Abstract: Provided is technology to implement an updating process according to a situation of each equipment when software is collectively updated with respect to a plurality of equipment items constituting an equipment system. With respect to a software updating method for a plurality of equipment items constituting the equipment system, the software updating method includes acquiring information indicating an operation state of at least respective equipment to be updated among the plurality of equipment items, acquiring information indicating a reception state of updated software of the respective equipment, determining whether to perform switching to the updated software by the respective equipment, and instructing switching to the updated software based on a result of a determination. The determining determines that the switching to the updated software by the respective equipment is not to be performed in a case where equipment in operation and from which reception is incomplete exists.

Abstract: Provided is technology to implement an updating process according to a situation of each equipment when software is collectively updated with respect to a plurality of equipment items constituting an equipment system. With respect to a software updating method for a plurality of equipment items constituting the equipment system, the software updating method includes acquiring information indicating an operation state of at least respective equipment to be updated among the plurality of equipment items, acquiring information indicating a reception state of updated software of the respective equipment, determining whether to perform switching to the updated software by the respective equipment, and instructing switching to the updated software based on a result of a determination. The determining determines that the switching to the updated software by the respective equipment is not to be performed in a case where equipment in operation and from which reception is incomplete exists.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a read image generated by reading a receipt or a bill, a first character recognition unit that performs first character recognition processing on the read image, a second character recognition unit that performs second character recognition processing, a storage unit that stores in advance a relevant information where a specific character and a position of a target area to be a target of the second character recognition processing are related to each other, and a control unit that extracts the specific character from a result of the first character recognition processing, specifies the target area in the read image based on the extracted specific character and the relevant information, and causes the second character recognition unit to perform the second character recognition processing on the specified target area.