Abstract: Disclosed is a distance measuring apparatus for measuring a distance to a target object also its shape precisely without influence of noise, which is applied to a invader monitoring system. This apparatus comprises a clock signal generator unit, a modulated light projector unit, a light receiver unit, and a demodulator unit, and obtains a range image presenting signal levels changing according to the distances to the objects including the target object by irradiating light onto the objects and receiving reflected light. In the demodulator unit, the range image is processed for evaluating and removing noise components, for interpolating and averaging noise removed region, and for selecting the target object region. Those processes are carried out from the following point of view, the variation of the distance signal levels, the received quantity of light, and the variation of the received quantity of light.

Abstract: A variable-length key cryptosystem is provided, in which the amount of parameters for generating a key to be shared is small, security is high, and calculation cost is small.

Abstract: An infrared ray receiving element includes a substrate made of a pyroelectric material and having at least one cantilever portion surrounded by a slit, in which at least a part of the cantilever portion in the substrate is uniformly polarized in the same direction and the remainder in the substrate includes a portion polarized at random. At least a pair of electrodes are respectively provided on a top surface and a bottom surface of the cantilever portion.

Abstract: A capacitance type moisture sensor having the capability of accurately detecting amounts of water is provided. This sensor comprises a sensor housing having an electrically-insulating wall, a pair of electrodes disposed on the sensor housing, and a circuit unit. An outer surface of the electrically-insulating wall faces a space where the amounts of water should be detected. On an inner surface of the electrically-insulating wall, at least one of the electrodes is formed. An electric field developed between the electrodes is defined as a moisture detecting region. The circuit unit includes a capacitance detecting circuit for detecting a capacitance value between the electrodes, which changes in response to the amounts of water in the moisture detecting region, and an output circuit for providing an electrical signal corresponding to the amounts of water according to the capacitance value detected by the capacitance detecting circuit.

Abstract: An information mediating apparatus has: a mediating condition file in which mediating condition list data describing specific mediating conditions has been stored; and a personal information file in which personal information peculiar to a person, a group, or the like has been stored. A mediation service processing unit reads out the mediating condition list data designated in response to a mediating request from the user from the mediating condition file, notifies a backend server in a service providing server group, collects and selects service information matched with the mediating condition list data, and displays it to the user. The mediating service processing unit is constructed by: a user interface processing unit having an HTML forming function; and a logic processing unit described as an information mediating program.

Abstract: There is provided a facilitator having a flexible distributed configuration using cells with enhanced security.

Abstract: A multi-profile managing apparatus for unifying a plurality of profilers includes an unified access unit, a name managing unit, and a profile access unit. The unified access unit accepts an access request to a profiler from any of services in accordance with an access protocol determined for the service, via an unified access interface corresponding to the protocol. The name managing unit converts a data element name designated in the access request to information in relation to a real storage location within the profiler. The profile access unit accesses the profiler on the basis of the information in relation to the storage location obtained through the conversion, via a corresponding profile access interface.

Abstract: In an infrared-rays detector, a pyroelectric element detects existence or movement of a human body, and the output signal of the pyroelectric element is converted to a voltage signal. Then, the voltage signal is subjected to waveform analysis. Then, a detection signal is outputted only when a waveform generated by a human body is detected by the waveform analysis. For example, the voltage signal is amplified at two different frequency ranges, and the amplified signals are used for discriminating a signal due to a human body. Then, a noise such as a popcorn noise of the pyroelectric element is prevented to be detected erroneously as generated by a human body.

Abstract: An infrared ray receiving element includes a substrate made of a pyroelectric material and having at least one cantilever portion surrounded by a slit, in which at least a part of the cantilever portion in the substrate is uniformly polarized in the same direction and the remainder in the substrate includes a portion polarized at random. At least a pair of electrodes are respectively provided on a top surface and a bottom surface of the cantilever portion.

Abstract: An agent is permanently resident in a server as software for the purpose of cryptographic processing. In addition, another agent that is described in mobile code and contains a program for the purpose of cryptographic processing is also stored in the server. When data that are to be sent and received between the server and a client are encrypted, the agent that is described in mobile code is sent from the server to the client. When the client receives data that were encrypted in the server, it reproduces those data by decryption using the received agent.

Abstract: A facilitation mechanism between users and databases is composed of a user agent for interfacing between users and the entire facilitation mechanism, a DB agent for interfacing between each database and the facilitation mechanism, and a facilitation agent for mediating between each of the agents, which are distributed. By adopting this system in the present invention, a facilitation mechanism in which scalability can be secured for an increase in the number of users, the addition of databases, etc., operation load and operation managing cost can be distributed, and security of information can be protected, can be realized.

Abstract: A pyroelectric infrared ray sensor is constituted with a current-voltage converting circuit utilizing an impedance of feedback capacity, obtained by adding the feedback capacity to an operational amplifier receiving as an input an element current from a pyroelectric element, whereby the current-voltage converting circuit can be improved in S/N ratio without altering characteristics of the pyroelectric element.

Abstract: A pyroelectric infrared ray sensor includes a voltage amplifying circuit provided with a signal amplifying part having a non-inverting amplifier, with an integrating circuit, and with voltage dividing resistors connected at a position where an input V.sub.IN to the voltage amplifying circuit and an output V.sub.B of the integrating circuit are resistance-divided to a non-inverting input terminal of the signal amplifying part which is practically formed by an operating amplifier, wherein the signal amplifying part includes a low-pass filter formed by a resistor and a capacitor, whereby the electrostatic capacity of the required capacitor can be minimized, and the entire circuit can be minimized in size and also in manufacturing costs.

Abstract: A laser diode 11 irradiates an object 3 with beam light modulated in an appropriate cycle. A position detection element 21 outputs a pair of position signals responsive to the position of a light reception spot and a processing section finds a distance to the object 3 based on the position signals. The processing section comprises a modulation control circuit 34 for irradiating the object 3 with beam light as many times as appropriate for performing distance measurement operation, then stopping the distance measurement operation and generating modulation control output indicating the operation stop, and upon reception of modulation control input indicating the operation start from the outside, again starting the distance measurement operation. Therefore, if the modulation control output of one of the two optical displacement measurement devices is directed to the modulation control input of the other, both the optical displacement measurement devices operate alternately, thus do not interfere with each other.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to present an input and display apparatus for handwritten characters capable of freely editing input handwritten characters. A handwritten character entered on a touch panel by using a pen is registered as one stroke data. The registered one stroke data is divided in two stroke data by using the pen, or two stroke data are combined into one stroke data. By combination of stroke data division and combination, partial deletion in stroke data, blank insertion in stroke data, and insertion of other stroke data into stroke data are realized.

Abstract: A number of sets of software may be systematically distributed and maintained via a network connecting many vendors and users of client/server software. A client program in a user computer detects when software subject to maintenance is activated and transmits an inquiry over the network to the software vendor's computer for information on the current version of the software. The server program compares data in the inquiry with data relating to the latest version of the software and returns update instruction information and updated software if appropriate. The client program automatically updates the software to the latest version according to the update instruction information when it is received. The client program can also send inquires at predetermined times, or in response to a user command.

Abstract: An optical displacement measuring system using a triangulation comprises a light projecting unit for emitting to an object a light beam which is amplitude-modulated by a reference signal having a predetermined period, a light receiving unit for receiving light reflected back from the object and providing a pair of position signals, and a control signal generator for providing first and second control signals in synchronism with the reference signal. The position signals are processed by a switching unit in a time sharing manner according to the first control signal to obtain a first composite signal, in which the position signals occur alternately every integral number of the period of the reference signal.

Abstract: A pager terminal device is provided with a receiver circuit, an electronic memory for storing an application program by which received pager-use data are effectively utilized, and a single connector for connecting the receiver circuit and the electronic memory to a host apparatus. This arrangement obviates the necessity of installing an external storage device for storing the application program, and still maintains the portability of the host apparatus. The pager terminal device is further provided with: a connection-discriminating circuit for discriminating the connected state between the pager terminal device and the host apparatus; and an input switching circuit for switching input channels for the pager terminal device so as to provide a connection to the key section of the pager terminal device or to the key section of the host apparatus, in cooperation with the connection-discriminating circuit.

Abstract: An optical measurement system for determination of a profile or thickness of an object includes first and second optical heads directing first and second light beams, respectively on first and second points on the surface of the object. Photo-sensors are included respectively in the first and second optical heads for receiving reflected lights from said first and second points and providing first and second outputs which varies in proportion to perpendicular distances from a reference plane to said first and second points on the object's surface. The first and second outputs are transmitted selectively to a single processing circuit through a switch. The processing circuit operates to process the first and second outputs in sequence to measure by triangulation the perpendicular distance of the first and second points from the reference plane and to analyze a surface or thickness of the object based upon thus measured perpendicular distances.

Abstract: A copying apparatus for portable type having an image reader for reading an image of a document, a memory for storing image data obtained by the image reader, a printer for printing out the image of the document read out by the image reader according to the image data stored in the memory and a processor for controlling the image reader and the printer wherein upper and lower blank lines are searched for with respect to each of partial images divided from the whole image stored in the memory. Image data, except for the image data existing in an area defined between the upper and lower blank lines which have been found by respective blank line search, are erased upon printing.