Abstract: While both a forehead and a cheek are made in close contact to an eye position fixing portion, a space defined between a left eye and a pinhole is shielded from extraneous light. When light derived from a room lighting device is entered into a right eye, a diameter of a pupil of the left eye is defined in a self-definition manner due to an interlocking characteristic of a living body, and then, a width of an iris 3 may be secured under stable condition. While infrared light is illuminated from a button lighting device onto this left eye, this illuminated left eye is photographed by an image pick up unit, and then, feature information as to the photographed left eye is compared with registered feature information in an individual identifying unit so as to execute an individual identification operation.

Abstract: While both a forehead and a cheek are made in close contact to an eye position fixing portion, a space defined between a left eye and a pinhole is shielded from extraneous light. When light derived from a room lighting device is entered into a right eye, a diameter of a pupil of the left eye is defined in a self-definition manner due to an interlocking characteristic of a living body, and then, a width of an iris 3 may be secured under stable condition. While infrared light is illuminated from a button lighting device onto this left eye, this illuminated left eye is photographed by an image pick up unit, and then, feature information as to the photographed left eye is compared with registered feature information in an individual identifying unit so as to execute an individual identification operation.

Abstract: While both a forehead and a cheek are made in close contact to an eye position fixing portion, a space defined between an eye and a pinhole is shielded from extraneous light, and an iris is illuminated by infrared light of a lighting device. At this time, since a pupil diameter is defined in a self-control manner by receiving visible light of another lighting device, and also, a width of the iris is secured under stable condition, this iris is focused via the pinhole onto an image pick up element so that the iris can be photographed. Then, the acquired feature information of the iris is compared with registered feature information in order to execute the individual identifying operation.

Abstract: An information reproducing apparatus quickly retrieves tape position information of a tape-shaped recording medium on which tracks are formed so as to record information and tape position information. This apparatus includes a tape speed detecting unit for continuously detecting the running speed of the tape-shaped recording medium, a cylinder speed setting unit for setting target values of rotation of a rotary cylinder for making constant the component of speed at which the head moves in a track direction according to the output of the tape speed detecting unit, and a cylinder control circuit for controlling the rotary cylinder so as to adapt its rotation to the target value of velocity of the cylinder set by the cylinder speed setting unit.