Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating mechanical computing mechanisms and Turing-complete systems which include combinatorial logic and sequential logic, and which are energy-efficient.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating mechanical computing mechanisms and Turing-complete systems which include combinatorial logic and sequential logic, and which are energy-efficient.

Abstract: A tag board includes an insulation substrate with a lower surface bonded to the outside and an upper surface including a recess, an upper surface conductor on the upper surface of the insulation substrate, a ground conductor on the lower surface of the insulation substrate, and a short-circuit-portion through conductor that penetrates the insulation substrate in the thickness direction and electrically connects the upper surface conductor and the ground conductor to each other. The short-circuit-portion through conductor is connected to the upper surface conductor only at a part of the periphery of the upper surface conductor.

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a 2D barcode that overlays text or graphics (e.g., another barcode) while permitting the underlying text or barcode to be read by a user or a barcode scanner. Further, the embodiments herein describe techniques for separating the overlaid 2D barcode from the underlying text or graphics so that the barcode can be identified and decoded. In one embodiment, the blocks forming the 2D barcode are printed (or displayed) using a shade of a color while the text or graphics are printed (or displayed) using a darker shade of that same color.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle illuminating device including a lamp housing that functions as a heat sink, a light emitting element disposed in the lamp housing, and a control board that controls the light emitting element. A protruding portion is formed to have an internal space in the lamp housing, and at least a part of the control board is disposed in the internal space. Since the light emitting element is disposed in the lamp housing functioning as a heat sink, and at least a part of the control board is disposed in the internal space of the protruding portion, heat generated in the light emitting element and heat generated in the control board hardly affect each other, and the generation positions of the heat are apart from each other.

Abstract: Devices and methods for detecting credit card skimmers are provided herein. A device can include a printed circuit board having a pattern of electrical traces on its surface, and a computer readable medium comprising instructions that cause a processor to direct an electrical voltage to a trace and detect an electrical current between two points of the trace. A gap can be disposed between the two points across which a voltage is applied in order to detect a magnetic reader. A count of the detected magnetic readers within a credit card reading device may be indicative of the presence of a credit card skimmer.

Abstract: A data reader (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) and connector system including a housing (110, 210, 310, 410); side walls enclosing an interior, one of the side walls formed with a cable exit opening; a printed circuit board (140, 240, 340, 440) mounted parallel to and proximate one of the side walls; a socket (149, 249, 349, 449) mounted on the printed circuit board and facing inwardly into an interior of the housing and opposite the side wall formed with the cable exit opening; and a cable (179, 279, 379, 479) connected to the socket, cable formed with a loop within the housing from the first socket and out through the cable exit opening.

Abstract: A Near Field Communication (NFC) reader can wirelessly cooperate with a rectangular prism-shaped transponder having an NFC transponder antenna. The NFC reader includes an NFC controller, a matching network coupled to the NFC controller, and a receptacle capable of at least partially holding the transponder. The receptacle has a bottom wall, a lateral wall and a shape designed such that the transponder cannot be placed in the receptacle in a direction where the NFC transponder antenna is parallel to the bottom wall. The receptacle includes first and second NFC reader antennas located in two non-parallel parts of the lateral wall and a connection coupling the first and second reader antennas to the matching network.

Abstract: A data entry and scanning apparatus that includes a commercially available mobile device wherein said commercially available mobile device with a touch screen display, a processor, and a wireless communications network access point, a scanning device, an interface, and a power source that external to the commercially available mobile device and connected to the interface, and a casing that does not cover the touch screen display.

Abstract: An enhanced automated teller machine (ATM), system and method for securely authenticating and enabling a financial transaction at the ATM. The method includes receiving at a central computer system, planned transaction data representing a future financial transaction. The central computer system generates first and second verification information, sends electronic data including the first verification information to the ATM, and sends electronic data including the second verification information to a user device. The central computer system receives multiple sets of electronic data from a user device and multiple sets of electronic data from the ATM. Multiple comparisons of certain sets of the electronic data from the ATM to certain sets of the electronic data from the user device are conducted at the central computer system. If the comparisons result in positive verifications, the central computer system sends electronic data including instructions for the ATM to execute the planned financial transaction.

Abstract: Embodiments describe systems and methods for tracking produce with an electronic device. A method includes, during each of a plurality of instances of time, receiving one or more clam codes, receiving a tray code, associating the one or more claim codes with the tray code, receiving a palette code, associating the palette code with the tray code, and storing the one or more clam codes, tray codes, and the palette code in a database. After associating the one or more clam codes with the tray code and the palette code with the tray code, the method includes receiving a request to identify the tray code or the palette code associated with a specific clam code, wherein the specific clam code is included in the one or more clam codes; and identifying the tray code or the palette code associated with the specific clam code.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an antenna, a detecting section, and a determining section. The antenna receives a radio wave transmitted from a wireless tag. The detecting section detects a phase of the radio wave. The determining section determines that the wireless tag is present outside a predetermined range if a phase difference between a phase measured if a relative position of the antenna with respect to the wireless tag is a first position within a first range and a phase measured if the relative position is a second position within the first range is smaller than a threshold or if a phase difference between a phase measured if the relative position is a third position within a second range different from the first range and a phase measured if the relative position is a fourth position within the second range is smaller than the threshold.

Abstract: A near field radio-frequency identification (“RFID”) probe includes a probe tip comprising a resonant coil configured to communicate with an RFID compatible device at a predetermined resonant frequency. The near field RFID probe further includes a plurality of switch capacitor networks each comprising a capacitor and an RF switch, wherein switching the plurality of switch capacitor networks changes the capacitance of the resonant coil, thereby changing the resonant frequency of the resonant coil. The near field RFID probe further includes a probe control module configured to adjust the resonant frequency of the resonant coil to maintain the predetermined resonant frequency by switching the switch capacitor networks responsive to detecting that the resonant frequency of the resonant coil has deviated from the predetermined resonant frequency.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for forming a core layer for at least one information carrying card, and resulting products. The method includes forming an inlay layout, and dispensing a crosslinkable polymer composition over the inlay layout and contacting the inlay layer so as to form the core layer of the information carrying card. The inlay layout includes at least one inlay layer coupled with a first thermoplastic layer. The first thermoplastic layer comprises a thermoplastic material, and defines at least one hole therein. The at least one inlay layer is disposed at least partially inside a respective hole.

Abstract: A method, system, and mobile terminal configured for medication management are provided. A read operation is performed by a magnetic reader to detect whether a pattern of bio-compatible nano-magnetic particles on a pill is present within a body of a patient. Information from the read operation is transmitted to a mobile terminal by the wireless transceiver.

Abstract: Barcode tag conditions on sample tubes are detected utilizing side view images of sample tubes for streamlining handling in clinical laboratory automation systems. The condition of the tags may be classified into classes, each divided into a list of additional subcategories that cover individual characteristics of the tag quality. According to an embodiment, a tube characterization station (TCS) is utilized to obtain the side view images. The TCS enables the simultaneous or near-simultaneous collection of three images for each tube, resulting in a 360 degree side view for each tube. The method is based on a supervised scene understanding concept, resulting in an explanation of each pixel into its semantic meaning. Two parallel low-level cues for condition recognition, in combination with a tube model extraction cue, may be utilized. The semantic scene information is then integrated into a mid-level representation for final decision making into one of the condition classes.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a machine-readable symbol reader that includes a scan engine, a finger mount, and a wrist mount. The scan engine couples to and moves with the finger mount, which is sized and dimensioned to accommodate at least a portion of one or more fingers. The wrist mount accommodates at least a portion of a wrist and releasably secures the wrist mount to the wrist. The wrist mount includes an electrical interface to a power source. A flexible substrate extends between the finger mount and the wrist mount, and may carry one or more electrically conductive paths that extend between the wrist mount and at least one of the finger mount and the scan engine to provide power from the power source to the scan engine. The finger mount may include a user input device to trigger the scan engine to scan within the field of view.

Abstract: A medication container encoding, verification and identification method is provided that includes receiving data characterizing a medication, generating an identifier encapsulating the data and applying an identifier to a medication container such that it is automatically readable by a medication device. Related apparatus, systems, methods and articles are also described.

Abstract: A sales data processing apparatus includes a sending control section and a printing control section. The sending control section performs control to send, to a predetermined terminal apparatus, sales data obtained by aggregating predetermined transaction data. The printing control section performs control to print, together with the sales data, sending result information indicating whether or not the sales data has been sent.

Abstract: Systems and methods for associating automated teller machine (ATM) transaction information with photos and/or videos captured by cameras are provided. In some embodiments, an ATM communicates with a financial institution system via a first network. A video annotation device is communicatively coupled to the first network to receive copies of communications transmitted by the financial institution system to the ATM. The video annotation device extracts annotation information from the communications, and causes the annotation information to be associated with photos and/or videos captured by cameras. In some embodiments, the video annotation device is also communicatively coupled to a second network, and transmits the annotation information to an IP camera for use as on-screen display text. In some embodiments, the video annotation device receives a video signal from a camera, adds an annotation to the video signal, and provides the annotated video signal to a recording device.