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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Yoshimichi Tanizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Baba, Bristol, GB;
Yoshimichi Tanizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Baba, Bristol, GB;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a key generating device connected to an external device includes a generating unit configured to generate an encryption key; a first communicating unit configured to transmit and receive the encryption key to and from the external device; a storage unit configured to stores therein state information indicating a communication state with respect to an application using the encryption key; and a controller configured to make a control of changing a frequency at which the generating unit generates the encryption key or a frequency at which the first communicating unit transmits and receives the encryption key according to the state information.