Abstract: A data distribution system in which distribution data is generated by a distribution data generation portion, a second range is specified by a specifying portion, the second range is mapped to a first range by a mapping portion, and third image data is generated by performing binarization based on a threshold value regulated in the first range by various components. In this way, binarization can be suitably performed even when pixel value distribution data differs for each subject.

Abstract: A system and method of managing products includes a server which is networked with a plurality of terminals to provide users of the terminals with proper support. When a support event occurs at any terminal, the terminal requests the server, through a requesting section, for support via a network, along with an IP address. The server, which includes a database containing registration information such as IP addresses and purchase dates registered when the terminals are purchased, receives the request including the IP address via a receiver, and searches for relevant registration information contained in the database in accordance with the IP address to provide the requested support.

Abstract: Distribution data is generated by a distribution data generation portion, a second range is specified by a specifying portion, the second range is mapped to a first range by a mapping portion, and third image data is generated by performing binarization based on a threshold value regulated in the first range by components, binarization can be suitably performed even in the case where distribution data of pixel values differs for each subject.

Abstract: An image determination device according to the present invention includes: an extraction means for extracting a figuration pattern of an identification subject in a finger reflected on an image; a detection means for detecting a joint line in the finger; and a determination means for determining the image as an image to be registered or an image to be collated with a registration subject when a joint line exists in a first range which is set in one of respective regions obtained when separating the image with the center line that corresponds to a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the finger and that is set as the border, and a blood vessel amount which is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value exists in a second range which is set in the other region different from the region in which the first range is set.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing apparatus can shorten the verification time when using a plurality of verification use image data stored in a memory for verification, identifically a verification apparatus which generates histogram data by a histogram data generation unit based on image captured data of a person being checked, specifies a peak value of the number of the pixel data in the histogram data by a verification unit, and reads out verification use image data stored in the memory linked with the peak value closest to the specified peak value for the verification, and a method of the same. Verification use image data stored in the memory is stored based on the peak values.

Abstract: An authentication apparatus is provided. The authentication apparatus acquires a plurality of pieces of registration authentication information each of which is unique to an authentication target. These pieces of registration authentication information are based on biological information obtained from different and the same kind of parts of a living body of a registered user. The authentication apparatus also acquires biological information from a part of the living body selected by a user, and then generates personal authentication information based on the biological information acquired. The authentication apparatus subsequently arranges a collation order of the plurality of pieces of registration authentication information, and then sequentially collates the plurality of pieces of registration authentication information with the personal authentication information in accordance with the collation serial numbers.

Abstract: A personal identification apparatus is disclosed by which personal identification can be performed making use of an impulse response obtained from a pulse signal transmitted by a living organism. A pulse generation section generates a pulse, and a speaker applies the pulse amplified by an amplifier to a finger of a user touching with the speaker and a microphone. The pulse signal is transmitted to the microphone with an attenuation characteristic that depends upon, for example, a transmission distance that depends upon the length and the thickness of the finger and characteristics of the living organism such as the thickness of the flesh and the bone density. A data synthesis processing section synthesizes the pulse and an impulse received by the microphone and amplified by an amplifier. A template recording section records a template to be used as a reference of discrimination in an authentication process together with a user ID and so forth.

Abstract: Distribution data is generated by a distribution data generation portion 1802, a second range is specified by a specifying portion 1803, the second range is mapped to a first range by a mapping portion 1804, and third image data is generated by performing binarization based on a threshold value regulated in the first range r1 by components 1805 to 1812, accordingly, binarization can be suitably performed even in the case where distribution data d1 of pixel values differs for each subject h.

Abstract: An identification information creation apparatus and method capable of improving reliability in an identification process. A prescribed number or fewer isolated pixels are eliminated as condition noises from a binarized image created from images obtained by imaging blood vessels unique to a body, and identification information is created based on the blood vessels of the resultant noise-free binarized image. This can reduce a possibility of creating the identification information with the condition noises as a part of the blood vessels, thus making it possible to prevent the identification information from deteriorating due to different imaging conditions and physiologic change of imaging target and thus improving reliability in the identification process.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing apparatus can shorten the verification time when using a plurality of verification use image data stored in a memory for verification, identifically a verification apparatus which generates histogram data by a histogram data generation unit based on image captured data of a person being checked, specifies a peak value of the number of the pixel data in the histogram data by a verification unit, and reads out verification use image data stored in the memory linked with the peak value closest to the specified peak value for the verification, and a method of the same. Verification use image data stored in the memory is stored based on the peak values.

Abstract: A personal identification apparatus is disclosed by which personal identification can be performed making use of an impulse response obtained from a pulse signal transmitted by a living organism. A pulse generation section generates a pulse, and a speaker applies the pulse amplified by an amplifier to a finger of a user touching with the speaker and a microphone. The pulse signal is transmitted to the microphone with an attenuation characteristic that depends upon, for example, a transmission distance that depends upon the length and the thickness of the finger and characteristics of the living organism such as the thickness of the flesh and the bone density. A data synthesis processing section synthesizes the pulse and an impulse received by the microphone and amplified by an amplifier. A template recording section records a template to be used as a reference of discrimination in an authentication process together with a user ID and so forth.

Abstract: A system and method of managing products includes a server which is networked with a plurality of terminals to provide users of the terminals with proper support. When a support event occurs at any terminal, the terminal requests the server, through a requesting section, for support via a network, along with an IP address. The server, which includes a database containing registration information such as IP addresses and purchase dates registered when the terminals are purchased, receives the request including the IP address via a receiver, and searches for relevant registration information contained in the database in accordance with the IP address to provide the requested support.