Abstract: A reading apparatus includes a body, an opening cover, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna. The body has therein a chamber configured to accommodate a container to carry one or more products and an opening through which the container is placeable into the chamber. The opening cover is movably attached to the body between an open position that enables the container to pass through the opening and a closed position that closes the opening. The RFID antenna is positioned to read data in an RFID tag on at least part of the one or more products in the chamber.

Abstract: A lens drive control device which drives a lens using a drive unit according to an operation of an operation member is provided that includes a detection unit configured to detect a drive speed of the drive unit; and at least one processor or one circuitry which functions as: a control unit configured to control a drive voltage to the drive unit by acquiring a detection signal of the operation amount of the operation member and a detection signal of the drive speed, wherein the control unit performs first control that a drive voltage output to the drive unit between a time at which the operation of the operation member starts and the time at which the operation ends is changed in a phased manner, and second control that a rise rate of the drive voltage is relatively increased as compared to the first control after the first control.

Abstract: An automotive power configuration may include a battery, a starter, an ACG fuse, and a electronic control module (ECM). The starter and the ACG fuse are electrically connected by a first wire, and the starter and the ECM are electrically connected to the battery by a second wire and a third wire, respectively. The second and third wire may be crimped together to form a combined cable that connects to a terminal of the battery.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tiered storage system includes first and second storage devices having access speeds different from each other, and a storage controller. The storage controller manages first and second access frequency statistical values. The first access frequency statistical value corresponds to a state in which data of a respective one of logical chunks is located on the first storage device, and the second access frequency statistical value corresponds to a state in which data of the respective one is located on the second storage device. The storage controller determines whether it is necessary to change the location state of the data of the respective one, based on the first and second access frequency statistical values of the respective logical chunks.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a partition system including a first screen, a post that rotatably supports the first screen around a vertical axis line, and a second screen that is rotatably supported by the post around the vertical axis line.

Abstract: A lens drive control device which drives a lens using a drive unit according to an operation of an operation member is provided that includes a detection unit configured to detect a drive speed of the drive unit; and at least one processor or one circuitry which functions as: a control unit configured to control a drive voltage to the drive unit by acquiring a detection signal of the operation amount of the operation member and a detection signal of the drive speed, wherein the control unit performs first control that a drive voltage output to the drive unit between a time at which the operation of the operation member starts and the time at which the operation ends is changed in a phased manner, and second control that a rise rate of the drive voltage is relatively increased as compared to the first control after the first control.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a POS device includes a housing, a cover, a first detector, and a first driving mechanism. The housing includes an accommodation chamber configured to accommodate a product to which an RFID tag is attached, an opening portion for putting the product into the accommodation chamber being formed in the housing. The cover is configured to open and close the opening portion. The first detector is configured to detect whether a person is present near the housing. The first driving mechanism is configured to transition the cover from a closed state in which the cover closes the opening portion to an open state in which the cover opens the opening portion, based on the detection of the person by the first detector.

Abstract: A settlement processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a work table with a first holding area and a second holding area. A first radio tag reader is positioned in the first holding area to read information from a radio tag affixed to an item of merchandise. A second radio tag reader is positioned in the second holding area to read information from a radio tag affixed to an item of merchandise. A processor determines whether a radio tag read by the second radio tag reader was already read by the first radio tag reader. The processor generates a list of merchandise based on the read information obtained by the first and second radio tag readers, and the determination of whether a radio tag read by the second radio tag reader was already read by the first radio tag reader. A display unit displays the generated list.

Abstract: An optical positional information detection apparatus for detecting a position indicated by a pointer on a display surface. The optical positional information detection apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures an image of one or more pointers situated within a predetermined distance from the display surface; an image obtaining unit that obtains a first image captured by the imaging unit and a second image captured by the imaging unit; a movement distance calculation unit that uses a first feature amount based on the first image in which first pointers are captured and a second feature amount based on the second image in which second pointers are captured so that the movement distance calculation unit calculates a movement distance from the first pointers to the second pointers; and an association unit that associates the second pointers with the first pointers based on a limitation on the movement distance.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus to detect a position of an object on a display screen includes a memory and circuitry. The circuitry acquires one or more images of the display screen captured with one or more imaging devices. The circuitry further detects an object from the one or more images, detects a position of the object based on the one or more images, and stores, in the memory, position information indicating the detected position of the object. The circuitry further identifies the object based on whether a notification is received from the object, during a time period from a time when the object is detected to a time when a predetermined period of time elapses, the notification indicating that the object is brought into contact with the display screen. The circuitry further determines whether to delete the stored position information depending on the identified object.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tiered storage system includes first and second storage devices having access speeds different from each other, and a storage controller. The storage controller manages first and second access frequency statistical values. The first access frequency statistical value corresponds to a state in which data of a respective one of logical chunks is located on the first storage device, and the second access frequency statistical value corresponds to a state in which data of the respective one is located on the second storage device. The storage controller determines whether it is necessary to change the location state of the data of the respective one, based on the first and second access frequency statistical values of the respective logical chunks.

Abstract: An optical positional information detection apparatus for detecting a position indicated by a pointer on a display surface. The optical positional information detection apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures an image of one or more pointers situated within a predetermined distance from the display surface; an image obtaining unit that obtains a first image captured by the imaging unit and a second image captured by the imaging unit; a movement distance calculation unit that uses a first feature amount based on the first image in which first pointers are captured and a second feature amount based on the second image in which second pointers are captured so that the movement distance calculation unit calculates a movement distance from the first pointers to the second pointers; and an association unit that associates the second pointers with the first pointers based on a limitation on the movement distance.

Abstract: A contact detection system includes a display, an object detection unit disposed at periphery of the display to detect a contact of an object on the display, a device detector to detect a first light emitted from an input device to detect a contact of the input device on the display, and an information processing apparatus. The object detection unit includes a light source to emit a second light to an object. The device detector includes an image capturing device to capture an image using the first light or the second light. The information processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit to acquire a captured image, and a control unit to control the light source to turn off the second light when a luminance-increased area exists in the captured mage, and to control the device detector to be ready to detect a contact of the input device to the display.

Abstract: There are provided a light-emitting device, an illuminating apparatus, and a display apparatus in which, in order to apply light to an object to be illuminated with uniformity in light intensity, the quantity of light which is applied to a part of an edge of a to-be-illuminated region of the to-be-illuminated object located near a light-emitting section can be lessened. A backlight unit includes a printed substrate, a plurality of light-emitting sections each of which has a base support, an LED chip and a lens, and reflective members each of which is placed around the light-emitting section and has a first wall portion and a second wall portion.

Abstract: Pulsating flow generating apparatus that changes the volume of a fluid chamber and injects fluid from a fluid injection opening in a pulsed manner, includes: an inlet flow channel for supplying fluid from a fluid supplying unit to the fluid chamber; a volume changing unit that changes the volume of the fluid chamber; an outlet flow channel that delivers the fluid from the fluid chamber to the fluid injection opening; a discharge flow channel that discharges the fluid from the fluid chamber; and an opening and closing valve that opens and closes the discharge flow channel, wherein the synthetic inertance of the discharge flow channel is set smaller than the synthetic inertance of the outlet flow channel, an operation of the volume changing unit is started while closing the opening and closing valve, and the operation of the volume changing unit is stopped while opening the opening and closing valve.

Abstract: A coordinate detection system for detecting a coordinate pointed by a pointer with which a pointing operation is performed on a board face includes a first calculation unit that extracts a plurality of areas respectively indicative of a plurality of annular members provided in the pointer from a picked-up image picked by an image pick-up unit arranged at a predetermined position of the board face and calculates center positions of the extracted areas; and a second calculation unit that calculates a position of a tip portion of the pointer on the board face based on the center positions of the areas calculated by the first calculation unit and a position of a principal point of the image pick-up unit.

Abstract: A fluid ejection method includes: supplying fluid at a predetermined fluid supply flow rate to a pressure chamber; generating a pulsed flow by varying the volume of the pressure chamber at a predetermined frequency; and ejecting the pulsed flow, wherein the fluid supply flow rate is proportional to the frequency.

Abstract: The invention provides a light-emitting device for use in a backlight unit of a display apparatus including a display panel, which is capable of applying light to an illumination object with uniformity in brightness in the planar direction of the illumination object and can be made lower in profile, as well as an illuminating apparatus and a display apparatus including the light-emitting device. A backlight unit (1) is provided with a printed circuit board (12), a plurality of light-emitting portions (111) disposed on the printed circuit board (12) and having a base support (111b), an LED chip (111a) and a lens (112), and a reflective member (118) disposed around each light-emitting portion (111) and having a first reflecting member (1131) and a second reflecting member (1132).