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A virtual communication space is constructed, in which people that actually see, hear or experience the same thing in the real world can exchange impressions or opinions in real-time. A user carrying a user terminal 20 moves in the real world and enters a predetermined space of the real world that is controlled and supervised by a virtual communication space providing portion 30. The virtual communication space providing portion 30 sends communication channel identification information with a communication channel identification information notifying means 32, and a communication channel identification information sensing means 21 of the user terminal 20 senses the communication channel identification information. Login into that communication channel is performed with a channel login/logout means 22. By logging in, the virtual communication space provided by the virtual communication space providing portion 30 is shared, and applications such as an electronic bulletin board and chat can be used. The supervisor terminal collects/analyzes a log of the conversation.

The invention provides a lightweight back-up and efficient restoration method of health block chain data encryption keys.Body area networks achieve physiological parameters acquisition of healthy body health, health block chains are produced by a group of credible IT devices appointed by multiple health institutions and used for receiving and storing health data of the body area networks, the health block chain data encryption keys are produced by utilizing a fuzzy technology fuzzy vault and physiological signals acquired by the body area networks, human physiological data acquired in different time periods is encrypted by utilizing different data encryption keys and then is saved in the block chains of the IT devices without storage of historical data encryption keys; historical secret keys are restored by utilizing the health data acquired by the body area networks in real time.The lightweight back-up and efficient restoration method integrates the body area networks with the health block chains, avoids huge burden brought by secret key splitting related in a traditional secret key restoration method and safe storage and retrieval of shadow secret keys and greatly reduces management complexity of the health block chain data encryption keys.

If image stabilization becomes necessary while an MFP is executing a print job received from a user, the MFP performs the image stabilization while emitting an operation sound if the user has not moved away from the MFP. Also, if the user has moved away from the MFP, the MFP stops the print job and logs the user out.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing a portable consumer device (e.g., a plastic card) that includes a coupon code and an account number (e.g., embedded on a magnetic stripe or a chip) where the portable consumer device is configured to apply a coupon to goods and services purchased at a merchant (e.g., store). Upon identifying the goods and services under a particular category specified by the coupon code (e.g., healthy food category), a user may pay for a predetermined portion (e.g., 50%) of the goods and services under the particular category using the portable consumer device. The user may pay for the remaining portion using a benefits card (e.g., state benefits card). As such, by allowing the user to pay for the predetermined portion using the portable consumer device, the user has incentive to purchase goods and services that fall under the particular category.

A display apparatus includes a display to display an image thereon and a pair of bases which are coupled to the display to rotate around a vertical axis with respect to the display.

A transition path determinator 4 determines a transition path leading from a current screen which an output unit 9 is currently displaying to a transition destination screen for which the transition path determinator accepts a shortcut operation from a user via an input unit 1 with reference to a hierarchical structure which a transition table storage 3 stores. An animation-during-transition acquiring unit 5 acquires each animation during transition included in the transition path from an animation-during-transition table storage 6, an animation-during-transition controller 7 controls a playback speed according to the number of hierarchical layers transitioned in the transition path, and an output unit 9 displays the animation during transition in order at the playback speed, so that a transition to the transition destination screen is made.

A stereoscopic vision system includes a monoscopic endoscope, an external adapter lens, and a camera calibration and stereoscopic processing unit. The external adapter lens has two tubes formed therein for forming two optical paths and is mounted on the endoscope for a CCD of the endoscope to receive parallax image pairs of an observed object. Each parallax image pair has a left image and a right image thereon. The camera calibration and stereoscopic processing unit receives the parallax image pairs, and calibrates two camera systems formed by the adapter lens and the endoscope and processes the parallax image pairs generated from the calibration to generate stereoscopic images to be displayed on a display. The simple and inexpensive two-tube external adapter lens directly mounted on any type of monoscopic endoscope without modifying the monoscopic endoscope and one-time camera calibration ensures cost effectiveness and operational convenience.

A multi-function portable table includes two cases, which are jointed to each other by hinges and are releasably fixed to each other by at least one releasable buckle mounted therebetween at one lateral side opposite so as to allow the cases to be expanded in a rotation manner. The cases have opposing surfaces in which cavities are defined. Foldable legs are arranged in the cavities. The cases that are expanded to form a tabletop are supported by the legs that are expanded from inside the cavities of the cases. Further, one of the cases can be converted into an easel, while the other one is provided with storage spaces for articles/objects so as to allow for easy use in outdoor activities.

An apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a region extraction unit configured to extract region data for each object from document image data including tables; a table structure analysis unit configured to analyze the region data relating to table objects out of the extracted region data and extract table structure information on each of the table objects; a sheet generation unit configured to generate a display sheet for reproducing a layout of the object in the document image data and an edit sheet for each table for editing the table, by using the region data and the table structure information on each object; and an electronic-document generation unit configured to generate an electronic document which associated the display sheet with the edit sheet.

Inputting speech includes receiving feature information obtained by a client, the feature information comprising speech signals and user feature image signals, recognizing first candidate recognition data matching the user feature image signals, determining target recognition data based at least on the first candidate recognition data, and outputting the target recognition data.

A vacuum cleaner includes a driving wheel, a cleaning part, a dust-collecting unit, a dust collection amount detection part, and a travel control part. The dust collection amount detection part detects the amount of the dust and dirt accumulated in the dust-collecting unit. The travel control part controls the driving of the driving wheel to make the vacuum cleaner travel autonomously. The travel control part makes the vacuum cleaner travel to a dust station in the case the amount of the dust and dirt detected by the dust collection amount detection part is equal to or more than a specified amount while the cleaning part performs cleaning. The travel control part further makes the vacuum cleaner undock from the dust station to restart the cleaning after the dust and dirt accumulated in the dust-collecting unit is transferred to a dust-collecting container at the dust station. The vacuum cleaning apparatus can adopt a downsized vacuum cleaner while ensuring convenience.

The invention discloses a finger vein recognizing system which belongs to the technical field of biometric identification. The invention further discloses equipment which comprises a finger vein image collecting device, an image processing device and an image recognizing and storing device. The image collecting device is connected with the image processing device through a USB interface, and the image processing device is connected with the mage recognizing and storing device through the USB interface. The finger vein recognizing system comprises two modes: an authentication mode and a recognition mode, wherein, the authentication mode is used for verifying whether a person to be verified is a designated person or not, that is, a user first selects a corresponding user number when the system verification is performed; after finger vein images of the person to be verified are collected, a comparison is made between the finger vein images and the template which is stored in a database and corresponds to the user number, so that whether the user is valid or not can be determined; the recognition mode is used for verifying which registered person the person to be verified is, that is, a comparison is made between finger vein image characteristics of the user and the template of the user in the database; and then a template number with the greatest similarity is found, so as to determine the identity of the person to be verified.

An in-vehicle system includes a instrument cluster display arranged in an instrument cluster and a heads-up display that projects an image in an area on a front window above the instrument cluster. When a user continues viewing a display screen of the instrument cluster display for a predetermined period of time or longer, the display of the instrument cluster display is stopped, and content displayed on the display of the instrument cluster display is displayed on the heads-up display.

An automatic driving control device changes the degree of automation during an automatic control or the degree of change to the vehicle behavior during the automatic control, on the basis of the peripheral monitoring state of a driver, and on the basis of how easy it is to perform a switching operation for prioritizing manual control over automatic control. Thus, the automatic driving control device makes it possible to ensure the convenience of automatic control, by dynamically changing the degree of automation or the degree of change to the vehicle behavior, without uniformly stopping automatic control of steering and acceleration.

A shoe sole includes a sole contact portion 42, a ground contact portion 44, a plurality of fluid casings 12 configured to include a pair of fluid casings arranged in the front and rear direction and a pair of fluid casings arranged in the left and right direction between the sole contact portion and the ground contact portion and made of an elastic material, and plurality of valve units 20 and 30 configured to connect the pair of fluid casings in the front and rear direction and the pair of fluid casings in the left and right direction and to permit a flow of a fluid only from fluid casings at a high position to fluid casings at a low position when the sole of the shoe is inclined in the front and rear direction and/or in the left and right direction.

An X-ray image diagnosis apparatus which can accept operations from a plurality of operation panels can ensure convenience for operators while avoiding the risk of excessively exposing an object to X-rays. This invention is a control method in an X-ray image diagnosis apparatus which irradiates an object with X-rays and processes a captured image obtained by imaging the object. This method includes the steps of receiving information associated with an imaging condition at the time of X-ray irradiation which is input via an operation panel, discriminating, when the information associated with the imaging condition is received, an operation panel from which the information associated with the imaging condition has been input, and restricting, when the information associated with the imaging condition is received, the reception of a specific instruction input via an operation panel other than the discriminated operation panel.

Apparatuses and methods related to a voice recognition system, a voice recognition server and a control method of a, display apparatus, are provided. More particularly, apparatuses and methods relate to a voice recognition system which performs a voice recognition function by using at least one of a current usage status with respect to the display apparatus and a function that is currently performed by the display apparatus. A voice recognition system includes: a voice receiver which receives a voice command and a controller which determines at least one from among a current usage status with respect to a display apparatus and a function currently performed by the display apparatus, determines an operation corresponding to the received voice command by using at least one from among the determined current usage status and the function currently performed by the display apparatus, and performs the determined operation.

An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object and a power-supply control unit. The power-supply control unit shifts the image forming apparatus to a second power state, in response to a lapse of a predetermined time following no detection of the object, when a job has not been executed until the detection unit detects no object, after the power-supply control unit shifts the image forming apparatus to the first power state. The power-supply control unit shifts the image forming apparatus to the second power state before a lapse of the predetermined time, when a job has been executed until the detection unit detects no object, after the power-supply control unit shifts the image forming apparatus to the first power state.

A control method of a powered sliding device for a vehicle sliding door, wherein when an operating switch for starting a powered sliding device is pressed to open the door, and if the vehicle speed is about 3 km/h or less and the foot brake or the parking brake is operated, the decelerating state of the vehicle just before is confirmed, and when the decelerating state does not correspond to the quick braking, the powered sliding device is started.

An implement for mechanically filling multiple sandbags at a time is used on a loader bucket of loader-type equipment. The implement has a planar surface in which a plurality of filler apertures are formed in a plurality of rows evenly spaced over its surface area. Each filler aperture has a tensioner ring around the aperture for holding a drawstring held in a sleeve around an open end of the sandbag. A trigger mechanism is movable to a locked position in which the drawstring of the sandbag is pulled tight so that the open end of the sandbag is held in place on the tensioner ring, to an unlocked position in which the trigger mechanism lifts the drawstring off the tensioner ring to allow the sandbag filled with filler material to pull on and cinch the open end of the sandbag closed, and to a release position in which the cinched sandbag is released to the ground.

The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for making up and/or caring for keratin materials, in particular the skin and/or the lips, comprising: at least one aqueous phase gelled with at least one polymeric gelling agent that is natural or of natural origin; and at least one oily phase gelled with at least one lipophilic gelling agent chosen from particulate gelling agents, organopolysiloxane elastomers, semi-crystalline polymers and dextrin esters, and mixtures thereof; the said phases forming therein a macroscopically homogeneous mixture.

The disclosure relates to a recharge method and device; the method comprises the following steps: monitoring residue balance of a life account, wherein the life account refers to the account obtaining life service resources through paying cost, the residual balance refers to the life account residual fund and/or life account residual life service resources; recharging the life account according to a preset recharge path when the residual balance is smaller than or equal to a preset threshold. The method can automatically recharge the life account, thus preventing the forcibly interrupted conditions of the life service resources when a user forgets to recharge, and greatly facilitating user life.

A fluorescent imaging device includes a light source unit including a first light source for radiating excitation light, a second light source for radiating visible illumination light, and a third light source for radiating non-visible light, an imager being configured to capture a fluorescent image, a visible image, and a non-visible image, and a tracking processor that is operable to perform moving-body tracking for a region of interest that is set in an image based on at least the non-visible image.