Abstract: A carton has a triangular shaped internal buttress arrangement for enhancing the stacking strength of the carton. The arrangment is formed from the distal portion of at least one of the side end flaps.

Abstract: A packing box for photosensitive recording material comprising a box body 5 and a lid member 9, wherein the box body 5 includes a storage section 11 and a lid-covered portion 13; the lid-covered portion 13 includes a lid-covered fixed surface 15 and a lid-covered rotatable portion 19 rotatable outward and downward along a valley bending line 17, a first lid-covered end surface 21 having an upper corner portion formed into an arcuate shape and a second lid-covered end surface 23; and the lid-covered rotatable portion 19 is formed with an inner flap 43 on the side of the second lid-covered end surface 23.

Abstract: A flat box blank and a method of folding the box blank to construct boxes or similar packaging of various sizes without having to use adhesives or fasteners and without requiring any special tools or skill. The box blank includes a back, top, bottom, front and opposite side walls and fold lines running therebetween along which the blank is folded during construction of the box. The top of the box is rotated relative to the side walls thereof so as to have an open configuration, at which items can be placed into or removed from the box, and a closed configuration at which to prevent a loss of the items being stored and carried within the box. Once constructed, the box of the present invention is ideally suited for carrying business cards, food items, and the like, depending upon the particular size of box.

Abstract: A holder for a coated paper cup is provided. The holder is made from a stretch material that has good insulating properties, such as neoprene. The holder has an open top end and an open bottom end and is tapered to fit a cup.

Abstract: An asset management system is provided. The system may include one or more data collection devices configured to monitor one or more operating conditions of a machine in real time. The system may also include a processor configured to receive data from the one or more data collection devices and compare the received data to a set of usage terms of a warranty agreement relating to the machine. The system may be configured to communicate, in real time, to at least one of an owner and an operator, information regarding the warrantability of the machine or its components under the warranty agreement. The communication of information may be based on the comparison of the received data to the set of usage terms of the warranty agreement.

Abstract: A method and carrier information system (500) for transferring information to at least one target device is provided. The method can include receiving (105) a request for contact information from a requesting device. The method can further include transferring (110) at least a portion of the contact information to a contact information database of the target device in response to receiving the request. The contact information can include a phone number, a facsimile number, a physical address, an email address, a universal resource locator (URL), directions to a location or an image.

Abstract: A system for managing the production of retail tickets in accordance with a ticket order includes a ticketing services bureau adapted to receive the ticket order and a print center to print tickets in accordance with the ticket order. The system additionally includes a client connected to the ticketing services bureau via an electronic network. As part of an interactive ticket proofing process, the client is capable of electronically retrieving an on-screen ticket proof from the ticketing services bureau and, if necessary, dynamically modifying the on-screen ticket proof in real time. The ticketing services bureau then generates an output data file based on the original ticket order, the edited on-screen ticket proof and print characteristics of the printer that will execute the ticket order. In this manner, the print center uses the output data file to generate tickets that closely resemble the on-screen ticket proof approved by the client.

Abstract: A system for managing the production of retail tickets in accordance with a ticket order includes a ticketing services bureau that receives the ticket order and a print center that prints tickets in accordance with the ticket order. The system additionally includes a client connected to the ticketing services bureau via the internet. As part of an interactive ticket proofing process prior to the execution of the ticket order, the client electronically retrieves an on-screen proof and, if necessary, dynamically modifies the on-screen proof in real time. As one feature of the invention, the ticketing services bureau converts size information in the ticket order into a corresponding color element in the on-screen proof. As another feature of the invention, the client can optionally receive a physical ticket sample prior to execution of the ticket order, the ticket sample being generated by a digital press using the tentatively approved on-screen proof.

Abstract: A system and method of tracking time spent at a location by a person is provided, which involves: (a) providing at least one machine-readable location identification code at the location to provide location information for the location; (b) providing the person with a reader for reading the at least one machine-readable location identification code at the location; (c) on arrival of the person at the location, reading a first-read machine-readable location identification code in the at least one machine-readable location identification code using the reader and determining an arrival time based on when the first-read machine-readable location identification code is read; (d) on departure of the person from the location, reading a last-read machine-readable location identification code in the at last one machine-readable location identification code using the reader and determining a departure time based on when the last-read machine-readable location identification code is read; (e) between the arrival time a

Abstract: A system for use in assisting a self-service transaction at a service facility includes one or more self-service terminals, each configured to gather transaction information associated with a customer who is engaged in a business transaction with the service facility through the self-service terminal. A data-management system is configured to store the transaction information gathered from each customer according to a database schema created for the service facility.

Abstract: A system for use in assisting a financial transaction between a financial-services institution and a customer of that institution includes a display component including circuitry for creating a visual display for a human user of the system and a mobile interface component configured to receive information gathered by a self-service terminal through which the customer engages in the financial transaction. The system also includes a control component configured to receive from the mobile interface component information related to the financial transaction and to deliver the information to the display component for presentation to the user. The display component, mobile interface component, and control component are all packaged in a housing of a size that allows the user to hold the system in one hand while using it.

Abstract: A workstation and a method for providing remote lockout override is disclosed. The workstation includes lockout functionality, wherein at least a portion of the functionality of the workstation is locked when a lockout module in the workstation detects a violation of a predetermined rule. The workstation includes an override request module that provides a user with a menu of active supervisors and sends an override request message to a supervisor selected from the menu of active supervisors. When the workstation receives an override response message that authorizes overriding the rule, the workstation is unlocked.

Abstract: A transaction recording system for use in recording a transaction occurring at a point-of-sale. The system includes a video capture device having a field of vision. The video capture device captures, produces and transmits video data signals representative of the field of vision of the device, and the video capture device is positioned within an enclosure at a desired position at the point-of-sale. The system includes a point-of-sale processing system located at or near the point-of-sale for receiving, processing, storing and/or transmitting video data signals. The field of vision of the video capture device views at least a portion of the point-of-sale during at least a portion of the transaction.

Abstract: This invention includes an inspection unit which includes a first inspection unit which includes a first detection unit which detects a first feature amount and a second detection unit which detects a second feature amount and specifies the classification of the sheet, and a second inspection unit which performs authenticity determination.

Abstract: A system for identifying an individual in an electronic transaction The system comprises a terminal (10, 12), an independent portable device (20) including a data processing means, and a wireless coupling means (RF COMMUNICATION) for exchanging individual-identification data between said terminal and said portable device. A body-medium communication means (OSC COMMUNICATION) including a transmitter in the terminal and a receiver in the portable device is provided to transmit from the terminal to the portable device a connection code (CONNECTION CODE) at the onset of a transaction upon physical contact established by the individual between the terminal and the portable device. A control means in the portable device checks said connection code received and conditionally issues to the terminal through said wireless coupling means (RF COMMUNICATION) a signal for enabling further execution of said transaction in response to said connection code complying with predetermined criteria.

Abstract: Credit card applications typically involve the help of a third party to input the necessary data required by a credit card issuing agency. Using the present invention, a customer at a fuel dispenser can complete a credit card application and have it approved or denied in a quick and easy transaction, without the need of assistance from a third party. All required data at the fuel dispenser is entered through a user interface which includes card swipe inputs and numeric inputs through a numeric key pad. The customer does not make any alphabetical inputs on a typical keyboard because fuel dispensers do not have keyboards.

Abstract: An authentication system for the authorization of a transaction card, such as a credit card, an ATM card or a secured personal ID card by a user. The authentication system includes a writer authenticator input unit for inputting and encrypting of personal authentication data and information of a user to the transaction card for security purposes. The transaction card is defined to be a credit card, an ATM card or a secured personal ID card. The authentication system further includes a cardholder input unit for the user to insert the transaction card of the user, and a vendor unit for use by a vendor for verifying the personal authentication data information of the user when using the transaction card for completing a transaction. Additionally, the authentication system includes the computer system for inputting encrypted personal data and medical information to the transaction card by the user.

Abstract: A process for validating an identification badge or plastic card for a plurality of predetermined periods of time. The process includes generating, preferably randomly, an initial image for an initial predetermined period of time and then transmitting this initial image to a printing device. The printing device prints the image on the identification badge to thereby validate the badge for the initial predetermined period of time. Thereafter, a subsequent image is randomly generated for a subsequent predetermined period of time. This subsequent image is then transmitted to the printing device. The initial image is then removed from the identification badge and the subsequent image printed on the identification badge to validate the badge for the subsequent predetermined period of time.

Abstract: A personal information verification system using an intermediary server and a settlement institution server, where personal information with an electronic signature, showing a desired purchase and a first version of item hash information are received from a person terminal. Then, the intermediary server generates a second version of item hash information by hiding the purchase item and adding an electronic signature, and transmits the second version of the item hash information to the settlement institution server. The settlement institution server sends a payment bill to a seller, generates the third version of the item hash information, and transmits the third version of the item hash information together with the amended personal information. The intermediary server generates a fourth version of the item hash information and transmits the personal information and the first to fourth versions of the item hash information to the seller terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a reader/writer that reads or writes information from or in an IC module, in which one or more applications are loaded, in response to an instruction issued from a controller in which counter-applications compatible with the applications are loaded includes: a memory in which one or more pieces of IC access authentication information that are associated with the applications in the IC module and that are used to authenticate the associated applications respectively are stored and in which pieces of group authentication information are stored in association with groups into which the pieces of IC access authentication information are sorted according to the applications; and a control unit that authenticates a counter-application using group authentication information and that, if the authentication succeeds, permits the counter-application to use IC access authentication information belonging to a group identified with the group authentication information used for the successful authentication.

Abstract: A purchasing aid logistics appliance that assists a purchaser with a shopping list generation, in-store product location, automated checkout, and financial management. The PAL is in the form of a battery operated PAL with touch screen display and multimedia input/output. The PAL functions as a fiduciary aid and two-way communications device secure for managing money and processing perishable data. The PAL can function as a stand-alone device or synchronized with a user's personal computer via a RF or IR link.

Abstract: The invention includes a system for cash fuel purchases including: an identity product for issuance to cash customers and having machine-readable database key information encoded therein; a reader for reading the machine-readable database key information encoded on the identity product; a relational database for storing identifying information, transaction records, a discount indicator, and a status indicator for each of the cash customers issued an identity product, where the status indicator is used to approve or disapprove requested transactions, where each of the cash customer's identifying information is related in the database to the corresponding database key information encoded on each cash customer's issued identity product, where the database is in communication with the reader via a computer network; a transaction locking device for allowing a transaction to proceed upon unlocking; a transaction approval code segment loaded on a general purpose computer in communication with the reader via a networ

Abstract: An information processing apparatus installed at a ticket gate for performing a ticket inspection process, includes an authentication unit for authenticating a communication terminal mounted on a passenger passing through the ticket gate by communicating the communication terminal, the communication terminal communicating using as a communication medium a dielectric material including the human body of the passenger, a ticket inspection unit for performing the ticket inspection process on the communication terminal, a registration unit for registering an identification of the communication terminal, an identification determination unit for determining whether the identification of the communication terminal acquired in communication with the communication terminal is registered by the registration unit, an information acquisition unit for acquiring subscription information of a content stored on the communication terminal, and a delivery unit for delivering the content to the communication terminal in accorda

Abstract: A method of interacting with a product item is provided. The product item comprises a product contained in a package, the package having an interface surface containing information relating to the product, the interface surface having disposed thereon coded data identifying a product identity and a plurality of locations on the interface surface. The method comprises the step of: (a) sensing at least some of the coded data in the vicinity of the sensing device when a user interacts with the product item by placing a sensing device in an operative position relative to the interface surface; (b) generating indicating data using at least some of the sensed coded data, said indicating data comprising data regarding the identity of the product item and a position of the sensing device relative to the interface surface; and (c) sending the indicating data to a computer system. The method enables the computer system to identify the interaction between the user and the product item.

Abstract: An apparatus for identifying oilfield tubular assets. A ring having an inner diameter is supported within the inner diameter of the tubular asset so that the inner diameter of the ring is substantially flush with the inner diameter of the tubular asset. At least one electronic circuit supported by the ring and adapted to transmit a unique identification code to a portable receiver. The portable receiver may have a display to communicate identity of the tubular asset. The portable receiver may display tubular asset maintenance and usage records stored at a central location or at the electronic circuit.

Abstract: A product inventory management cabinet including a cabinet chassis configured to contain an inventory of product units having RFID tags, a reader configured to wirelessly detect the RFID tags, and a data processing system connected to communicate with the reader and to maintain a product inventory list and a consumed product list according to the detected RFID tags. There is also a method for product inventory management, including detecting a plurality of RFID tags in a cabinet, each RFID tag associated with a product unit and creating a current inventory list comprising identifiers corresponding to the detected plurality of RFID tags.

Abstract: A trans-axial cutting apparatus used for cutting an inner surface of an opening formed within an object and accessible from outside the object. The apparatus comprises an elongate portable frame. The frame supports a cutting member on the first side and a stabilizing member on the second side. The stabilizing member is adapted to secure the apparatus during operation of the cutting member. The apparatus may be used to cut a counter bore, a longitudinal slot or groove at a desired depth, a helical slot or groove at a desired depth, or a slot or groove at a desired depth and along a desired path within the opening. Additionally, the apparatus is adapted to make any of the preceding cuts in a tapered or stepped manner within the opening of the object.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-application IC card capable of displaying a plurality of card functions internally incorporated so as to be easily comprehensible. Further, it provides an information processing unit such as a mobile terminal device to utilize card functions with the corresponding IC card held. In the invention, the IC card 10 having a plurality of card functions is configured so as to hold obverse side data to display images 21 and 22 of the obverse sides of respective cards. Using the obverse side data, it is possible to display the images 21 and 22 of the obverse sides of the cards expressing respective card functions of the IC card 10, wherein a user is able to intuitively interpret the types of card functions internally incorporated in the IC card 10 on the basis of the obverse side images 21 and 22.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for a more efficient use of an interface between a smart card and a device, the interface comprising contacts and being adapted to allow data transfer between the smart card and the device characterized in that it comprises a step of allocating functions to the contacts within the interface so as to have a more efficient use of the contacts in the interface. The invention also relates to a smart card and a device in which the method is carried out.

Abstract: The apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag includes: a signal processing circuit and a radio frequency circuit transmission unit configured to create RFID tag information which is to be written to an IC circuit part of each RFID circuit element To that transmits/receives information, the RFID circuit element To includes the IC circuit part configured to updatably store information and a tag antenna connected to said IC circuit part; and a device antenna configured to transmit RFID tag information to the tag antenna by radio communication and write the RFID tag information to the IC circuit part, disposed so as to provide at least a area X where communication can be made near the feeding-out portion of a first roll formed by a base tape including a plurality of RFID circuit elements To.

Abstract: A mass storage memory card adds functionality to host devices with which it is used. In addition to the ability to store large amounts of user files and protect them from unauthorized duplication, a mass storage device according to the present invention enables near field communications with a portable electronic device that otherwise does not have such functionality. In a preferred embodiment the mass storage device has a mother/daughter configuration wherein the daughter card is a fully functioning micro-SD card that can be used independently. The mother card can be accepted in an SD card slot and communicates via the SD protocol. Whether or not the daughter card is present in the mother card, a host with the mass storage device therein will be capable of near field communications. These communications can be peer to peer or can be used to purchase goods or services as a sort of electronic wallet.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an interrogator includes a beam generator operable to scan a variable-power beam across a field of view, a detector aligned to receive an electromagnetic signal from the field of view and generate a corresponding detection signal, and a controller operatively coupled to the detector and the beam generator and operable to vary the power of the beam as it scans across the field of view responsive to the detection signal. According to an embodiment, an illumination system includes an illumination source operable to provide spatially-varying illumination, a detector configured to receive scattered energy from the spatially-varying illumination, and an electronic controller operable to vary the spatial variation of the illumination responsive to the scattered energy received by the detector.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for collecting, processing and displaying medical measurement data in human-readable and machine-readable formats. The system may collect medical measurement data using one or more sensors. The system may then analyze the collected measurement data as well as various characteristics of the available display device. Based on these characteristics, the system may select an optimum barcode format for displaying the measurement data. The system may then convert the measurement data into the selected barcode format and display the measurement data in the selected barcode format and an alphanumeric format on the display device. The barcoded measurement data may then be scanned by a scanning device and transmitted to a computer system for storage and further analysis.

Abstract: A method for data interchange includes summing up data associated with an electronic document to provide summed up data, representing the summed up data as one or more bar codes, and returning the one or more bar codes for display and data capture via a bar code scan from either a video display or a printed version of the one or more bar codes. The electronic document may be of any number of formats. The summing up may include taking data from multiple information fields to create the summed up data. The data may include data tags or a step of adding data tags to the data to assist in data interchange may be performed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device for recognizing a two-dimensional code in which predetermined information is coded by two-dimensionally arranging a plurality of cells according to a predetermined arrangement rule, the information processing device including detecting means and obtaining means. In the information processing device, the detecting means detects the position determining part on a basis of binarized data obtained as a result of binarizing the image of the two-dimensional code on a basis of a first threshold value. The obtaining means detects the arrangement rule of the cells present in the area identified by the position determining part on a basis of binarized data obtained as a result of binarizing the area identified by the position determining part on a basis of a second threshold value different from the first threshold value, and obtains the predetermined information.

Abstract: A barcode system includes an apparatus with a first subcomponent and a second subcomponent. The first subcomponent has a first barcode portion, and the second subcomponent has a second barcode portion. When the first subcomponent is correctly assembled with the second subcomponent, the first barcode portion is correctly aligned with the second barcode portion, such that a readable barcode is formed by the first and second barcode portions. The barcode system also includes a scanner for reading the readable barcode formed by the first and second barcode portions. The scanner may be connected to a display to display output from the scanner.

Abstract: A two-dimensional bar code recognizable by an information processing device, wherein elemental two-dimensional bar codes in which predetermined information is coded by two-dimensionally arranging a plurality of cells according to a predetermined arrangement rule form a nested structure.

Abstract: Bar code information is printed on a printable surface associated with a product, such as a label or container of the product, or the product itself, during a production run under the control of a printer computer. The bar code information may include two components of a composite bar code symbol, where the first component is either pre-printed or printed during a production run, and the second component is printed during the production run. The first component may identify a product that is carried in the containers, while the second component identifies a lot, batch, expiration date or commodity number. In another aspect, check data is used to confirm the accuracy of information that is used by a printer computer to control a printer. In another aspect, first and second bar code symbols portions are read to recover information, and a database is accessed to determine if the recovered information is consistent.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a system of optical components for generating an image of a surface of a component which emits light which is radially symmetrical, at least in part, for an optical surface measurement thereof, the surface normal of the radially symmetrical region in the measuring position of the component being inclined at a maximum angle of 90° with respect to the component axis. Radially symmetrical outer surface regions having surface normals directed at an angle with respect to the axis of symmetry may be quickly and easily provided for testing surface characteristics by designing the system for measuring outer surfaces, and including a mirror which may be associated with the component and which in measuring mode captures the portion of the beam emitted from the radially symmetrical region of the surface to be measured and supplies same to additional imaging components in the system for processing the image.

Abstract: A digital-imaging based code symbol reading system comprising an image sensing array with a field of view (FOV), an illumination subsystem with an LED illumination array, an automatic illumination measurement subsystem, an illumination control subsystem, and programmed imager processor supporting an image-processing based illumination metering program. The automatic illumination measurement subsystem automatically measures the illumination level at a particular region of the FOV and determines the illumination duration necessary to achieve a desired spatial intensity in the detected digital image. The illumination metering program automatically analyzes and measures, in real-time, the spatial intensity distribution of the digital image and determines whether or not a corrected illumination duration is required or desired when detecting the next or subsequent digital images, during the current or subsequent object illumination and imaging cycle.

Abstract: Digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing a micro-computing platform supporting an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture the system comprises: an image formation and detection subsystem; an illumination subsystem; an illumination control subsystem; an image processing subsystem; an input/output subsystem; and a system control subsystem. The image formation and detection subsystem has an area-type image sensing array for detecting digital images of objects formed thereon by image formation optics providing a field of view (FOV) for the system. Within the FOV of the image formation and detection subsystem, the illumination subsystem produces a field of illumination that illuminates the object during the image capture mode of operation, and one or more 2d digital images thereof are detected by an area-type image sensing array.

Abstract: An optical pattern generator includes one or more multi-faceted rotating optical elements that introduce an offset that is rotation insensitive. The component that generates the offset is rotationally symmetric around the rotational axis of the optical element. Thus, as the optical element rotates, the effect of the offset component does not change. In addition, rotating optical elements may be designed to counteract unwanted optical effects of each other.

Abstract: A wireless automatically-activated bar code symbol reading system for use in a work environment, the system including a device controller programmed to automatically detect when a wireless hand-supportable bar code symbol reader is located inside of a predetermined RF communication range based on measuring the strength of a detected reference signal, and thereupon to automatically transmit to a first RF-based transceiver, the symbol character data string produced while the wireless hand-supportable bar code symbol reader is located inside of the predetermined RF communication range.

Abstract: A digital-imaging based code symbol reading system having a hands-on mode operation and a hands-free presentation mode of operation, and supporting automatic programming of system parameters for automatic configuration of the system in hands-on and hands-free modes of operation. The system comprises: an image formation and detection subsystem; an illumination subsystem; a digital image processing subsystem; a system control subsystem for managing system parameters, and controlling and/or coordinating operations of the system; and a configuration detection mechanism. The image formation and detection subsystem has the area-type image sensing array for detecting digital images of objects formed thereon by image formation optics providing a field of view (FOV) for the system.

Abstract: A strap-on mounting apparatus includes a chassis having a frame formed by a pair of spaced-apart brackets having flexible couplings for removably mounting the mounting apparatus on a wearer's arm or leg extremity. The chassis rotatably supports a cradle that is structured for removably mounting a hand-held portable device of a type normally carried by people on their person. The cradle is rotatable relative to the chassis between different relative orientations. For example, the cradle is rotatable relative between a normal operational orientation that is substantially cross-wise to the arm or leg extremity, and a normal stored orientation that is substantially aligned with the extremity, with the cradle passing through a continuous series of intervening rotational orientations any of which may be useful as an operational orientation.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a label comprising a pasting part for pasting said label to an object and comprising an electronic device preferably for a radio frequency identification (RFID). In order to improve such a label, it is suggested that the electronic device is pivotably connected to said pasting part.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus that transmits error information about setting of a block size to a host device without making a design of the host device complicated and a control method thereof, are provided. The electronic apparatus of the present invention has: an interface section that transmits/receives a command, a response and data to/from the host device and when the data is a predetermined length or more, executes multi-block transmission; a data buffer; and a storage section that stores information about a block size, wherein when the interface section receives a block size setting command transmitted from the host device and the block size is larger than a capacity of the data buffer, it transmits a response including error information about incapability of accepting the block size at the time which has a predetermined relation to the block size setting command.

Abstract: A mass storage memory card adds functionality to host devices with which it is used. In addition to the ability to store large amounts of user files and protect them from unauthorized duplication, a mass storage device according to the present invention enables near field communications with a portable electronic device that otherwise does not have such functionality. In a preferred embodiment the mass storage device has a mother/daughter configuration wherein the daughter card is a fully functioning micro-SD card that can be used independently. The mother card can be accepted in an SD card slot and communicates via the SD protocol. Whether or not the daughter card is present in the mother card, a host with the mass storage device therein will be capable of near field communications. These communications can be peer to peer or can be used to purchase goods or services as a sort of electronic wallet.

Abstract: A structure and method for packaging flash memory cards is provided, including the steps of (a) placing a circuit board of said flash memory card inside a bottom plate; (b) placing a top plate on top of said bottom plate to cover said circuit board with only electrical connection parts of said circuit board exposed; and (c) using an insert molding process to form a covering layer on the circumference of said bottom plate and said top plate to form the shape of said flash memory card. The covering layer seals the seam of the bottom plate and the top plate to provide water-proof effect and reduce the defect rate and the manufacture cost.

Abstract: A removable electrical interface device for transferring data to and from a host adapted to operate in one of a universal serial bus (USB) compatible mode, a Mu mode and a non-USB compatible mode includes a first row of contact pads capable of supporting at least one of USB Standard-A connection, Mu mode connection or non-USB compatible mode connection, and a second row of contact pads capable of supporting the Mu mode connection and the non-USB compatible mode connection.