Abstract: An electronic device includes a biometric reader, a verification indicator, a main screen, a memory, and a processor device. The verification indicator is associated with the biometric reader. The processor device is coupled to the biometric reader, the verification indicator, the main screen, and the memory. The processor device is provided to receive a request for biometric authorization of an action, the request comprising verification information that allows a user to uniquely identify the request, display a representation of the verification information from the verification indicator, provide a representation of the verification information from the verification indicator, and authorize the action based on biometric information from the biometric reader.

Abstract: A synthetic aperture radar method for remote sensing of the surface of the Earth by means of a radar device on a flying object moving in an azimuth direction above the surface of the Earth, wherein the radar device includes an array of antenna elements for transmitting radar pulses in a transmitting operation and for receiving radar echoes of these radar pulses reflected at the surface of the Earth in a receiving operation.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for booting and operating a computing device at a target location. A method of the disclosure includes determining, at a startup process of a computing device, whether the computing device is present at a designated target location by checking, using a first near-field communication (NFC) device associated with the computing device, presence of a second NFC device positioned at the target location. The method further includes in response to detecting the presence of the second NFC device, acquiring a cryptographic key from the second NFC device. The method also includes decrypting contents associated with the computing device using the cryptographic key, and performing, using the decrypted contents, a boot process for the computing device in response to determining that the computing device is at the target location.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for booting and operating a computing device at a target location. A method of the disclosure includes: checking, using a first near-field communication (NFC) device associated with a computing device, presence of a second NFC device; in response to detecting the presence of the second NFC device, acquiring credential information from the second NFC device; performing a validation process to authenticate the second NFC device using the credential information; and performing a process for the computing device in response to authenticating the second NFC device. In some embodiments, the process may include a boot process for booting the computing device.

Abstract: A synthetic aperture radar method for remote sensing of the surface of the Earth by means of a radar device on a flying object moving in an azimuth direction above the surface of the Earth, wherein the radar device includes an array of antenna elements for transmitting radar pulses in a transmitting operation and for receiving radar echoes of these radar pulses reflected at the surface of the Earth in a receiving operation.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a biometric reader, a verification indicator, a main screen, a memory, and a processor device. The verification indicator is associated with the biometric reader. The processor device is coupled to the biometric reader, the verification indicator, the main screen, and the memory. The processor device is provided to receive a request for biometric authorization of an action, the request comprising verification information that allows a user to uniquely identify the request, display a representation of the verification information from the verification indicator, provide a representation of the verification information from the verification indicator, and authorize the action based on biometric information from the biometric reader.

Abstract: Method and system of calibrating a sensor system which comprises sensor A and sensor B. Sensor A has a transmitter TXA for emitting a signal STXA and a receiver RXA for receiving a signal SRXA, wherein RXA and TXA operate independently in a radar mode of sensor A. Sensor B has a transmitter TXB, a receiver RXB, and a unit D, which is used to connect TXB to RXB in a transponder mode of sensor B, with the result that a signal SRXB received by RXB is emitted again by TXB as a signal STXB. A gain Gcon,B between signal SRXB and signal STXB is predefined. In a radar mode of sensor B, TXB is not connected to RXB, with the result that TXB and RXB operate independently. Emitted signals may be radar, light, or acoustic signals. The method and system can calibrate radar systems, lidar systems, or sonar systems.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for booting and operating a computing device at a target location. A method of the disclosure includes: checking, using a first near-field communication (NFC) device associated with a computing device, presence of a second NFC device; in response to detecting the presence of the second NFC device, acquiring credential information from the second NFC device; performing a validation process to authenticate the second NFC device using the credential information; and performing a process for the computing device in response to authenticating the second NFC device. In some embodiments, the process may include a boot process for booting the computing device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for calibrating an active sensor system which comprises at least one active sensor A and one active sensor B. The term “active” indicates that the sensors A and B actively emit signals. The sensor A has a transmitter TXA for emitting a signal STXA and a receiver RXA for receiving a signal S RXA, wherein the receiver RX A and the transmitter TXA operate independently of one another to the greatest possible extent in a radar mode of the sensor A. The sensor B has a transmitter TXB, a receiver RXB, and a unit D, which is used to connect the transmitter TXB to the receiver RXB in a transponder mode of the sensor B, with the result that a signal SRXB received by the receiver RXB is emitted again by the transmitter TXB as a signal STXB. A gain Gcon,B between the received signal SRXB and the signal STXB which is emitted again is predefined in this case.