Abstract: An oscillation controlling apparatus for controlling an oscillation frequency of an oscillation circuit to be a target frequency comprises a variable range dividing unit configured to dividing a variable range of a control signal into a plurality of portions, the control signal increasing or decreasing the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit as a value thereof is increased or decreased; and a determining unit configured to determining the portion including the control signal setting the oscillation frequency to the target frequency, by outputting the control signal at a boundary of each portion divided by the variable range dividing unit and by acquiring the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit, wherein the variable range dividing unit is configured to divide repeatedly the variable range until the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit is set to the target frequency with using the portion determined by the determining unit as the variable range.

Abstract: An oscillation controlling apparatus configured to control an oscillation frequency of an oscillation circuit to be a target frequency comprises a frequency acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of oscillation frequencies of the oscillation circuit for a plurality of values of control signals by outputting the plurality of control signals increasing or decreasing the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit as values thereof are increased or decreased; a frequency characteristic calculating unit configured to calculate data indicating a relationship between the plurality of oscillation frequencies and the plurality of values of the control signals with a least-square method, based on the plurality of values of the control signals output by the frequency acquiring unit and the plurality of oscillation frequencies acquired by the frequency acquiring unit; and a control signal output unit configured to output the control signal setting the oscillation frequency to the target frequency, based o

Abstract: An oscillation controlling apparatus for controlling an oscillation frequency of an oscillation circuit to be a target frequency comprises a variable range dividing unit configured to dividing a variable range of a control signal into a plurality of portions, the control signal increasing or decreasing the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit as a value thereof is increased or decreased; and a determining unit configured to determining the portion including the control signal setting the oscillation frequency to the target frequency, by outputting the control signal at a boundary of each portion divided by the variable range dividing unit and by acquiring the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit, wherein the variable range dividing unit is configured to divide repeatedly the variable range until the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit is set to the target frequency with using the portion determined by the determining unit as the variable range.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a temperature measuring apparatus is provided with a light receiving portion having a plurality of light receiving units for measuring heat quantity of divided temperature detecting area in a noncontact manner, a thermal sensor for detecting temperature of each of the plurality of light receiving units, a calculation portion for calculating a temperature of each of the divided temperature detecting areas based on the temperature obtained by the thermal sensor and the relative temperature difference obtained by the light receiving portion, a correction information holding portion for holding correction information on known reference temperature of the temperature detecting area and its corresponding calculated result outputted from the calculation portion obtained when heat quantity of the temperature detecting area is set to the reference temperature, and a correction portion for correcting the calculated result of the calculation portion based on the correction information.

Abstract: A two-dimensional bar code printed on a piece of paper is photographed by the area sensor. A reading method of this bar code includes a process for correcting the distortion of the image of the two-dimensional bar code obtained from the area sensor by the projection transform, a process for correcting bright spots appearing in the image, and a process for decoding the two-dimensional bar code based on the image data of the two-dimensional bar code corrected by the two processes. This invention enables size-reduction of the reading device of the two-dimensional bar code and also achieves a higher reading speed of the reading device.

Abstract: A personal authentication system of this invention has a card reader, in which a bar code reading device for reading a two-dimensional barcode containing personal data, a CMOS image sensor for producing face data by photographing the face of a person, and a fingerprint reading device for producing fingerprint data by reading the fingerprint of the person are assembled as one unit. A personal computer performs a projection transform and a brightness correction to the barcode read by the card reader for acquiring accurate data. Then, the personal data, the face data, and the fingerprint data are compared with database for authenticating the person. Therefore, this invention achieves more accurate personal authentication and leads to improved security.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a temperature measuring apparatus is provided with a light receiving portion having a plurality of light receiving units for measuring heat quantity of divided temperature detecting area in a noncontact manner, a thermal sensor for detecting temperature of each of the plurality of light receiving units, a calculation portion for calculating a temperature of each of the divided temperature detecting areas based on the temperature obtained by the thermal sensor and the relative temperature difference obtained by the light receiving portion, a correction information holding portion for holding correction information on known reference temperature of the temperature detecting area and its corresponding calculated result outputted from the calculation portion obtained when heat quantity of the temperature detecting area is set to the reference temperature, and a correction portion for correcting the calculated result of the calculation portion based on the correction information.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a noise reduction circuit for use in a temperature measuring apparatus includes a replacing processing portion configured to execute replacing processing for replacing data of one of plural pixels among plural pixels with data of another pixel among the plural pixels, the data of the one of plural pixels being discriminated as noise, and an averaging processing portion configured to execute averaging processing for averaging the data of the one of plural pixels to smooth the data of the one of plural pixels. The averaging processing is executed at the averaging processing portion after executing the replacing processing at the replacing processing portion.

Abstract: A personal authentication system of this invention has a card reader, in which a bar code reading device for reading a two-dimensional barcode containing personal data, a CMOS image sensor for producing face data by photographing the face of a person, and a fingerprint reading device for producing fingerprint data by reading the fingerprint of the person are assembled as one unit. A personal computer performs a projection transform and a brightness correction to the barcode read by the card reader for acquiring accurate data. Then, the personal data, the face data, and the fingerprint data are compared with database for authenticating the person. Therefore, this invention achieves more accurate personal authentication and leads to improved security.

Abstract: A two-dimensional bar code printed on a piece of paper is photographed by the area sensor. A reading method of this bar code includes a process for correcting the distortion of the image of the two-dimensional bar code obtained from the area sensor by the projection transform, a process for correcting bright spots appearing in the image, and a process for decoding the two-dimensional bar code based on the image data of the two-dimensional bar code corrected by the two processes. This invention enables size-reduction of the reading device of the two-dimensional bar code and also achieves a higher reading speed of the reading device.