Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol film comprising a vinyl alcohol-based polymer, the polyvinyl alcohol film having an NMR signal intensity at 0.10 milliseconds of 78% or less of the initial intensity, when the polyvinyl alcohol film after immersing in water at 60° C. for 2 hours is measured as a measurement sample by a solid echo method using pulse NMR at 60° C. According to the polyvinyl alcohol film of the present invention, a polarizing film having good polarization performance, which is unlikely to decrease even under high humidity, can be manufactured.

Abstract: A wearable gear design information retrieval system is provided which is suitable to achieve an effective reduction in workload in accordance with the details of a task of a worker and reduce costs. A suit design support apparatus inputs the type of movement of a design target person in a task (S100) and the data of the body of the design target person (S102), searches for a design file corresponding to the inputted movement type and body data (S104), and manufactures a work assist suit on the basis of the retrieved design file. Moreover, if the design file has not been retrieved (S106: N), a new design file is inputted (S112), and the inputted design file is registered associated with the inputted movement type and body data (S114).

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic money charger which can certainly prevent an electronic money from being fraudulently deposited. An electronic money charger of the present invention comprises a reader/writer which reads and writes data with respect to a contactless IC card in which an electronic money balance used in an electronic money service has been stored, a position information obtaining unit which obtains a latitude and a longitude representing a position of the electronic money charger, and a control unit which has control to perform an electronic money deposit process via the reader/writer, and control to disable the electronic money deposit process if the latitude and the longitude obtained by the position information obtaining unit after installation of the electronic money charger are different from the latitude and the longitude obtained at the time of the installation of the electronic money charger.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic money paying-in system that can easily update information used for an electronic money paying-in process. As the present invention is provided with an electronic money management server for acquiring a paying-in amount that has been input to an electronic money charger and also sending a paying-in processing command for adding the paying-in amount to an electronic money balance on an IC card to the IC card via the electronic money charger, it needs to store information used for processing of depositing electronic money like the paying-in processing command only in the electronic money management server and it can easily update the information used for an electronic money paying-in process just by performing maintenance on the server. Therefore, as the information used for an electronic money paying-in process can be easily updated, maintenance operation can be easily performed on the electronic money charger.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic money paying-in system that can easily update information used for an electronic money paying-in process. As the present invention is provided with an electronic money management server for acquiring a paying-in amount that has been input to an electronic money charger and also sending a paying-in processing command for adding the paying-in amount to an electronic money balance on an IC card to the IC card via the electronic money charger, it needs to store information used for processing of depositing electronic money like the paying-in processing command only in the electronic money management server and it can easily update the information used for an electronic money paying-in process just by performing maintenance on the server. Therefore, as the information used for an electronic money paying-in process can be easily updated, maintenance operation can be easily performed on the electronic money charger.

Abstract: which can certainly prevent an electronic money from being fraudulently deposited. An electronic money charger of the present invention comprises a reader/writer which reads and writes data with respect to a contactless IC card in which an electronic money balance used in an electronic money service has been stored, a position information obtaining unit which obtains a latitude and a longitude representing a position of the electronic money charger, and a control unit which has control to perform an electronic money deposit process via the reader/writer, and control to disable the electronic money deposit process if the latitude and the longitude obtained by the position information obtaining unit after installation of the electronic money charger are different from the latitude and the longitude obtained at the time of the installation of the electronic money charger.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic money charger in which an inserted currency returned when an anomaly has occurred in an electronic money deposit process is not carried away. An electronic money charger of the present invention is provided with a banknote receiving unit which receives an inserted banknote, a human sensor which detects a user who has inserted the banknote, and a control unit which controls to prepare for returning the inserted currency when the anomaly has occurred in the electronic money deposit process and also to store the inserted banknote in the banknote receiving unit if the user has not been detected by the human sensor in a state prepared for returning the inserted banknote.

Abstract: The present invention provides a reader/writer for an automatic vending machine capable of easily outputting payment processing information on electronic money even when a main control section of the automatic vending machine operates abnormally. The reader/writer is provided with a detection section that detects an operating condition of a main control section, a switching section that switches, when the detection section detects a predetermined abnormal operation, the connection with the main control section to a connection with a payment information output section provided for the automatic vending machine, and an RW control section that performs control such that payment processing on electronic money is carried out by reading/writing an electronic money balance stored in a contactless IC card based on a signal received from the main control section and when the connection is switched by the switching section, electronic money payment information is outputted from a payment information output section.

Abstract: In a contactless IC chip reader/writer including communication units for performing data communication with a contactless IC chip and a main control unit for controlling communication with a contactless IC chip via the communication unit in response to a request from an external apparatus, a plurality of communication units are provided for one main control unit. The main control unit and each communication unit are provided with a communication controller for performing data communication between each communication unit and the main control unit.

Abstract: A pair of engagement members to be detachably engaged with a bill recognition device is provided on a unit body of a reader-writer unit, and the bill recognition device is attached to the unit body by engagement with the engagement members. Therefore, the bill recognition device can be attached/detached without using any screws. For example, when the bill recognition device is replaced, operations for detaching and attaching the bill recognition device can be performed advantageously easily. In the replacement process, the bill recognition device can be attached or detached while the unit body is in the state of being mounted on an outer door. Thus, the drawback of the unit body being dismounted from the outer door when the screws are removed as in the conventional art is eliminated and the attachment/detachment operations are not complicated.

Abstract: A payment system for restaurant having a reader/writer unit (100) and a control unit (300), wherein the control unit (300) includes a communication control section (310), which controls data communication with an external computer (500) via a network (400). The external computer (500) accesses to setting information stored in a setting information storing section (330) of the control unit(300).

Abstract: A customer operates his portable communication terminal to call a vending management center and to transmit a purchase request for buying an item from an intended one of a plurality of automatic vending machines. The vending management center transmits a selling allowance to the intended automatic vending machine. The automatic vending machine, in accordance with the selling allowance, delivers an item indicated by the customer. Thus the customer can obtain his desired item. The automatic vending machine, after delivering the item, transmits dispensing result data to the vending management center. Then, the vending management center prepares user and sales data from the dispensing result data and transmits the user and sales data to a proprietary of the communication network accommodating the portable communication terminal. Subsequently, the proprietary, in accordance with the user and sales data, settles an account with the customer on the communication fee and the item price.