Abstract: By deciding whether a beacon device is authentic based on a distance between a position, which is represented by current position information obtained by a handheld wireless terminal, and a position, which is represented by position-of-installation information registered in a server, fraudulent use of the beacon device can be prevented. Accordingly, reliability of a communication system including the beacon device is upgraded, and a service such as an electronic coupon can be safely provided.

Abstract: A positioning unit of a terminal device measures the current position and outputs current position information. A beacon signal receiver of the terminal device receives a beacon signal and acquires a beacon ID of a beacon device included in the beacon signal. A processing unit of the terminal device refers to a beacon position database so as to acquire a beacon ID associated with the current position information, and sets the beacon ID to be acquired by the beacon signal receiver in accordance with the acquired beacon ID.

Abstract: A communication system includes: a beacon device which is connected to an electronic appliance; and an information terminal. In the communication system, the beacon device retains in advance authentication information that is used when authentication of the electronic appliance under monitoring is performed and transmits a beacon signal including the authentication information, if the condition of the electronic appliance has changed. Moreover, in the communication system, the information terminal, upon receiving a beacon signal including the authentication information, performs authentication using the authentication information and informs its user of a condition of the electronic appliance for which the authentication is done.

Abstract: Data is safely transmitted or received between an electronic device and a communication terminal. The electronic device having a wireless communication capability transmits data, which is encrypted using a predetermined cryptographic key, to the communication terminal, and decrypts data, which is transmitted from the communication terminal, using the predetermined cryptographic key. The communication terminal capable of wirelessly communicating with the electronic device transfers encrypted data to or from the electronic device, and requests a security management server to encrypt or decrypt data. The security management server encrypts or decrypts data, which is transmitted from the communication terminal, using the predetermined cryptographic key, and transmits the data to the communication terminal.

Abstract: A receiver receives a beacon signal transmitted from a beacon device. A processing unit maintains an application in an operating state after a detection of entering or exiting a reception area of the beacon signal that satisfies a waiting condition until a predetermined time period has passed. A storage unit stores a comprehensive waiting condition and an individual waiting condition as the waiting conditions of the beacon signal, the comprehensive waiting condition comprehensively indicating the identification information different from one another, and the individual waiting condition individually indicating a single piece of the identification information. The processing unit causes the storage unit to store the identification information of the beacon signal as the individual waiting condition, in a case where the processing unit detects entering the reception area of the beacon signal that satisfies the comprehensive waiting condition.

Abstract: A fastening element is provided having a gripping portion, a plurality of gripping elements extending from the gripping portion, a supporting portion being defined by at least one supporting-portion wall extending from the gripping portion in a direction opposite that of the gripping elements, the supporting portion having a supporting-portion width smaller than a gripping-portion width of the gripping portion, such that a top flange is formed by the gripping portion relative to the supporting portion on at least one side of the fastening element, and an anchoring portion extending from a distal end of at least one supporting-portion wall and parallel to the gripping portion so as to form a bottom flange relative to the supporting portion on the at least one side corresponding to the top flange.

Abstract: An automatic gripping closure device comprising a first element with hooks comprising a first base band and at least two first hooks originating from the first band and placed in at least one row of first hooks (9), each first hook being delimited by two faces (11, 12) that are mutually opposed and transverse to the direction of the at least one row of first hooks and at least one coupling portion (13, 14) protruding laterally from the stem, preferably at the top of the latter, while extending in a direction transverse to the direction of the row, and a second element with hooks comprising a second base band and at least two second hooks originating from the second band and placed in at least one row.

Abstract: The present invention reduces the influence of stuck processing having occurred in an overall data communication system. Data generated by a generation section of a first apparatus is transmitted by a transmission section to a second apparatus at a predetermined transmission rate. A processing section of the second apparatus processes the data received. A processing speed calculation section of the second apparatus calculates a processing speed at which the data is processed in the processing section. A notification section of the second apparatus notifies the first apparatus of the processing speed. A rate setting section of the first apparatus calculates a proper rate for transmitting the data to the second apparatus on the basis of a data processing speed in the second apparatus and performs setup so as to transmit the data to the second apparatus at the proper rate.

Abstract: A fastening element (1) is provided having a gripping portion (5), a plurality of gripping elements (20, 20?) extending from the gripping portion (5), a supporting portion (10) being defined by at least one supporting-portion wall extending from the gripping portion (5) in a direction opposite that of the gripping elements (20, 20?), the supporting portion (10) having a supporting-portion width smaller than a gripping-portion width of the gripping portion (5), such that a top flange is formed by the gripping portion (5) relative to the supporting portion (10) on at least one side of the fastening element (1), and an anchoring portion (15) extending from a distal end of at least one supporting-portion wall and parallel to the gripping portion (5) so as to form a bottom flange relative to the supporting portion (10) on the at least one side corresponding to the top flange.

Abstract: A hooked retaining device (100) for defining at least a portion of a reception groove formed at the periphery of an article comprises a retaining element (10) made by injection molding. The retaining element has a first side wall (11) and a second side wall (12) that are spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction, and a base (20) connecting together said side walls (11, 12). The side walls (11, 12) and the base (20) define a retaining groove (14) that is open in a main direction (z) in order to receive a counterpart having hooks or loops. According to the invention, at least one of the side walls (11, 12) presents a plurality of hooks (30) adapted to co-operate with the counterpart, each hook (30) having at least one hooking portion oriented towards the base (20) of the retaining element (10).

Abstract: A code for authentication is shared between or among a plurality of transmitting devices or a plurality of receiving devices in a transmit/receive system which implements authentication using a code between transmitting and receiving devices. Each transmitting device includes a variable code retaining unit, a control signal transmitting unit, a variable code updating unit, and a unit for transmitting variable code for synchronization. The variable code retaining unit retains a variable code. The control signal transmitting unit transmits a control signal including a variable code. The variable code updating unit updates the variable code after transmission of the control signal. The unit for transmitting variable code for synchronization transmits the updated variable code to other transmitting devices of the plurality of transmitting devices to allow the other transmitting devices to set such code as the latest variable code.

Abstract: An improved lighting control system, method, and terminal is disclosed. A lighting control system includes a plurality of lighting devices and at least one terminal. Lighting devices include a state retainer that retains the state of its own device, a lighting identifier retainer that retains the identifier of its own device, a control instruction detector that detects a control instruction issued to its own device and updates the state retained in the state retainer into a state in accordance with the control instruction, a light emitter that emits light according to the state retained in the state retainer, and a response signal transmitter that transmits a response signal, which contains the state retained in the state retainer and the identifier retained in the lighting identifier retainer. These and other embodiments and details, as well as embodiments and details of the terminal, are more fully disclosed herein.

Abstract: Method for imparting elasticity to a laminate comprising at least one elastic film having a width and at least one ply of non-woven material secured to the film, particularly through interposition of a bonding material, particularly glue, which comprises the following steps in which: the laminate is unrolled in the form of a web in order to pass it between two sets of toothing, of which the teeth engage in each other in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the laminate in order to thus stretch the laminate in the direction of its width, characterised in that: a tension is imparted to the web in the longitudinal direction or machine direction during its unrolling between the toothing, particularly by providing a tensioner roll, particularly downstream of the sets of toothing.

Abstract: To accurately determine the nearest electronic device in establishing a pairing with an electronic device to be a target for remote control. A terminal device includes a received signal strength acquiring unit, a device selection processing unit, and a connecting unit. The received signal strength acquiring unit receives a signal transmitted from a plurality of electronic devices and acquires the electric field strength of the received signal. The device selection processing unit selects an electronic device to be a target for connection from the plurality of electronic devices in accordance with a normalized electric field strength that is a value obtained by normalizing the electric field strength of the received signal using a parameter corresponding to and unique to an electronic device that transmits the received signal. The connecting unit establishes a connection with the electronic device selected at the device selection processing unit.

Abstract: One-piece article obtained by injection molding, with at least one injection point, said article comprising a main body (20), having a body volume defined by the space within a surface forming an outer envelope, and at least one hook (21), preferably a field of hooks, obtained from the same molding of the main body of the molded article, the hook or each hook having a stem of longitudinal axis and a catching part projecting laterally from the stem, characterized in that the volume of the hooks is between 100,000 and 100,000,000 times smaller than the volume of the body, and in that the width, or smallest transverse dimension, of the stems, measured transversely to the longitudinal axis, is smaller than the thickness of the main body, measured along the longitudinal axis of the stems.

Abstract: One-piece article obtained by injection molding, with at least one injection point, said article comprising a main body (20), having a body volume defined by the space within a surface forming an outer envelope, and at least one hook (21), preferably a field of hooks, obtained from the same molding of the main body of the molded article, the hook or each hook having a stem of longitudinal axis and a catching part projecting laterally from the stem, characterized in that the volume of the hooks is substantially smaller than the volume of the body, i.e at least 100 times smaller, preferably at least 1000 times smaller, for example between 100 000 and 100 000 000 times smaller, than the volume of the body, and in that the width, or smallest transverse dimension, of the stems, measured transversely to the longitudinal axis, is smaller than the thickness of the main body, measured along the longitudinal axis of the stems.

Abstract: The invention relates to a resilient laminate comprising, in a vertical direction, a stack of at least one nonwoven layer and a ply consisting of a part or integral part attached to the at least one nonwoven layer, in particular by means of an adhesive such as glue, the ply comprising at least one resilient film area and at least one so-called rigid film area made of a material that is less resilient than the material of the resilient area, in particular an area made of a non-resilient material, the ply being produced by the coextrusion of the at least one resilient film and the at least one rigid film, such that an interface is formed therebetween, characterized in that, from a cross-sectional view, the curve or line formed by the interface between the two films comprises at least one first substantially rectilinear segment, and at least one second substantially rectilinear segment which is angled relative to the at least one first segment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an attachment collar for elongate elements, the collar comprising a belt portion suitable for being fastened on a support, the belt portion being open and defining an inside space suitable for receiving the elongate element. In order to close the belt portion and thus retain the elongate elements in the inside space, the collar firstly an array of gripping elements made of plastics material injected integrally with the belt portion and situated on its outside face, and secondly a tape secured to the belt portion via one of its ends, the inside face of the tape presenting retention means suitable for co-operating with the gripping elements of the belt portion in order to secure the tape and the belt portion together, the belt portion presenting stiffness that is greater than the stiffness of the tape.

Abstract: Sheet having fastening elements, comprising a base strip made of thermoplastic material and at least one element made from the strip, the element consisting of a stem extending in a transverse, in particular vertical, direction to the plane of the base strip, and having a cross section which is substantially uniform or decreases from the base strip towards the apex of the stem, in particular as far as the apex of the stem, and a part forming a head which protrudes laterally from the apex of the stem.

Abstract: A loop material for a hook and loop type fastener is a composite nonwoven. The composite nonwoven consists of a loop layer, a backing layer, and a plurality of bond regions. The loop layer may be a carded nonwoven of thermoplastic crimped staple fiber. The staple fiber may be between 1.5 to 6.0 dTEX. The loop layer may have a basis weight of between 10 and 35 g/m2. The backing layer may be a spunbond or spunmelt nonwoven having a basis weight of 5 to 30 g/m2. The loop layer may be superimposed face-to-face with the backing layer. The plurality of bond regions joins the loop layer to the backing layer and rendering said bond regions substantially air impermeable. The bond regions comprise between 35 to 55% of a surface area of the loop material.