A reading apparatus includes a communication unit, a scanner, and a processor. The communication unit communicates with a wireless tag provided on paper. The scanner scans the paper. The processor acquires data from the wireless tag through the communication unit, acquires an image from the paper by using the scanner, and generates a file in which the data is embedded in the image as hidden characters.

Example embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing a recommendation based on a level of buying intent of an individual. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include monitoring an amount of time an individual wears a particular item while in a fitting room of a retail store, and determining an interest level of the individual in purchasing the item based on the amount of time the individual wears the item. The method may further include generating and providing a recommendation for an additional based on the determined level of intent.

The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for managing information on computer systems. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing display of user interface elements based on movement of the computer system and requesting account information are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interface for provisioning an account onto a computer system are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for associating a transfer amount with an account are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for displaying user interface elements corresponding to transaction types are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing one or more pending loans are described. In some embodiments, methods for entering a numeric sequence are described. In some embodiments, methods for locking a computer system while entering a number sequence are described.

A near-field communication device operates to transmit data by near-field communications techniques to another device. The near-field communication device includes a memory that stores a message to be transmitted in an ASCII format. The message is retrieved from the memory and transmitted using the near-field communications techniques in an ASCII format.

Various aspects of the disclosure generally relate to security for a credit card processing reader. Part of security for a reader is protecting sensitive components, for example components that access information from a credit card during a transaction. An alternative security configuration may include integrated circuits replacing portions of electrically active mesh. This may reduce the size and cost of a reader while maintaining its security with respect to published guidelines.

A near-field communication circuit of a first NFC device alternates, in low power mode, between: first phases of emission of field bursts and second phases spanning an entire duration separating two successive first phases. Each second phase includes a field detector enabling phase. In one implementation, the field detector enabling phase extends all along a duration of the second phase. In an alternate implementation, the field detector enabling phase is interrupted by field detector disabling phases. Each field detector disabling phase has a duration shorter than a minimum duration of each first phase.

The present disclosure concerns an electronic device connected to an antenna. The electronic device delivers a first amplitude-modulated analog signal of a signal captured by the antenna, the capture signal associated with an electromagnetic field exhibiting intervals at a minimum level. The electronic device includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. The first circuit delivers a second analog signal by rectification and filters the first analog signal. The second circuit delivers a first binary signal based on the demodulation of the second analog signal. The third circuit couples the antenna to a resistor during each pause. The resistance value of the resistor depends on the maximum amplitude of the electromagnetic field before the pause.

The utility model discloses a pattern projecting apparatus for automatically identifying and playing an audio. The projecting apparatus includes a first housing, a light-emitting assembly, a film assembly, an audio assembly, and an imaging assembly. The audio assembly includes a control board, an electronic label corresponding to a film sheet, an identifying module for identifying the electronic label and arranged on the control board, a storage medium pre-stored with an audio corresponding to a galactic starry sky pattern, and a speaker electrically connected to the control board. The electronic label is arranged on the film assembly. When the film assembly is mounted in a first mounting hole, the identifying module identifies the electronic label on the film sheet, positions the audio corresponding to the electronic label in the storage medium and plays the audio via the speaker, so that the galactic starry sky pattern projected by the projecting apparatus is played in combination with the audio. A user can hear an audio corresponding to a pattern of the film sheet when changing different film sheets. Therefore, the user's experience is effectively improved, and the practicability of the projecting apparatus is enhanced.

Manufacturing a counterfeit resistant document as a randomized assembly of material constituents with a large variety of electrical conductivity attributes, thereby achieving a unique set of physically measured properties of the document, so that a document verifier will be convinced of the authenticity of the document by comparing the results of real time measurements with measurements pre-recorded in a public ledger.

An operation of calibrating the object using a reference reader is performed, the calibration operation including an operation of placing the reference reader at various distances away from the object that correspond to various values of a parameter within the object that is representative of the intensity of the signal received by the object, and, for each distance, an operation of determining an internal phase-shift compensation in the object with respect to a nominal internal phase shift, making it possible to obtain a load modulation amplitude that is higher, in terms of absolute value, than a threshold, and an operation of storing a lookup table of the various values of the parameter and the corresponding internal phase-shift compensations.