Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

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Seppo Reino Keronen

Philip Keith Robertson

Sue-Ken Yap

Kari Tapani Hjelt

Stamatios Demetriou

A balancing board comprises a first surface for receiving one or more feet of a user when the balancing board is in operation. The balancing board includes a second surface of one or more outwardly curved forms for engaging with a floor surface, wherein the second surface enables variations in an orientation and movement of the balancing board relative to the floor surface. The balancing board further includes a signal receiving arrangement for receiving sensor signals indicative of one or more user reactions when operating the balancing board in reaction to the variations in the orientation and movement of the balancing board. The user is supported upon the first surface of the balancing board; and a processor operable to receive signals from the first set of sensors. The processor is operable to activate one or more modes of operation of the balancing board based on the received signals.

Dynamically configurable balancing board

A user programmable smart card interface system is disclosed having a smart card () and a reader/writer () which is able to read data from, and write data into, an electronic memory () carried by the card. A user terminal () having processing capacity can be used by a user to write customised data into the electronic memory (). The user is then able to utilise his own data to control a data controlled equipment () as the user desires. A storage apparatus () for smart cards and smart cards () with a tactile operating surface arc also disclosed.

User programmable smart card interface system

A virtual image album system is disclosed, the system comprising: a card () comprising a substrate () having a memory device () associated therewith, and indicia () formed on the substrate, the indicia () being representative of image data, and function data stored within the memory device () and associated with the indicia (); and a reader () for the card (), the reader () comprising a touch sensitive membrane () arranged to overlay said card () and through which the indicia () are visible, the reader () being adapted to output the specific function data associated with a user selected one of said indicia (), thereby to reference the specific image data.

User programmable smart card interface system for an image album

A customizable user interface system is disclosed, the system comprising: a card () comprising a substrate (), a memory device () associated therewith, and indicia () formed on said substrate () and user interpretable to relate to functions stored within said memory (); and a reader device () for said card (), the reader () comprising a touch sensitive device () arranged to overlay said card (), and through which said indicia () are visible, characterized in that said touch sensitive device () comprises a membrane via which said indicia (), arbitrarily arranged on said substrate (), may be selected.

User programmable smart card interface system having an arbitrary mapping

The method prevents disclosure of protected information in a platform. The platform includes a plurality of entities () and a security manager (). Each entity () has data which indicates whether the entity is trusted or untrusted and whether the entity has or has not been exposed to protected information. The untrusted entity () requests () an unsafe operation of a trusted entity (). The trusted entity () notifies the security manager () of the requested operation. The trusted entity () then halts the requested operation if the untrusted entity () contains protected information or has been exposed to protected information.

Apparatus and method for preventing disclosure of protected information

A certifier device ( ) for producing a certified document ( ) of an original document ( ) and a verifier device ( ) for verifying the certified document ( ). The certifier device ( ) includes a scanner ( ) for scanning the original document ( ) to generate a true copy image. The certifier has also an encoder ( ) for computing a digital code which is representative of the true copy image; an encryptor ( ) for encrypting the digital code according to a private key associated with a certifier identification; and a compositor ( ) for compositing an image including the true copy image together with the encrypted digital code and certifier identification. The verifier device ( ) includes a scanner ( ) for scanning the certified document ( ); a decryptor ( ) for decrypting the encrypted digital code according to a public key associated with the certifier identification; and a encoder ( ) for computing a digital code which is representative of the true copy image. The verifier ( ) also has a comparator ( ) for comparing the digital code supplied by said encoder ( ) and said decrypted digital code supplied by said decryptor ( ); wherein a match of the digital codes indicates the certified document is authentic and a mismatch indicates the document is not authentic.

Device and method for authenticating and certifying printed documents

Disclosed is a method for selective copying of regions of a printed sheet ( ). The printed sheet ( ) comprises a plurality of said regions ( and ) having recorded therein associated text and/or graphics. The printed sheet ( ) also includes information ( ) stored on said printed sheet indicating the location of the regions. The method comprises a reading step ( ), a selecting step ( ), and a copying step ( ). In the reading step ( ), the method reads the information stored on said printed sheet indicating the location of the regions. In the selection step ( ), a user selects one or more desired regions and associated text and/or graphics for copying. In the copying step ( ), the method copies the selected regions and associated text and/or graphics in accordance with said information.

Copying selected regions of documents

A remote control apparatus (,) for accessing a desired resource (,) on a network system (,) is disclosed. The network system (,) typically has a plurality of node sites of which at least one node site includes the desired resource which is uniquely identifiable by a resource identifier (,). The remote control apparatus includes input means (,) for inputting the resource identifier into the remote control apparatus, storage means (,) for storing the entered resource identifier; transmission means (,) and authentication means (,). The transmission means provides for wireless transmission of the resource identifier to an output arrangement (,) to enable the output arrangement to receive the resource identifier and thereby access the desired resource at the network system node identified by the resource identifier for reproduction of the desired resource by the output arrangement. The authentication means provides for verifying that a user of remote control apparatus is a predetermined user thereof and for enabling or disabling the operation of the remote control apparatus accordingly.

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Seppo Reino Keronen