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The present disclosure relates generally to the authentication of contactless payments attempted by a device having embedded contactless payment functionality. In particular, the disclosure is directed to systems and methods that utilize authentication schemes that already exist on a device in which the contactless payment functionality is embedded. One example of such authentication schemes is the use of password protection to lock or unlock the device in which the contactless payment functionality is embedded. Using the password protection functionality may provide varying levels of authentication protection based on the desires of the user. A number of exemplary uses of such a method and apparatus are disclosed herein.

A cover lens with touch sensing function is a transparent plate formed by a substrate, a surface layer, a sensing layer, and an insulated layer. The substrate of the cover lens is a highly transparent plate with outstanding mechanical strength. The surface layer consists of one or a plurality of functional films and is arranged on an upper surface of the substrate. The sensing layer is arranged on a bottom surface of the substrate and further has a plurality of X axis traces and Y axis traces. The X and Y axis traces are formed on the same plane and intersect to each other as a matrix. Induction-spots are formed on each X axis trace and are connected one by one. Induction-spots are formed on each Y axis trace but are formed separately with gaps. Pairs of through holes is formed respectively to all the adjacent induction-spots of each Y axis trace on the insulated layer. A conductive wire crossing between the pair of the through holes is arranged on the surface of the insulated layer. Both ends of the conductive wire exposed to the through holes respectively are formed as electrical joints. The insulated layer is covered on the sensing layer from a bottom surface so as to cover and insulate the X and Y axis traces.

According to the present invention, a data transmission device that can transmit data to a destination contained in pre-stored destination information, the data transmission device comprises a determining section that, when the device is instructed to transmit data, determines whether or not destination information contained in the transmission instruction was updated after the last data transmission carried out with reference to the destination information; and a notifying section that, if the determining section determines that the destination information was updated after the last data transmission to the destination, notifies a user having given the transmission instruction that the destination information has been updated.

In a flexible display device including flexibility and toughness, and a method of manufacturing the flexible display device, the flexible display device includes a glass substrate, a flexible substrate and a display unit which are sequentially stacked, and the flexible display device has a structure wherein a surface area of the flexible substrate is larger than a surface area of the glass substrate. A volume of the device may be significantly reduced for convenience of portability since a flexible area where the glass substrate is not located may be folded or rolled. Also, a stable circuit connection may be guaranteed since the driving chip is installed on a hard area which does not go through a heating process in order to separate the glass substrate and the flexible substrate during the manufacturing process.

In a reproducing apparatus capable of displaying text subtitles in synchronization with an AV stream, before the AV stream is reproduced, text subtitle streams and font information are read into a preload buffer section (122, 123) in a sequence determined by a priority language setting section (131), and subtitle images are generated from the text subtitle streams and font information and displayed overlaid on the image information of the AV stream. Even if a preload buffer section with a small memory size is used, when the text subtitle language is switched, the text subtitle display can be switched smoothly, with little likelihood of interrupting the audio-video display.

A gaze point detecting device 1 detects a gaze point of an object person by projecting a display image displayed by an LCD 8 to outside via a finder 4 and capturing an eye image of the object person by a CCD 11 in response to illumination light irradiated toward outside from the finder 4, and the device comprises an optical system 5 arranged spaced only a focal length apart from a display surface 8a on an optical path of an image displaying optical system between the LCD 8 and the finder 4; the optical system 5 being arranged on an optical path of an imaging optical system between the finder 4 and the CCD 11; a telecentric optical system including a diaphragm 9 arranged spaced only a focal length apart from the optical system 5 on the optical path; and a controller 3 that detects a position of the gaze point of the object person based on the eye image captured by the CCD 11.

Disclosed is a heater assembly for a washing machine having improved stability and reliability. The heater assembly includes a cavity formed at a bottom surface of a tub storing washing water, a heater disposed in the cavity and heating the washing water, and a cover provided to the bottom surface of the tub and configured to cover the cavity.

An LED lamp electrode structure aims to clamp an LED chip on the top end of a socket which has two electrode passages running therethrough. The electrode passages hold conductive media which have upper ends soldered to two electrodes of the LED chip to form electric connection and lower ends extended outside the bottom of the socket. The socket has a first thread portion at the lower side running through a holder which has a second thread portion to engage with a lens covering the LED chip. The conductive media are concealed inside the LED lamp. The LED lamp thus formed can be assembled and disassembled easily, and is safer and more aesthetic appealing.

A method is provided for determining the activity of an enzyme which releases methylumbelliferone (MU) from an MU-containing substrate wherein the enzyme has a pH optimum below the pKa of MU comprising: contacting a sample suspected of containing the enzyme with the MU-containing substrate at a pH suitable for activity of the enzyme to allow release of MU by the enzyme; contacting the sample with light of a wavelength in the range of about 310 nm to about 350 nm; determining fluorescence produced by the released MU, thereby determining the activity of the enzyme. This real time method provides improved diagnostic methods, for example for diseases associated with an abnormal level of activity of a glycosidase. The real time assay also can be used to screen compounds for their ability to modulate enzyme activity using MU-containing substrates.

The current invention involves a method and a device for generating and analyzing ions in order to analyze samples directly without sample preparation. The gaseous neutral molecules are desorbed under atmospheric pressure by a desorption method. The desorbed neutral molecules are then transferred into a low pressure region where they are post-ionized by a mist from an electrospray probe tip or by photons from a vacuum UV source. The generated ions are then focused in a time varying electric field in the low pressure chamber before they are transferred into a mass spectrometer or ion mobility spectrometer for further analysis.

A system and method for implementing on-line interactive lectures are provided. The video and audio lectures are delivered to geographically dispersed students through the internet. The delivery may be performed in two different modes, which are live-broadcast (live lectures) and on-demand (archived lectures). Live-broadcast lectures are delivered to students in real-time while the lectures are recorded. The students may interact with the teacher and also other students using real-time communication methods. The real-time communication methods include text-based on-line chat, and video / audio conferencing systems. On-demand lectures are delivered to students on per-request basis. The students may interact with the teacher or other students using non-real-time communication methods. The non-real-time communication methods include message boards and emails. The system may collaborate with a learning management system (LMS) to control the level of access over the video / audio streams and communications.

In the mobile telephone 1 relating to the present invention, a control section 2 performs control for switching between a non-active state which refuses inputs to an application program, and a rest state in which the application program is temporarily halted. The control section 2 performs control for switching the execution state of the application program from the non-active state to the rest state, in accordance with instructions from an input section 3. The control section 2 further performs control for switching the execution state of the application program from the non-active state to the rest state, in accordance with a function contained in an application program.

A user authentication device provided on an apparatus as an object of operation acquires feature data representing notable portion of the user, using a camera device, after user authentication. Based on the acquired feature data, the user authentication device tracks the user by the camera (step S1030). If it is detected by the tracking that the user has left the apparatus, the user authentication device displays a log-in screen image on an operation panel (step S1060). If it is detected that the user once left the apparatus has returned to a position where he / she can operate the apparatus, the user authentication device displays the screen image that has been previously operated by the user. On the other hand, if it is detected that the tracking has been interrupted after the user left the apparatus, the user authentication device executes a log-out process (step S1120).

A gaze point detecting device 1 detects a gaze point of an object person by projecting a display image displayed by an LCD 8 to outside via a finder 4 and capturing an eye image of the object person by a CCD 11 in response to illumination light irradiated toward outside from the finder 4, and the device comprises an optical system 5 arranged spaced only a focal length apart from a display surface 8a on an optical path of an image displaying optical system between the LCD 8 and the finder 4; the optical system 5 being arranged on an optical path of an imaging optical system between the finder 4 and the CCD 11; a telecentric optical system including a diaphragm 9 arranged spaced only a focal length apart from the optical system 5 on the optical path; and a controller 3 that detects a position of the gaze point of the object person based on the eye image captured by the CCD 11.

A security system includes a sensor attached to a merchandise item, a slave unit attached to a merchandise rack and connected to one or a plurality of sensors via a wire, and a master unit that monitors theft of the merchandise item by wirelessly receiving a signal using a first frequency band from one or a plurality of slave units.

Where a toner cartridge other than a genuine product is mounted, the image forming device stops displaying information regarding the usage amount such as the residual amount of toner, etc., and causes the display / input device of the host device to display a screen including information regarding an operation mode and a toner cartridge other than a genuine product. In *addition, the image forming device not only stops displaying the residual amount of toner, but also causes the display / input device of the host device to display a screen including information regarding the number of sheets of paper already printed, which is measured or metered from the mounting of a toner cartridge, and the printing coverage thereof.

A blower includes a housing unit, a fan blade unit, a driving device, a start capacitor, a switch device, and a power source device. The power source device is connected electrically to the switch device. The housing unit includes a driver housing for receiving the driving device, and a fan housing for receiving the fan blade unit. The driver housing includes a mounting recess. The housing unit further includes a cover plate for covering removably the mounting recess. The start capacitor and the switch device are disposed removably within the mounting recess, and are connected electrically to the driving device at the mounting recess.

A fuel cell system and operation methods therefore are capable of ensuring transfer to normal operation while maintaining convenience. A fuel cell system includes a cell stack, a secondary battery, and a controller including a CPU, a main switch, and a stop button. After the main switch is turned OFF, if there is no power generation stopping command from the stop button, the CPU stops power generation in the cell stack after continuing power generation in the cell stack until a charge rate of the secondary battery becomes not lower than a first threshold value. If the charge rate is not lower than a second threshold value and is lower than the first threshold value, generation in the cell stack is stopped in response to the power generation stopping command from the stop button. If the charge rate is lower than the second threshold value, power generation in the cell stack is continued to charge the secondary battery until the charge rate becomes not lower than the second threshold value even if a normal power generation stopping command is provided from the stop button.

A combined system of an air conditioning device and a hot-water supply device, the system being provided with: an air conditioning refrigeration cycle comprising a heat source unit (A), an indoor unit (B), a hot-water supply heat source circuit (D) provided with a refrigerant-to-refrigerant heat exchanger (41) and a flow restriction means (119) for a hot water supply heat source, and a branch unit (C) for dividing a refrigerant flowing to the indoor unit and the hot-water supply heat source circuit, the indoor unit and the hot-water supply heat source circuit being connected parallel to each other, the air conditioning refrigeration cycle being connected, using at least two lengths of connection piping (106, 107), to the heat source unit through the branch unit; and a hot-water supplying refrigeration cycle formed by connecting in series a hot-water supplying compressor, a heat medium-to-refrigerant heat exchanger, a flow restriction means for hot water supply, and the refrigerant-to-refrigerant heat exchanger. The air conditioning refrigeration cycle and the hot-water supplying refrigeration cycle are connected in such a manner that an air conditioning refrigerant and a hot-water supplying refrigerant are subjected to heat exchange by the refrigerant-to-refrigerant heat exchanger.

Disclosed herein is a data filtering apparatus, including: a plurality of pre-filters configured to extract a designated type of data from input data carrying a plurality of types of data; a plurality of post-filters configured to extract, from the data extracted by the pre-filter designated to be connected, the data that matches a designated data extraction condition; and a filter connection information holding device configured to hold filter connection information for designating at least one of the pre-filters to be connected, in correspondence with each of the post-filters.

A security system includes a sensor attached to a merchandise item, a slave unit attached to a merchandise rack and connected to one or a plurality of sensors via a wire, and a master unit that monitors theft of the merchandise item by wirelessly receiving a signal using a first frequency band from one or a plurality of slave units.

The invention discloses a laser radar for a vehicle anti-collision avoidance system. A transmitting and receiving scanner is a dual-rotation laser transmitting and receiving scanner; the dual-rotation laser transmitting and receiving scanner includes a base and a rotation body of a transmitting window and a receiving window, wherein the rotation body is mounted on the base; the upper part of the rotation body is provided with a laser generator, a lens group and a reflector; the emergent light path of the reflector is aligned with the transmitting window; the back surface of the reflector is provided with a motor with a cam which cam drive the reflector to swing, so that the light path can carry out sector-shaped scanning; the lower part of the rotation body is provided with a laser receiving device; a conical reflector is installed at the receiving window; and reflected laser is reflected to a laser receiving probe through the conical reflector. With the laser radar of the invention adopted, the vehicle anti-collision avoidance system can achieve vertical sector scanning and rotary scanning simultaneously, and the radiation energy requirements of scanning laser beams can be reduced. The laser radar has the advantages of high safety, high accuracy and high sensitivity.

In a power device and a plug structure, the plug structure includes an electrical conductor, a pin and a conductive elastic sheet. The pin is correspondingly arranged to the electrical conductor. The pin has a conducting portion and a distal end formed on the conducting portion. The conductive elastic sheet has a lateral segment and at least one longitudinal segment extending from the lateral segment. The lateral segment has a first convex portion and a second convex portion reversed from each other. The longitudinal segment has a third convex portion. The lateral segment is clamped between the distal end and the electrical conductor, the first convex portion contacts the electrical conductor, the second convex portion grasps and contacts the distal end, and the third convex portion contacts the conducting portion.