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20110055028 | ARTICLE SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an article sales data processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a selection acceptance unit, a confirmation unit, and a payment processing unit. The storage unit stores, for each article sold, sales data and information indicating a payment method prohibited for that article, of plural payment methods. The selection acceptance unit accepts selection of payment method. The confirmation unit refers to the information stored in the storage unit and confirms whether articles sold include an article for which payment by the payment method with its selection accepted by the selection acceptance unit is prohibited. If it is confirmed that the articles sold include an article for which payment is prohibited, the payment processing unit notifies that the articles sold include an article for which payment is prohibited, and executes payment for articles for which the same payment method is not prohibited, by the same payment method. | 03-03-2011 |
20110225071 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an input unit, a generating unit, and a transmitting unit. The input unit receives input of receipt time information of a commodity. The generating unit generates, according to the receipt time information input to the input unit, commodity information concerning the commodity including at least one of receipt date and time information and display date and time information of the commodity. The transmitting unit transmits the commodity information generated by the generating unit to an information display apparatus. | 09-15-2011 |
20110320298 | POS TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a POS terminal includes a printer, a display, a screen display section, a selection operation input section, and an issue section. The printer prints and issues a receipt related to a commodity transaction. The display displays information. The screen display section displays, on the display, a selection screen for selecting an information item to be printed on the receipt. The selection-operation input section selects, according to selection operation in the selection screen displayed by the screen display section, the information item to be printed on the receipt. The issue section issues a receipt on which the information item selected by the selection-operation input section is printed and an information item not selected by the selection-operation input section is not printed. | 12-29-2011 |
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20090248871 | SERVER AND CONNECTING DESTINATION SERVER SWITCH CONTROL METHOD - A connecting destination server switch control method for switching a server and the connecting destination of the server is provided, the method realizing a larger-scaled network system by distributing a load to each cache server, thus reducing the total load and dynamically modifying a logical network according to the load of each cache server even when there is a plurality of content servers that are content distributors. In a situation where cache servers whose management sources differ are connected in many steps, the total load caused by content acquisition can be reduced by modifying the content acquisition source server of a cache server for each piece of content. | 10-01-2009 |
20100144347 | WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A wireless terminal device includes: a receiving section for receiving information on a distance from a range covered by a connectable access point from another wireless terminal device; a search time determination section for determining a time to start searching for the access point based on the information on the distance received by the receiving section; and a search section for sleeping until the time determined by the search time determination section, and starting to search for the connectable access point at the determined time. | 06-10-2010 |
20100185766 | LOAD DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, LOAD DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A load distribution apparatus includes: a control unit that refers to a load information storage unit that stores load values of a plurality of information processing apparatuses, selects an information processing apparatus with the load value smaller than a predetermined threshold from the plurality of information processing apparatuses, and determines the information processing apparatus with the load value smaller than a predetermined threshold as an allocation destination of processing requests until the load value of the information processing apparatus reaches the predetermined threshold; and a transmitting unit that transmits the processing requests to the allocation destination determined by the control unit. | 07-22-2010 |
20100235390 | SEARCH DEVICE, SEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SEARCH PROGRAM - The search method includes: receiving a search request including plural search conditions; separating the plural search conditions into search conditions for individual databases; storing, for each database, the search condition and the database identifier in a condition record; searching a search result management table by the database identifier and the search condition; determining anterior search databases; searching each of the anterior search databases by the search condition to acquire a first search result; determining common entity identifiers included in common in the first search results; and searching each of posterior search databases by the common entity identifiers and the search condition. | 09-16-2010 |
20100325172 | Information Processing Apparatus and Method - An information processing method, to verify condition data specifying conditions as to multiple attribute values of an object and attribute values obtained from said object, includes verifying processing to obtain a new attribute value after change for an attribute value having the smallest change frequency of attribute values not satisfying the conditions specified by said condition data, and verify whether or not the new attribute value after said change satisfy the conditions of said condition data; and further executing said verifying processing as to other attribute values not satisfying the conditions specified by said condition data in the case that said new attribute value after change for the attribute value having the smallest change frequency satisfies said conditions. | 12-23-2010 |
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20100079928 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode composed of a valve metal or its alloy, a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the anode, a coupling agent layer formed by subjecting the dielectric layer to a surface treatment with a coupling agent having a phosphonic acid group, a conductive polymer layer formed on the coupling agent layer, and a cathode layer formed on the conductive polymer layer. | 04-01-2010 |
20100193745 | CONDUCTIVE POLYMER FILM, CONDUCTIVE POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A conductive polymer film obtained by using a polymerization liquid containing a monomer for a conductive polymer, an oxidizing agent, and an additive having a phosphonic acid group and an organic group or a polymerization liquid containing a monomer for a conductive polymer, an oxidizing agent, a basic first additive, and an acidic second additive to polymerize the monomer for the conductive polymer on a substrate, and an electronic device using the conductive polymer film. | 08-05-2010 |
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20100271757 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - To provide a solid electrolytic capacitor having a high capacitance and an excellent heat resistance. A solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode | 10-28-2010 |
20110188173 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The invention aims at providing a solid electrolytic capacitor having a high capacitance and a small equivalent series resistance (ESR) and a method for manufacturing the same. A solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode | 08-04-2011 |
20110205690 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE CAPACITOR - An aspect of the invention provides a solid electrolyte capacitor that comprises: an anode body; a dielectric layer formed on the surface of the anode body; a first polymer film formed on the dielectric layer and containing a first polymer; a second polymer film formed on the first polymer film and containing a second polymer that is different from the first polymer; a conducting polymer layer formed on the second polymer film and containing a conducting polymer that is different from the second polymer; and a cathode layer formed on the conducting polymer layer, wherein the first polymer film has a larger work function than that of the conducting polymer layer. | 08-25-2011 |
20120218681 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a solid electrolytic capacitor including an anode, a dielectric layer provided on a surface of the anode, a coupling agent layer provided on the dielectric layer, a conductive polymer layer provided on the coupling agent layer, and a cathode layer provided on the conductive polymer layer, wherein the coupling agent layer contains a first coupling agent having a phosphonic acid group and a second coupling agent which is a silane coupling agent, and a method for manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor. | 08-30-2012 |
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20110211021 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed liquid discharge head includes plural nozzles configured to discharge droplets; plural chambers in communication with the respective nozzles; a vibration plate member having a deformable vibration area configured to form a part of a wall surface of the chambers, a first projection in the deformable vibration area, and a second projection in a part corresponding to a partition wall between the chambers; and a piezoelectric member having a drive pillar bonded to the first projection and a non-drive pillar bonded to the second projection. A width of a base of the first projection is greater than a width of a base of the second projection, and a width of the drive pillar is less than a width of the non-drive pillar. | 09-01-2011 |
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20120004821 | TORQUE ESTIMATING SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A torque estimating system for an internal combustion engine including a plurality of cylinders is provided that is capable of accurately estimating torque for each cylinder. | 01-05-2012 |
20120173127 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of this invention is to promptly detect a crank angle based on in-cylinder pressures and easily compensate for a detection error by processing that has a low computational load. An ECU | 07-05-2012 |
20130042843 | SPECIFYING METHOD OF EGR RATE IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - To accurately specify an EGR rate from an output value of an in-cylinder pressure sensor, a specifying method of an EGR rate in an internal combustion engine of the present invention acquires an output value of an in-cylinder pressure sensor at an intake stroke to calculate comparison data related to an in-cylinder pressure at the intake stroke from the acquired sensor output value. An output value of the in-cylinder pressure sensor at an exhaust stroke of the same cycle is also acquired to calculate comparison data related to the in-cylinder pressure at the exhaust stroke from the acquired sensor output value. Two comparison data are compared to specify the EGR rate of an air-fuel mixture provided for combustion from a difference between the values. | 02-21-2013 |
20130133632 | EGR RATE DETERMINATION METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention makes it possible to accurately determine an EGR rate from an in-cylinder pressure. An EGR rate determination method for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention, a combustion period is calculated by using in-cylinder pressure data measured by an in-cylinder pressure sensor. An in-cylinder flame velocity is then calculated from the combustion period. Next, in accordance with prepared data indicative of the influence of an engine speed on the flame velocity, a portion of the flame velocity calculated from the combustion period that is affected by the engine speed is eliminated. Eventually, a current EGR rate is determined from the flame velocity from which the portion affected by the engine speed is eliminated. | 05-30-2013 |