A computing device installed in or mountable to a shopping cart, includes a camera configured to capture an image, and a processor configured to acquire commodity data of a registered commodity, when an object is placed in the shopping cart, perform object recognition on an image of the object captured by the camera, and determine whether the recognized object is a commodity corresponding to the acquired commodity data, and upon determining that the recognized object is not the commodity corresponding to the acquired commodity data, issue a request for displaying a message instructing registration of the recognized object as a registered commodity.

A vehicle is electrically connected to one or more accessories. The vehicle includes at least one controller that may be configured to identify the accessory based on accessory identification information. The controller may also be configured to provide one or more commands to control an operation of the accessory.

A method and an apparatus for improving a reading and writing speed of a contactless card, a terminal device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: running a driver of a POS terminal; obtaining a communication signal between the driver and an interface chip, in which data to be read and written of the contactless card are obtained by the interface chip according to the communication signal, and wherein data interaction are performed between a card reader on which the interface chip located and the contactless card; obtaining a timing waveform diagram of the driver according to the communication signal; obtaining a running time of the driver according to the timing waveform diagram; modifying the driver to shorten the running time of the driver according to the running time and a preset driver modification rule.

A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag with a configurable anti-tamper structure includes an RFID chip electrically connected to a configurable anti-tamper structure. The configurable anti-tamper structure includes a plurality of conductive segments substantially oriented in a ladder configuration. At least some of the plurality of conductive segments are cut to leave a single conductive path in accordance to the desired tamper detection application, and the RFID tag is attached with the anti-tamper structure placed across a break point to be monitored for tampering. When tampering occurs, the conductive path is broken and the RFID chip changes the data sent in response to interrogation by an RFID reader.

Apparatuses, methods and systems for unlocking a tracking apparatus that is affixed to an asset are disclosed herein. In one example, a method of unlocking a tracking apparatus that is affixed to an asset is provided. The tracking apparatus may comprise an electronic tag electronically coupled to a securing component comprising an actuating element. The method may comprise: receiving asset information associated with the tracking apparatus; generating and storing a secure machine-readable code in conjunction with the asset information; in response to receiving a request to unlock the tracking apparatus, determining whether a received input corresponds with the stored secure machine-readable code; and providing an indication to cause an electronic reader in electronic communication with the tracking apparatus to trigger deactivating the actuating element.

A special tag to be inserted into a structure for factory automation, and a method of manufacturing the same are proposed. The structure for the factory automation includes: a cylindrical cylinder included in a factory automation facility; a groove formed at an end of one side of the cylindrical cylinder; and a tag inserted into the groove and provided with a unique number (ID) input into an IC chip.

A pallet position detection apparatus is provided. The detection apparatus and method checks information on a pallet disposed on a vehicle by recognizing an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag or a Quick Response (QR) code attached to the truck, and recognizes an exact position of the pallet by detecting a reflector positioned on the pallet by a Lidar sensor, and unloads the pallet from the truck using an unmanned forklift vehicle based on the recognized position of the pallet.

An apparatus of this invention is directed to an information processing apparatus that effectively counts, on a type basis, articles of a plurality of types displayed in a depth direction on a display shelf. The information processing apparatus includes a display count acquirer that acquires display count information of articles using article presence/absence sensors provided on the display shelf on which the articles are placed, an article identifier that acquires article identification information capable of identifying the types of articles based on an image acquired by capturing the display shelf, and a display recognizer that recognizes, based on the display count information and the article identification information, display count of each type of the articles.

Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for receiving a confirmation signal to unlock the security tag being detachably locked to a merchandise, wherein the confirmation signal includes a RFID device identifier associated with a RFID device of the security tag, and the RFID device is associated with a wireless device of the security tag, identifying the wireless device associated with the RFID device based on the RFID device identifier, transmitting a wireless signal to the wireless device to enable a controller to receive a release signal used to unlock the security tag from the merchandise, and transmitting the release signal to the controller to unlock the security tag from the merchandise.

A food delivery system comprising an induction heating apparatus, an induction-heatable apparatus, and a food delivery cart. The induction heating apparatus includes an induction heating element and an electronic system including a communication element configured to communicatively link to an ordering system. The induction-heatable apparatus is configured to be heated via the induction heating apparatus and includes an RFID tag configured to store information of food being heated and information of an intended recipient or intended destination of the food. The food delivery cart includes an induction heating element configured to warm the induction-heatable apparatus and hence the food and an electronic system including an RFID reader to determine information corresponding to the food, augment the information, and transmit the augmented information a central monitoring system.