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20080213003 | PARTICLE SUPPLY APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PARTICLE ACCOMMODATING UNIT TRANSPORTING METHOD - A particle supply apparatus for supplying particles to a supply destination is disclosed that includes a particle supply apparatus main frame, a particle accommodating unit that accommodates the particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout gas toward the particles, and a conveying mechanism that applies suction to the particles accommodated in the particle accommodating unit and conveys the particles toward the supply destination. The particle accommodating unit is installed in the particle supply apparatus main frame and is arranged to rest on a face at the bottom portion side during operation, and the particle accommodating unit is detached from the particle supply apparatus main frame and is arranged to rest on a face other than the face at the bottom portion side during transportation. | 09-04-2008 |
20090129838 | PARTICLE SUPPLY APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A particle supply apparatus is disclosed that includes a particle accommodating unit that accommodates particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout gas toward the particles, a conveying mechanism that applies suction to the particles accommodated in the particle accommodating unit and conveys the particles toward a supply destination, and a gas discharge unit that discharges gas contained within the particle accommodating unit toward an exterior side of the particle accommodating unit. | 05-21-2009 |
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20110198399 | CODE SYMBOL READING APPARATUS AND READING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code symbol reading apparatus includes a decoder, a candidate area detection unit, a direction determination unit, and a direction notification unit. The decoder decodes a code symbol attached to an article, based on an image picked up by a camera. The candidate area detection unit detects an image area to be a candidate of the code symbol from the image of the article picked up by the camera. The direction determination unit determines such a direction that a decoding rate of the code symbol becomes higher based on the image area detected by the candidate area detection unit when the decoder cannot decode the code symbol. The direction notification unit notifies of the direction determined by the direction determination unit. | 08-18-2011 |
20110198400 | CODE SYMBOL READING APPARATUS AND READING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code symbol reading apparatus includes a scanner, a camera, a candidate area detection unit, a direction determination unit, and a direction notification unit. The candidate area detection unit detects an image area to be a candidate of the code symbol from an image of the image pickup area picked up by the camera. The direction determination unit determines such a direction that the image area to be the candidate of the code symbol overlaps the scanning area, when the code symbol cannot be read though the image area to be the candidate of the code symbol is detected by the candidate area detection unit. The direction notification unit notifies of the direction determined by the direction determination unit. | 08-18-2011 |
20120043375 | LABEL ISSUING DEVICE AND LABEL ISSUING METHOD - A label issuing device includes an imaging portion, an image output portion that outputs images captured by the imaging portion, an object recognition portion that recognizes a specific object by reading a feature amount of the output images, an information reading portion that reads information for the recognized object from a file storing information related to the object, and a label issuing portion that prints the read information for the object on a label and issues the label. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047037 | STORE SYSTEM AND SALES REGISTRATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a similarity determining section configured to calculate similarity indicating to which degree the recognized object is similar to a reference image of the object determined in advance and determine whether the calculated similarity exceeds a threshold set in advance; and a defective informing section configured to inform, if the similarity determining section determines that the calculated similarity does not exceed the threshold set in advance, that the object is not recognized as a regular commodity. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047038 | STORE SYSTEM AND SALES REGISTRATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a registering section configured to perform sales registration, concerning the recognized object, on the basis of a file that stores information concerning the object and used for the sales registration; and a check-image display section configured to set an image concerning the recognized object in a state viewed from a customer side during counter selling and display the image on a display section together with the information related to the sales registration of the object. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047039 | STORE SYSTEM AND SALES REGISTRATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a check-image display section configured to display, on a display section, at least an image concerning the recognized object; and a problem solving section configured to receive, when there is a problem in the recognition of the object, an instruction indicating the problem and solve the problem according to content of the received instruction. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047040 | STORE SYSTEM AND SALES REGISTRATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a registering section configured to perform sales registration, concerning the recognized object, on the basis of a file that stores information related to the object and used for the sales registration; and a check-image display section configured to display an image concerning the object on a display section together with the information related to the sales registration of the object. | 02-23-2012 |
20140090905 | LABEL ISSUING DEVICE AND LABEL ISSUING METHOD - A label issuing device includes an imaging portion, an image output portion that outputs images captured by the imaging portion, an object recognition portion that recognizes a specific object by reading a feature amount of the output images, an information reading portion that reads information for the recognized object from a file storing information related to the object, and a label issuing portion that prints the read information for the object on a label and issues the label. | 04-03-2014 |