公开(公告)号：JPH1074177A

公开(公告)日：1998-03-17

申请号：JP12513497

申请日：1997-05-15

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： PATRICK ALLEN BATSUKURANDO ,  RICHARD ALLEN KELLY ,  DANNY MAABUIN NIIRU

IPC: G06F1/26 ,  G06F13/36 ,  G06F13/40

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change a specific adaptor card without reducing the total electric power of a computer system by preparing a single connector slot to accept a card that executes a specific function of an input/output device, a memory, etc. SOLUTION: A PCI bridge chip 203 performs the interrupt processing, the transfer of messages, the arbitration, the snooping, etc. Furthermore, a logic and a function are added to attain the conversion of a bus protocol between a system bus and an input/output bus 202. The bus 202 is connected to at least a driver/receiver module 204 which offers an interface between an actual adaptor slot 206 including a connector and the additional logic and the bus 202. The slot 206 accepts an input/output device 208. In such a constitution, a user can replace a specific adaptor card with another without turning off the system power supply.

公开(公告)号：JP2000123251A

公开(公告)日：2000-04-28

申请号：JP24685399

申请日：1999-09-01

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： FRANK ELLIOTT LEVIN ,  DANNY MAABUIN NIIRU

IPC: G06K7/00 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G06Q20/34 ,  G07F7/02 ,  G07G1/00 ,  G07G1/12 ,  G06F17/60

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for commodity check-out system for purchasing commodities in which a purchaser can buy a commodity without asking any help to salesclerk. SOLUTION: A remote scanning device 12 reads product identification information from a coded label on a product selected by a purchaser 14, and the information is transmitted to central processing unit. The central processing unit is provided with a memory for indexing price information and weight for each product based on the product identification information, and the central processing unit transmits the transaction of the accumulated price and weight to the remote scanning device 12 so that the purchases can use it. The product identification information on the product includes a security tag to be inactivated by the remote scanning device 12. At the time of completing the purchase of commodity, the purchaser brings a shopping cart 18 to a security station, and this is measured on a scale. The actual total weight of the shopping cart 18, bag 20, and products is compared with the predicted weight decided by the central processing unit, and when they are not mutually coincident, a communication signal is generated.