Abstract: A portable device, including a frame, a button fixed relative to the frame, a connection member fixedly connecting the button to the frame, a sensor for detecting a pressing state of the button, and a vibration motor fixed below the button. The frame has a mounting hole penetrating therethrough; the frame includes an outer side surface and an inner side surface opposite to the outer side surface; the button is mounted on the outer side surface; the mounting hole penetrates through the outer side surface and the inner side surface; the vibration motor is suspended in the mounting hole; and the connection member is of a hollow ring structure and is fitted and fixed to the edge of the button. When the button vibrates, the vibration is not transferred to other areas of the portable device, thereby achieving better area vibration and more realistic experience for pressing the button.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a log-in control apparatus has a processor which controls an operation for log-in to an information terminal moving along with a carrier for carrying a commodity to be purchased. The processor detects a state in which the commodity is placed on the carrier, in cooperation with a sensor attached to the carrier. The processor detects the operation for log-in to the information terminal, in cooperation with an input device included in the information terminal. When the processor detects the operation for log-in, in a case in which the processor detects the state in which the commodity is placed on the carrier, the processor judges that the operation for log-in is ineffective.

Abstract: A method for conducting payment transaction by an employee using an employer payment system includes retrieving a token or an account identification from the employee payment card presented by a consumer, sending an authorization request with token, account identification and transaction data to an acquirer processor, identifying the employer and the employee associated with the token or account identification, determining whether the employee is authorized for the requested transaction based on an employee information from the employer's database, sending, to the employer, a transaction request from the point of sale terminal, transferring funds electronically from the employee's funds account or employer's account to the merchant in accordance with the transaction request between the merchant and the employee, and updating the employer's database with the transaction information once the transfer of funds is completed.

Abstract: An information processing device according to an embodiment includes a first acquisition unit, a first recognition unit, a second recognition unit, a second acquisition unit, and an output unit. The first acquisition unit obtains an image from a camera installed in a moving vehicle. The first recognition unit recognizes a symbol attached to the article from the image to obtain identification information for identifying the article from the symbol. The second recognition unit recognizes an action performed on the article by the moving vehicle based on a change in size of the symbol recognized by the first recognition unit from the image. The second acquisition unit obtains location information of the article when an action of the moving vehicle is recognized. The output unit outputs association information obtained by associating the identification information and the location information of the article with each other.

Abstract: In some implementations, a method performed by data processing apparatuses includes receiving, by an item verification engine, a scan notification indicating that a mobile computing device has scanned an item. In response to receiving the scan notification, the item verification engine provides an instruction for a cart computing system to activate item sensors on a shopping cart. The item verification engine receives sensor data collected by the item sensors as a result of the item having been placed in the shopping cart. The item verification engine receives item verification data for verifying the scanned item from the mobile computing device, performs a verification of the item based on the sensor data and the item verification data, and provides verification results for presentation by the mobile computing device.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an information processing program that causes at least one computer to execute a process, the process includes acquiring video data of a product placed on a scale included in a registration machine; specifying an attribute regarding an appearance of the product, by inputting the acquired video data into a first machine learning model; acquiring information regarding a weight of the product, from the accounting machine that has measured a weight of the product placed on the scale; and performing machine learning of a second machine learning model, by using the specified attribute of the product as training data and the acquired information regarding the weight of the product as correct answer data.

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for correlating messages from asynchronous message queues using polling with exponential backoff and jitter. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor for digital transactions, may provide computing services to users, which may be used to engage in interactions with other users and entities including for electronic transaction processing. When utilizing these transaction processing services, merchant locations may utilize payment terminals, such as card and NFC readers, as well as point-of-sale devices, each of which may independently send transaction messages to the service provider. To correlate these messages from different queues, the messages may be stored when received in an intermediary storage independently and the other storage polled at intervals with exponential backoff to identify corresponding messages and data. Further, jitter may be introduced to the polling process to stagger polling events for different messages.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein an information processing program that causes a computer to execute a process including, acquiring a video of a person who grasps an item to be registered in an accounting machine, by analyzing the acquired video, calculating a score indicating a level of reliability of the item that is contained in the video with respect to each of a plurality of possible items that are set previously, acquiring information on the item that is registered in the accounting machine by the person by operating the accounting machine, based on the calculated score, selecting a possible item from the possible items, and based on the selected possible item and the acquired information on the item, generating an alert indicating abnormality of the item that is registered in the accounting machine.

Abstract: Techniques for predicting items for purchase at a point of sale (POS) system. These techniques include identifying one or more images, captured at a POS system, of one or more items for purchase. The techniques further include identifying a measured characteristic of the one or more items for purchase, the measured characteristic including at least one of: (i) a first weight measured using a weight sensor associated with the POS system or (ii) a footprint measured using one or more pressure or weight sensors associated with the POS system. The techniques further include predicting the items for purchase based on analyzing the one or more images using a machine learning (ML) model, and validating the predicted items for purchase using the measured characteristic.

Abstract: A point-of-sale system includes a registration device configured to register items for a transaction, a plurality of payment devices with which payment for the transaction can be made, and an imaging device including a camera configured to capture images in an area where the registration device and the payment devices are located and a processor that is configured to determine, based on the images captured by the camera, one of the plurality of payment devices as a destination for sending payment data for the transaction. The payment data is sent to the payment device determined to be the destination and not sent to other payment devices of the plurality of payment devices.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for performing supply chain execution.

Abstract: A point-of-sale device includes a first table on which items before registration can be placed and including a first scale, a second table on which two or more bags for storing items after registration can be set and including a second scale, an input device, a display, and a processor configured to: at a beginning of a transaction, determine a first weight based on a signal from the first scale, and start a registration process, and during the registration process, determine a second weight based on a signal from the second scale, and upon input of a first operation for payment via the input device, determine the second weight as a total weight of registered items, when the first weight matches the total weight, execute a payment process, and when the first weight does not match the total weight, control the display to display an error message.

Abstract: A daily business report management device includes a first acquisition unit for acquiring a start time for cargo handling work to an end time, cargo handling work and the vehicle ID from an onboard unit, a second acquisition unit for acquiring, from a mobile terminal, input information pertaining to the cargo handling work t and the vehicle ID for the vehicle where the cargo handling work was performed, and a storage control unit for causing a storage unit to store a work duration from the start time to the end time and the input information in mutual association if the vehicle ID, acquired by the second acquisition unit during a time between acquisition of the start time up until acquisition of the end time, matches the vehicle ID acquired by the first acquisition unit.

Abstract: A matching circuit, a radio frequency front-end circuit, a radio transceiver apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The radio frequency front-end circuit includes a low noise amplifier and a power amplifier each coupled to an antenna through a matching circuit. The matching circuit includes a transformer, a capacitor, a first switch, and a first inductor element. The transformer is coupled to the power amplifier and the antenna. The capacitor is coupled to the transformer and to the low noise amplifier. The first switch is coupled to the capacitor and to the transformer and is grounded. The first inductor element is coupled to the capacitor and to the first switch and is grounded. A resonant network formed by the first inductor element and the first switch enables the radio frequency front-end circuit to in a wide frequency band.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for contactless checkout in a retail environment including a security pedestal located at an entrance or exit to a retail location. The system further includes a scanning device that is communicably coupled with the security pedestal. The self-checkout system and methods may also include a processing system that is configured to receive a list of items from the security pedestal and customer identification code from the scanning device. The system and method is configured to allow for a customer to scan his purchases at the security pedestal and pay for the purchases through the use of the customer identification code generated, preferably, using the customer's personal computing device.

Abstract: A trained model is used to predict a scheduled delivery for a self-picked order. Responsive to receiving an indication from a device associated with a user of an online system that the device is either within a defined vicinity from a location of a retailer or physically present at the location of the retailer, the online system applies a user targeting computer model trained to generate, based on user data and ordering data, a score for the user indicative of a likelihood of the user accepting an offer for the scheduled delivery of the order. Responsive to the score being greater than a threshold score, the online system generates a list of service options for the scheduled delivery of the order and displays the list of service options at a user interface of the device prompting the user to select a service option for the scheduled delivery of the order.

Abstract: Provided is a work management device including an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating login to a system using a first terminal and an operation history of the first terminal occurring after login to the system, a specifying unit that specifies a non-operation period of a terminal from the operation history of the first terminal, and a calculation unit that calculates working hours including the non-operation period of the terminal according to a length of the non-operation period of the terminal.

Abstract: A system includes terminals installed in a store and configured to register an item in a transaction, first devices for executing the transaction, and an apparatus including: an interface connectable to the terminals and devices, a memory that stores first data that associates each terminal with one first device, and a processor configured to: upon receipt of a notification indicating one first device from a first terminal, update the first data to associate the first terminal with said one first device, upon receipt of a registration request from the first terminal, generate second data for a transaction in association with said one first device, and upon receipt of a change request from a second terminal, update the first data to associate the second terminal with said one first device.

Abstract: A self-service checkout terminal includes an optical code reader, a platform on which items to be purchased are placed, a weight sensor configured to detect a weight of objects placed on the platform, and a processor configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode. The processor carries out a registration process based on a merchandise code corresponding to a code symbol read from an item by the optical code reader while enabling a confirmation process to confirm proper item placement based on the weight detected by the weight sensor in the first mode, and carries out the registration process while disabling the confirmation process in the second mode.

Abstract: A system can train a generator neural network to produce a trained generator neural network of a generative adversarial network, wherein the trained generator neural network is configured to output a bill of materials in response to receiving functional requirements for a computer system. The system can train a discriminator neural network to produce a trained discriminator neural network of the generative adversarial network, wherein the trained discriminator neural network is configured to output whether the bill of materials received from the trained generator neural network satisfies the functional requirements for the computer system. The system can produce an output bill of materials from the generative adversarial network based on the functional requirements. The system can store the output bill of materials in the system.