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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184866 | Living body guidance control method for a biometrics authentication device, and biometrics authentication device A biometrics authentication device identifies characteristics of the body from captured images of the body and performs individual authentication. The device guides a user, at the time of verification, to the image capture state at the time of registration of biomet... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183996 | Mobile information-terminal apparatus, mobile information-terminal control method, and mobile information-terminal program A mobile information-terminal apparatus moves with a user and provides information to the user. A position-information detecting unit receives signals transmitted from a plurality of transmitters installed in a site to respective areas that are allocated to the tran... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8090804 | Automatic service apparatus and automatic service system An automatic transaction system communicates with a Web server and performs automatic transaction according to the operation of a user. In order to decrease the download time with the Web server which is generated for each operation of the user, a screen frame of a ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078883 | Personal authentication apparatus and personal authentication method According to the present invention, first, the first biometric information “a” is divided equally and biometric information “a” and biometric information “a′” are generated, the second biometric information “b” is divided equally and biometric info... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8009049 | RFID tag and method of manufacturing RFID tag An RFID tag includes: a tag main body having a communication antenna, a circuit chip electrically connected to the antenna to perform wireless communication via the antenna, and a tabular sealing member in which the antenna and the circuit chip are enclosed; a print... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002195 | Radio-frequency identification tag A radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag includes: a plate-shaped sealing piece made of an elastic material. An inlet is enclosed within the sealing piece. The inlet includes an electronic component and an antenna connected to the electronic component. A pair of ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000503 | Biometrics authentication system registration method, biometrics authentication system, and program for same A biometrics authentication system utilizes information of the palm of the hand of a body to perform individual authentication. A processing unit obtains an image of the palm of the hand of the same body a plurality of times from an image capture unit, judges the de... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7966044 | Computer-readable medium storing display control program and mobile terminal A medium storing a program for display control. When the program is executed by a computer realized in a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal operates as follows. An area-information storing unit stores information on a first display area of an external display devi... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959075 | Fraud registration preventing apparatus, fraud registration preventing method, computer-readable recording medium in which fraud registration preventing program is stored, and fraud registration preventing system A fraud registration preventing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a registrant information obtaining section obtaining registrant information of a registrant, an operator information obtaining section obtaining operator information concerning an... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958458 | Method for supporting data linkage between applications A screen plug extracts screen image data of a display screen from a target application and acquired data to be linked from the screen image data. The acquired data is output to a linkage application. Thus the screen plug realizes data linkage between the linkage app... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7896245 | Setting-information creating apparatus, setting-information creating method, information output system, and computer product In a cart terminal device, a goods-layout-information storage unit stores goods layout information, having information indicating a layout region within a shop related to a goods classification indicating goods laid out in the layout region, and a contents-position-... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7837103 | Method and system for accounting item sold by weight A system for accounting an item sold by weight according to the present invention detects the weight of the item sold by weight taken in a package, calculates the sales price for the item sold by weight taken in the package based on the detected weight, and writes i... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7821398 | RFID tag and method of manufacturing RFID tag An RFID tag includes: a tag main body having a communication antenna, a circuit chip electrically connected to the antenna to perform wireless communication via the antenna, and a tabular sealing member in which the antenna and the circuit chip are enclosed; a print... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818583 | Personal authentication apparatus The present invention relates to a personal authentication apparatus which registers biometric information unique to each individual person, captures biometric information on the person anew when authenticating the person, and checks the captured biometric informati... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7805524 | Display control apparatus, display control program and display control method A display control apparatus, a display control program and a display control method can prevent re-controlling of a CGI from taking place as a result of updating a web browser. The display control apparatus includes a CGI processing section that executes a CGI proce... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7788500 | Biometric authentication device and terminal A biometric authentication device and a terminal exhibit high security corresponding to a utilizing mode. The biometric authentication device includes a biometric information storage module performing mutual authentication with an electronic device by use of a commo... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7788185 | Electronic payment system, a recording medium recording an electronic payment program and an electronic payment apparatus The computer of a relay agency holds the money which a buyer pays for a commodity in a relay account. Then, the computer of the relay agency makes a payment transfer card and a notification card, and sends the notification card together with the request of purchase ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786873 | Flexible RFID tag preventing bending stress and breakage A RFID tag, which decreases a bending stress and simultaneously prevents an antenna break, is provided. The RFID tag includes a base, an antenna for communication which extends on the base, a circuit chip which performs radio communication through the antenna. The R... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783187 | Illumination controller, illumination control method, and imaging apparatus An illumination controller for controlling an illumination device that irradiates an object to be photographed with illumination light. The illumination controller includes an introducing unit that introduces ambient light emitted to the object from a light source o... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777808 | Image capturing apparatus having distance measurement function An image capturing apparatus illuminates an object and captures an image of the object using the reflected light from the object. The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor for capturing an image of the object by receiving reflected light, distance-measu... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769209 | Biometric authentication method and biometric authentication apparatus A biometric authentication device, which uses biometrics characteristic information to perform individual authentication, prevents declines in verification speed even when numerous biometrics information sets have been registered. A control unit registers broad char... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747043 | Registration method for biometrics authentication system, biometrics authentication system, and program for same A biometrics authentication system uses biometrics information to authenticate individuals. A processing unit acquires biometrics information for the same living body a plurality of times from a detection unit, judges the mutual degree of similarity between biometri... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746234 | RFID tag The RFID tag includes a base that can bend and unbend; a communication antenna wired on the base; a circuit chip that is electrically connected to the antenna and performs radio communication via the antenna; a reinforcing member as a chip reinforcing member that co... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742626 | Biometrics system and biometrics method A biometrics authentication system that performs individual authentication in use of biometrics information facilitates authentication operation and reduces authentication errors. A storage unit stores therein the shape of the body part of the user, of which is capt... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7741972 | Metal-suitable RFID tag and RFID tag unit therefor An RFID tag unit is constituted of a seal member part, a substrate material part layered on the seal member part, and a print member part layered on the substrate material part. An RFID tag that comprises an LSI chip, an antenna and an impedance adjustment part is f... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7729536 | Boundary extracting method, program, and device using the same An edge detecting method detects edge segments by searching all of the search lines forming an image from an end of the image in a direction perpendicular to the edges. If a line whose edge segment cannot be detected exists, a search is made in all of the search lin... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729518 | Biometrics authentication method biometrics authentication device and blood vessel image reading device A biometrics authentication device, which uses blood vessel images of a human body to perform individual authentication, performs verification processing according to a detected body temperature. A temperature sensor, which detects the temperature of a body, is prov... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7728905 | Image capturing apparatus having an image capturing system disposed close to an illumination system This invention relates to an image capturing apparatus for illuminating and capturing an image of an object using reflected light therefrom, and is objective to a miniaturized construction and simplified assembly. A plurality of light-emitting devices is mounted aro... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7728733 | RFID tag and RFID tag production method The RFID tag includes: a main unit consisting of a base, a communication antenna that is wired on the base, a circuit chip that is electrically connected to the antenna and performs radio communication via the antenna, a chip reinforcing member covering the peripher... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725733 | Biometrics authentication method and biometrics authentication device A biometrics authentication device uses biometrics information to perform individual authentication. Primary and secondary verification of biometrics characteristic data from an image capture device are performed by a control unit and IC card. The biometrics charact... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7721113 | Data alteration detecting method, data alteration detecting device and data alteration detecting program An inter-record alteration detection code verification unit 36 calculates an inter-record alteration detection code by merging a record alteration detection code stored in a record to read from a database 34 and a record alteration detection code in th... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715633 | Medium processing apparatus, medium processing method, medium processing system and computer readable recording medium with medium processing program recorded thereon The present invention comprises, in order to allow recognition of content of information indicated in a medium accurately, based on an image data obtained by reading a medium, an extraction unit for extracting each of plural information items from an image data obta... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710267 | Information terminal, method and apparatus for providing store information, and computer product A movement information determining unit determines a moving direction and a moving speed of a user using position information detected by a position information detecting unit. A moving-speed determining unit determines whether the moving speed exceeds a predetermin... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7697730 | Guidance screen control method of biometrics authentication device, biometrics authentication device, and program for same In a biometrics authentication device which uses biometrics information to authenticate individuals, guidance is provided such that image capture of biometrics information is performed appropriately. An image capture device is caused to perform a plurality of image ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7689834 | Personal authentication apparatus The present invention provides a personal authentication apparatus that includes a permissibility information file for registering information indicating whether setting an ID common to more than one person is permitted or not. In the apparatus, only if setting of a... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7679671 | Image capturing for capturing an image of an object by illuminating the object and receiving light from the object An image capturing apparatus illuminate and captures an image of an object using reflected light from the object. In the apparatus, a plurality of light-emitting devices are mounted in the periphery of an image sensor, and the light of the plurality of light-emittin... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7664128 | Portable information terminal, IP address setting program, and IP address setting method The present invention has been made to provide a portable information terminal, an IP address setting program, and an IP address setting method capable of eliminating the need to assign a static IP address to each portable information terminal and eliminating the ne... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660992 | Electronic data storage system and method thereof An electronic data storage system stores electronic data with attaching an electronic signature, and output the electronic data along with the attached electronic signature, which decreases the operation costs with a simple operation. By using a public key-based sig... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7619530 | RFID tag An RFID tag includes an RFID unit and an antenna unit. The RFID unit is formed in a form of a minute dipole antenna having a predetermined length and includes an IC chip. The antenna unit includes an antenna pattern and an RFID mounting portion. Lengths of the RFID ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7615734 | Image capture device An image capture device, which illuminates a subject and receives light reflected from the subject to capture an image of the subject, is provided to achieve a small-size configuration and easy assembly. A plurality of light-emitting elements are mounted in position... | 11/10/2009 |
