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An authentication system is configured such that: an in-vehicle device generates an authentication key, and displays on a display unit, a two-dimensional code including the generated authentication key and a URL indicating a predetermined WEB page on a network; and a portable terminal device acquires the authentication key and the URL from the two-dimensional code by reading the two-dimensional code via an imaging unit, downloads a communication program for communicating with the in-vehicle device from the WEB page indicated by the URL, and transmits the authentication key to the in-vehicle device by causing the downloaded communication program to operate.

Access point 20 starts the WEP key setting process by working registration button 127A of remote controller 30. The range reached by the electric waves transmitted from access point 20 is changed from wireless communication area AR1 which is the normal range to security communication area MR1 which is a narrower range. After that, access point 20 delivers the used WEP key to terminal 50, and after confirming delivery, registers the MAC address of terminal 50. Terminal 50 sets the delivered WEP key itself. As a result, it is possible to realize with a simple method the new addition of terminals used for a wireless LAN while preventing leaking of data that represents the encryption key.

An apparatus inputs an utterance and performs speech recognition on the input utterance. The speech processing apparatus determines whether the recognition result contains an unknown word. If it is determined that the recognition result contains an unknown word, it is then determined whether the recognition result is rejected or not. If it is determined that the recognition result is not rejected, a word corresponding to the unknown word contained in the recognition result is required. The apparatus can be used as a speech processing apparatus.

An apparatus and a method which enable to execute different access controls based on setting modes are realized. A MAC address table in which a manually registered client MAC address and an automatically registered client MAC address are registered in forms to be able to distinguish each other is set. If an access control mode is an automatic registration access control mode, a MAC addresses of an access requesting client is registered until the number of the MAC address reaches a defined limit number of registration: N of the MAC address table, and the access is allowed under the condition of the registration; or if the access control mode is a registered device access control mode, the access is allowed under the condition that the client MAC address is registered in the MAC address table as the manually registered MAC address.

The present invention provides compositions useful in treating drug-resistant microorganisms and cells, as well as related methods of identifying and using such compositions. In addition, the present invention includes compositions useful in enhancing the sensitivity of both drug-resistant and drug-sensitive microorganisms and cells to microbicidal and cytotoxic agents, including antibiotics and chemotherapeutic drugs. Methods of identifying these compositions, as well as methods of using these agents in treating both drug-resistant and drug-sensitive diseases and conditions are further provided.

An FET is turned ON with supply of a power Vcc to a sensor started, and a signal indicating a result of detection is inputted from the sensor to a GPI terminal of an MCU. After supply of the power Vcc to the sensor is started, the MCU enters the sleep state, and the state is maintained until a normal detection result is outputted from the sensor. When the sensor starts outputting a normal detection result, the MCU returned from the sleep state upon an interruption by a timer, and sampling is made for an output from the sensor. When sampling is performed, supply of the power Vcc to the sensor is stopped with the CMU set in the sleep state. The present invention can be applied to a portable type of information processing apparatus such as a mobile telephone and a PDA.

A biometrics authentication device which detects body characteristics, performs verification against registered biometrics data, and performs individual authentication, by which confidentiality is improved even when biometrics data is separated, distributed and stored. A biometrics information key is created from biometrics data detected by a detection device, the biometrics data is divided into a plurality of portions, and the portions are stored on different media. The biometrics information key is stored on one media, and at the time of authentication, the separated biometrics data portions are combined and a biometrics information key is created and is compared with the biometrics information key, to judge the linked relationship. Hence confidentiality of the association of the individual separated data portions can be improved even when the biometrics data is separated, distributed and stored, contributing to prevent illicit use resulting from leakage or theft of biometrics data.

Disclosed is a computer security apparatus and a method using a security input device driver. Data inputted through a data input unit is directly encrypted at the security input device driver without passing through an OS input device driver supporting in an OS. Thereby, the data inputted through the data input unit can be prevented from being illegally acquired by any hacking program from the beginning.

What is disclosed is a novel system and method for quickly characterizing a reflectance sensing device without measuring the full set of characterization color patch training samples currently used in manufacturing and characterizing individual sensors. In accordance with the teachings hereof, measurements of training samples taken with a previously manufactured ‘fleet master’ sensing device are adapted, in a manner more fully disclosed herein, based upon knowledge of the wavelengths of the illuminators used for both the subject and fleet master sensors, as well as spectral reflectance response of the training samples as measured by a reference spectrophotometer device. Utilizing the adapted measurements of the fleet master device, a reconstruction matrix can be quickly constructed for the subject sensor. The present system and method provides reasonably good accuracy using pre-existing measurement data. This results in manufacturing cost savings on a per-sensor basis.

An apparatus inputs an utterance and performs speech recognition on the input utterance. The speech processing apparatus determines whether the recognition result contains an unknown word. If it is determined that the recognition result contains an unknown word, it is then determined whether the recognition result is rejected or not. If it is determined that the recognition result is not rejected, a word corresponding to the unknown word contained in the recognition result is required. The apparatus can be used as a speech processing apparatus.

In a method and apparatus for generation of magnetic resonance images, a number of three-dimensional volume data sets of a subject are acquired in k-space, with each three-dimensional volume data set being acquired with a non-constant density. Filtered three-dimensional volume data sets are generated in k-space, which are assembled from a number of the three-dimensional volume data sets. Three-dimensional image data sets are reconstructed on the basis of filtered three-dimensional volume data sets.

The invention relates to method and apparatus for reconstructing a three-dimensional representation of a target volume inside an animal or human body.Hereto, according to the method step ii) is preceded by the steps of:a1) displaying said first two-dimensional image projection being obtained in step i) for a user using said displaying means,a2) acquiring a first operational orientation setting of said imaging means corresponding with said first imaging position;a3) defining based on said first operational orientation setting a first set of second operational orientation settings of said imaging means for orientation in a second imaging position;a4) selecting from said set one of said second operational orientation settings;a5) using said second operational orientation setting being selected for acquiring said second two-dimensional image projection of said target volume using said imaging means being positioned in the second imaging position corresponding to said second operational orientation setting.Accordingly, with these features an improved reconstructing method is obtained, wherein an optimal set of two-dimensional image projections is obtained and proposed, based on which a correct three-dimensional contour image of said target volume is being reconstructed. Thus with this correct three-dimensional contour image the diagnostician is capable of performing a more accurate diagnosis and subsequent treatment of the patient, which in turn is subjected to a less lengthy imaging treatment session, which is beneficial in terms of radiation exposure time, discomfort, etc.

A method (and system) for data acquisition includes extracting information from user communications and allowing a user to control the information to be extracted. The method of data acquisition may include downloading a user's sent materials from a communication data repository, analyzing the downloaded materials and extracting data portions that are authored by the user, generating statistical values from the extracted data, transmitting the generated statistical values to one or multiple repositories, receiving generated statistical values one or multiple server machines, and aggregating statistical values of multiple users.

An acquisition condition of information can automatically be determined based on data processed by a multi-function peripheral to acquire information from other multi-function peripherals in accordance with the condition while maintaining security. When an MFP performs a printing process or an image reading process by scanner in a system connecting a plurality of MFPs, a certain predetermined word and the number of usage times thereof, etc., are extracted from the data and written and retained into log information. The MFP determines whether associated data are acquired from other MFPs for each word extracted based on the log information. If a certain MFP acquires data processed by other MFPs, the log information retained by other MFPs is checked in accordance with an acquisition condition retained by each MFP, and data corresponding to the log information conforming to the acquisition condition are acquired from other MFPs and stored in the own machine.

A device management system for managing a device based on management information is presented. The system includes a device monitoring unit for obtaining management information from a device, a relay server coupled to the device monitoring unit over a network, and a management server, coupled to the relay server over a network, configured to manage the device based on the management information. The device monitoring unit obtains the management information from the device and transmits the obtained management information without encryption. Upon receiving the management information, the relay server encrypts and transmits to the management server the received management information.

A method of measurement using a measurement probe system includes the steps of (i) providing a measurement probe system having a measurement probe to a user, the measurement probe system being suitable for use with co-ordinate positioning apparatus and (ii) monitoring usage of the measurement probe system.

A method and a device for processing graphical information found on postal deliveries, wherein the graphical information of a first postal delivery is sorted on the basis of a first result of an evaluation, physical sorting of a second postal delivery is triggered by the sorting of the graphical information on the first postal delivery, and a further physical sorting of the first postal delivery, resulting from a reference code, is carried out.

In one embodiment of the invention, an image processing apparatus provided with a display unit that displays an operation screen is provided with a user authentication unit that performs user authentication, an input unit that inputs comment information to the operation screen of the display unit, for each user that has been authenticated by the user authentication unit, and an output unit that outputs, among comment information that has been input by the input unit, comment information of a user that has been authenticated by the user authentication unit.

The present invention can remarkably improve the efficiency of the acquisition process. It is determined if requested contents data are stored in a hard disk or not and, if they are not stored yet, they are acquired from a contents providing server 6 and subsequently a corresponding contents attributes file 47 is acquired from an attributes information providing server 7. If the requested contents data are already stored in the hard disk, the contents data are not requested and only the corresponding contents attributes file 47 is acquired from the attributes information providing server 7. In this way, it is possible to avoid acquiring contents data in duplicate and remarkably reduce the time necessary for the acquisition process to remarkably improve the-efficiency of the acquisition process.

A wall anchor (1) has a head shaft (5) and a screw nut shaft (6) on the same longitudinal axis (4), connected to each other by a plurality of approximately longitudinal small bars (7). The bars (7) are plastically flexible in a direction away from the axis (4). The screw nut shaft (6) is equipped with teeth (18) of generally triangular shape. The teeth (18) form a longitudinal projection with respect thereto and converge on the axis (4) to define a point (22) to perforate or drill a partition (8).

In a method and apparatus for acquiring magnetic resonance data from a slice package composed of multiple measured slices as a target volume by executing a measuring sequence, prior to each scan of one of the measured slices, the measuring sequence includes a preparation pulse associated with the measured slice for signal suppression of a type of saturation molecule. This said preparation pulse acts on the entire target volume, and a pulse parameter of the preparation pulse is chosen for a measured slice group, composed of at least one measured slice, as a function of resonance information on the contiguous partial volume covered by the measured slice group. The pulse frequency and / or the pulse bandwidth are chosen as pulse parameters as a function of resonance information describing at least the resonance frequencies of the type of saturation molecule and a type of target molecule, the magnetic resonance data of which is to be acquired, in the contiguous partial volume of the target volume that covers the measured slice group.

At a terminal where communication can take place via a network, ADF in which property information on data is stored is received, and based upon the communication systems (ordinary / SSL) which were used for receiving this ADF and the communication system which is used for receiving JAR in which the entity of the above mentioned data is stored, whether a communication pattern is allowable determined. JAR is received if the communication pattern is allowable, and JAR is not received if the communication pattern is not allowable for security reasons. In other words, data is obtained only when the communication pattern is allowable.