Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a switching unit and a controller. The information processing apparatus performs a data sending and receiving operation with an external apparatus via a data line which is compliant with a predetermined standard. The switching unit switches the information processing apparatus to a host device or a non-host device in accordance with a state of the information processing apparatus. The controller controls a data sending and receiving operation performed with the external apparatus. The controller controls a data sending and receiving operation for a host device when the information processing apparatus is switched to the host device. The controller controls a data sending and receiving operation for a non-host device when the information processing apparatus is switched to the non-host device.

Abstract: The recording device 12 of a transaction processing system 1 sends main print data instructing printing a main receipt, which is a receipt for a single transaction, or partial receipt print data instructing printing partial receipts, which are receipts produced when payment for a single transaction is split between multiple parties, to a control server 15. The control server 15 receives the main print data and the partial receipt print data, and stores information based on the main print data or information based on the partial receipt print data in a transaction information manager database 421.

Abstract: A circuit substrate of one aspect of the present invention includes a first substrate body made of a flexible wiring substrate and having a first edge and a second edge opposite to the first edge, the first substrate body having a bottomed or bottomless recess adjacent to the first edge; a plate-shaped or frame-shaped reinforcement member disposed in the recess of the first substrate body adjacent to the first edge; a pair of resin layers sandwiching the reinforcement member in the recess and a portion of the first substrate body adjacent to the reinforcement member including the first edge, each of the resin layers having a circuit portion formed thereon electrically connected to the flexible wiring substrate.

Abstract: An embedded component substrate includes: a core layer; a first electrode provided on a top surface of the core layer with a first insulating layer therebetween; and a second electrode provided on a bottom surface of the core layer with a second insulating layer therebetween, wherein a cavity is formed in the embedded component substrate from a top surface thereof to expose the second insulating layer at a bottom of the cavity, wherein a placement region is defined on the bottom of the cavity, for accommodating an electronic component; and wherein the embedded component substrate further includes a pad electrode on a portion of the second insulating layer, exposed by the cavity, surrounding the placement region located on the bottom of the cavity, the pad electrode vertically protruding from a top surface of the exposed second insulating layer upwardly and being configured to electrically connect to the electronic component.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tablet showing high stability of the active ingredients (potassium-competitive acid blocker and acetylsalicylic acid) and stably and rapidly expressing the pharmacological effects of the active ingredients after administration. The present invention provides a tablet containing an inner core and an outer layer, wherein the inner core is an enteric-coated tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid, and the outer layer contains a potassium-competitive acid blocker free of enteric coating.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a metal core substrate, an insulating layer formed on a surface of the metal core substrate, and a wiring pattern formed on the insulating layer. The metal core substrate includes a first metal layer made of a first metal material, and a second metal layer made of a second metal material differing from the first metal material, the second metal layer being laminated on the first metal layer. The elastic modulus of the second metal layer is lower than the elastic modulus of the first metal layer, and the thermal conductivity of the second metal layer is greater than the thermal conductivity of the first metal layer.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a multilayer wiring substrate includes: a first wiring substrate having a first core member made of metal with cavities therein; a second wiring substrate having a second core member made of metal; and a bonding layer between the first wiring substrate and the second wiring substrate to bond a top surface of the first wiring substrate to a bottom surface of the second wiring substrate, the bonding layer having a patterned conductive layer.

Abstract: A copying apparatus includes a capturing unit that divides an image on a document into plural regions and captures an image of each region, a storage unit that stores data representing the image of the region, a forming unit that reads the data and forms an image represented by the data on a medium, and an instruction unit that determines a capture start time on the basis of a size of the data and instructs the capturing unit to start capturing the image at the capture start time.

Abstract: A transfer apparatus includes first and second communication paths, an accepting unit, a registration unit, an acquisition unit, and a transfer unit. The accepting unit accepts a request for data. The registration unit detects and registers a range that has been specified for writing. The acquisition unit acquires the data from a memory controller via the first communication path in a case where the request is issued for a registered range, and acquires the data from the arbitration device via the second communication path in a case where the request is issued for an unregistered range. The transfer unit transfers the acquired data. In a case where a first range detected from the arbitration device overlaps at least a portion of or is adjacent to a second range, which has been registered, the registration unit combines the first and second ranges into a continuous range and registers the continuous range.

Abstract: A composite substrate has a rigid substrate that includes: a core layer, a first laminated layer on a first surface of the core layer, and a second laminated layer on a second surface of the core layer, the rigid substrate having a cutout in the core layer and the second laminated layer on one side face of the rigid substrate; and a flexible substrate inserted into the cutout in the rigid substrate on the one side face and laterally and externally protruding from the one side face of the rigid substrate, wherein the rigid substrate has opposing walls each constituted of the second laminated layer and the core layer erected on the first laminated layer to define inner side faces, respectively, of the cutout so as to accommodate the flexible substrate in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the side face of the rigid substrate extends.

Abstract: In a camera module, a planar part, which is for mitigating deformation of the surface of a second insulating portion on which an imaging device is mounted, is embedded in the second insulating portion of a substrate so as to face the imaging device mounted on the surface (top surface) of the second insulating portion.

Abstract: A print control system 1 includes a control server 10 that opens a communication path for asynchronous duplex communication, generates print data, and outputs the generated print data by the opened communication path; and a printer 12 that opens a communication path, receives the print data by the opened communication path, and prints based on the received print data.

Abstract: A POS terminal 8 in a transaction system 1 transmits control data instructing executing a transaction-related process during a transaction; a recording device 12 receives the control data, executes a process based on the control data, transmits transaction information based on the control data and transaction identification information identifying the transaction information, and outputs a 2D code representing the transaction identification information; a terminal 14 reads the transaction identification information from the 2D code output by the recording device 12, and transmits the transaction identification information that was read and a customer ID, which is identification information to store; and a control server 10 receives the transaction information and transaction identification information from the recording device 12, receives the transaction identification information and customer ID from the terminal 14, and relationally stores the transaction information and customer ID when both of the receiv

Abstract: A circuit substrate of one aspect of the present invention includes a first substrate body made of a flexible wiring substrate and having a first edge and a second edge opposite to the first edge, the first substrate body having a bottomed or bottomless recess adjacent to the first edge; a plate-shaped or frame-shaped reinforcement member disposed in the recess of the first substrate body adjacent to the first edge; a pair of resin layers sandwiching the reinforcement member in the recess and a portion of the first substrate body adjacent to the reinforcement member including the first edge, each of the resin layers having a circuit portion formed thereon electrically connected to the flexible wiring substrate.

Abstract: An external device can use, by a simple means, information printed by a printer. A control server 15 capable of communicating with a printer 12 has a control server controller 40 that receives data from the printer 12, determines based on the received data if a previously registered specific condition is met, and if the condition is met, sends information based on the data to a store manager terminal 16.

Abstract: A multilayer circuit substrate obtained by alternately stacking conductor layers and insulator layers. The conductor layers include a core layer having a greater thickness than any of the other conductor layers and located in an inner layer of the multilayer circuit substrate. A first conductor layer facing the core layer through an insulator layer has first signal wires that transmit high frequency signals, and through-holes are formed in the core layer along the first signal wires in a location facing the first signal wires.

Abstract: Provided is a module substrate including an inductor that can be made thinner and smaller. A module substrate according to an aspect of the present invention includes a substrate member having a mounting surface on which electronic components are mounted, a magnetic core disposed within the substrate member, and a conductor coil provided in the substrate member and wound around the magnetic core. The module substrate has a configuration in which an inductor is built into the substrate member, which makes it possible to make the overall module substrate smaller and thinner.

Abstract: A copying apparatus includes a capturing unit that divides an image on a document into plural regions and captures an image of each region, a storage unit that stores data representing the image of the region, a forming unit that reads the data and forms an image represented by the data on a medium, and an instruction unit that determines a capture start time on the basis of a size of the data and instructs the capturing unit to start capturing the image at the capture start time.

Abstract: A substrate for embedding an imaging device includes: a core layer; a first multilayered wiring layer that is formed onto the core layer, the core layer and the first multilayered wiring layer having a cavity penetrating therethrough; a second multilayered wiring layer that is formed onto the core layer on a side opposite to the first multilayered wiring layer and that includes a conductive pattern formed at a position facing the cavity; a resin portion that is arranged inside the cavity and includes a bottom surface supported by the second multilayered wiring layer, a side face supported by the core layer, and a curved surface formed on a side opposite to the bottom surface; and an imaging device adhered along the curved surface inside the cavity.

Abstract: An embedded component substrate includes: a core layer; a first electrode provided on a top surface of the core layer with a first insulating layer therebetween; and a second electrode provided on a bottom surface of the core layer with a second insulating layer therebetween, wherein a cavity is formed in the embedded component substrate from a top surface thereof to expose the second insulating layer at a bottom of the cavity, wherein a placement region is defined on the bottom of the cavity, for accommodating an electronic component; and wherein the embedded component substrate further includes a pad electrode on a portion of the second insulating layer, exposed by the cavity, surrounding the placement region located on the bottom of the cavity, the pad electrode vertically protruding from a top surface of the exposed second insulating layer upwardly and being configured to electrically connect to the electronic component.