All The Claims

1. Apparatus comprising:
an automated banking machine operable to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records,
wherein the machine includes at least one user data reader operable to read user data usable to identify a financial account of a machine user,
wherein the machine is operable to carry out a financial transaction involving the account,

wherein the machine includes a cash dispenser,
wherein the cash dispenser is operable to dispense currency notes to authorized users of the machine,

wherein the machine is operable to carry out a cash dispense transaction on a financial account for an authorized user, based at least in part on a computer-determined relationship between user data read by the at least one user data reader and the financial account,
wherein the machine includes at least one note picker,
wherein the at least one note picker is operable to take at least one currency note from a currency cassette,

wherein the machine includes at least one cassette data reader,
wherein the at least one cassette data reader is operable to read from the currency cassette, cassette data indicative of currency note denomination held by the cassette,

wherein the machine includes at least one note reader,
wherein the at least one note reader is operable during a cash dispense transaction to read note data from each currency note taken from the currency cassette during the transaction,
wherein the machine is operable during the transaction to determine from note data read by the at least one note reader, a respective currency note denomination of each respective currency note taken from the currency cassette,
\u2003wherein the machine is operable during the transaction to determine whether a currency note denomination determined from note data read by the at least one note reader differs from the currency note denomination indicated by the cassette data,
\u2003wherein the machine is operable responsive at least in part to a determination of differing currency note denominations, to cause at least one denomination discrepancy message to be sent to at least one remote computer.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the automated banking machine is part of a check cashing banking system, wherein the machine includes a check acceptor,
wherein the machine is associated with at least one computer,
wherein the at least one user data reader includes both
at least one card reader, and
at least one biometric reader,

wherein the at least one computer is operative during a user transaction session with the machine to:
cause card data to be read from a card through operation of the at least one card reader, and then cause the read card data to be compared with card information stored in at least one data store, and
cause biometric data to be read through operation of the at least one biometric reader, and then cause the read biometric data to be compared with biometric information in the at least one data store,

wherein the at least one computer is operative to authorize the user to perform a check cashing transaction that includes operation of the cash dispenser responsive at least in part to both:
computer-determined correspondence between the read card data and stored card information, and
computer-determined correspondence between the read biometric data and stored biometric information.
3. Apparatus comprising:
an automated banking machine,
wherein the machine includes a cash dispenser,
wherein the machine includes a plurality of currency cassettes,
wherein each respective cassette is associated with a respective note denomination,
wherein a first cassette of the plurality of currency cassettes is associated with a first denomination,
wherein a second cassette of the plurality of currency cassettes is associated with a second denomination,
\u2003wherein the second denomination differs from the first denomination,
wherein the machine includes at least one note analyzer operable to analyze currency notes,
wherein the machine is configured to cause during a cash dispense transaction, analysis of notes to be used in the transaction by the at least one note analyzer,
wherein the machine is operable during the transaction, based at least in part on the analysis, to determine:
\u2003whether any note from the first cassette has a denomination that differs from the first denomination, and
\u2003whether any note from the second cassette has a denomination that differs from the second denomination,
wherein the machine is configured to cause at least one denomination discrepancy message to be sent to at least one remote computer, responsive at least in part to determining at least one of:
a note removed from the first cassette has a denomination that differs from the first denomination, and
a note removed from the second cassette has a denomination that differs from the second denomination.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein each respective cassette includes cassette data indicative of a respective note denomination,
wherein the machine includes at least one cassette data reader,
wherein the at least one cassette data reader is operable to read cassette data from a currency cassette.
5. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the currency note dispenser includes a note denomination determining module,
wherein the module includes at least one note analyzer and at least one processor,
wherein the module is operable to analyze a respective currency note to determine denomination of the respective currency note.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the cash dispenser includes a stacker operable to produce a stack of currency notes,
wherein the at least one note analyzer includes a scanner,
wherein the scanner is located adjacent the stacker.
7. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the machine is configured to shutdown subsequent to causing the at least one denomination discrepancy message to be sent to the at least one remote computer.
8. Apparatus comprising:
an automated banking machine,
wherein the machine includes a cash dispenser,
wherein the machine includes a plurality of currency cassettes,
wherein each respective cassette includes cassette data corresponding to an indicated note denomination,

wherein the machine includes at least one note data reader,
wherein the machine includes at least one note analyzer operable to analyze note data read by the at least one note data reader,
wherein the machine is operable to remove at least one currency note from a respective cassette,
wherein the machine is configured to operate during a cash dispense transaction to:
read note data from each respective note to be dispensed in the transaction,
then analyze the read note data to determine an actual note denomination of the respective note, and
\u2003then determine whether the actual note denomination differs from the indicated note denomination of the respective cassette from which the respective note was removed,
wherein the machine is operable to cause at least one denomination discrepancy message to be sent to at least one remote computer, responsive at least in part to determining that the actual note denomination differs from the indicated note denomination.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the at least one note data reader includes a scanner.
10. The apparatus according to claim 9 wherein the currency note dispenser includes a note denomination determining module,
wherein the module includes the at least one note data reader, the at least one note analyzer, and at least one processor,
wherein the module is operable to determine an actual note denomination of a currency note.
11. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the machine is configured to shutdown subsequent to causing the at least one denomination discrepancy message to be sent to the at least one remote computer.
12. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the machine includes at least one divert bin,
wherein the machine is configured to operate responsive at least in part to determining that the actual note denomination differs from the indicated note denomination, to store the respective note in the at least one divert bin.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12 wherein the machine is configured to operate responsive at least in part to determining that the actual note denomination differs from the indicated note denomination, to obtain a replacement note that has a denomination that corresponds to the indicated note denomination,
wherein the machine is configured to then continue the cash dispense transaction using the replacement note.
14. The apparatus according to claim 12 wherein the machine is configured to operate responsive at least in part to determining that the actual note denomination differs from the indicated note denomination, to cause the cash dispense transaction to be cancelled.
15. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the machine includes a stacker that is operable during the transaction to produce a single stack of notes to be dispensed in the transaction,
wherein the machine is configured to remove a respective note from the stack prior to reading note data from the respective note.
16. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the machine includes a stacker that is operable during the transaction to produce a single stack of notes to be dispensed in the transaction,
wherein the machine is configured to operate during the transaction to read note data from a respective note prior to adding the respective note to the stack.
17. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the cash dispense transaction involves a requested amount of cash,
wherein the machine is configured to operate during the transaction responsive at least in part to determining that the actual note denomination differs from the indicated note denomination, to dispense an amount of cash that differs from the requested amount of cash.
18. The apparatus according to claim 17 wherein the machine is configured to operate during the transaction responsive at least in part to determining that the actual note denomination differs from the indicated note denomination, to dispense an amount of cash that is greater than the requested amount of cash.
19. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the machine includes at least one cassette data reader, wherein the at least one cassette data reader is operable to obtain cassette data from a currency cassette.
20. The apparatus according to claim 19 wherein the machine is configured to operate to obtain the cassette data prior to start of the cash dispense transaction.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An image processing method by volume rendering, said image processing method comprising:
selecting at least one point which is aligned on a virtual ray;
determining a degree of contribution of each value of the selected at least one point; and
determining a pixel value of an image by the volume rendering based on the determined degree of contribution and said each value of the selected at least one point.
2. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the degree of contribution is zero.
3. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the degree of contribution is determined based on data obtained by replacing original data on the virtual ray.
4. The image processing method according to claim 3, wherein values of the replaced data are obtained by flipping values of the original data over at a threshold value.
5. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the degree of contribution is determined further based on a gradient vector which is on a volume and corresponds to a position of the selected point, and a direction vector of the virtual ray.
6. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the degree of contribution is determined further based on a change of voxel values on the virtual ray.
7. The image processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:
displaying a two-dimensional outline of a region included in a rendering object on the volume rendering image.
8. The image processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:
displaying excluding a region included in a rendering object on the volume rendering image.
9. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the volume rendering image and an another image are displayed arranged in side by side, being overlapped with each other, or by showing a difference of the images.
10. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the pixel value is determined only for a region which is designated by a user.
11. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the pixel value is determined only for a window provided on a screen.
12. The image processing method according to claim 7, wherein the outline is displayed while continuously changed.
13. The image processing method according to claims 1, wherein the image processing is performed by parallel processing.
14. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the image processing is performed by a GPU (graphics processing unit).
15. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the image processing is performed by a GUI (graphical user interface) in which parameters are changeable.
16. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the image processing is performed by MIP (Maximum Intensity Projection) method, MinIP (Minimum Intensity Projection) method, Raysum method, an average value method or ray casting method.

1. A digital still camera comprising:
a solid-state electronic image sensing device for sensing the image of a subject repeatedly for an exposure time over which camera shake is thought not to occur, and repeatedly outputting image data representing the image of the subject;
a combining device for generating one frame of a combined image obtained by combining the image of the subject represented by image data that has been output from said solid-state electronic image sensing device with the image of the subject represented by image data that was output from said solid-state electronic image sensing device by an immediately preceding image sensing operation, in such a manner that the images of the subject coincide;
a combining control device for controlling said combining device so as to repeatedly execute processing for generating one frame of a combined image updated by combining the combined image, which is the result of combination by said combining device, with the image of the subject represented by image data that has been output from said solid-state electronic image sensing device, in such a manner that the images coincide; and
a recording control device for recording, on a recording medium in response to an exposure-halt command and on the basis of timing at which the exposure-halt command has been applied, image data representing the combined image updated in the processing in said combining device that is based upon said combining control device.
2. The camera according to claim 1, further comprising a display device for displaying the combined image obtained by the processing in said combining device controlled by said combining controller.
3. The camera according to claim 1, wherein said solid-state electronic image sensing device halts image sensing by sensing a first plurality of frames of images of the subject after the exposure-halt command is applied;
further comprising a temporary memory for temporarily storing the image data, which is repeatedly output from said solid-state electronic image sensing device, while updating a second plurality of frames of image data that is greater than the first plurality of frames.
4. The camera according to claim 1, wherein said recording control device records the second plurality of frames of image data, which has been stored in said temporary memory, on the recording medium in addition to the image data representing the updated combined image.
5. The camera according to claim 2, wherein said display device displays a histogram of the displayed combined image in addition to the combined image.
6. The camera according to claim 1, further comprising:
a determination device for determining whether the updated combined image has an appropriate brightness; and
an alert device for notifying of appropriate brightness in response to a determination by said determination device that the updated combined image has an appropriate brightness.
7. The camera according to claim 1, further comprising a control device for controlling said solid-state electronic image sensing device so as to halt image sensing, in response to a determination by said determination device that the updated combined image has an appropriate brightness.
8. The camera according to claim 1, further comprising a shutter-release button;
wherein said solid-state electronic image sensing device repeats sensing of the image of the subject while said shutter-release button is being pressed and halts image sensing in response to release of said shutter-release button.
9. The camera according to claim 1, wherein said shutter-release button is of the two-stage-stroke type; and
said solid-state electronic image sensing device repeats sensing of the image of the subject in response to pressing of said shutter-release button through the first stage of its stroke, and halts sensing of the image of the subject in response to pressing of said shutter-release button through the second stage of its stroke.
10. A method of controlling a digital still camera, comprising:
a step of a solid-state electronic image sensing device sensing the image of a subject repeatedly for an exposure time over which camera shake is thought not to occur, and repeatedly outputting image data representing the image of the subject;
a step of a combining device generating one frame of a combined image obtained by combining the image of the subject represented by image data that has been output from the solid-state electronic image sensing device with the image of the subject represented by image data that was output from the solid-state electronic image sensing device by an immediately preceding image sensing operation, in such a manner that the images of the subject coincide;
a step of a combining control device controlling the combining device so as to repeatedly execute processing for generating one frame of a combined image updated by combining the combined image, which is the result of combination by the combining device, with the image of the subject represented by image data that has been output from the solid-state electronic image sensing device; and
a step of a recording control device recording, on a recording medium in response to an exposure-halt command and on the basis of timing at which the exposure-halt command has been applied, image data representing the combined image updated in the processing in the combining device that is based upon the combining control device.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A fluid heating device arranged on a fluid circulating path for heating fluid flowing through the fluid circulating path, comprising:
a closed magnetic circuit iron core,
a primary coil wound around the iron core, and
a secondary coil wound around a conductor formed with a through-hole for passing circulating fluid, wherein
both ends of the secondary coil are electrically short-circuited to each other, and
heat generated by a current flowing the secondary coil short-circuited is conducted to the fluid flowing through the through-hole.
2. The heating medium passing roller device comprising:
the heating device according to claim 1 arranged on a fluid circulating path, and
a roller heated, when fluid heated by the heating device flows within the roller, wherein
a processed object in contact with the surface of the roller is heat treated.
3. The heating medium passing roller device according to claim 2, further comprising:
a sealing chamber extending in the same direction as the axial direction of the roller, the sealing chamber being formed within a wall of the roller, wherein
the sealing chamber is sealed with a gas-liquid two-phase heating medium.