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Neuroimaging as a Marketing Tool
Neuroimaging as a means for validating whether a stimulus such as advertisement, communication, or product evokes a certain mental response such as emotion, preference, or memory, or to predict the consequences of the stimulus on later behavior such as consumption or purchasing.
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| 20110297590 | INSPECTION SYSTEM An inspection system is configured for use with a conveyer apparatus including carrier bars. Each carrier bar conveys pellet-shaped articles along a predetermined path. The inspection system includes at least one camera unit for sensing a predetermined characteristic of... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110062059 | DOCUMENT SORTING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT SORTING METHOD A document sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes: two print detection units which are provided facing both sides of a sheet, respectively, and detect presence or absence of a print on each side and presence or absence of an indication of... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20100213107 | Method and Means for Facilitating Material Handling A method of facilitating a sorting of a plurality of components nested in a workpeice, including at least two sets of components, each adapted to be assembled to form a structure, comprising producing a plan replicating the cut pattern of the workpiece, depicting the pr... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20090272677 | AUTOMATED WASTE SORTING SYSTEM A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling and/or disposal of such items. In some embodiments, a system comprises sorting station... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090089077 | COLLECTION METHOD, COLLECTION SYSTEM, RECYCLING METHOD AND COLLECTION CONTAINER FOR USED PRINTING PLATE An IC tag is fixed to a printing plate. An ID code is stored in the IC tag. A used printing plate is collected using a collection container. The collection container is provided with a reception device of the collected used printing plates. The reception device is provi... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20080217218 | Shuffling apparatus and method A card shuffling device reads suit and value of individual cards that are moved through the card shuffler. Reading of the cards is effected after cards have been received into a card holding area and before cards have been delivered into a card collection area from whic... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080119957 | TRACKING SYSTEM An improved tracking system for garments provided to a customer by a garment provider.... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20070261997 | Automated dry cleaning assembly conveyor system An automated assembly conveyor method and apparatus for dry-cleaners recognizes, associates, and consolidates garments in customer transactions by reading garment identification tags. A scanning apparatus whose construction may vary depending upon they type of garment t... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070068854 | Article sortation system An article sortation system includes a plurality of transport units which are movable along a conveying path between induction stations and discharge stations along each side of the conveying path. Each transport unit has side by side loading and support capability and ... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070012602 | Systems and Methods for Package Sortation and Delivery Using Radio Frequency Identification Technology A disclosed method comprises scanning a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag on a package to generate scanned data, and generating a handling instruction for the package based on the scanned data. The handling instruction can be executed to route the package to a t... | 01/18/2007 |
| 20060260988 | Multimodal Authorization Method, System And Device The invention includes methods, systems and devices for authenticating transactions. A method may begin by enrolling at least two biometric specimens to a database. A false acceptance ratio (“FAR”) is determined for each of the specimens, and authorization options a... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060180518 | Recycling system and disassembling and classifying method In a recycling system of the present invention for collecting a subject of recycling, which contains plastics, from the market and reprocessing the plastics to thereby produce a recycled product, the plastics contains a line spectrum radiation that radiates light when r... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060178947 | Systems and methods for scanning information from storage area contents The present invention is related to methods and systems for collected item information for stored items. In one embodiment, a networked food storage system comprises a first sensor configured to read information from item tags coupled to items, wherein the items are sto... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060178774 | Sortation platforms with in-bulk identification and continuous tracking of items A system and method for package sortation are provided, where package identification and sortation occur simultaneously on the same package manipulation area, and identification and continuous tracking of items are performed on a bulk stream, the system including an inp... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060070930 | System for gathering discarded post-consumer carpet, for recycling A carpet disposal system, comprising: a collector collecting carpet, the carpet collecting performed by a collection agent, the collection agent having a unique identifier; an assigner assigning the collection agent unique identifier to the collected carpet; a transport... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20060070929 | System and method for dynamic allocation for bin assignment A sorting device and method for dynamically allocating bins to objects such as mail pieces. The device has at least one reading device for reading delivery information of objects and a conveying system which transports the objects. At least one feeder inducts the object... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20050224574 | Method and system for online communication between a check sorter and a check processing system A system for handling checks is provided that includes a sorter operable to retrieve MICR data from a plurality of checks. An emulator is coupled to the sorter. The emulator is operable to access the MICR data, to generate a process buffer based on the MICR data, and to... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050189268 | Method and device for presorting loose and scanned flat postal articles provided with distributing information The present invention relates to presorting at a number of sorting terminal stations of a postal sorting system. A multitude of adjacent, narrow and laterally open storage cells are provided, which accommodate one postal article at a time in an upright position and whic... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050189271 | Article sortation system An article sortation system includes a plurality of transport units which are movable along a conveying path between induction stations and discharge stations along each side of the conveying path. Each transport unit has side by side loading and support capability and ... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050189270 | Method and device for stacking flat mailings The present invention relates to a method and a device for stacking flat mailings, in which the thickness of each individually conveyed mailing that is to be stacked is detected within a main control loop. The underfloor belt is displaced away from the stacking location... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050189269 | Jogging device for a mail processing machine In a mail processing machine having a receive deck for receiving a stack of mail items for printing, jogging means for jogging the stack of items against a reference wall, selection means for extracting mail items for printing one by one from stack of items, and print m... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050178698 | Card reading systems and methods A card reader includes a receiving arrangement configured to sequentially receive cards from an upstream process and position the cards to be read. It also includes a first reader configured to read card information from cards a first time and a second reader configured... | 08/18/2005 |
| 20050115874 | System for sorting waste A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of disposable containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling and/or disposal of such items. In some embodiments, a system comprises sort... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050056573 | Exception mail handling The present invention relates to article handling and sorting and in particular to a system and method for handling and sorting both regular and exception articles. Regular articles are ones which fit into an article bin assigned to the article's destination address. Ex... | 03/17/2005 |
