Abstract: A device key 46 is implemented on a drive 4 side. To securely transmit the device key 46 to a host 5, the device key 46 is encrypted with a bus key. The host 5 side decrypts the device key with the bus key. A medium unique key calculating block 55 calculates a medium unique key with an MKB 12, a medium ID, and the decrypted device key 46. When the calculated medium key is a predetermined value, the drive 4 is revoked and the process is stopped. The medium unique key is supplied to an encrypting/decrypting module 54. A content key is obtained with an encrypted title key 14 and a CCI 15. With the content key, an encrypted content is decrypted and a content that is recorded is encrypted.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to propose an accounting method of the consumption of transmitted services per time unit to a decoder in a system implementing a content encrypted by control words, the latter being modified according to a period named crypto-period. This method consists in verifying if the time-current (TC) is comprised in a time variable (Rdate) representative of the authorisation time of use of the service and, if this is the case, decrypting and returning the control words to the decoder, and if it is not the case, debiting an amount (CT) corresponding to a time of use (AT) and recharging the time variable (Rdate) with a corresponding time.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling access to a storage medium, such as an optically readable medium. Light sensitive or other materials that are adapted to change state and affect reading of a storage medium are used to control access to data that may be stored on optical medium and/or to control use of the medium.

Abstract: A service providing system passes an instruction form representing an instruction for each server from one server to another to make the server execute its target instruction in the instruction form while protecting confidentiality of the instruction for each server in the instruction form. By combining page dividing (of outputting a file of a predetermined page extracted from a document file having a plurality of pages) provided by a server with e-mail transmission provided by another server, the system implements a cooperative service of extracting a top page from a file of a document entered into an instruction input unit by a user and sending the top page via e-mail to a predetermined destination. The instruction input unit separately encrypts each description about process details for the servers using a public key for the corresponding server, creates instruction forms containing the encrypted descriptions, and sends the instruction forms to the server providing the page dividing service.

Abstract: A recording method includes the steps of causing a first management system retained in a first apparatus to manage a storage medium loaded in a second apparatus when the first apparatus and the second apparatus are connected to one another; and recording the data to the storage medium based on a second management system which is retained in the second apparatus and which limits consecution of data recording segments when it is determined that data transferred from the first apparatus to the second apparatus are to be recorded to the storage medium. A recording apparatus and editing method and apparatus also manage data storage and editing between first and second apparatuses.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for a client, having established one set of security keys, to establish a new set without having to communicate with an authentication server. When the client joins a group, master session security keys are derived and made known to the client and to the group's access server. From the master session security keys, the access server and client each derive transient session security keys, used for authentication and encryption. To change the transient session security keys, the access server creates “liveness” information and sends it to the client. New master session security keys are derived from the liveness information and the current set of transient session security keys. From these new master session security keys are derived new transient session security keys. This process limits the amount of data sent using one set of transient session security keys and thus limits the effectiveness of any statistical attacker.

Abstract: A system and method for encrypting content in an adaptive manner. Portions of data to be encrypted are identified and an encryption ratio that specifies the one or more portions of data to encrypt and other portions of data to not encrypt is determined. The data is then encrypted based on the encryption ratio.

Abstract: A Non-Volatile Memory circuit operating as an interface between a key loader and an encryption device. The Non-Volatile Memory circuit includes a microcontroller which stores a crypto key and checkword and a backup crypto key and checkword. The microcontroller is connected to the telemeter transmitter for a missile allowing the micrcontroller to turn off the transmitter during a key load which prevents transmission of the crypto key and checkword. When the microcontroller completes a load of the crypto key to the encryption device and upon a launch of the missile, software within the microcontroller erases the crypto key and checkword from an internal EEPROM. This prevents an enemy force from retrieving the crypto key and its corresponding checkword from the missile after launch.

Abstract: An image processing system comprises a first input unit for inputting an image signal, a second input unit for inputting a character or code signal, a binarizing unit for binarizing the image signal, including a unit for gray level processing the image signal, a discrimination unit for discriminating the presence or absence of a gray level in the image signal, and an output unit for outputting the image signal when the discrimination unit discriminates the absence of the gray level or the character or code signal as a digital image signal without processing the signal by the gray level processing unit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for arranging photographic images in a photographic album, including means for establishing a signal indicative of a photographic image, storage means for storing said signals indicative of a photographic image and establishing a database of photographs, a video monitor for visually displaying the photographs in the database, second storage means for storing a database of available album mats where each mat represents a particular available configuration for a page of the album, means for selecting from the database of photographic images selected photographic images and establishing a selected photographic image database, means for selecting a page and a location on a selected page for photographs in said selected photograph database and for selecting an album mat to accommodate the selected photographs, thereby establishing pages for the album and means for sequentially viewing each page of the photographic album on the video monitor by viewing the selected photographic images proport

Abstract: Originals are fed onto a platen glass one by one by an automatic original feeder to be read out by a reading system. The originals are converted into digital image data. The image data is transferred to a memory unit. The memory unit is controlled by a CPU. The memory unit is configured of an image memory, a sentence direction recognizing portion, an RAM producing a management table, an original direction (top and bottom direction) recognizing portion, a rotation processing portion, a sign memory and the like. Based on top and bottom directions of original images and directions in which sentences run included in the images, arrangement of images in a 2in1 or 4in1 mode is determined.

Abstract: In a digital full color copying machine, image signals of red, green and blue are converted to a value signal, and histograms of the value signal for chromatic dots and achromatic dots respectively are generated. Then, a document type, such as a color standard document, a color photograph document, a color standard document having a colored background, a black-and-white standard document, or a black-and-white photograph document, is determined automatically based on the histograms. Background level of a copy is controlled automatically at an appropriate level both for a color document and for a black-and-white document having a white background according to the document type by gradation correction of the value signal. Thus, background processing is performed irrespective of a color document or a black-and-white document.

Abstract: A color correction unit for natural images, graphics and characters performs color correction of enlarging regions corresponding to primary colors (R (red), G (green) and B (blue)) and secondary colors (C, M and Y) while maintaining gray balance for R0, G0 and B0 raster image data representing an input object image, to generate C1, M1, Y1 and K1 multivalue density data. A binary-coding processing unit performs binary-coding processing of the C1, M1, Y1 and K1 multivalue density data to generate C2, M2, Y2 and K2 binary density data, and transfers the generated density data to a printer using a centroparallel interface or the like.

Abstract: A data communication device having an on-line mode and off-line mode and being capable of parallel operation of the on-line and off-line modes. The device includes a display for displaying the operation state of the device; a controller for controlling to selectively display the on-line operation state and off-line operation state on the display; a manual instruction unit for manually outputting a display change instruction to the controller; and an automatic instruction unit for automatically outputting the display change instruction to the controller; wherein the controller functions to perform display change in accordance with the display change instruction from the manual or automatic instruction unit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for is provided for efficiently transmitting multiple rows of data to a client station. The client station generates a query that is transmitted to a remotely located server, which in turn generates a query result. The server transmits the first row of data from the query result to the client. The remaining rows of data are transmitted by first calculating the difference between successive rows of data. Next, the server sends only the unique rows resulting from the calculated row difference to the client. The server also send an indication of the number of non-repeated value columns detected in order to allow reconstruction of the query result by the client station.

Abstract: A two-line sensor type image input and processing apparatus and method for accurately determining the current scan state, start of scanning and end of scanning events, as well as estimating scanning speed corresponding thereto, and for performing high precision distortion correction on the basis of these estimated scanning speeds.

Abstract: This invention provides an image reading device capable of precise detection of the optical signal over a wide wavelength range, by forming a photoelectric converting unit for converting the visible light into an electrical signal and a photoelectric converting unit for converting the invisible light into an electrical signal, in monolithic manner on a single semiconductor chip.

Abstract: An image reproduction system and method for reproducing images on a support material. The system is provided with at least one image generator for generating images for reproduction, at least one electronic memory in which a set of images can be stored, a printing system for printing images stored in the memory on the support material. In response to a malfunction in the image generator, a control unit or control method provides the following control:the images of complete sets stored in the memory at the time of the malfunction are printed by the printing system the predetermined number of times and in the predetermined sequence; andimages stored in the memory at the time of the malfunction are not printed if these images belong to incomplete sets stored in the memory which were being generated at the time of the image generator malfunction.

Abstract: An image processing method for automatically executing operation steps of repairing a defect of an image of a document which is read by a scanner and changing a background image in a short time and a recording medium for storing them. An image processing method comprising a step of separating background image data from said image data by processing by a maximum filter for comparing the brightness of each pixel constituting said image data with the brightness of peripheral pixels and replacing it with the maximum brightness; and a step of separating character and figure image data by subtracting the background image data obtained by the above step in (a) from the above image data.

Abstract: A recording and reproducing system for digitizing the image signal and compression coding the signal by in-field and inter-field, or in-frame and inter-frame coding, wherein the inter-field or inter-frame coding is used as the primary coding method, in field or in-frame coding is applied at a regular interval, and when scene changes are detected, in-field or in-frame coding is mandatorily applied to the field or frame immediately after the scene change. Furthermore, a new in-field or in-frame coding cycle is started at the field or frame immediately after the scene change to absorb the increased information resulting from in-field or in-frame coding by increasing the compression ratio of the inter-field or inter-frame coding means within the period to the next in-field or in-frame coded field or frame.