Abstract: A product recognition apparatus includes: a storage unit storing in advance, an image database in which image information for learning of a plurality of products and product names are associated with each other and a similar image product name list in which product names of a plurality of products whose appearances are similar to each other are associated with each other, a learning unit generating a machine-learned identification engine; an identification unit identifying a product name using the identification engine; an image management unit storing, when the identification by the identification unit is erroneous, and the identified product name and the correct product name specified by a user are not stored in the similar image product name list, the image information of the target product and the correct product name in the image database.

Abstract: A self-checkout monitoring system, a self-checkout monitoring method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium capable of monitoring fraud committed by customers at a low cost are provided. A self-checkout monitoring system according to the present disclosure includes: an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a plurality of self-checkout machines from above; and an image distribution unit configured to divide the image of the plurality of self-checkout machines captured by the image-capturing unit for each of the plurality of self-checkout machines and distribute the divided images to the plurality of respective self-checkout machines. The self-checkout monitoring system causes display units which display customer's shopping information in the plurality of respective self-checkout machines to display the divided images of the self-checkout machines distributed from the image distribution unit.

Abstract: The present invention includes a housing unit (11), a hinge unit (13), and a lid body (12) configured to be provided on the housing unit (11) in an openable and closable manner via the hinge unit (13), wherein the hinge unit (13) includes: a shaft unit (21) configured to serve as a rotating shaft when the lid body (12) is opened/closed with respect to the housing unit (11); a bearing unit (22) configured to have a U-shaped opening to which the shaft unit (21) is fitted in a detachable manner; and a reinforcing unit (14) configured to abut, when external force that causes deformation in a widening direction of the U-shaped opening of the bearing unit (22) is applied to the bearing unit (22), against the bearing unit (22) to which the external force is applied. Thereby deformation of the bearing unit is prevented.

Abstract: A stand for a droplet prevention sheet attached to a POS terminal including a body part, a hole part being formed on an upper surface of the body part, the stand including: a stand pole including a pole body part that is extended in a rod-like shape, a first pole end, and a second pole end, the first and the second pole ends being both ends of the pole body part; and a sheet fixing part configured to fix a droplet prevention sheet, the sheet fixing part being coupled to the stand pole, in which the stand pole is vertically disposed in the body part of the POS terminal by the first pole end being fixed to the hole part.

Abstract: A semi-self POS system according to the present disclosure includes: a registration apparatus and an accounting apparatus, the accounting apparatus being able to communicate with the registration apparatus, in which the accounting apparatus captures, when an addition of a product is requested, a bar code image of an additional purchase product and transmits an additional purchase notification including the bar code image to the registration apparatus, and the registration apparatus displays, when it receives the additional purchase notification, the bar code image included in the additional purchase notification, reads the displayed bar code image and thereby registers the additional purchase product, calculates a new total amount of payment obtained by adding payment of the registered additional purchase product to the total amount of payment, and transmits new accounting information including the new total amount of payment to the accounting apparatus.