Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation

Ken Hatano

Hironori Motoe

Terunobu Hara

Rei Yano

According to one embodiment, a control system comprises a plurality of devices and a controller. The controller stores first information representing a linkage of a plurality of functions that realize a single process and second information representing a correspondence between the devices and the functions, and controls the devices based on the first information and the second information to realize the single process.

Control system and control method

According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a receiving section configured to receive a trigger signal from a device connected thereto, a verifying section configured to verify the trigger signal when the receiving section receives the trigger signal, and an activating section configured to activate the system when the verification of the trigger signal is successfully made by the verifying section.

Information processing device and activation control method

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an input to input a password, a biological authentication device including a storage unit for storing biological information and identification information, and an authentication controller. The authentication controller sets and holds identification information to be stored in the storage unit of the biological authentication device, and permits a password input using the input to be substituted by authentication using the biological authentication device when the identification information held by itself and the identification information stored in the storage unit of the biological authentication device match. The authentication controller includes a setter to perform a setting for the identification information stored in the storage unit of the biological identification device and held by itself, on both conditions of authentication establishment with a registered password entry using the input and authentication establishment using the biological authentication device.

Information processing apparatus and security protection method

According to one embodiment, if start-up of an application is abnormal after starting up the application, the information processing apparatus reports the fact to the basic input/output system (BIOS), and the BIOS locks a system.

Information processing apparatus and start-up control method

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes devices including functions of generating wake-up signals, a controller which returns the apparatus to the power-on status in response to wake-up signals, and a first nonvolatile memory which stores information indicating whether the functions are enabled. The devices initializes such that the function is enabled if the information of the first nonvolatile memory has indicated that the function has been enabled when the power supply is started. The controller includes a second nonvolatile memory which stores information indicating devices to which power should be continuously supplied in the power-off status. The controller starts the power supply to the devices indicated that the power supply should be continued by the information of the second nonvolatile memory when the power supply is started, and continues the power supply in the power-off status to devices indicated that the power supply should be continued.

Information processing apparatus and wake-up control method

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an input module to input a password, a biological authentication device including a storage unit for storing biological information and identification information, and an authentication control module which sets and holds identification information to be stored in the storage unit of the biological authentication device, and permits a password input using the input module to be substituted by authentication using the biological authentication device when the identification information held by itself and the identification information stored in the storage unit of the biological authentication device match. The authentication control module includes a setting module to perform a setting for the identification information stored in the storage unit of the biological identification device and held by itself, on both conditions of authentication establishment with a registered password entry using the input module and authentication establishment using the biological authentication device.

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a system memory, a device controller, a basic input/output system and a device driver. The device driver of the information processing apparatus forms its own data structure for communication control in the system memory separately from the basic input/output system, saves the address set in the register of the device controller when the device controller executes the communication with the various externally connected devices, sets an address for referring to the own data structure in the register of the device controller in order to make the device controller communicate with the various externally connected devices, and resets the saved address in the register of the device controller after the communication is completed.

Information processing apparatus and device controller driving/controlling method

According to one embodiment, a keyboard unit that includes a keyboard body having a key top and a detecting unit detecting water. The detecting unit is positioned on the keyboard body so as to facing to an under side of the key top.

Keyboard unit and electronic apparatus having a keyboard unit

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a cabinet, a first storage module contained in the cabinet, a communication unit which is detachably inserted into the cabinet, equipped with a second storage module, and used for connecting to a communication line, a verification module which verifies identification information of the communication unit stored in the first storage module against that of the communication unit stored in the second storage module after receiving an instruction of activation of the information processing apparatus, a registration module which registers with the predetermined server unit for use of the communication unit when verification is performed against the identification information of the communication unit stored in the predetermined server unit and the use of the communication unit is determined to be matching.

Information processing apparatus and identification control method

This invention relates to a wireless LAN access point including a communication unit capable of communication by the first wireless communication method, a unit which detects that the traffic density in the communication band used by the first wireless communication method exceeds a predetermined traffic density, and a unit which limits the traffic density in the communication band of the first wireless communication method by a wireless LAN client when the traffic density is detected to exceed the predetermined traffic density.

Relay and communication system

An electronic apparatus, system and method are provided for controlling different types of electronic devices coupled through a serial bus. The electronic apparatus may include an Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) port for coupling a plurality of different types of IDE devices, each having information for controlling the device, a memory, and an IEEE 1394 interface for coupling the device to another electronic apparatus, such as a personal computer (PC), through an IEEE 1394 cable. Different types of IDE devices, such as a hard-disk drive or a CD-ROM drive, may be coupled to the IDE port. The PC may read information from each IDE device, convert the information into a format defined by the IEEE 1394 standard, and store the information in a provided configuration read-only-memory (ROM). When another electronic device coupled to the IEEE 1394 bus accesses the IDE device, the information for the IDE device may be read from the configuration ROM and transmitted to the electronic device to control the respective IDE device.

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Hamura, Japan

Ken Hatano