Abstract: Provided according to the invention is a recording control apparatus capable of more accurately recording an image of a person carrying an article to which an RFID tag is attached. When a reader/writer receives position information on an RFID tag attached to an article, this information is stored in an article information storing section. When a position determining unit detects an article located out of a designated area, a monitoring camera control section starts controlling recording. The monitoring camera control section estimates the movement direction of the article based on the time-sequential record of the position information on the article, specifies any of monitoring cameras to be operated based on the movement direction and the current position of the article, and controls the recording operation of the specified monitoring camera.

Abstract: Provided according to the invention is a recording control apparatus capable of more accurately recording an image of a person carrying an article to which an RFID tag is attached. When a reader/writer receives position information on an RFID tag attached to an article, this information is stored in an article information storing section. When a position determining unit detects an article located out of a designated area, a monitoring camera control section starts controlling recording. The monitoring camera control section estimates the movement direction of the article based on the time-sequential record of the position information on the article, specifies any of monitoring cameras to be operated based on the movement direction and the current position of the article, and controls the recording operation of the specified monitoring camera.

Abstract: In a photoprint sales method or machine including image capturing means for capturing an image of at least one photographic subject, display means for displaying the image having been captured, editing means for letting the image be edited, and printing means for printing, as a photoprint, copies of the image having been edited and/or the image having been captured, areas dividing the photoprint are provided for allocating the copies thereto. With this, a photoprint corresponding to the users' preferences can be produced even if a plurality of users carry out the shooting together, and these users can cut the photoprint using scissors and the like and suitably distribute the same, without puzzling out how the photoprint should be cut.

Abstract: The present invention Is directed to a method of manufacturing dough for yeast-leavened foods, which includes kneading a portion, including farina, of starting materials under reduced pressure or atmospheric pressure, extruding the kneaded mixture under pressure, adding the remaining starting materials thereto for further kneading under atmospheric pressure so as to obtain kneaded dough, and then fermenting the resultant kneaded dough; a method of manufacturing dough for yeast-leavened foods, which includes kneading the entirety of the starting materials of the yeast-leavened foods under reduced pressure or atmospheric pressure, extruding the kneaded mixture under pressure, subsequently kneading the extruded mass so as to obtain kneaded dough, and then fermenting the resultant kneaded dough; and a method of manufacturing frozen dough for yeast-leavened foods, which include freezing of any of the thus obtained kneaded dough.

Abstract: An ink-dot printer comprises a recording paper, at least one needle disposed in one side the recording paper and movable between a rest position remote from the recording paper and a projected position close to the recording paper, a driving mechanism for moving the needle between the rest position and the projected position, a driving control unit electrically connected to the driving mechanism so as to supply a driving control signal for controlling the movement of the needle to the driving mechanism, an ink supply mechanism adapted to supply ink to the distal end portion of the needle on the recording sheet side so that the ink attaches to the distal end portion when the needle is located in the rest position, an electrode disposed in another side of the recording paper and facing the distal end portion of the needle, and voltage control unit for applying between the needle and the electrode an ink flying voltage with respect to the supply of the driving control signal from the driving control unit to the

Abstract: The present invention provides a printing device wherein drying of ink in a recording electrode and resulting choking of the recording electrode can be prevented and ordinary ink can be used. The printing device includes a recording electrode which has formed at the center of the section along the entire length thereof a narrow hole for sucking and supplying ink to a front end portion of the recording electrode by a capillary phenomenon. The recording electrode further has a through-hole formed therein and communicating with the narrow hole and a rear end portion of the recording electrode so that ink may be supplied at a high speed from the narrow hole to the end portion of the recording electrode by a capillary phenomenon. Drying of ink is prevented by the fact that ink comes around in the through-hole communicating with the narrow hole.

Abstract: An ink dot printer comprises a recording sheet, at least one needle made of an electrically conductive material and located in one side of the recording sheet so as to move between a normal position remote from the recording sheet and a projected position close to the recording sheet, a drive mechanism for displacing the needle between the normal position and the projected position, an ink supply mechanism for supplying and attaching ink to the tip of the needle which faces the recording paper when the needle is in the normal position, an electrode disposed on another side of the recording mechanism and facing the tip of the needle, and an electric field generating mechanism for generating, between the electrode and needle, an electric field of such intensity as to cause ink to fly from the tip of the needle, when the needle is closer to the recording sheet than the normal position, toward the recording sheet to thereby form an ink dot on the recording sheet.

Abstract: An ink-dot printer comprises a pair of slit forming members arranged to define a slit therebetween, an ink tank for storing ink in which the slit is immersed, a recording sheet opposed to the slit, a needle movable between a rest position and a projected position, a driving mechanism for moving the needle between the two positions, and an ink attracting unit for generating a magnetic or electric field in the slit, thereby attracting the ink from the ink tank into the slit to cause the ink to attach to the distal end portion of the needle located in the rest position, the ink attracting unit being adapted to generate an ink attracting magnetic or electric force of a necessary intensity for the ink to be attracted from the ink tank into the slit at the time of ink attraction, and to generate an ink holding magnetic or electric field of a minimum necessary intensity for a predetermined amount of ink to be held in the slit after the predetermined amount of ink is attracted into the slit, wherein the ink attaching