second sheet by the sheet sensor.
B65H 7/12 - 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 une alimentation ou enlèvement en double
B65H 3/06 - Rouleaux ou séparateurs rotatifs analogues
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TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE
A device to supply power to a heater of a fixing device with a heater power supply circuit configured to supply power to the heater; a temperature sensor to measure a detected temperature from the temperature control target; a temperature estimation circuit to estimate an estimated temperature value of the temperature control target by the detected temperature; a control signal generation circuit to output a control signal for controlling the power supplied by the heater power supply circuit based on the estimated temperature value of the temperature control target estimated by the temperature estimation circuit and the target temperature; and a temperature abnormality detection circuit to determine whether an abnormality exists in the temperature sensor or on a circuit side based on a comparison result of the detected temperature acquired by the temperature sensor and the estimated temperature value.
An optical element of a lens mirror array according to an embodiment includes an incident-side lens surface, a first reflection surface, a second reflection surface, an emission-side lens surface, a first positioning surface, and a second positioning surface. The incident-side lens surface refracts and converges incident light. The first reflection surface reflects light made incident via the incident-side lens surface. The second reflection surface reflects the light reflected by the first reflection surface. The emission-side lens surface emits the light reflected by the second reflection surface. The lens mirror array is a lens mirror array in which a plurality of optical elements are arrayed in a direction orthogonal to optical axes of the incident light and the reflected light and parallel to the first positioning surface.
H04N 1/03 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p.ex. transmission de fac-similés; Leurs détails - Détails des têtes de balayage pour la lecture d'images avec des photodétecteurs disposés dans un ensemble sensiblement linéaire
G02B 17/00 - Systèmes avec surfaces réfléchissantes, avec ou sans éléments de réfraction
H04N 1/031 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p.ex. transmission de fac-similés; Leurs détails - Détails des têtes de balayage pour la lecture d'images avec des photodétecteurs disposés dans un ensemble sensiblement linéaire les photodétecteurs ayant une correspondance biunivoque et optiquement positive avec les éléments d'image balayés, p.ex. capteurs linéaires de contact
A sheet supply device in an embodiment includes a cassette, a housing, a drawing-in device, a roller, and a guide member. The housing supports the cassette to be movable in a first direction. The drawing-in device draws the cassette into the housing. The roller is supported by one of the cassette and the housing. The guide member is supported by another of the cassette and the housing. The guide member includes a groove having the first direction as a longitudinal direction and having a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction as a width direction. The roller is disposed in a first portion in the first direction of the groove in a state in which the cassette is housed in the housing.
B65H 1/26 - Supports ou magasins pour les piles dans lesquelles on prélève des articles avec supports auxiliaires pour faciliter l'introduction ou le remplacement de la pile
B65H 1/04 - Supports ou magasins pour les piles dans lesquelles on prélève des articles adaptés pour supporter les articles en position sensiblement horizontale, p.ex. pour les enlever en partant du haut de la pile
B65H 3/06 - Rouleaux ou séparateurs rotatifs analogues
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Image forming apparatus with maintenance necessity identification and prediction
An image forming apparatus according to one embodiment includes a maintenance management prediction device that predicts and determines the necessity of maintenance for a fixing unit, the type of the required maintenance, and the like by obtaining the difference between initial data (an initial detected temperature and an initial temperature estimation value) and latest data (a latest detected temperature and a latest temperature estimation value) of the fixing unit and comparing the difference to a predetermined range. Based on the comparison of the difference to the predetermined range the prediction device issues or not warning information.
An image processing apparatus in an embodiment includes an apparatus main body, a paper feeding cassette, a drawing-in mechanism, and a restricting member. The paper feeding cassette is inserted into the apparatus main body to be capable of being drawn out in a first orientation along a first direction. The drawing-in mechanism draws the paper feeding cassette into the apparatus main body up to a drawing-in completion position along a second orientation. The restricting member restricts the paper feeding cassette present in the drawing-in completion position from being displaced in the second orientation. If the paper feeding cassette is not connected to the drawing-in mechanism even if the paper feeding cassette is pushed in up to the drawing-in completion position, the restricting member is displaced from the predetermined position to allow the paper feeding cassette to be displaced in the second orientation with respect to the apparatus main body.
B65H 1/26 - Supports ou magasins pour les piles dans lesquelles on prélève des articles avec supports auxiliaires pour faciliter l'introduction ou le remplacement de la pile
According to an embodiment, a liquid dispensing head includes a nozzle plate with a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure chambers respectively communicating with the nozzles. A vibration plate is on a side of the pressure chambers opposite the nozzle plate. A supply-side flow path for liquid to be dispensed from the nozzle is on an inlet side of the plurality of pressure chambers. A discharge-side flow path for the liquid is on an outlet side of the pressure chambers. Piezoelectric elements are positioned to vibrate the vibration plate to change a volume of the pressure chambers for ejecting (dispensing) the liquid from the plurality of nozzles. The supply-side flow path is set to have a flow path resistance that is the same as a flow path resistance of the discharge-side flow-path.
According to one embodiment, a liquid ejection head includes a substrate with a hole, a nozzle plate with a plurality of nozzles, and an actuator on a first surface of the substrate. The actuator has a plurality of pressure chambers aligned to the plurality of nozzles. An electrode has a first portion on the first surface of the substrate and a second portion on a second surface of the substrate. The second surface is on an opposite side of the substrate from the first surface. A manifold has a first liquid hole facing the hole in the substrate and a second liquid hole facing another portion of the substrate other than the hole. A shielding member is between the substrate and the manifold and covers the second liquid hole.
A product registration device includes a display screen, a network interface, a storage memory unit for storing a customer identification, a product reader configured to read commodity identification information from a product to be purchased in a sales transaction, and a processor. The processor is configured to register commodity identification information read by the product reader in association with a transaction identification on an external server device connected via the network interface, then acquire the transaction identification for the sales transaction from the external server device, generate a code symbol encoding the acquired transaction identification and the customer identification from the storage memory unit, and cause the display screen to display the generated code symbol.
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
According to one embodiment, an ink jet head includes a piezoelectric member to drive a pressure chamber, an electrode pair to apply a voltage to the piezoelectric member, and a common waveform generation circuit to generate a common waveform. The common waveform alternately includes an element of a first output waveform and an element of a second output waveform at a predetermined period. A switch is connected between a first electrode of the electrode pair and the common waveform generation circuit. A timing controller supplies a control signal to turn the switch on and off at the predetermined period such that the first or second output waveform can be selectively applied to the piezoelectric member to drive the pressure chamber to eject a liquid.
B41J 2/045 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par le procédé de formation du jet en produisant à la demande des gouttelettes ou des particules séparées les unes des autres par pression, p.ex. à l'aide de transducteurs électromécaniques
63.
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and program
An image forming apparatus includes a wireless tag communication device configured to communicate with a wireless tag attached to a sheet, a fixing device configured to fix a toner image on the sheet, and a processor configured to: upon receipt of a print job, control the communication device to read from the wireless tag a first fixing temperature that has previously been used to fix a toner image on the sheet, determine a second fixing temperature to be used by the fixing device based on the first fixing temperature, and execute the print job by controlling the fixing device to fix a toner image on the sheet at the second fixing temperature.
An image forming device of an embodiment includes an image forming unit, a first toner cartridge, an accommodating unit, and a transfer belt. The image forming unit is configured to form a toner image having at least one color. The first toner cartridge is configured to accommodate a toner having a first color to be supplied to the image forming unit. The accommodating unit is provided in a space where at least one toner cartridge accommodating a toner having a color different from the first color to be supplied to the image forming unit is disposable side by side with the first toner cartridge. The transfer belt is disposed to be travelable through the image forming unit, disposed to face the first toner cartridge and the accommodating unit, and is configured to transfer the toner image formed by the image forming unit.
According to one embodiment, a folding apparatus includes a first fold reinforcing roller and a second fold reinforcing roller. The first and second fold reinforcing rollers are moved along a fold line of the sheet bundle while applying pressure to reinforce the fold line. The first fold reinforcing roller includes a first large diameter portion and a first small diameter portion. The first small diameter portion has a smaller diameter than the first large diameter portion. The second fold reinforcing roller includes a second large diameter portion and a second small diameter portion. The second large diameter portion faces the first small diameter portion. The second small diameter portion faces the first large diameter portion. The second small diameter portion has a smaller diameter than the second large diameter portion.
B65H 45/18 - Plieuses à lame à mouvement oscillant ou alternatif
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 image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on paper, a conveying unit configured to convey the paper through the image forming unit, and a housing configured to accommodate the image forming unit and the conveying unit. The conveying unit is arranged on one side surface side of the housing. The housing has an opening on a side wall on a conveying unit side. The opening is open only downward.
A technique suitable for a work-from-home employee to request work to an office employee includes an image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus includes a receiver for receiving request information for requesting the work from the work-from-home employee to the office employee working in a business office, a display controller configured to display work indicated by the request information received by the receiver, and a selector that receives a selection of work to be performed by the office employee among the work indicated by the request information received by the receiver.
According to one embodiment, a liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric member, electrodes, and a wiring substrate. The piezoelectric member has a plurality of piezoelectric elements formed of a piezoelectric material. The electrodes are formed on the piezoelectric member. The wiring substrate is joined to the electrodes by solder. The solder has a melting point of less than or equal to ½ of the Curie point of the piezoelectric material.
B41J 2/045 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par le procédé de formation du jet en produisant à la demande des gouttelettes ou des particules séparées les unes des autres par pression, p.ex. à l'aide de transducteurs électromécaniques
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INSTALLATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INSTALLATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
Provided is s technique capable of easily changing display information of an application for each destination is. An installation processing device installs an application in a device in which a destination indicating a country or a region is set. An application package of the application includes the application and replacement display information that includes second display information associated with first display information included in the application and in which the destination is set. The installation processing device includes a replacement processing unit configured to replace the first display information corresponding to the second display information by the second display information included in the replacement display information in which the same destination as the destination set in the device is set.
A fixing device includes a tubular member extending in an axial direction, a heater, and a support. The heater has a first surface in contact with an inner surface of the tubular member. The first surface faces in a first thickness direction. The heater includes a substrate. The substrate includes a cut section at which the substrate is disconnected from a base material. The cut section is positioned at an end portion of the substrate in a first lateral direction. The substrate extends longitudinally along the axial direction. The support is in contact with the inner surface of the tubular member. The support includes a projection longitudinally overlapping at least a portion of the cut section and a low section longitudinally offset from the projection. The projection extends further in the first thickness direction than the low section and the first surface.
A commodity sales data processing apparatus includes an input device, memory, and processor configured to: register for each commodity to be purchased information identifying the commodity and a number of units thereof, in response to an operation to select a target commodity, determine whether the registered number of units of the target commodity is less than or equal to a maximum number, upon determining that the registered number is less than or equal to the number, apply the coupon to all units of the target commodity, and upon determining that the registered number is greater than the number, in response to an operation to specify a number, determine whether the specified number is less than or equal to the maximum number, and upon determining that the specified number is less than or equal to the maximum number, apply the coupon to the specified number of units of the target commodity.
Provided is a shopping cart capable of simplifying equipment of a storage area of the shopping cart. A shopping cart allowed to be nested in a front-rear direction, includes: a cart body; a battery configured to supply power to an electronic device attached to the cart body and displayed commodity information read by a reading device; power receiving units and provided on a front side of the cart body and configured to be electrically connectable to an external power supply device; and power transmitting units and provided on a rear surface side of the power receiving units and configured to supply power to a power receiving units and of another shopping cart nested in the shopping cart.
B62B 3/14 - Voitures à bras ayant plus d'un essieu portant les roues servant au déplacement; Dispositifs de direction à cet effet; Appareillage à cet effet caractérisées par des moyens pour l'emboîtement ou l'empilage, p.ex. chariots pour achats
H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
A point of sale terminal for performing an exchange process through which points can be exchanged for an item, includes a controller configured to determine whether an operation for starting the exchange process is input, upon determining that the operation is input, acquire from a first server the points, upon receipt of an input of an item code of an item, determine whether the item is of a specific type that needs to be activated before use, upon determining that the item is of the specific type, perform an activation process on the item, determine whether the activation process has been successfully performed on the item, calculate points to be exchanged based on whether the activation process has been successfully performed on the item, and control a communication interface to transmit the calculated points to the first server.
An image forming apparatus in an embodiment includes an image carrying body, a transfer body, a first mechanism, a sensor, and a second mechanism. The image carrying body carries an image of a developer. The image of the developer is transferred onto the transfer body from the image carrying body. The first mechanism separates the transfer body from the image carrying body. The sensor detects a state of the surface of the transfer body. The second mechanism separates the sensor from the transfer body in association with the first mechanism.
G03G 15/16 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour transférer un dessin à un second support d'un dessin de teinte, p.ex. dessin de poudre
G03G 15/08 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour développer en utilisant un développateur solide, p.ex. développateur en poudre
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Communication apparatus, communication target determination method in communication apparatus, and image forming device
A communication apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of communication devices on a network, a memory that stores setting data in which a plurality of different types of communication conditions are associated with each other, a display, and a processor configured to search the network for connectable communication devices, control the display to display a first screen indicating one or more of the communication devices that satisfy the communication conditions, and upon selection of a communication device through the first screen, determine the selected communication device as a communication target of the communication apparatus.
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus displays a questionnaire regarding an apparatus on a control panel. The image forming apparatus acquires answer data to the questionnaire from a user via a touch panel of the control panel. The image forming apparatus acquires related data regarding the apparatus. The image forming apparatus associates the related data with the answer data to transmit the answer data and the related data to another apparatus different from the apparatus.
A fan duct includes a branch wall and ribs. The branch wall includes two plate-shaped portions that are continuous with each other at sides thereof on the upstream side in the air blowing direction of the fan and are inclined relative to the air blowing direction such that the two plate-shaped portions are separated from each other toward downstream in the air blowing direction of the fan, and the branch wall is disposed on an inner side of edges of the air outlet. The ribs protrude from a surface of the branch wall facing the heat sink, each of the ribs has a mountain-shaped plate shape with a most protruding top portion having an acute angle, and a plurality of the ribs are provided side by side in a thickness direction of the ribs.
A fan duct includes a branch wall and ribs. The branch wall includes two plate-shaped portions that are continuous with each other at sides thereof on the upstream side in the air blowing direction of the fan and are inclined relative to the air blowing direction such that the two plate-shaped portions are separated from each other. A plurality of ribs that protrude from a surface of the branch wall facing the heat sink, each has a mountain-shaped plate shape with a most protruding top portion having an acute angle, each has a thickness equal to or less than an interval between fins of the heat sink, and the ribs are provided side by side in a thickness direction of the rib at an interval at which the rib is inserted between the fins.
An image forming apparatus according to one or more embodiments includes a fixing device and a controller. The fixing device includes a first heating source and a second heating source. The second heating source has a heating width greater than that of the first heating source. The first and second heating sources have different heating characteristics in response to temperature increases. The controller selects one of the first heating source and the second heating source according to a size of a sheet on which printing is to be performed.
According to one embodiment, there is provided a settlement device and a settlement method capable of changing, according to a medium to be output, a degree of anonymization of an identification number related to electronic settlement. The settlement device includes: a reception unit configured to receive input of an identification number related to electronic settlement; a settlement unit configured to execute settlement processing for a transaction using the electronic settlement; and an output unit configured to generate, when the settlement processing is completed, based on setting information in which an unidentifiable range of digits of the identification number is set for each type of medium to be output, the identification number having the unidentifiable range of digits for each type of the medium, and to output the generated identification number together with information based on the transaction.
Provided are an image forming apparatus and a wireless tag communication apparatus capable of wirelessly communicating with an external wireless tag. According to a first aspect of an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a conveyance path, an antenna, and a shielding member. On the conveyance path, a sheet is conveyed. The antenna can wirelessly communicate with a first wireless tag of the sheet on the conveyance path. The shielding member shields, at a shielding position, wireless communication between the antenna and a second wireless tag located on a side opposite to the conveyance path with the antenna interposed therebetween. The shielding member moves from the shielding position to an open position to enable wireless communication between the antenna and the second wireless tag.
An image forming device includes a storage unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores user information according to a specific device connected to an external network in advance. The control unit receives an execution instruction as an execution instruction of a job by a user indicated by the user information according to the specific device, if the execution instruction of the job is received from the specific device via the external network, and executes the job according to the execution instruction.
A heating unit includes a cylinder which rotates about an axis parallel to a first direction. A heater has a first surface abutting on an inner surface of the cylinder at a nip position. A support member is on a second surface of the heater and also contacts the cylinder. A first heating element is in the heater at a first position along the first direction. A second heating element in the heater is at a second position spaced from the first position. A first temperature sensor is above the first position. A locking portion of the heater is at a third position along the first direction. The locking portion engages the support member and restricts movement of the heater in the first direction. The first position is near a first outer edge of the cylinder. The second position is closer to a central portion of the cylinder.
A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1.
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 21/16 - Moyens mécaniques facilitant la maintenance de l'appareil, p.ex. structures modulaires
A reading device includes: a handy scanner; an adjuster; and a pedestal. The handy scanner includes a head incorporating a reading sensor and a handle which is a gripping part having one end portion connected to the head, and configured to read a code symbol image by the reading sensor. The adjuster is attached to the head and surrounds a readable angular area of the reading sensor. The pedestal is a portion to which the adjuster is detachably coupled, and holds the adjuster in such a direction that the readable angular area of the reading sensor is substantially equal in an up-down direction with respect to a horizontal direction.
According to one embodiment, a wireless tag reading device has an antenna to receive a radio wave transmitted from a wireless tag, a drive unit to move the antenna through different positions along a fixed path, a detection unit configured to determine a received signal strength and a phase of the radio wave received by the antenna, and a processor. The processor receives position data indicating a position of the antenna in conjunction with the received signal strength and the phase of the radio signal at the position, calculates in-phase and quadrature data for the wireless tag at a plurality of positions of the antenna, then inputs the in-phase and the quadrature data to a learned model correlating in-phase data and quadrature data to positions of wireless tags to estimate a position of the wireless tag.
G01S 5/02 - Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de direction ou de ligne de position; Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de distance utilisant les ondes radioélectriques
G01S 5/06 - Position de source déterminée par coordination d'un ensemble de lignes de position définies par des mesures de différence de parcours
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path, a communication interface, and a controller. The wireless tag communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless tag of the sheet. The controller is configured to read, by the communication interface, first data from the wireless tag of the sheet on the conveyance path. The controller is configured to compare the first data with second data.
A display system includes display devices each associated with an area for displaying a commodity, and a server including: an interface communicating with the devices and a terminal operated by a customer, a memory storing commodity codes of commodities, each in association with any coupon applicable to the corresponding commodity, and customer IDs of customers, each in association with any coupon issued thereto, and a processor: acquiring a first customer ID and first information from a first terminal, the first information indicating a current position thereof, determining a first area corresponding to the position, determining that a first coupon is associated with the first customer ID and applicable to a first commodity displayed in the first area, and control the interface to transmit a first command indicating the first commodity, causing a first display device in the first area to display information related to the first commodity.
A management system for managing data of sales promotions for consumers, includes a touch point device configured to detect an action performed by a consumer and a server device that includes: a communication interface configured to communicate with the touch point device, a memory that stores first information in which the action performed by the consumer is associated with a sales promotion and one or more conditions, and a processor configured to: determine whether the action has been detected by the touch point device, upon determining that the action has been detected, acquire from the touch point device second information related to a location where the action has been performed, and determine whether the conditions associated with the action are satisfied based on the second information, and upon determining that the conditions are satisfied, execute computer code for carrying out the sales promotion associated with the action for the consumer.
A monitoring device includes a camera positioned to capture an image of a target area in which an evaluation object is to be placed, and a processor configured to, upon receipt of a first image captured by the camera after placing of the evaluation object in the target area, extract an image of the evaluation object from the first image, calculate a first value indicating a feature of the image of the evaluation object, determine whether the target area is imaged properly based on the first value, and upon determining that the target area is not imaged properly, issue a predetermined notification.
There is provided a printer apparatus including a cushioning member coping with a weight increase of an upper cover. The printer apparatus includes a lower housing, the upper cover, and the cushioning member. The lower housing has an opening on one surface. The upper cover is rotatably connected to the lower housing and covers the opening. The cushioning member includes a cylinder that is fixed to the lower housing and has a cylindrical shape with different inner diameters in a longitudinal direction, a piston that can reciprocate along the longitudinal direction in the cylinder, and a piston rod that moves the piston along an inner wall of the cylinder and is fixed to the upper cover.
F16F 7/06 - Amortisseurs de vibrations; Amortisseurs de chocs avec surfaces de friction à rotation relative qui sont pressées l'une contre l'autre dans une direction perpendiculaire ou inclinée sur l'axe de rotation
According to one embodiment, a liquid ejection head includes a substrate with an opening through which a first liquid can pass. An actuator is on a first side of the substrate and has a plurality of pressure chambers. A manifold is on a second side of the substrate. The manifold forms a first flow path for a second fluid. The liquid ejection head has first electrode with portions formed on an upper surface of the actuator, a surface on the first side of the substrate, an inner wall of the opening, and a surface on the second side of the substrate in a region outside the first flow path.
A reading apparatus used in a transaction processing system for reading an item code of an item, includes a camera, a first interface connectable to a first device for performing registration and checkout processing, one or more second interfaces connectable to one or more second devices for performing processing different from the registration and checkout processing, a memory in which one or more addresses of the second devices can be stored, and a controller configured to: upon receipt of an image of a symbol attached to an item, decode the symbol and acquire an item code, control the first interface to transmit the item code to the first device, determine whether one or more addresses of the second devices are stored, and upon determining that one or more addresses are stored, control the second interfaces to transmit the item code to the second devices using the addresses.
According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus detects a product whose number of sales tends to increase in a wide area. The information processing apparatus acquires the number of searches of the product from a preset first information source. The information processing apparatus calculates a proportion of positive reviews about the product from reviews posted to the first information source. In addition, the information processing apparatus determines whether wide demand for the product can be expected on the basis of the acquired number of searches and the calculated proportion of the positive reviews.
A printer includes a cassette or tray for storing a sheet to which a wireless tag is attached, a conveyer configured to convey the sheet for printing, a wireless tag reader/writer configured to read and write information from and to the wireless tag when the sheet is conveyed for printing, a scanner, and a controller configured to: control the scanner to read a symbol, determine whether the symbol indicates an identification code that identifies a type of the sheet, upon determining that the symbol indicates the identification code, acquire parameters used for controlling the conveyer or the reader/writer corresponding to the type of the sheet, and control the conveyer and the reader/writer using the parameters when printing is performed on the sheet.
According to one embodiment, the temperature control device is a temperature control device for controlling temperature of a temperature controlled target to which heat is propagated from a heater by supplying power to the heater, the device including: a temperature estimation unit; a duty generation unit; and a signal generation unit. The temperature estimation unit estimates the temperature of the temperature controlled target based on the duty value. The duty generation unit generates the duty value based on the temperature estimation result by the temperature estimation unit, the temperature detection result of the temperature controlled target by the temperature sensor, and the target temperature. The signal generation unit outputs an energization pulse for controlling the power supplied to the heater based on the duty value.
A wireless tag reader data processing apparatus includes a reading device interface configured to receive data read from wireless tags by a reading device and a user input device interface configured to receive data from a user input device. A processor is configured to disable an input from the user input device while the reading device is reading the data of the wireless tag. The wireless tag reader data processing apparatus in some examples may be incorporated into a point-of-sale terminal.
According to one embodiment, a wireless-tagged label issuing apparatus includes a conveying roller to convey the label that has a wireless tag, an antenna for communicating with the wireless tag of the label, a tag reader to read a tag identification from the wireless tag via the antenna, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to compare the read tag identification to previously read tag identifications, and execute a first operation on the label if the read tag identification matches a previously read tag identification and a second operation on the label if the read tag identification does not match a previously read tag identification. For example, the first operation may be physically disabling the wireless tag, printing a voiding image on the label, or routing the label to a particular destination for invalid labels or the like.
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
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IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus has a storage unit and a scanner to read an image from a sheet, generate image data by the reading of the image from the sheet, and store the image data in the storage unit. A control unit combines a reading-direction image indicating a reading direction of the scanner with the generated image data to produce combined image data, and then stores the combined image data in the storage unit, The control unit is configured to set a position where the reading-direction image is arranged in the combined image data and a size of the reading-direction image based on a reading resolution in the reading of the image from the sheet by the scanner and a recording resolution of the image data recorded in the storage unit.
According to one embodiment, an image processing device capable of removing a horizontal streak that may show when a document is scanned and made into a file is provided. An image processing device according to one embodiment includes: an image processing unit configured to generate smoothing image data obtained by applying smoothing to image data, and save, as an image file, non-smoothing image data in which smoothing is not applied to the image data when a difference between the non-smoothing image data and the smoothing image data is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and the smoothing image data when the difference is smaller than the threshold value; and a storage unit configured to save the image file.
