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A content fingerprint based recognition system employs local caching of portions of a fingerprint database to manage network services for identifying which programs a user's mobile device is exposed to and the timing of events within the program. The system enables background recognition and synchronization of network services in a way that consumes less device power and bandwidth.

In conventional systems using an onboard camera disposed rearward of a vehicle for recognizing an object surrounding the vehicle, the object is recognized by the camera disposed rearward of the vehicle. In the image recognized by the camera, a road surface marking taken by the camera appears at a lower end of a screen of the image, which makes it difficult to predict a specific position in the screen from which the road surface marking appears. Further, an angle of depression of the camera is large, and it is a short period of time to acquire the object. Therefore, it is difficult to improve a recognition rate and to reduce false recognition. Results of recognition (type, position, angle, recognition time) made by a camera disposed forward of the vehicle, are used to predict a specific timing and a specific position of a field of view of a camera disposed rearward of the vehicle, at which the object appears. Parameters of recognition logic of the rearwardly disposed camera and processing timing are then optimally adjusted. Further, luminance information of the image from the forwardly disposed camera is used to predict possible changes to be made in luminance of the field of view of the rearwardly disposed camera. Gain and exposure time of the rearwardly disposed camera are then adjusted.

A process for segmenting an object of interest from background, comprising: obtaining a master, high-resolution image of an object disposed within a background; applying a first band graph cut process to the master image generating a second image with the object being segmented from the background to a first approximation; and, comparing the second image with the master image to produce a comparison image with pixels identified by the comparison to be background images being removed from the comparison image.

An advanced reflexive structure system is disclosed. The reflexive system mimics the pain withdrawal reflex on which the human body relies. The reflexive system incorporates a continuous health and performance monitoring system via an embedded dielectric film, an adaptive composite structure based on shape memory composite material, and an intelligence system which will be interfaced with both the health / performance sensors and the adaptive structure. When activated shape memory polymer will recover its structural integrity via shape recovery and a reptation healing process. These features enable the use of SMP as an adaptive structure in the proposed reflexive system. The development of a reflexive system for structures will enable increased safety and security and demonstrate a better understanding of integrated performance systems. This reflexive technology could find immediate implementation on all current and future systems and future implementation on platforms such as the International Space Station, Lunar, and Martian habitats.

A surrounding area monitoring apparatus, which is built into a vehicle, images the area surrounding the vehicle and detects physical objects in the area surrounding the vehicle based on the image taken. The apparatus determines whether the detected physical object is a pedestrian or an animal, and a warning is given to the driver of the vehicle if the determined physical object is present within a specified area from the vehicle. If it is determined that the detected physical object is an animal and that the animal is present within the specified area, the warning in continued for a specified period even after the animal has left the specified area. Since animals have habits of behaving in a herd, risk of lurking animals can be brought to the driver's attention by the continuation of the warning.

An identification method and system. A user is scanned by a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader to read N RFID tags respectively embedded in N objects carried by the user. Each tag of the N RFID tags includes a tag identifier. N may be at least 1 or at least 2. The tags read by the RFID reader are compared with M tags in a registered record of data. The registered record comprises a reference to the user. Each tag of the M tags includes a tag identifier. M is at least N. The user is permitted access to a resource if the comparing has determined that the tag identifiers in the M tags include the tag identifiers in the N tags read by the RFID reader. The resource may be a computer resource. Alternatively, the resource may be a resource other than a computer resource.

A gaming machine having rotation control means for controlling a base member so that the base member is counterclockwise and clockwise rotatable, a first lottery ball introducing device for throwing in a lottery ball in substantially the same direction as a direction vector when the base member is rotated, a second lottery ball introducing device for throwing in a lottery ball in a direction facing the first lottery ball introducing device, lottery ball throw-in means for throwing in a lottery ball from any one of the first lottery ball introducing device and the second lottery ball introducing device, and lottery ball detecting means for detecting which one of the first lottery ball introducing device and the second lottery ball introducing device the lottery ball is thrown in from, wherein the base member control means has a function of determining the rotating direction of the base member on the basis of the detection result of the lottery ball detecting means. Accordingly, in a gaming machine such as a bingo game, after a lottery ball is thrown in, it is prevented from entering a lottery hole, and enjoyment of the game player is perpetuated.

An interactive toy (1) comprises stimulus sensors (5) for detecting an inputted stimulus, actuators or the like (3, 4) for actuating the interactive toy (1), and a control unit (10) for controlling the actuators or the like (3, 4) so that the interactive toy (1) may take reaction behavior to the stimulus detected by the stimulus sensors (5). Here, the control unit (10) changes the reaction behavior of the interactive toy (1), according to a total value of generated action points caused by the reaction behavior of the interactive toy (1). Thus, the reaction behavior (output) of the interactive toy is made into points, and the reaction behavior of the interactive toy (1) is changed according to the total value of the points. Thereby, both enriching the variation related to the reaction behavior and prediction difficulty of the reaction behavior can be attempted.

An interactive toy (1) comprises stimulus sensors (5) for detecting an inputted stimulus, actuators or the like (3, 4) for actuating the interactive toy (1), and a control unit (10) for controlling the actuators or the like (3, 4) so that the interactive toy (1) may take reaction behavior to the stimulus detected by the stimulus sensors (5). Here, the control unit (10) changes the reaction behavior of the interactive toy (1), according to a total value of generated action points caused by the reaction behavior of the interactive toy (1). Thus, the reaction behavior (output) of the interactive toy is made into points, and the reaction behavior of the interactive toy (1) is changed according to the total value of the points. Thereby, both enriching the variation related to the reaction behavior and prediction difficulty of the reaction behavior can be attempted.

In conventional systems using an onboard camera disposed rearward of a vehicle for recognizing an object surrounding the vehicle, the object is recognized by the camera disposed rearward of the vehicle. In the image recognized by the camera, a road surface marking taken by the camera appears at a lower end of a screen of the image, which makes it difficult to predict a specific position in the screen from which the road surface marking appears. Further, an angle of depression of the camera is large, and it is a short period of time to acquire the object. Therefore, it is difficult to improve a recognition rate and to reduce false recognition. Results of recognition (type, position, angle, recognition time) made by a camera disposed forward of the vehicle, are used to predict a specific timing and a specific position of a field of view of a camera disposed rearward of the vehicle, at which the object appears. Parameters of recognition logic of the rearwardly disposed camera and processing timing are then optimally adjusted. Further, luminance information of the image from the forwardly disposed camera is used to predict possible changes to be made in luminance of the field of view of the rearwardly disposed camera. Gain and exposure time of the rearwardly disposed camera are then adjusted.

A process for segmenting an object of interest from background, comprising: obtaining a master, high-resolution image of an object disposed within a background; applying a first band graph cut process to the master image generating a second image with the object being segmented from the background to a first approximation; and, comparing the second image with the master image to produce a comparison image with pixels identified by the comparison to be background images being removed from the comparison image.

An object of the present invention is to a provide tamper resistant information processing unit that is used as an IC card with a high level of security.To achieve the above-mentioned object, the information unit of the present invention comprises: a program container part for storing a program; a memory for storing data; an arithmetic unit for performing specified processing according to the program; a data bus for connecting the memory to the arithmetic unit; and a transform function for transforming a logical address and a physical address of the memory, said logical address being used for arithmetic operation by the arithmetic unit, said physical address being set at random corresponding to the logical address at each arithmetic operation or every time the information processing unit is started up.

A game machine uses a lottery region containing the cells, provides a game opportunity that changes symbols on the cells by causing the symbols of a symbol group to appear on the portion of the cells, determines by lottery, at least a portion of the symbols which should constitute the symbol group, causes at least the portion of the symbols constituting the symbol group to appear in the lottery region based on a lottery result so as to change at least the portion of the symbols arranged on the cells by moving the symbol group including the symbol determined by the lottery result on a movement path containing two directions and stopping the symbol group so that at least the portion of the symbols of the symbol group is arranged on the cells, and determines a prize winning based on the symbols arranged on the cells by the symbol group.

A hardware authentication system and method for equipment including at least one removable hardware component comprising a processing unit within the equipment that includes a first pseudo-random number generator responsive to at least one non-deterministic event for generating a pseudo-random number. A second pseudo-random number generator is provided on the removable hardware component. The second pseudo-random number generator is also responsive to the at least one non-deterministic event and generates a pseudo-random number. The processing unit compares the pseudo-random numbers generated by the first and second pseudo-random number generators to detect coincidence and thereby determine authenticity of the hardware component.

A material deposition system for additive manufacturing including an extruder and a measuring device for measuring the viscosity and / or other rheological properties of a build material contained within the extruder. The measuring device may provide feedback to a controller for controlling one or more parameters depending on the measured viscosity and / or other rheological properties of the build material within the extruder. Two or more feed materials may be supplied to the extruder and a mixing device may be configured to mix the feed materials within the extruder to create a blended deposition material. The mixing device may be operatively coupled to the measuring device for simultaneously measuring the viscosity and / or other rheological properties of the materials during mixing. The controller may be configured to independently control one or more parameters associated with the materials depending on the viscosity and / or other rheological properties measured by the measuring device.

An identification method and system. A user is scanned by a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader to read N RFID tags respectively embedded in N objects carried by the user. Each tag of the N tags includes a tag identifier. N may be at least 1 or at least 2. The N tags read by the RFID reader are compared with M tags in a registered record of data. The registered record comprises a reference to the user. Each tag of the M tags includes a tag identifier. M is at least N. The user is permitted access to a resource if the comparing has determined that the tag identifiers in the M tags include the tag identifiers in the N tags read by the RFID reader. The resource may be a computer resource. Alternatively, the resource may be a resource other than a computer resource.

An advanced reflexive structure system is disclosed. The reflexive system mimics the pain withdrawal reflex on which the human body relies. The reflexive system incorporates a continuous health and performance monitoring system via an embedded dielectric film, an adaptive composite structure based on shape memory composite material, and an intelligence system which will be interfaced with both the health / performance sensors and the adaptive structure. When activated shape memory polymer will recover its structural integrity via shape recovery and a reptation healing process. These features enable the use of SMP as an adaptive structure in the proposed reflexive system. The development of a reflexive system for structures will enable increased safety and security and demonstrate a better understanding of integrated performance systems. This reflexive technology could find immediate implementation on all current and future systems and future implementation on platforms such as the International Space Station, Lunar, and Martian habitats.

Surveillance system for automatic detection and presentation of threat indications, the system comprising several threat indication detectors and at least one central unit adapted for communication with said threat indication detectors and for presentation of threat images. Threat information signals are transferred automatically from the threat indication detectors to the central unit, and each threat indication detector can be located both immobile, semi-mobile of mobile.

Technologies for narrowing the choices for programs that each comply with example behaviors provided by a user in programming by example. Even if the user provides insufficient behavior examples to precisely identify a program that should be used, the system still uses program behavior features (along with potentially structure features) of the program in order to identify suitability of each program that would comply with the specific set of behavior examples. A particular program is then selected and enabled for that user so that the particular program performs behaviors exemplified by the one or more program behavior examples. In the case where user assistance is used in selection of the program, the suitability for each possible program may be used to decide which of multiple possible programs should be made selectable by the user. Those higher suitability programs might be visualized to the user for selection.

The present invention relates to an arrangement, in a communications network, for allocating addresses to users or clients connecting to the network. It comprises at least one address holding means holding a plurality of addresses and allocating control means for, from said address holding means, allocating addresses to the users or clients, and for detecting when an address is released or when a user or a client allocated an address disconnects. It further comprises, for each pool of addresses, delay means for allowing control of the minimum time period to lapse before an address having been allocated to a user is reused, i.e. again allocated to a user, such that a minimum time period before reuse of each address can be guaranteed.

A drug effect-adverse effect prediction system includes a clinical data analysis table generating part, for each combination of genotypes relating to a drug effect or adverse effect, for generation of an analysis table for handling cases related to presence or absence of the drug effect or adverse effect. The system also includes a reliability analysis part, a discrimination formula generating part, a prediction part, and a discrimination formula optimizing part.

A surface of a marine object is treated with an antifouling paint. The antifouling paint comprises a porous silicate and a wax. The porous silicate has a particle size of between 1 and 100 μm and is in a concentration of between 18 and 60 weight percent. The antifouling paint is applied to the surface. The wax is used to encapsulate the porous silicate and to prevent an immediate release of ions from the porous silicate.

Technologies for narrowing the choices for programs that each comply with example behaviors provided by a user in programming by example. Even if the user provides insufficient behavior examples to precisely identify a program that should be used, the system still uses program behavior features (along with potentially structure features) of the program in order to identify suitability of each program that would comply with the specific set of behavior examples. A particular program is then selected and enabled for that user so that the particular program performs behaviors exemplified by the one or more program behavior examples. In the case where user assistance is used in selection of the program, the suitability for each possible program may be used to decide which of multiple possible programs should be made selectable by the user. Those higher suitability programs might be visualized to the user for selection.

A surrounding area monitoring apparatus, which is built into a vehicle, images the area surrounding the vehicle and detects physical objects in the area surrounding the vehicle based on the image taken. The apparatus determines whether the detected physical object is a pedestrian or an animal, and a warning is given to the driver of the vehicle if the determined physical object is present within a specified area from the vehicle. If it is determined that the detected physical object is an animal and that the animal is present within the specified area, the warning in continued for a specified period even after the animal has left the specified area. Since animals have habits of behaving in a herd, the risk of lurking animals can be brought to the driver's attention by the continuation of the warning.