Abstract: There is provided an illumination system (100) for cultivation of aquatic animals. The illumination system (100) comprises at least one light source (110) emitting light, at least one light driver (120) arranged to drive the at least one light source (110), at least one light sensor (130) providing illuminance data for at least one point of interest (50) in said illumination system (100), and a controller (140). The controller (140) is adapted to provide control signals to the at least one light driver (120) driving the at least one light source (110) to emit light of a desired illuminance at the at least one point of interest (50). An ambient light sensor may be applied to determine control signals also in accordance with ambient light data.

Abstract: In one implementation, requirement client device receives an indication of a transaction. The client device determines risk profile information and a credential for the transaction. The risk profile information describes a location of the client device, a time associated with the transaction, and a transaction provider to complete the transaction Finally, the client device prompts for biometric input based on the location of the client device, the time associated with the transaction, the transaction provider to complete the transaction, and the credential.

Abstract: The systems, methods, and computer readable mediums described herein provide a secure method for a transaction account issuer to issue a digital pass to an existing transaction account holder (e.g., an existing user) that may be shared and/or provided to a prospective transaction account holder (e.g., a new user). The digital pass may be sharable from an existing user's user device to a new user's user device. The systems, methods, and computer readable mediums described herein may also employ an adaptive web design solution to increase application completion rates by capturing minimal viable information from a prospective member.

Abstract: A barcode reader may perform image processing functions to generate distinct image data records from the frame of image data of a barcode, select an image data record from the distinct image data records and decode the selected image data record. Each image data record may be generated by applying a distinct image processing function to the frame of image data. The barcode reader may capture multiple frames of image data in sequence based on image capture parameters. At least one of the multiple frames of image data may be captured with a distinct parameter value. The image capture parameters may include an exposure setting, a gain setting, a resolution setting, and/or an illumination setting.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for labeling a piece of merchandise with a wireless communication device. In addition to a wireless communication device, the merchandise tag includes an associated label made of a washable fabric material. The wireless communication device is incorporated into the label and includes an RFID chip and a slot-loop hybrid antenna, with the antenna including a conductor sheet that defines a slot. The label is secured to a piece of merchandise at a sew line, with the sew line dividing the label into an upper portion and a lower portion. The RFID chip and the slot of the antenna, along with a relatively high conductance piece or portion of the conductor sheet, are positioned within the upper portion of the label, while a relatively low conductance piece or portion of the conductor sheet is positioned within the lower portion of the label.

Abstract: The invention relates to an external connector for the production of an electronic card comprising an insulating support that defines an outside face and an inside face opposite one another and a plurality of external metal contact pads. This external connector additionally comprises a plurality of metal projections located on the side of the inside face of the insulating support and respectively connected electrically to at least one subassembly of the plurality of external metal contact pads and/or to contact pads linked to an electronic unit, which is arranged on the inside face of the insulating support, wherein these metal projections are intended to be inserted into individual cavities of the body of the electronic card, and metal contact pads linked to an electronic unit inside the card body and/or an antenna incorporated in this card body are located at the base of these cavities.

Abstract: Systems and methods for authentication generate keys from secret credentials shared between authenticating parties and authenticators. Generation of the keys may involve utilizing specialized information in the form of parameters that are used to specialize keys. Keys and/or information derived from keys held by multiple authorities may be used to generate other keys such that signatures requiring such keys and/or information can be verified without access to the keys. Keys may also be derived to form a hierarchy of keys that are distributed such that a key holder's ability to decrypt data depends on the key's position in the hierarchy relative to the position of a key used to encrypt the data. Key hierarchies may also be used to distribute key sets to content processing devices to enable the devices to decrypt content such that sources or potential sources of unauthorized content are identifiable from the decrypted content.

Abstract: Excess radio-frequency (RF) power storage in RF identification (RFID) tags, and related systems and methods are disclosed. The RFID tag is configured to operate with RF power received in wireless RF signals from a RFID tag antenna if received RF power meets or exceeds an operational threshold power for the RFID tag. The RFID tag is also configured to store excess energy derived from excess received RF power in an energy storage device if the received RF power exceeds the operational threshold power for the RFID tag. Thus, when RF power received by the RFID tag is not sufficient for operation, the RFID tag can operate from power provided by previously stored excess energy in the energy storage device.

Abstract: A printed code associated with a product is illuminated with light having a first lighting characteristic, and is readable in a default mode of an imaging reader. An electronic code displayed on a mobile communication device is readable in another mode of the reader, with a different second lighting characteristic that is designed to minimize specular reflection from a screen of the device. When the presence of the device in close proximity to the reader is detected, the reader is automatically configured to switch from the default mode to the other mode to enable the electronic code to be read.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for conducting a checkless cash access settlement are provided. In one embodiment, a cash advance method includes the following: a customer initiates a cash access transaction via a cash access system; the customer receives authorization or denial; the customer provides identification and the financial card to a cashier or attendant; the cashier or attendant validates the customer's identity, retrieves the transaction information, and completes the cash advance application; the application prints a non-negotiable instrument, such as a transaction receipt; the customer signs the receipt confirming the transaction with a physical receipt or electronic capture.

Abstract: An automated teller machine (ATM) comprises a safe enclosure in which ATM modules which require a relatively higher security level are housed. The ATM further comprises a first standard enclosure housing attached to a first side of the ATM, and in which ATM modules which require a relatively lower security level are housed. The ATM also comprises a support plate secured to bottom of the safe enclosure and to bottom of the first standard enclosure housing to structurally support both the safe enclosure and the first standard enclosure housing as a unit when the ATM is lifted and thereby to allow the ATM to be lifted without applying force to the first standard enclosure housing and thereby to prevent damage to the first standard enclosure housing.

Abstract: A computer device includes means for receiving a request for at least one random number; means for generating a message authentication code from the identifier and at least one random number to be transmitted; and means for creating a message for transmission, including the random number in plain text and the message authentication code. A random number distribution system includes the computer device; a communication network; and a receiver device connectable to the computer device via the network to transmit requests for random numbers to the computer device and to receive messages from the computer device.

Abstract: Embodiments are described of systems and methods for prevention, detection, mitigation of risk, and such, of unauthorized manipulation, e.g., substitution, of high-value data files (including electronic document files).

Abstract: Objects associated with targets to be read by image capture are detected without any additional hardware in an imaging module. Return light is captured over a field of view of the module. Images are processed, during an object detection mode, to determine their image brightness from the captured return light. Illumination is emitted from an illumination light assembly at a first power level to determine a first image brightness from a first processed image, and at a different, reduced, second power level to determine a second image brightness from a second processed image. An object is determined to be in the field of view when a difference between the first image brightness and the second image brightness equals or exceeds a detection threshold value.

Abstract: A danger alerting device, a danger alerting method for a portable electronic apparatus and a portable electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes: detecting whether a holder of the portable electronic apparatus is in a potential danger status; in case that the holder of the portable electronic apparatus is in the potential danger status, comparing a time duration data T for which the holder is in the potential danger status with a preset time duration data T0; and alerting the holder to danger in case that the time duration data T is greater than or equal to the preset time duration data T0. The danger alerting device and method can effectively prevent a holder from encountering danger while using a portable electronic apparatus during walking, and significantly reduce the probability of danger.

Abstract: A method of testing a web application, wherein a web application is a program that operates on a server and interacts with clients that access the program over a network, wherein further the web application accepts parameters that define results generated from the web application, the method comprising determining which web application uniform resource identifiers (“URIs”) are used to access various web applications on a system, selecting a subset of less than all of the URIs for the common web, wherein the subset is selected at least in part independently of the order generated, performing a security scan on a first URI of the subset of URIs, comparing locality-sensitive hash (“LSH”) signatures of responses to the first URI, determine if the differences between responses exceed a threshold and performing a security scan on a second URI of the subset if the responses exceed the threshold.

Abstract: Systems and methods for inline security protocol inspection are provided. According to one embodiment, a security device receives an encrypted packet from a first network appliance and buffers the encrypted packet in a buffer. An inspection module accesses the encrypted packet from the buffer, decrypts the encrypted packet to produce plain text and scans the plain text by the inspection module.

Abstract: A system and method for establishing a pairwise temporal key (PTK) between two devices based on a shared master key and using a single message authentication codes (MAC) algorithm is disclosed. The devices use the shared master key to independently compute four MACs representing the desired PTK, a KCK, and a first and a second KMAC. The Responder sends its first KMAC to the Initiator, which retains the computed PTK only if it verifies that the received first KMAC equals its computed first KMAC and hence that the Responder indeed possesses the purportedly shared master key. The Initiator sends a third message including the second KMAC to the Responder. The Responder retains the computed PTK only if it has verified that the received second KMAC equals its computed second KMAC and hence that the Initiator indeed possesses the purportedly shared master key.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to an improved technique for blocking access to data records associated with an entity in a network comprising a plurality of systems. The operations include accessing and analyzing determination criteria associated with the entity to determine in which systems the data should be blocked. An end-of-purpose determination can be performed in one or more of the systems based on whether the current system is a master system, a dependent system of the master system, or a standalone system of the plurality of systems. Access to the entity data records can then be blocked from the appropriate systems when an end of purpose for the data has been reached for any processes running on the system.

Abstract: A wearable device includes: a touch screen; an acceleration sensor configured to generate an acceleration signal; an optical sensor using a light source and configured to generate a touch interrupt signal; and a control unit configured to detect a wearing state of the wearable device, the wearing state of the wearable device including a not-wearing state for the wearable device, a wrist wearing state, and a hand gripping state on the basis of the acceleration signal and the touch interrupt signal, and to execute a function corresponding to the wearing state of the wearable device.