Abstract: According to one embodiment, a shopping cart includes a cart, a display, a registration and a display control unit. The cart configured to convey commodities. The display mounted on the cart. The registration unit configured to register a customer who operates the cart. The display control unit configured to display on the display premium infatuation indicating premium which is offered to the customer registered by the registration unit within the premiums offered to customers when purchasing commodity.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus disposed on a shopping cart, comprises a display section; an input section; a position acquiring section of the shopping; a detecting section configured to detect the moving or the stopping of the shopping cart; a counting section configured to count a duration time of the stop state of the shopping cart while the detecting section detects the stopping of the shopping cart; an operation-lock control section configured to read a standby time and limit the display operation of the display section and the accepting operation of the input section.

Abstract: There are provided a reading unit emitting radio waves to a predetermined region and reading information from wireless tags responding to the radio waves; an output level control unit changing output levels of the radio waves emitted by the reading unit to values corresponding to the plural kinds of wireless tags with different response distances; a storage unit storing a table in which the output levels validating the information read from the wireless tags are associated as valid outputs with respective kinds of wireless tag; and a selection unit selecting the information read from the respective wireless tags based on the kinds of wireless tags communicating with the reading unit using the radio waves of the output levels and the valid outputs of the respective kinds of wireless tags stored in the table.

Abstract: Query signals to one or more wireless tags are transmitted via radio communication, and a distance to a wireless tag to be retrieved is informed according to strength of a response signal from the wireless tag to be retrieved, which is included in the response signals transmitted from the one or more wireless tags via radio communication.

Abstract: The radio-tag data containing the merchandise management data about an item of merchandise from the radio tag attached to the item of merchandise. It is determined whether a prescribed one of the bytes constituting the radio-tag data is identification data that specifies the merchandise management data. If the prescribed byte is determined to be identification data, a prescribed number of bytes following the prescribed byte are extracted from the radio-tag data. The bytes thus extracted are output as merchandise management data.

Abstract: The radio-tag data containing the merchandise management data about an item of merchandise from the radio tag attached to the item of merchandise. It is determined whether a prescribed one of the bytes constituting the radio-tag data is identification data that specifies the merchandise management data. If the prescribed byte is determined to be identification data, a prescribed number of bytes following the prescribed byte are extracted from the radio-tag data. The bytes thus extracted are output as merchandise management data.

Abstract: Query signals to one or more wireless tags are transmitted via radio communication, and a distance to a wireless tag to be retrieved is informed according to strength of a response signal from the wireless tag to be retrieved, which is included in the response signals transmitted from the one or more wireless tags via radio communication.

Abstract: A merchandise sales data processing apparatus including a tag reader section that reads information from a memory of a radio tag processes sales data of merchandise attached with the radio tag based on the information read from the memory of the radio tag. Besides, the apparatus generates a password for restricting access to the memory of the radio tag. Then, the apparatus writes the generated password into the radio tag.

Abstract: The radio-tag data containing the merchandise management data about an item of merchandise from the radio tag attached to the item of merchandise. It is determined whether a prescribed one of the bytes constituting the radio-tag data is identification data that specifies the merchandise management data. If the prescribed byte is determined to be identification data, a prescribed number of bytes following the prescribed byte are extracted from the radio-tag data. The bytes thus extracted are output as merchandise management data.