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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7950860 | Thermal printer and drive control method of thermal head A thermal printer includes a first thermal head which is so provided as to be brought into contact with one side of a paper, a second thermal head which is so provided as to be brought into contact with the other side of the paper, and a controller. The first therma... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7914218 | Thermal printer and printing device According to an aspect of the present invention, a thermal printer includes a housing in which a space is formed, printing means disposed in the housing, a cover disposed in the housing and which comes into contact with and separates from the housing when rotated, t... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7891893 | Printing apparatus including plural printheads and a drive mechanism for the platen rollers A thermal printer includes a first thermal head, a first platen roller, first biasing means, a second thermal head, a second platen roller, and second biasing means. The first thermal head, the first platen roller, the first biasing means are in contact with a heat-... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7828490 | Printing apparatus including a cover holding a thermal head and a platen roller on a hinged frame A thermal printer has a main body, a cover body, a hinge mechanism, a first locating mechanism, and a second locating mechanism. At the time of a shift from a second state where the cover body is opened with respect to the main body to a first state where the cover ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7782349 | Thermal printer and method of controlling the same A thermal paper sheet having heat-sensitive layers on a first surface and a second surface having a front-and-rear relationship is prepared. A first thermal head which comes into contact with a front surface of this thermal paper sheet and a second thermal head whic... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7711643 | Self-service terminal A self-service terminal, such as an automated teller machine (12), is described. The terminal (12) has a display (52), and includes means (44,84) for accessing a mobile portal (30), whereby the terminal (12) is operable to r... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711176 | Computer-implemented method of processing a substitute check and an apparatus therefor A computer-implemented method is provided of processing a substitute check which has been made from an original check. The computer-implemented method comprises (a) reading from the substitute check a printed magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) codeline, (b) r... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7710442 | Two-sided thermal print configurations Apparatus and methods for two-sided direct thermal printing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a dual-sided direct thermal printer comprising a first thermal print head and a second thermal print head is provided wherein a surface of the first thermal print head acts... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7699230 | Secure tag A secure tag comprising: a carrier doped with one or more rare earth ions, and a barrier material associated with the carrier and substantially blocking low-wavelength radiation to shield the rare earth ions from low-wavelength radiation. This enables a secure tag t... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7681795 | Methods and apparatus for a scanner having a top plate assembly with weight measurement capabilities Systems and techniques for a scanner having a top plate with an integrated scale. A scanner base mates with a scanner top plate assembly, with the top plate assembly including an integrated scale. The top plate assembly includes a scan window and a scale mechanism. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7681431 | Method of calibrating a scale A method of calibrating a scale which enforces exercise requirements. The method includes causing an interface to provide a first indication to place weight on the scale by control circuitry of the scale, receiving weight signals from a load cell by the control circ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7680710 | Self-service terminal A self-service terminal (10) having a user interface (14) and a surcharge application (54) for levying a surcharge on transactions is described. The terminal may be an ATM. The surcharge application (54) is operable to vary the rate of su... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680689 | Self-service terminals and self-service networks An ATM network is coupled to a data warehouse. Information about transactions, the timing of transactions and advertisements displayed on or near ATM terminals in the network are stored in the data warehouse. Complex queries performed on the data warehouse are then ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7677447 | Method and system for automated teller machine remote diagnostics and configuration Methods, systems, and software are disclosed for configuring an ATM. The ATM receives one or more configuration messages in an XML-based format. The ATM interprets the one or more configuration messages. The ATM restricts one or more ATM operations based on at least... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676438 | Personal digital assistant as smart card A system for authenticating a document, D. A trusted party applies an algorithm to D, for example, by treating each byte of data within D as a number, and treating the numbers as inputs to the algorithm. The trusted party obtains a result from the algorithm, termed ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7676396 | Selective omission of transaction data in a digital receipt A digital receipt (e-receipt) having various transaction data that is generated after a consumer transaction by a retail terminal or via a public or private electronic network may be forwarded to the consumer or third party with selective transaction data omitted fr... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675503 | Method of displaying information by a network kiosk A method of displaying information by a network kiosk which causes different information to be displayed when someone passes within a predetermined distance of the kiosk. The method includes the steps of sensing a person within a predetermined distance of the kiosk,... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673797 | Personalization of self-checkout security A method is provided for personalizing security conditions for each customer using a self-service checkout terminal to conduct a transaction on the terminal. A trust level is assigned to each customer based on a selection of factors, which may include personal infor... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673796 | System and method for providing remote site intervention support for self-checkout stations A system and method enables intervention events occurring at a self-checkout station at a retail site to be addressed by an operator located at a remote site distant from the retail site. The system includes a checkout station located at a retail site, a video camer... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7672900 | Write input transaction apparatus and method A method and system for generating a completed payment document ready for signature in image form and enabling signature in image form, storing the image and providing a printed copy of the document including the signature. A write input device for showing the image... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668766 | System and method of processing payment of bills from multiple bill providers A system for processing payment of bills from multiple bill providers which establishes connections to bill provider computers through APIs unique to each bill provider. The system includes a display for displaying a list of bill providers, an input device for recor... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7658331 | Checkout device with hand grip A checkout device which can be gripped for carrying, installation, and removal. The checkout device includes a generally L-shaped housing including a first housing portion suited to placement within a checkout counter, and a second housing portion mounted above the ... | 02/09/2010 |
| RE41093 | Method of monitoring item shuffling in a post-scan area of a self-service checkout terminal A method of monitoring item shuffling in a post-scan area of a self-service checkout terminal having a post-scan shelf, a bagwell with a grocery container positioned therein, and a weight scale positioned so as to detect weight of items positioned both on the post-s... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7649441 | Method and system for tuning an RFID interrogator A method, apparatus, and system for periodically measuring the level of ambient noise found on a radio frequency channel used by a radio frequency identification interrogator to read radio frequency identification tags. The ambient noise is measured after the radio ... | 01/19/2010 |
| D608362 | Barcode scanner weigh plate | 01/19/2010 |
| 7645719 | Thermal paper with security features A thermal paper with a fluorescent security mark printed on the thermosensitive coating that is responsive to wavelengths in the range of 200 nanometers to 400 nanometers. The mark is either printed on the thermosensitive coating directly or on an optional protectiv... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7641185 | Vacuum pick mechanisms A vacuum pick mechanism (100) for picking sheet media comprising control circuitry (126), a pump (110), a suction cup (106), a pick line (112) connecting the pump (110) to the suction cup (106), a pressure sensor (... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640214 | Advertising terminal An advertising terminal (12) and a network of advertising terminals are described. The advertising terminal may be an ATM (12b). The ATM (12b) comprises a transceiver (80) for wireless communication with portable devices ( | 12/29/2009 |
| 7639859 | Method of operating a remote check image capture device and an apparatus therefor A method is provided of operating a remote check image capture device. The method comprises capturing a color image of a check provided by a user at the remote check image capture device, storing the color image of the check, deriving from the color image a non-colo... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7639858 | Currency validation A method for developing a template of a reference document, such as a bank note and using that template to validate other test documents. The method involves using images of a plurality of reference documents, such as banknotes and segmenting each image in a like ma... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7638746 | Sensing system for detecting whether one bill, or more than one bill, is present at a sensing station in an ATM A sensing arrangement (11) for sensing objects at a plurality of sensing sites (64) is described herein. In one embodiment the arrangement comprises: an imaging device (60) having an array of light-detecting elements; a light guide arrangement (... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7637423 | Method of processing a check depositing transaction between a bank customer and a bank teller A method of providing receipts to depositors of bank checks. People often deposit a group of bank checks at once. All checks in the group are listed on a deposit slip which the person prepared. Sometimes, at the last minute, a person removes a check from the group, ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7637420 | Self-service terminal A self-service terminal, such as an ATM (Automated Teller Machine). The ATM has a communication port for interfacing with a user's portable electronic device. The ATM is operable to receive a transaction authorization from the user's portable electronic device, to e... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7633605 | Prism sensor and method of operating a prism sensor for a check processing module of a self-service check depositing terminal A prism sensor is provided for detecting presence or absence of a document in a document transport path. The prism sensor comprises a light emitter disposed on a first side of the document transport path and for emitting light across the document transport path to a... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7625500 | Security feature A security feature having unique photoluminescent properties and a method for making the security feature. The security feature includes a silica carrier and a rare earth dopant dispersed throughout at least a portion of the silica carrier. The rare earth dopant inc... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623145 | Duplex printer A duplex printer, in which when a first thermal head prints information on a front side as an information printing side of a printing medium, a second thermal head repeatedly prints a previously registered and selected fixed pattern or notice information on a back s... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620568 | Self-checkout system A retail terminal and method of operation thereof. The retail terminal has a weight scale, a bar code scanner, RFID tag antenna, a scan error indicator, means for communicating with a processor and a memory containing a weight learning database (WLDB). The method co... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7619528 | Methods and apparatus for detecting and identifying improper antitheft device deactivation Systems and techniques for retail product transaction processing and security tag deactivation analysis. Upon detection of a security tag deactivation associated with entry of product information into a retail transaction, product information for the product is anal... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7617983 | Methods and apparatus for dynamic adjustment of scanner parameters Systems and techniques for improved accuracy of bar code detection and decoding are described. A bar code scanner employs a rotating spinner to reflect a laser beam used to produce one or more scan patterns emerging from scan windows. The spinner has reflective surf... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7617982 | Computer peripheral with integrated printer and bar code reader A computer peripheral with integrated printer and bar code reader which saves space on countertops. The computer peripheral includes a printer, including a housing, a bar code reader in the housing, and control circuitry in the housing for facilitating communication... | 11/17/2009 |
