An information processing system according to an embodiment includes an administrator terminal, a user terminal, and an information processing apparatus. The administrator terminal is used by an administrator to create a workflow template including a mask processing step to mask or redact preset personal information in an electronic document. The user terminal is used to initiate the workflow processing on the user’s electronic document. The information processing apparatus can communicate with the administrator terminal and the user terminal via a network and execute the masking workflow. The information processing apparatus can receive a designation of any word to be a mask target word, and then add the mask target word to the masking workflow to be masked/redacted from the document in addition to the predefined personal information set for the workflow.
Method and apparatus for enhanced emergency response are provided. An activation signal indicating an event has occurred at a first location is received. An alert is transmitted to a set of transaction processing devices at the first location, where the alert instructs each respective transaction processing device, from the set of transaction processing devices, to suspend respective transactions that are pending for completion. A deactivation signal indicating the event was resolved is received. Responsive to receiving the deactivation signal, diagnostic checks are conducted on each of the set of transaction processing devices to determine operational status. A transaction processing device, from the set of transaction processing devices, is determined to be operational. Responsive to determining the transaction processing device is operational, the transaction processing device is instructed to resume the respective transactions suspended on the transaction processing device.
According to one embodiment, an automated file processing method includes receiving an electronic document file and a request to process the electronic document file to redact sensitive information in the electronic document file. Text recognition processing is performed on the electronic document file. A masking process is executed to visibly obscure a portion of the electronic document file corresponding to text recognized in the text recognition processing. A text concealment process is executed to delete or replace text in the visibly obscured portion of the electronic document file to prevent electronic recovery or reproduction of original text in the visibly obscured portion. Then, a processed document file is generated from the electronic document file on which the masking process and the text concealment process have been executed.
A shopping cart includes frames on which containers for storing items can be placed, a weight sensor, a scanner, a display, an acceleration sensor, and a processor configured to acquire information of an item scanned by the scanner, register the scanned item, upon detection of weight increase by the weight sensor, determine whether the cart is in a moving state or in a state tilted from a horizontal state using the acceleration sensor, in response to determining that the shopping cart is in the moving state or in the state tilted, set a fluctuation range for an amount of weight increase of the containers corresponding to the scanned item, determine that an irregularity has occurred when the amount of weight increase measured by the weight sensor is outside the set range, and after determining that the irregularity has occurred, display alert information indicating that the irregularity has occurred.
G01G 19/12 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups for incorporation in vehicles having electrical weight-sensitive devices
G01G 19/414 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means using electronic computing means only
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SHOPPING CART, METHOD, AND ITEM REGISTRATION DEVICE
A shopping cart includes frames on which containers for storing one or more items can be placed, a weight sensor, a scanner, a display, and a processor configured to, upon reading of identification information by the scanner, register an item associated with the identification information for purchase, determine whether a weight of the containers measured by the weight sensor decreases, in response to determining that the weight decreases, determine one or more candidate items corresponding to an amount of the decrease in the weight from among registered items, generate a cancellation screen on the display, the cancellation screen displaying the one or more candidate items in a selectable manner, and upon selection of one of the one or more candidate items through the cancellation screen, cancel registration of the selected item.
B62B 5/00 - Accessories or details specially adapted for hand carts
B62B 3/14 - Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheelsSteering devices thereforEquipment therefor characterised by provisions for nesting or stacking, e.g. shopping trolleys
G01G 19/415 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means using electronic computing means only combined with recording means
G01G 19/52 - Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. with furniture
According to an embodiment, a printer detects a sheet of paper in accordance with power being turned on, and outputs the sheet of paper from a paper output port by a first predetermined amount in accordance with detection of the sheet of paper. The printer detects opening/closing of a cover in accordance with undetection of the sheet of paper. Further, the printer outputs the sheet of paper from the paper output port by a second predetermined amount shorter than the first predetermined amount in accordance with detection of that the cover has transitioned from an opened state to a closed state.
B65H 7/04 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to absence of articles, e.g. exhaustion of pile
B65H 35/00 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machinesArticle or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers
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DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE, DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD
According to one embodiment, a document processing device has a user database in which user identifications are associated with custom words and keywords to be used in a sensitive information redaction processing. A processor acquires a user identification and an electronic document, causes a text recognition processing to be performed and acquires text recognition results data. The processor then identifies a keyword and any keyword-related words in the text recognition data. The keyword-related word has a predefined positional relationship to the keyword. The keyword-related word can be added to a custom word list. A list of personal information words in the electronic document is acquired and compared to words from the text recognition data. The text recognition words are then compared to the custom word list and words that are either deemed personal information or equivalent to a custom word are set for masking.
A printer includes a platen roller, a print head, a cutter, and a housing that has a sheet ejection port through which a sheet fed from a sheet roll is ejected after printing, the housing being placeable in a forward ejection orientation in which the sheet ejection port faces forward and an upward ejection orientation in which the sheet ejection port faces upward; a memory; and a processor configured to execute a program stored in the memory to perform the steps of: determining whether a cutting mode of the printer is set to a full cut mode or a partial cut mode, detecting whether the housing is placed in the forward ejection orientation or the upward ejection orientation, and setting the cutting mode to the partial cut mode regardless of the determined cutting mode when the housing is placed in the upward ejection orientation.
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a tray on which a plurality of sheets can be stacked, the tray being movable in a vertical direction to lift the sheets, a pickup roller that is rotatable to convey an uppermost sheet of the sheets in a conveyance direction when the sheets are lifted and pressed against the pickup roller, a first guide that is disposed adjacent to the pickup roller and guides the uppermost sheet conveyed by the pickup roller along the conveyance direction, and a pair of lifting members that support the sheets that are stacked in the tray. The lifting members extend along the conveyance direction, are spaced apart in a width direction of the sheets that is transverse to the conveyance direction, and are movable in the vertical direction together with the tray.
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
B65H 1/08 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for advancing the pile to present the articles to a separating device
A self-checkout system and techniques for illuminating one or more items placed within a predefined zone of the self-checkout system are provided. In one aspect, a self-checkout system includes one or more cameras, a light source, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to implement an operation, including: receiving one or more images of one or more items placed within the predefined zone, the images being captured by the cameras; determining an identity of the one or more items placed within the predefined zone, based at least in part on the captured images; and causing the light source to project an illuminated indicator onto at least one item of the one or more items placed within the predefined zone, based on the identity of the at least one item.
G06V 10/75 - Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video featuresCoarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approachesImage or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces using context analysisSelection of dictionaries
H04N 23/56 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensorsControl thereof provided with illuminating means
Methods and apparatus for dynamic video recording alignment are provided. A video alignment system receives a first signal indicating that an interaction device comprising a screen is in use. Responsive to the first signal, the system instructs the interaction device to record a series of images displayed on the screen. The system detects flicker in a video recording generated by a camera and depicting the screen, where the video recording comprises one or more defective frames contributing to the flicker. Upon detecting the flicker, the system retrieves one or more images, from the series of images, where the one or more images are recorded by the interaction device at moments of corresponding to the flicker. The system superimposes the one or more images onto the one or more defective frames in the video recording.
H04N 23/745 - Detection of flicker frequency or suppression of flicker wherein the flicker is caused by illumination, e.g. due to fluorescent tube illumination or pulsed LED illumination
G06T 5/50 - Image enhancement or restoration using two or more images, e.g. averaging or subtraction
The present disclosure provides techniques for using a controller to automatically shield a camera into a case in response to detecting an environmental hazard such as water, smoke, or heat, in an environment. By shielding the camera into the case, the camera is protected against the environmental hazard. The camera is automatically de-shielded when the environmental hazard is no longer present.
A foldable self-checkout kiosk is provided. In one aspect, a foldable self- checkout kiosk includes a base, a back panel, and a halo. The back panel is pivotably coupled with the base for rotation about a first pivot axis so that the back panel is movable relative to the base between a folded position and an unfolded position. The halo is pivotably coupled with the back panel for rotation about a second pivot axis so that the halo is movable relative to the back panel between a folded position and an unfolded position.
A foldable self-checkout kiosk is provided. In one aspect, a foldable self-checkout kiosk includes a base, a back panel, and a halo. The back panel is pivotably coupled with the base for rotation about a first pivot axis so that the back panel is movable relative to the base between a folded position and an unfolded position. The halo is pivotably coupled with the back panel for rotation about a second pivot axis so that the halo is movable relative to the back panel between a folded position and an unfolded position.
E04H 1/12 - Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
A47F 9/04 - Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
A product registration apparatus includes a reception unit, an addition unit, a cancellation unit, and a determination unit. The reception unit receives product registration after a subtotal is output. The addition unit adds sales data of the product for which registration is received by the reception unit to sales data of a product for which the subtotal is output. The cancellation unit cancels the sales data of the product added by the addition unit. The determination unit waits for an instruction on whether or not to permit the product registration received after the output of the subtotal. Upon receipt of an instruction to permit the product registration, the determination unit determines the addition of the sales data performed by the addition unit. Upon receipt of an instruction not to permit the product registration, the determination unit determines the cancellation of the sales data performed by the cancellation unit.
A management computer is configured to manage authentication tokens, by performing the steps of: determining that a first authentication token has reached a first time marker; transmitting, to a user computer associated with the first authentication token in response to reaching the first time marker, a first alert indicating that the first authentication token is set to expire; determining, after transmitting the first alert, that the first authentication token has reached a second time marker; transmitting, to the user computer in response to reaching the second time marker, a second alert indicating that the first authentication token is set to expire, a property in the second alert being changed from that in the first alert; and generating a second authentication token in response to a request to generate a new authentication token, to replace the first authentication token, and then persisting the second authentication token in a database.
A printer includes a roller that conveys a recording medium; a motor that rotates the roller; a print head that prints receipts on the recording medium conveyed by the roller; a storage device that stores receipt length information including receipt lengths of a predetermined number of printed receipts; a memory; and a processor configured to execute a program that is stored in the memory to perform the steps of: calculating a representative receipt length based on the receipt lengths in the receipt length information, determining a maximum conveying speed of the recording medium for a receipt to be printed based on the representative receipt length, and controlling the motor to rotate the roller to convey the recording medium based on the maximum conveying speed.
According to one embodiment, a server for a print system includes a storage unit with a print job list, a communication interface, and a processor. The processor receives a job list transmission request from a client terminal via the communication interface, then transmits the print job list to the client terminal in response to the request. A lock state release code is transmitted to a printer of the system to cause the printer to output the lock state release code. The processor receives a print job selection and a print job release request from the client terminal. The print job release request includes the lock state release code obtained by the client terminal from the printer. Based on the print job selection and the print job release request, the server causes the printer to perform a print job corresponding to the print job selection.
According to an embodiment, a compilation control apparatus creates, when a kernel driver is compiled with reference to a kernel source, a path identical to an absolute path specified in advance on a container used for the compilation. Additionally, the compilation control apparatus mounts the specified absolute path on the path created on the container.
According to one embodiment, a product registration system includes a mobile terminal connected to a network to permit a customer to perform product registration operations on products for sale at a store, a store clerk terminal for monitoring customer transactions, a cart control server to register products in a transaction table in response to product registrations performed with the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal to display a product registration screen. The cart control server also causes the mobile terminal to display a customer facial image captured by a camera of the mobile terminal or a basket image of a cart to which the mobile terminal is attached and transmits a warning notification to the store clerk terminal when a switching operation is performed to turn off the displaying of the customer facial image or the basket image on the display screen of the mobile terminal.
G01G 19/08 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups for incorporation in vehicles
G01G 19/414 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means using electronic computing means only
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
A system includes a POS terminal; a monitoring device connected to the POS terminal; a management terminal connected via a network to the POS terminal and the monitoring device; and an imaging device disposed above the POS terminal, connected to the monitoring device, and configured to capture images of an imaging area including the POS terminal. The monitoring device is configured to determine whether a purchaser and an article are detected in the imaging area based on the images acquired from the imaging device, determine that a departure without payment by the purchaser has been detected when the purchaser previously detected in the imaging area ceases to be detected during a checkout process started by the purchaser at the POS terminal and the article is not detected in the imaging area, and transmit a notification signal indicating the detection of the departure without payment to the management terminal.
According to one embodiment, an extracted keyword setting method that eliminates complicated work in establishing a profile setting for character recognition is provided. A profile setting method for character recognition of a server includes extracting one or more keywords from a result of character recognition processing on a document and displaying the extracted keywords in a selectable manner on a screen of an information processing device. The server accepts a keyword setting from the information processing device such that a keyword will be extracted from a document in subsequent processing based on the selected keyword(s). For example, a keyword in this context may be such things as section headings, titles, and/or information labels.
In accordance with an embodiment, an information processing apparatus enters an update mode to prohibit the execution of the program and updates the program in response to a program update request from an authorized person authorized to install the program. The information processing apparatus generates an update program list constituted by a file path in the storage device of the program generated by the update. Further, the information processing apparatus rebuilds the white list on the basis of the update program list.
G06F 21/57 - Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
A monitoring device includes a network interface; a memory; and a processor configured to execute a program stored in the memory to perform: acquiring activity information related to an item to be purchased by a customer and received via the network interface from a self-service point of sale (POS) terminal together with identification information of the POS terminal, the activity information including scan information related to scanning of the item by a scanner of the POS terminal and a video obtained by capturing an activity related to the item and performed by the customer at the POS terminal, detecting a position and a head orientation of the customer from the video, determining whether the customer is committing fraud based on the activity information and the position and the head orientation of the customer, and upon determining that the customer is committing fraud, causing the POS terminal to issue a notification.
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentialsReview and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
A printer management computer is configured to enable a user to execute a print job or copy job based on location information, by performing the steps of: receiving, from a printer, a request to authenticate the user whose access card has been presented at the printer; determining one of: (1) that a first distance between a mobile device of the user and the printer is greater than a threshold or (2) that a second distance between the mobile device and the access card is greater than the threshold; transmitting, to the mobile device in response to the first or second distance being greater than the threshold, a message requesting authorization for using the access card, and then receiving a response indicating that authorization for using the access card is granted; and transmitting, to the printer, a message indicating that execution of the print job or copy job is authorized.
A management computer is configured to manage customer support services for hardware and software solutions, by performing the steps of: selecting, based on text received from a technician computer, a first autocomplete data structure from a plurality of autocomplete data structures; traversing nodes of the first autocomplete data structure to identify a plurality of matching identifiers (IDs) that each includes the text; transmitting user interface (UI) data to the technician computer to display each of the matching IDs, and then receiving information from the technician computer identifying a selection of one of the matching IDs; transmitting UI data to the technician computer to display management service options for hardware or software solutions associated with the selected ID, and then receiving a request from the technician computer to perform a customer support service for a hardware or software solution associated with the selected ID; and performing the customer support service.
A printer includes a holder that holds a sheet roll in a tilted position; a printing unit that conveys a sheet from the sheet roll and performs printing on the conveyed sheet; a damper that is provided between the holder and the printing unit to reduce an impact caused by a variation in a conveying force for conveying the sheet; and a sheet guide that guides the sheet from the holder to the damper and adjusts the length of a conveyance path of the sheet between the holder and the damper.
A printer includes a housing including surfaces and an opening opposite one of the surfaces, a lid rotatably attached to the housing to close the opening, a printing head configured to print on an unwound portion of a rolled sheet, a roller conveying the unwound portion, a sheet holder holding the sheet and inclined with respect to the one of the surfaces such that one end of the holder corresponding to one end of the sheet in a width direction is closer to the one of the surfaces than the other end of the holder corresponding to the other end of the sheet, and a sheet guide having a surface that contacts the unwound portion when the unwound portion is conveyed. Two sides of the surface corresponding to side edges of the unwound portion have different lengths in a conveyance direction of the unwound portion of the rolled sheet.
In accordance with an embodiment, a control device stores control software. The control device detects that no people are present within a predetermined area and executes reboot for updating the control software on the basis of detection that no people are present within the predetermined area.
According to one embodiment, a federated learning system includes a federated learning server storing a client ID database and federated learning client setup information. The system also includes federated learning clients connected to the server. The server is configured to receive a setup inquiry from a federated learning client, search the client ID database to confirm a client ID included in the setup inquiry is in the client ID database, send a setup inquiry response to the client when the client ID included in the setup inquiry is in the client ID database, and send the federated learning client setup information to the client after the client ID included in the setup inquiry is confirmed. The federated learning client is configured to receive the federated learning client setup information from the server and execute a federated learning client setup according to the received setup information.
According to an embodiment, a fraud detection apparatus acquires detection information of a target object from a sensor that detects the target object in a predetermined area of the registration machine. The fraud detection apparatus acquires product registration information from the registration machine. Further, the fraud detection apparatus performs fraud determination with respect to the registration of the product in the registration machine on the basis of the detection information and the product registration information.
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentialsReview and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus acquires, when write processing of radio frequency tag recording data to radio frequency tags of a multi-tag sheet has failed, the radio frequency tag recording data for which the write processing has failed. The image forming apparatus performs the write processing of the acquired radio frequency tag recording data on a radio frequency tag of a single tag sheet.
A system includes a POS terminal, a sensing device, an information terminal, and a management terminal. The sensing device captures image data of a customer performing an item registration process and a payment process at the POS terminal, The information terminal performs a fraud detection process that includes acquiring the image data from the sensing device, changing a threshold from an initial threshold value in response to detection of a threshold change event during the item registration process or the payment process, detecting specific behavior of the customer from the image data by using an image recognition technique, incrementing a fraud score each time the specific behavior of the customer is detected, determining that the customer has performed a fraudulent activity when the fraud score exceeds the threshold, and transmitting a notification indicating the fraudulent activity to at least one of the POS terminal and the management terminal.
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentialsReview and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a server of a printed object delivery system that secures the confidentiality of a printed object is provided. A printed object delivery system server includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface communicates with a first terminal, a second terminal, and an image forming device. The processor acquires user information from the first terminal, acquires document information from the first terminal, and acquires storage box information about a storage box from the image forming device. The processor requests the image forming device to perform printing based on the document information, and transmits delivery destination information based on the user information, and the storage box information, to the second terminal after receiving a signal indicating completion of printing from the image forming device.
A thermal printer with a thermal head including a heating element forms an image on a medium. The printer includes a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the medium, a heater that heats an interior of the thermal printer, and a processor. The processor determines whether a temperature measured by the temperature sensor is equal to or greater than a preset temperature threshold, operate the heater if the measured temperature is less than the temperature threshold, and determine an application energy amount for the thermal head based on the measured temperature if the measured temperature is equal to or greater than the temperature threshold.
G01K 7/22 - Measuring temperature based on the use of electric or magnetic elements directly sensitive to heat using resistive elements the element being a non-linear resistance, e.g. thermistor
A printer that forms an image on roll paper includes a first guide and a second guide coupled to a housing. The first guide and the second guide are each movable in a width direction of the roll paper. The first guide is separated from the second guide in the width direction to hold the roll paper therebetween. The printer includes a spindle extending in the width direction and engaging the first guide and the second guide. The first guide is rotatable about the spindle between (a) a first position in which the first guide engages the housing to limit movement of the first guide in the width direction and (b) a second position in which the first guide is movable in the width direction. A controller determines a width of the roll paper based on the positions of the first guide and the second guide.
An information processing device includes first and second non-volatile memories, a volatile memory, and a controller configured to perform the steps of: when the information processing device is started, storing, in the first non-volatile memory, startup log data of the information processing device up to a first predetermined size, when the information processing device is restarted, storing, in the first non-volatile memory, restart log data of the information processing device up to a second predetermined size greater than the first predetermined size, cyclically storing process log data of the information processing device in the volatile memory up to a third predetermined size in an overwriting manner, the process log data chronologically following the startup log data or the restart log data; and when the information processing device is terminated, moving the process log data to the second non-volatile memory.
A cloud printing service computer is configured to manage print jobs of a printer, by performing the steps of: designating a guest printing authorization uniform resource locator (URL); in response to an authorization request received at a network address corresponding to the guest printing authorization URL from a computer of a guest user, transmitting a first print authorization code to the computer of the guest user; in response to a verification request received from the printer that includes a second print authorization code, verifying the second print authorization code by at least comparing the first and second print authorization codes to determine that the first and second print authorization codes match; and in response to verifying the second print authorization code, transmitting a message to the printer indicating that the second print authorization code has been successfully validated for executing a print job of the guest user.
A mobile kiosk self-checkout (SCO) system is provided to as a mobile self-checkout store. The mobile self-checkout system includes a cover around a SCO kiosk, where the cover has a portion that is configured to expose the SCO kiosk to a user so the user can use the SCO kiosk. The system may have smart shelves and be configured to manage lighting for the system and protection of the system from environmental conditions.
G06V 10/75 - Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video featuresCoarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approachesImage or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces using context analysisSelection of dictionaries
G06V 20/52 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
A printer includes a thermal head including multiple heating elements arranged in a line; a memory; and a processor configured to execute a program stored in the memory to perform the steps of: obtaining print data to be printed, determining a characteristic of the print data, and controlling the thermal head to print the print data line by line using thermal history control based on the determined characteristic of the print data. The thermal history control controls an amount of heat to be generated by each of the heating elements considering an amount of heat that has been stored in the each of the heating elements during a process of printing the print data.
A mobile kiosk self-checkout (SCO) system is a fully autonomous, AI-powered mobile checkout kiosk that uses embedded cameras, computer vision, and edge AI to detect shoppers with small baskets or few items and invites them to bypass checkout lines through a voice-driven, frictionless interaction. The mobile kiosk self-checkout selects a shopper to approach, where the shopper is waiting to checkout at a checkout system different from the mobile self-checkout system. The mobile kiosk self-checkout includes motorized wheels and navigates to the selected shopper. A point of sale system on the mobile kiosk self-checkout is configured to checkout the selected shopper in response to the mobile self-checkout system navigating to the selected shopper and the selected shopper agreeing to checkout at the mobile self-checkout system.
G06V 10/75 - Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video featuresCoarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approachesImage or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces using context analysisSelection of dictionaries
G06V 20/52 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
According to one embodiment, a commodity master generation device includes a communication interface connectable to a plurality of point-of-sale systems of different stores, a storage unit for storing sales management data from the plurality of point-of-sale systems, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire sales management data generated by different point-of-sale systems using different commodity masters in which the same commodity code is associated with different feature data, then determine a classification grouping for a commodity code based on similarity of the different feature data to feature data associated with another commodity code associated with the classification grouping. The processor selects category information to be used with a commodity code from predefined category information based on the determined classification grouping and generates a unified commodity master in which the selected category information is used in association with a commodity code.
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a user interface, a memory, a communication interface, and a processor. The user interface receives user information. The memory stores user information. The communication interface communicates with a server storing reference user information. The processor determines that user authentication is successful when first user information input to the user interface and second user information stored in the memory match with each other. After a successful authentication, the processor permits functions of the image forming apparatus to be used and sends a request to the server to check whether the first user information matches the reference user information stored in the server. If a server response to the request indicates the user information does not match the reference user on the server, the use of the one or more functions of the image processing apparatus is ended.
A printer includes: a box-shaped main body; a lid having one end portion pivotably coupled to the main body to open and close the opening; a storage portion to store roll paper, the storage portion being a space between an inner surface of the main body and an inner surface of the lid; a printing portion to perform printing while pulling out paper from the roll paper; a paper discharge port located between another end portion of the lid and an edge of the opening and configured to discharge the paper after printing; and a low friction sheet to reduce a frictional force, the low friction sheet being provided in a predetermined range including a position on an opposite side relative to a peeling point.
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
A settlement apparatus acquires identification information for identifying a transaction with a transaction subject at an upstream portion of a passage. A determination unit determines whether the transaction identified by the identification information has been settled. The settlement apparatus controls an operation of a first mode in which a notification is performed when detecting a person passing through the passage, from after the transaction subject whose transaction has been settled passes through the passage, until a transaction with a next transaction subject has been determined to be settled. The settlement apparatus controls an operation in a second mode where a notification is not performed when detecting a person passing through the passage, until a predetermined time elapses from after the transaction is determined to have been settled, or until a transaction subject whose transaction has been determined to be settled passes through the passage within a predetermined time.
G06Q 20/32 - Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices using wireless devices
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentialsReview and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
It is possible to easily monitor whether a customer exiting a store has completed settlement. A checkout system according to an embodiment includes a settlement unit, an operation unit, and a first control unit. The settlement unit settles a payment for a transaction in a store. The operation unit is provided facing a checkout lane of the store and performs a notification operation to make a person in a vicinity aware that a customer is permitted to exit the store via the checkout lane. The first control unit controls the operation unit to perform the notification operation in a predetermined first permission time period after completion of settlement by the settlement unit.
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 information processing terminal includes an interface device connected to a reader apparatus that is configured to read RFID tag information from RFID tags, a camera configured to capture an image, a control device configured to execute a program for operating the information processing apparatus. The control device executes the program to display an augmented reality (AR) interface on top of the image captured by the camera, estimate a location of the information processing terminal, acquire the RFID tag information read by the reader apparatus, and transmit the acquired RFID tag information to a server.
The embodiments herein describe a platform abstraction layer (PAL) for an edge device (e.g., a camera) that enables services developed in different programming languages to be executed as a pipeline on the edge device. For example, the services may be deployed in separate containers developed using different programming languages. In one embodiment, the stages in the pipeline can use buffers in a shared memory to share data. The data can include unique IDs (e.g., frame IDs) to search an index array for the shared memory to identify the buffer containing the processed data. In this manner, the shared memory supports random access.
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for identifying packaging for age-restricted products at self-checkout devices. A self-checkout device receives a barcode of an item, and compares the barcode with a database that comprises barcode data associated with one or more age-restricted products. The self-checkout device then captures an image of the item using a camera, and performs image comparison by providing the captured image to a trained machine learning model as an input. In response to at least one of the barcode comparison or the image comparison indicating a match with an age-restricted product, the self-checkout device triggers a manual verification for the item
G06V 10/75 - Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video featuresCoarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approachesImage or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces using context analysisSelection of dictionaries
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
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G06V 20/62 - Text, e.g. of license plates, overlay texts or captions on TV images
Systems and methods for security validation control in a self-checkout system are provided. The method includes retrieving system-level transaction data receiving identity information related to a user, retrieving user-specific transaction data using the identity information, determining one or more validation parameters, which includes at least one validation percentage, weight tolerance threshold, and visual similarity threshold, selecting one or more items for validation within a self-checkout transaction, and, performing a validation check on each of the one or more items. The method also includes calculating validation performance indicators based on results of the validation check, and updating the system-level transaction data and the user-specific transaction data with the validation performance indicators.
The present disclosure provides methods for security validation control in a self-checkout system. The method includes retrieving system-level transaction data, in response to receiving identity information related to a user, retrieving user-specific transaction data using the identity information, determining one or more validation parameters, comprising at least one of a validation percentage, a weight tolerance threshold, and a visual similarity threshold, based on the system-level transaction data and the user-specific transaction data, selecting one or more items for validation within a self-checkout transaction, based on the validation percentage, performing a validation check on each of the one or more items, calculating one or more validation performance indicators, comprising at least one of a validation failure rate and a false intervention rate, based on results of the validation check, and updating the system-level transaction data and the user-specific transaction data with the one or more validation performance indicators.
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentialsReview and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
According to one embodiment, a self-service checkout apparatus includes a product scanner in a main body. A product placement area is on one side of the main body and a bagging area is on the other. A camera images operations at the apparatus. A control section registers merchandise items in a sales transaction based on commodity codes read by the product scanner, detects a customer’s registration movements based on camera images, identifies a fraud act when a registration movement is detected but no merchandise item corresponding to the registration movement is registered in the sales transaction, and outputs a notification of the fraud act only if at least one merchandise item has already been registered in the sales transaction when the fraud act is identified.
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentialsReview and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
A self-checkout system is provided. In one aspect, a self-checkout system includes a housing having a base and a back panel extending from the base. The self-checkout system also includes an interactive module mounted to the back panel, the interactive module having a display screen and a curved deflector arranged at a top side of the display screen. An airflow channel is formed between the display screen and the back panel so that air within the airflow channel and heated by the display screen travels upwards along the airflow channel and is deflected away from the display screen by the curved deflector.
The following relates to a method and apparatus for updating an item catalog at a point of sale system. Item catalogs include item descriptions and generally, an image corresponding to the item description. However, instances may arise where an image corresponding to the item description has not yet been included in the catalog. In such embodiments, the catalog includes instructions for the point of sale system to generate an image for the first item. In some embodiments, the instructions are a text prompt entered in the catalog before it is sent to a point of sale system. The text prompt includes instructions for an image generating Al system to generate an image corresponding to the text prompt. The point of sale system sends these instructions to the image generating Al system.
Embodiments herein describe a self-service kiosk or ROS system that includes a base that is connected to an upper, vertical module. The base can include an item-receiving area where a customer places an item for purchase. This area can include a weight and/or pressure sensors. The upper module can include one or more cameras that have field of views that include the item-receiving area. The ROS system can also include a computing system for using images captures by the camera (or cameras) to identify the item.
The present disclosure describes a computer system that automatically prepares mobile devices. The computer system includes a memory and a processor. The processor determines, based on an image of a checkout area, at least one of a wait time or a number of people at the checkout area, loads, based on at least one of the wait time or the number of people exceeding a threshold, a first application on a mobile device, and instructs that the mobile device use the first application at the checkout area.
G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
The following relates to a method and apparatus for updating an item catalog at a point of sale system. Item catalogs include item descriptions and generally, an image corresponding to the item description. However, instances may arise where an image corresponding to the item description has not yet been included in the catalog. In such embodiments, the catalog includes instructions for the point of sale system to generate an image for the first item. In some embodiments, the instructions are a text prompt entered in the catalog before it is sent to a point of sale system. The text prompt includes instructions for an image generating AI system to generate an image corresponding to the text prompt. The point of sale system sends these instructions to the image generating AI system.
A wall-mounted self-checkout system is provided. In one aspect, a wall-mounted self-checkout system includes a housing, a counter having a horizontal panel and a vertical panel connected thereto, a shelf mounted to the vertical panel, and a tower to which a display screen is mounted. The wall-mounted self-checkout system also includes a computing system arranged to perform an operation, including determining, based at least in part on received data, that at least one of: a tilt angle of the wall-mounted self-checkout system achieves a predetermined tilt threshold; or a slant angle of the wall-mounted self-checkout system achieves a predetermined slant threshold; and performing a control action in response to determining at least one: the tilt angle has achieved the predetermined tilt threshold; or the slant angle has achieved the predetermined slant threshold.
A self-checkout system is provided. In one aspect, a self-checkout system includes a housing having a base support, a tower extending vertically upwards from the base support, and a back panel extending vertically upwards relative to the tower. Further, the self-checkout system includes a display screen mounted to the back panel, an input shelf and an output shelf each mounted to the tower, and a computing system configured to receive data indicating that an impact force has been applied to the self-checkout system; determine whether the self-checkout system has experienced an impact event based at least in part on the data; and perform a control action in response to determining that the self-checkout system has experienced the impact event.
Embodiments herein describe storing in hardware systems different combinations of financial account numbers which are set up to identify when a particular hardware system has been compromised. If compromised, a nefarious actor can identify the financial account numbers and believe they are real (e.g., customer) account numbers. Once a nefarious actor, e.g., uses the account number to attempt to purchase an item, the financial institution issuing the account numbers notifies the manufacturer or owner of the hardware system. By assigning different, unique combinations of the account numbers to different hardware systems, the manufacturer or owner can identify the specific system that was comprised, without having to store a unique account number in each hardware system.
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentialsReview and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
Embodiments herein describe using electronic shelf labels (ESLs) to help a customer find a particular item in a store. For example, a customer can load a retailer's application onto their mobile device and indicate to the application which items she would like to purchase. The retailer's application can instruct the ESL to perform a visual action to attract the customer's attention. This can include flashing a light on the ESL, or causing a portion of the display to change from off (white) to on (black). Once the ESL is identified, the customer can establish communication between the mobile device and the ESL so that the ESL can transmit display information that can be customized to the mobile device. The mobile device can then display the same (or similar) information as being displayed by the ESL, which can be used, e.g., for a visually impaired person.
G08B 3/10 - Audible signalling systemsAudible personal calling systems using electric transmissionAudible signalling systemsAudible personal calling systems using electromagnetic transmission
G08B 5/22 - Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electric transmissionVisible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electromagnetic transmission
Embodiments herein describe a self-service kiosk or POS system that includes a base that is connected to an upper, vertical module. The base can include an item-receiving area where a customer places an item for purchase. This area can include a weight and/or pressure sensors. The upper module can include one or more cameras that have field of views that include the item-receiving area. The POS system can also include a computing system for using images captures by the camera (or cameras) to identify the item.
Embodiments herein use a checkout application to summon an autonomous vehicle of a customer who is performing a checkout process. In one embodiment, the checkout application identifies the stage that the customer is in in the checkout process such as arriving at a point-of-sale (POS) system, logging into a retailer application, scanning items, selecting a payment option, completing payment, loading purchased items in a cart/basket, etc. One of these stages can be selected as a “trigger stage” which, when reached by the customer, triggers the checkout application to summon the customer’s vehicle to a designated area (e.g., a lane near the store’s exit, special parking spots, etc.).
An information processing device according to an embodiment is communicably connected to a higher level external device, communicates with a plurality of devices provided in a store in which the information processing device is installed, and performs information processing for the store on the basis of information transmitted from each of the devices. The information processing device includes a controller configured to: acquire product sales information indicating a product for which payment has been made on the device; store the product sales information acquired in a storage unit; and transmit the product sales information stored in the storage unit to the external device at predetermined timing.
According to one embodiment, a store data handling system includes a server device and a store management device that acquires electronic data from a purchase handling device of a store. The server device has a processor and a storage unit storing an output destination table. The processor stores the electronic data received from the store management device in the storage unit, compares the electronic data to output conditions in the output destination table to determine an output destination for the electronic data, identifies an output address of the determined output destination, processes the electronic data based on additional information in the output destination table associated with the output address, and controls the communication interface to transmit the processed electronic data to the output address.
A temperature control device according to one embodiment includes a temperature estimation unit, a comparison unit, and an energization control unit. The temperature estimation unit estimates a temperature of an object based on energization of elements related to temperature control of the object. The comparison unit compares a difference between a detected temperature of the object and an estimated temperature of the object. If the difference exceeds a reference value, the energization control unit stops energizing the elements related to the temperature control of the object.
According to one embodiment, an image reading device, such as a document scanner or the like, includes a scanner unit configured to provide an image of a document and a control unit. The control unit is configured to recognize name information in the image provided by the scanner unit and acquire information indicating a destination for the image associated with the recognized name information. The control unit then transmits the image to the destination based on the information indicating the destination. For example, the destination may be one or more email addresses or a shared file folder or the like.
A temperature control device controls power supplied to a heater based on a temperature estimate value estimated over time so that a temperature control target to which heat propagates from the heater of the fixing unit reaches a preset target temperature. The temperature control device includes a temperature sensor, first and second storage circuits, a temperature difference detection circuit, and a target temperature correction circuit. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of the heater. The first storage circuit stores the temperature estimate value. The second storage circuit stores a sensor temperature. The temperature difference detection circuit calculates an actual temperature rise amount from a temperature difference between the temperature estimate value and the temperature of the heater from the respective storage circuits. The temperature correction circuit performs control such that a target temperature is lowered in accordance with the actual temperature rise amount.
Methods and systems of a point of sale controlling system are disclosed. In some aspects, a first musical note tone is assigned to a first checkout system and the first musical note tone is different from a second musical note tone assigned to a second checkout system. Next, in response to a first sound event has occurred for the first checkout system, the first musical note tone is only played for the first checkout system so that the first musical note tone is not played on the second checkout system and the second musical note is not played on the first checkout system.
A temperature control device controls power supplied to a heater based on a temperature estimate value estimated over time so that a temperature control target to which heat propagates from the heater of the fixing unit reaches a preset target temperature. The temperature control device includes a temperature sensor, first and second storage circuits, a temperature difference detection circuit, and a target temperature correction circuit. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of the heater. The first storage circuit stores the temperature estimate value. The second storage circuit stores a sensor temperature. The temperature difference detection circuit calculates an actual temperature rise amount from a temperature difference between the temperature estimate value and the temperature of the heater from the respective storage circuits. The temperature correction circuit performs control such that a target temperature is lowered in accordance with the actual temperature rise amount.
According to one embodiment, a printing apparatus includes a shaft on which an ink ribbon roll with a wireless tag can be mounted. The ink ribbon roll rotates about the shaft. An antenna for communication with the wireless tag is on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft. A wiring is on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft and connects to the antenna. A protective sleeve is provided to be between the shaft and the mounted ink ribbon roll. The protective sleeve covers an end portion of the shaft and the wiring at the end portion. A bearing is outside the protective sleeve. The bearing is rotatable about the protective sleeve. A printing unit is configured to perform printing on a medium to be printed with ink ribbon drawn out of the ink ribbon roll.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 2/325 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
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COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS
According to one embodiment, a commodity sales data processing apparatus includes a communication interface, a storage unit, and a control unit. The control unit receives a commodity code of an item being registered for purchase, extracts commodity information associated with the commodity code, registers the commodity code and the extracted commodity information in a transaction file, and causes commodity information related to the item to be displayed on a commodity registration screen. When the control unit receives a cancelation request for removing an item from the sales transaction, it outputs a cancelation notification to a clerk terminal and then indicates a deletion of the item from the transaction file after receiving a clerk confirmation. The control unit is configured to continue to receive commodity codes of other items being registered in the sales transaction after the cancelation notification has been output but before receiving of the clerk confirmation.
According to one embodiment, an information processing system includes a network, a workflow creation server accessible to a plurality of user terminals via the network, and a user setting server storing user settings for users of the user terminals. The workflow creation server creates a workflow plan in response to an operation of a workflow creator at a creator terminal. The workflow plan includes a step or process involving accessing a cloud service using a first cloud service account. The user setting terminal registers a second cloud service account for accessing the cloud service in response to an instruction from a user at a user terminal. The second cloud service account is associated with the user. When the workflow plan is executed by the user via the network, the second cloud service account is used for accessing the cloud service instead of the first cloud service account.
According to one embodiment, an information processing system includes a first storage unit that stores user information for each notification destination user and a creation unit that creates a workflow plan including a notification destination user to be used for notifications required in the workflow plan. The workflow plan is executable by a system user without requiring the user to provide user information. A second storage unit stores the workflow plan created by the creation unit. An execution unit is provided such that, when execution of the workflow plan stored in the second storage unit begins, user information of the notification destination user set in the workflow plan as the notification destination is acquired from the first storage unit and a notification to the notification destination user is sent in accordance with the acquired user information and the workflow plan.
According to one embodiment, an information processing system includes a receiving unit, an OCR execution unit, a management unit, an extraction unit, a correction candidate output unit, an accuracy information output unit, and a correction acceptance unit. The receiving unit receives image information. The OCR execution unit performs character recognition on the image information using OCR. The management unit stores definition data that defines a workflow based on the image information. The extraction unit extracts a usage item handled in the workflow from the definition data. The correction candidate output unit extracts a value corresponding to the usage item from a recognition result obtained by the OCR execution unit and outputs the value as a correction candidate. The accuracy information output unit outputs information based on accuracy when the OCR execution unit recognizes the correction candidate. The correction acceptance unit accepts a correction for the correction candidate.
G06V 10/94 - Hardware or software architectures specially adapted for image or video understanding
G06V 10/96 - Management of image or video recognition tasks
G06V 10/98 - Detection or correction of errors, e.g. by rescanning the pattern or by human interventionEvaluation of the quality of the acquired patterns
G06V 30/262 - Techniques for post-processing, e.g. correcting the recognition result using context analysis, e.g. lexical, syntactic or semantic context
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INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
According to one embodiment, an information processing system includes a receiving unit, an OCR execution unit, a management unit, an extraction unit, a correction candidate output unit, and a correction acceptance unit. The receiving unit receives image information. The OCR execution unit performs character recognition on the image information using OCR. The management unit stores definition data that defines a workflow based on the image information. The extraction unit extracts a usage item handled in the workflow from the definition data. The correction candidate output unit extracts a value corresponding to the usage item from a recognition result obtained by the OCR execution unit and outputs the value as a correction candidate. The correction acceptance unit accepts a correction for the correction candidate.
According to one embodiment, a printer includes: a printing unit configured to print on a medium (such as a sheet); an optical sensor configured to receive reflected light from the medium irradiated with a predetermined light before printing; and a concentration setting unit configured to set a print concentration of a group corresponding to a type of the medium on the basis of an output value which is output by the optical sensor receiving the reflected light.
Systems and methods for providing store intelligence. The methods involve: receiving, from the camera, image data of a person selecting the article and receiving, from a reader, tag data associated with the article; determining that a potential theft event has occurred using both the tag data and the image data while the item is in the selling area of the store but before the item is proximate to a checkout area of the store; selectively performing first operations facilitating facility security in response to determining that the article and tag is currently being manipulated in an abnormal manner.
G06V 20/52 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
G06V 40/20 - Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition
G08B 13/24 - Electrical actuation by interference with electromagnetic field distribution
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
According to an embodiment, a power supply management circuit of a printer includes a first switch, a second switch, a logic circuit, a power supply management integrated circuit, and a control circuit. When the first switch is switched, the logic circuit closes the second switch, and the power supply management integrated circuit starts sequence control of power supply startup in accordance with the closing. Further, when the first switch is long-pressed, the power supply management integrated circuit starts sequence control of power supply shutdown, and the control circuit causes the logic circuit to output a control signal to open the second switch.
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
H03K 17/296 - Modifications to provide a choice of time-intervals for executing more than one switching action and automatically terminating their operation after the programme is completed
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PRINTER APPARATUS, ARTICLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR ARTICLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS
According to an embodiment, a printer apparatus controls a tag reader or a wireless communication module that receives information from a wireless tag located nearby to acquire a search result based on search information for each node of a communication path of a mesh network from its own node toward a terminal node. The printer apparatus controls a printing device to print the search result for each node of the communication path of the mesh network from its own node toward the terminal node.
According to embodiments, an attendant terminal computer is configured to monitor a plurality of transaction processing apparatuses, the attendant terminal computer comprising: a display panel; a communication circuit configured to communicate with the plurality of transaction processing apparatuses; and a processing circuit configured to execute a program stored in memory of the attendant terminal computer to perform steps for managing the display panel, wherein the steps include: determining group identifiers associated with groups to which the plurality of transaction processing apparatuses are assigned; determining, based on the determined group identifiers, visual features for displaying monitoring information received via the communication circuit from the plurality of transaction processing apparatuses; and updating, for each of the groups, the display panel to display the monitoring information for one or more of the plurality of transaction processing apparatuses assigned to the group, in a manner that includes a determined visual feature of the group.
H04L 41/22 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
According to one embodiment, a retail transaction processing system includes a point-of-sale terminal and a detection apparatus. The detection apparatus receives images from a camera positioned to image operations at the point-of-sale terminal and a transaction start/end indication from the point-of-sale terminal when a user begins and ends a transaction checkout operation. Upon receiving the transaction start indication, the detection apparatus begins detecting items in the received image and creates a detected item list. Upon receiving the checkout operation end indication, the detection apparatus stops detecting items in the received images and receives a registered item list from the point-of-sale terminal. The detection apparatus then compares the detected item list to the registered item list and outputs a notification when an item on the detected item list has no corresponding item on the registered item list.
A printer apparatus includes: a printing portion configured to perform printing while pulling out and conveying strip-shaped paper from roll paper wounded the paper with a first surface facing outward; a cutting portion provided downstream of the printing portion in a paper conveying direction to cut the paper; a support portion provided downstream of the cutting portion in the paper conveying direction to come into contact with a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface to support the paper, the support portion having a pair of recesses located apart from each other in a paper width direction and a protrusion located between the pair of recesses; and a holding portion provided downstream of the cutting portion in the paper conveying direction at a position where the holding portion faces the pair of recesses and presses the first surface of the paper supported by the support portion.
B41J 13/10 - Sheet holders, retainers, or stationary guides
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
According to one embodiment, an electronic receipt server includes a communication interface, a storage device, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive advertisement setting information from a setter terminal via the communication interface, store the advertisement setting information in the storage device, store electronic receipt information in the storage device, and receive a request for an electronic receipt from a user terminal via the communication interface. The processing circuit identifies a company code associated with the requested electronic receipt, then acquires the advertisement setting information associated with the company code in the storage device and determines whether the advertisement setting information indicates company-specific advertisements are enabled for the company code. The processing circuit then acquires a company-specific advertisement when the advertisement information indicates company-specific advertisements are enabled for the company code and outputs the acquired company-specific advertisement with the electronic receipt to the user terminal.
According to an embodiment, a machine operating state monitoring system measures a current flowing through a signal light attached to a machine to be monitored. The machine operating state monitoring system determines an operating state of the signal light on the basis of a measurement result of the current. The machine operating state monitoring system stores in advance a relationship between the operating state of the signal light and the operating state of the machine to be monitored. Furthermore, the machine operating state monitoring system determines an operating state of a machine to be monitored corresponding to the determined operating state of the signal light on the basis of the stored relationship.
Systems and methods of performing item detection at point of sale are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a POS system device having a terminal station apparatus and a bagging station apparatus. The terminal station apparatus includes an optical scanner. The bagging station apparatus includes a bagging area. Further, the POS system device is operationally coupled to an optical sensor device having a field of view that includes a region about the POS system device with the POS region having a set of POS subregions. The method includes applying an artificial intelligence model to a set of interacted object track characteristics to enable a determination that one of a set of detected objects is transferred to the POS subregion associated with the bagging area without being scanned.
According to one embodiment, a management device for a retail transaction processing system has a first connection interface for connecting to a merchandise registration unit, a second connection interface for connecting to a first checkout unit, a third connection interface for connecting to a second checkout unit, a processor. The processor is configured to control the merchandise registration unit via the first connection interface to perform a merchandise registration process of a sales transaction, select between the first checkout unit and the second checkout out unit for a settlement process of the sales transaction, and then control the selected one of the first and second checkout units to perform the settlement process for the sales transaction. Control of the first or second checkout units may be provided in some examples by a virtual checkout machine or the like established by the management device.
A printer that makes it less likely for cut and discharged paper to fall by a structure that can be formed by a wear-resistant component. The printer includes: a printing portion configured to perform printing while pulling out and conveying strip-shaped paper; a cutting portion configured to cut the paper; a support portion provided downstream of the cutting portion in the paper conveying direction and configured to come into contact with a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface to support the paper, the support portion being inclined such that a leading end portion of the paper, which moves along with conveyance, is displaced in a direction from the second surface toward the first surface; and a holding portion provided downstream of the cutting portion in the paper conveying direction and configured to press the first surface of the paper supported by the support portion.
B41J 13/10 - Sheet holders, retainers, or stationary guides
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
According to one embodiment, a printer apparatus includes: a printing portion configured to perform printing while pulling out and conveying strip-shaped paper from roll paper wounded the paper with a first surface facing outward; a cutting portion provided downstream of the printing portion in a paper conveying direction and configured to cut the paper; a support portion provided downstream of the cutting portion in the paper conveying direction and configured to come into contact with a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface to support the paper, the support portion having a pair of protrusions located apart from each other in a paper width direction; and a holding portion provided downstream of the cutting portion in the paper conveying direction and configured to press the first surface of the paper supported by the support portion between the pair of protrusions.
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus performs, in a case where recognition processing for a target wireless tag has failed, at least one of stepwisely decreasing a reception threshold of radio signal strength to be returned from the target wireless tag or stepwisely increasing radio signal strength to be transmitted to the target wireless tag and reads data prestored by the wireless tag communication apparatus. The image forming apparatus performs re-recognition processing for recognizing the target wireless tag on the basis of the read data. The image forming apparatus notifies a user that the medium having the target wireless tag recognized in the re-recognition processing is a re-recognized medium whose target wireless tag has been recognized in the re-recognition processing.
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
G03G 15/01 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
G03G 15/22 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern involving the combination of more than one step according to groups
G03G 21/16 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
H04N 1/32 - Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver
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RECEIPT SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING RECEIPT SERVER, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
A graphical user interface (GUI) includes a user interface for managing delivery of sales promotional information with electronic receipts. The user interface includes a first section for specifying sales promotions, a second section for specifying details about the sales promotions, a third section for specifying target locations for the sales promotions, a fourth section for specifying companies whose sales promotions are to be excluded, and a fifth section for specifying a display channel for the sales promotions. A control device stores information about the sales promotions that were specified through the GUI, stores receipt data of a receipt related to a transaction of a commodity purchased by the customer, transmits in response to a request from an information processing apparatus of the customer, the receipt data and the sales promotions based on the information about the sales promotions that have been specified through the GUI to the information processing apparatus.
Systems and methods of performing item detection at point of sale are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a POS system device having a terminal station apparatus and a bagging station apparatus. The terminal station apparatus includes an optical scanner. The bagging station apparatus includes a bagging area. Further, the POS system device is operationally coupled to an optical sensor device having a field of view that includes a region about the POS system device with the POS region having a set of POS subregions. The method includes applying an artificial intelligence model to a set of interacted object track characteristics to enable a determination that one of a set of detected objects is transferred to the POS subregion associated with the bagging area without being scanned.
G06V 10/26 - Segmentation of patterns in the image fieldCutting or merging of image elements to establish the pattern region, e.g. clustering-based techniquesDetection of occlusion
Systems and methods of performing item detection at point of sale are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a POS system device having a terminal station apparatus and a bagging station apparatus. The terminal station apparatus includes an optical scanner. The bagging station apparatus includes a bagging area. Further, the POS system device is operationally coupled to an optical sensor device having a field of view that includes a region about the POS system device with the POS region having a set of POS subregions. The method includes applying an artificial intelligence model to a set of interacted object track characteristics to enable a determination that one of a set of detected objects is transferred to the POS subregion associated with the bagging area without being scanned.
Systems and methods of performing item detection at point of sale are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a POS system device having a terminal station apparatus and a bagging station apparatus. The terminal station apparatus includes an optical scanner. The bagging station apparatus includes a bagging area. Further, the POS system device is operationally coupled to an optical sensor device having a field of view that includes a region about the POS system device with the POS region having a set of POS subregions. The method includes applying an artificial intelligence model to a set of interacted object track characteristics to enable a determination that one of a set of detected objects is transferred to the POS subregion associated with the bagging area without being scanned.
A method for running a diagnostics web application for a peripheral device within a root web application running on a point of sale system operatively coupled to the peripheral device includes: loading, by the root web application, the diagnostics web application into a first iFrame of the root web application and loading an interface web application for the peripheral device into a second iFrame of the root web application; issuing, by the root web application, a command to the peripheral device using the interface web application; responsive to the command, receiving, at the interface web application, data from the peripheral device indicating occurrence of an error; and causing, by the root web application, a webpage of the diagnostics web application to display within a webpage of the root web application based on the data indicating occurrence of the error.
