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20130228104 | CASHBOX SYSTEM, CASHBOX APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHOD BY CASHBOX APPARATUS - A generation section, a first output section, a lock control section and a second output section. The cashbox apparatus includes a storage unit configured to receive a currency storage tool for storing currency, a door configured to open and close the storage unit, a locking device configured to lock and unlock the door, a detection section configured to detect the status of the door and an input section configured to input a first personal identification information. The generation section generates a second personal identification information. The first output section outputs the second personal identification information generated by the generation section. The lock control section enables the locking device to unlock if the second personal identification information generated by the generation section matches with the first personal identification information input by the input section. The second output section outputs the detection result of the detection section. | 09-05-2013 |
20140164193 | ELECTRONIC RECEIPT SYSTEM, COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGEMENT SERVER AND METHOD - An electronic receipt system generates electronic receipt information associated with commodity sales data in association with a member code of a consumer, stores company codes in a storage section in association with electronic receipt information in a plurality of electronic receipt management units corresponding to company codes representing different companies, and manages electronic receipt information associated with the plurality of company codes stored in each electronic receipt management unit. Then, the electronic receipt system displays, to an information processing apparatus corresponding to a member code of a consumer, the electronic receipt information containing at least one company code corresponding to the member code on a display section in association with company code. | 06-12-2014 |
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20130058541 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus comprises a category recognition section, a characteristic recognition section and a specifying section. The category recognition section recognizes the category of a commodity using input imaged images. The characteristic recognition section recognizes the characteristics of a specific attachment attached to the commodity using the input imaged images. The specifying section specifies the specific information of the commodity according to the category of the commodity that is recognized by the category recognition section and the characteristics of the specific attachment recognized by the characteristic recognition section. | 03-07-2013 |
20140249970 | ELECTRONIC RECEIPT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, an electronic receipt system includes an electronic receipt collective management unit, an electronic receipt transmission unit, and an electronic receipt display unit. The electronic receipt collective management unit manages electronic receipt information as digitized sales information related to in-store shopping in association with an first code for identifying a customer, and manages sales information, which is associated with a second code, from on-line shopping at a virtual store on a network as electronic receipt information by associating the second code with the first code. The electronic receipt transmission unit transmits the electronic receipt information associated with the first code to an information processing apparatus. The electronic receipt display unit displays the electronic receipt information transmitted to the information processing apparatus. | 09-04-2014 |
20140249971 | ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGEMENT SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An electronic receipt management server includes an electronic receipt management unit for managing a code of each consumer and electronic receipt information in correlation with each other, a first receiving unit for receiving from an information processing device of a consumer a selection of electronic receipt information that is an object of grouping, among the electronic receipt information correlated with the code, and a first grouping unit for grouping the selected electronic receipt information into a group to be managed by the electronic receipt management unit. | 09-04-2014 |
20140249997 | ELECTRONIC RECEIPT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGEMENT SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An electronic receipt system includes an electronic receipt generation unit configured to generate electronic receipt information relating to merchandise sales data, and correlate the electronic receipt information with a code of a consumer, an electronic receipt management unit configured to associate the electronic receipt information with a company code, an electronic receipt collective management unit configured to manage the electronic receipt information collectively for a plurality of the companies, a group associating unit configured to define a group by associating codes of different consumers with the group, and an electronic receipt transmission unit configured to transmit the electronic receipt information to information processing devices that are correlated with the codes that are associated with the group. An electronic receipt display unit of an information processing device is configured to display the electronic receipt information transmitted by the electronic receipt transmission unit. | 09-04-2014 |
20140249998 | ELECTRONIC RECEIPT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGING SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An electronic receipt managing server includes a reception unit configured to receive electronic receipt information relating to a sale of a merchandise at a store to a consumer, an electronic receipt management unit configured to manage the electronic receipt information, an additional information management unit configured to manage additional information, for example, warranty information, of the merchandise with the electronic receipt information, an electronic receipt transmission unit configured to transmit the electronic receipt information to an information processing device associated with a code of the consumer, and an additional information transmission unit configured to transmit the additional information to the information processing device. | 09-04-2014 |
20150073840 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC RECEIPT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a member association unit configured to maintain a code of a consumer, a reception unit configured to receive electronic receipt information and additional information corresponding to the code maintained by the member association unit from an electronic receipt management server, which associates the code of each consumer with the electronic receipt information and other information collected for a plurality of companies, the electronic receipt information including information concerning payments made by the consumer to each of the plurality of companies, and the additional information added to the electronic receipt information, and a display unit configured to display the electronic receipt information and the additional information, which are received by the reception unit. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090020434 | Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus - A substrate processing method makes it possible to fill interconnect recesses, such as trenches, with a defect-free interconnect material by carrying out electroplating directly on a surface of a ruthenium film as a barrier layer. The substrate processing method comprises: providing a substrate having interconnect recesses formed in a substrate surface and having a ruthenium film formed in the entire substrate surface including interior surfaces of the interconnect recesses; keeping the substrate surface in contact with a plating solution for a predetermined time to adsorb an additive in the plating solution onto the ruthenium film, and then carrying out electroplating to form a conductive film on a surface of the ruthenium film. | 01-22-2009 |
20100032315 | Electrolytic processing apparatus and electrolytic processing method - An electrolytic processing apparatus, prior to carrying out plating directly on, e.g., a ruthenium film of a substrate using the ruthenium film as a seed layer, can securely remove a passive layer formed on a surface of the ruthenium film even when the substrate is a large-sized high-resistance substrate, such as a 300-mm wafer, thereby reducing the terminal effect during the subsequent plating, improving the quality of a plated film and enabling filling of a void-free plated film into a fine interconnect pattern. The electrolytic processing apparatus includes: an anode disposed opposite a seed layer of a noble metal or a high-melting metal, formed on a substrate; a porous body impregnated with an electrolytic solution, disposed in a space, filled with the electrolytic solution, between the substrate and the anode; and a control section for controlling an electric field on a surface of the seed layer so that a reduction reaction takes place in the seed layer, thereby electrolytically and electrochemically removing a passive layer formed in the surface of the seed layer. | 02-11-2010 |
20100097607 | Film Thickness Measuring Method and Substrate Processing Apparatus - A film thickness measuring method can carry out measurement of a thickness of an oxide film more simply in a shorter time. The film thickness measuring method includes determining a thickness of an oxide film or thin film of a metal or alloy by solely using a phase difference Δ, measured by ellipsometry, based on a predetermined relationship between the phase difference Δ and the thickness of the oxide film or thin film of the metal or alloy. | 04-22-2010 |
20110155581 | METHOD FOR FORMING METAL FILM - A metal film-forming method is capable of forming a metal film on a surface of a base metal film, formed on a surface of a substrate, with sufficient adhesion to the base metal film even when a natural oxide film is formed on the surface of the base metal film. The metal film-forming method includes: preparing a substrate having a base metal film formed on a surface; and carrying out electroplating of the substrate using the base metal film as a cathode and another metal as an anode while immersing the substrate in a solution containing a metal complex and a reducing material, both dissolved in a solvent, to form a metal film, deriving from a metal contained in the metal complex, on the surface of the base metal film. | 06-30-2011 |
20140299476 | ELECTROPLATING METHOD - An electroplating method is disclosed. The method includes preparing a substrate having via holes in a surface thereof, performing a pretreatment of the substrate surface by immersing the substrate in a pretreatment liquid containing a plating suppressor to adsorb the plating suppressor onto the substrate surface, immersing the pretreated substrate in a plating solution containing a plating suppressor and a plating accelerator to replace the pretreatment liquid, attached to the substrate surface including interior surfaces of the via holes, with the plating solution, and then electroplating the substrate surface to fill the via holes with metal. | 10-09-2014 |
20150191830 | ETCHING LIQUID, ETCHING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLDER BUMP - An etching Liquid which can selectively remove only a copper layer in an etching process of a multilayer structure including a cobalt layer and the copper layer is disclosed. The etching liquid is an etching liquid for etching the copper layer in the multilayer structure including the copper layer and the cobalt layer. This etching liquid includes at least one acid selected from a group consisting of citric acid, oxalic acid, malic acid, and malonic acid, and hydrogen peroxide, the etching liquid having pH in a range of 4.3 to 5.5. | 07-09-2015 |
20150267302 | ELECTROLESS PLATING METHOD - An electroless plating method which can prevent stoppage of a plating reaction and a decrease in a plating rate is disclosed. This method includes: circulating a plating solution through a plating bath while heating the plating solution; immersing the substrate in the plating solution in the plating bath; forming a first electroless plating film on the substrate while circulating the plating solution at a first flow rate during a period from when the substrate is immersed in the plating solution until a predetermined time elapses; and forming a second electroless plating film on the first electroless plating film while circulating the plating solution at a second flow rate that is lower than the first flow rate after the predetermined time has elapsed. | 09-24-2015 |
20160042993 | ETCHING LIQUID, ETCHING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLDER BUMP - An etching liquid which can selectively remove only a copper layer in an etching process of a multilayer structure including a cobalt layer and the copper layer is disclosed. The etching liquid is an etching liquid for etching the copper layer in the multilayer structure including the copper layer and the cobalt layer. This etching liquid includes at least one acid selected from a group consisting of citric acid, oxalic acid, malic acid, and malonic acid, and hydrogen peroxide, the etching liquid having pH in a range of 4.3 to 5.5. | 02-11-2016 |
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20090304563 | Mercury removal system and method - The present invention provides a mercury removal system and method for effectively removing a mercury component, which is present in a gas stream in an extremely small amount in wet gas cleaning used for coal or heavy oil gasification, petroleum refining and the like. The mercury removal system in wet gas cleaning comprises a water washing tower for introducing therein a target gas containing a mercury component and transferring the mercury component into an absorbing solution, a flush drum ( | 12-10-2009 |
20120241306 | COAL REFORMING SYSTEM - A coal reforming system of the present invention includes a drying furnace for drying low-grade coal, a carbonizing furnace for carbonizing the dried low-grade coal, hot air generating furnaces for supplying hot air to the drying furnace or the carbonizing furnace, and a carbonizing gas circulation line for supplying a carbonizing gas, which is generated in the carbonizing furnace, as a fuel for the hot air generating furnaces while the temperature thereof is maintained. | 09-27-2012 |
20140252699 | DIRECT REDUCED IRON MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A direct reduced iron manufacturing system includes a gas reformer for supplying steam to reform natural gas, a gas heater being a heating unit for heating a reformed gas reformed by the gas reformer to a predetermined temperature, a direct reduction furnace for reducing iron ore directly into reduced iron using a high-temperature reducing gas, an acid gas removal unit having an acid gas component absorber and a regenerator for releasing the acid gas, and a recovery gas introduction line for supplying a recovery gas released from the regenerator to each of a reforming furnace of the gas reformer and a furnace of the gas heater. | 09-11-2014 |
20140252700 | DIRECT REDUCED IRON MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - Included are: a direct reduction furnace for reducing iron ore directly into reduced iron using a high-temperature reducing gas including hydrogen and carbon monoxide, an acid gas removal unit having an acid gas component absorber for removing, with an absorbent such as an amine-based solvent, acid gas components (CO | 09-11-2014 |
20140346403 | CARBON MONOXIDE SHIFT REACTION APPARATUS AND CARBON MONOXIDE SHIFT REACTION METHOD - A CO shift reaction apparatus is configured to suppress degradation of catalytic activity of a CO shift catalyst containing molybdenum and prolong the life of the catalyst. A CO shift reaction method uses the CO shift reaction apparatus. The CO shift reaction apparatus is configured to reform carbon monoxide contained in gas and includes a CO shift catalyst containing molybdenum; a reactor at least comprising: a gas inlet for introducing gas; a CO shift catalyst layer filled with the CO shift catalyst and through which the introduced gas passes; and a gas outlet for discharging the gas which has passed through the CO shift catalyst layer; and cooling means configured to cool the CO shift catalyst layer. | 11-27-2014 |
20140369915 | CATALYST FOR HYDROLYSIS OF CARBONYL SULFIDE AND HYDROGEN CYANIDE AND USE OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE-BASED COMPOSITION - Provided are a catalyst for hydrolysis and use of a titanium dioxide-based composition which are capable of removing COS and HCN simultaneously at high degradation percentages. The catalyst for hydrolysis is a catalyst for hydrolysis of carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen cyanide, having at least: an active component containing, as a main component, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of barium, nickel, ruthenium, cobalt, and molybdenum; and a titanium dioxide-based support supporting the active component. | 12-18-2014 |
20150291898 | CO SHIFT CATALYST, CO SHIFT REACTOR, AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING GASIFICATION GAS - Provided is a CO shift catalyst that reforms carbon monoxide (CO) in a gas. The CO shift catalyst includes an active component containing either molybdenum (Mo) or iron (Fe) as a main component, and either nickel (Ni) or ruthenium (Ru) as an accessory component, and a carrier which carries the active component and consists of one or two or more kinds of oxides of titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), and cerium (Ce). A temperature during catalyst manufacturing firing is set to 600° C. or higher, and an average pore size of the carrier is set to 300 Å or more. | 10-15-2015 |
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20100060954 | Image Scanner and Image Scanning Method - An image scanner includes a transparent plate, a scanning device, a driving device, a positioning member, a light absorbing portion and a white reference portion. The transparent plate has an original placing surface. The scanning device irradiates an original with light by means of a light source and scans reflected light from the original. The driving device reciprocates the scanning device along the transparent plate. The positioning member positions the original placed on the original placing surface of the transparent plate. The light absorbing portion, which is disposed on the original placing surface side of the positioning member and at substantially a central portion of the positioning member in moving directions of the scanning device, absorbs ambient light entering to the original placing surface side of the positioning member through the transparent plate. The white reference portion is provided to the original placing surface side of the positioning member. | 03-11-2010 |
20110075822 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires call identification information for identifying a caller during a call; a storage unit that stores first location information indicating a location on a network; a second acquisition unit that acquires, from the storage unit, the first location information corresponding to the acquired call identification information; a reception unit that receives, from another apparatus, display information which includes second location information indicating a location on the network of said another apparatus; a determination unit that determines whether the second location information received by the reception unit coincides with the first location information stored in the first storage unit; and a supply unit that supplies a display signal for displaying the received display information to a display unit during the call if the determination unit determines that the second location information coincides with the first location information. | 03-31-2011 |
20120281260 | Image Scanner and Image Scanning Method - An image scanner includes a transparent plate, a scanning device, a driving device, a positioning member, a light absorbing portion and a white reference portion. The transparent plate has an original placing surface. The scanning device irradiates an original with light by means of a light source and scans reflected light from the original. The driving device reciprocates the scanning device along the transparent plate. The positioning member positions the original placed on the original placing surface of the transparent plate. The light absorbing portion, which is disposed on the original placing surface side of the positioning member and at substantially a central portion of the positioning member in moving directions of the scanning device, absorbs ambient light entering to the original placing surface side of the positioning member through the transparent plate. The white reference portion is provided to the original placing surface side of the positioning member. | 11-08-2012 |
20140118798 | Image Scanner and Image Scanning Method - An image scanner includes a transparent plate, a scanning device, a driving device, a positioning member, a light absorbing portion and a white reference portion. The transparent plate has an original placing surface. The scanning device irradiates an original with light by means of a light source and scans reflected light from the original. The driving device reciprocates the scanning device along the transparent plate. The positioning member positions the original placed on the original placing surface of the transparent plate. The light absorbing portion, which is disposed on the original placing surface side of the positioning member and at substantially a central portion of the positioning member in moving directions of the scanning device, absorbs ambient light entering to the original placing surface side of the positioning member through the transparent plate. The white reference portion is provided to the original placing surface side of the positioning member. | 05-01-2014 |
20150381844 | Image Scanner and Image Scanning Method - An image scanner includes a transparent plate, a scanning device, a driving device, a positioning member, a light absorbing portion and a white reference portion. The transparent plate has an original placing surface. The scanning device irradiates an original with light by means of a light source and scans reflected light from the original. The driving device reciprocates the scanning device along the transparent plate. The positioning member positions the original placed on the original placing surface of the transparent plate. The light absorbing portion, which is disposed on the original placing surface side of the positioning member and at substantially a central portion of the positioning member in moving directions of the scanning device, absorbs ambient light entering to the original placing surface side of the positioning member through the transparent plate. The white reference portion is provided to the original placing surface side of the positioning member. | 12-31-2015 |