Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To fix a module of large size with high reliability, in manufacturing of a smart card, and to make a molding procedure of a card edge simple to facilitate manufacturing of the card.SOLUTION: In a smart card 1 comprising a card 2 for carrying a module, the module consists of a support body 3 for supporting at least one electronic chip 4 by itself. The support body 3 is fixed to a surface of the card 2, and the surface extends up to at least one of edges of the card 2.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide solutions to problems of excessive thickness of ink droplets to be superimposed in a pixel as well as high ink consumption.SOLUTION: A color inkjet printer includes at least four cartridges respectively containing basic colors and at least one supplementary cartridge containing an ink of a pale color. A requested color (CD) contains a plurality of component colors selected from among the basic colors and the pale color. Printing of the requested color is performed by depositing ink droplets of each of the component colors to be superimposed upon one another. For each of a plurality of requestable colors, an equivalent color (CE) having a smaller amount of components than the requestable color is established, and the equivalent colors in association with the corresponding requestable colors are stored. In response to a request to print a color at a location of a given pixel (Pi), the stored equivalent color for the requested color is retrieved, and ink droplets of each component of the retrieved equivalent color is deposited at the location, to thereby print the equivalent color in place of the requested color for the pixel.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for calculating hashing of a message in a smart card. SOLUTION: There is provided a method for calculating hashing of a message in a device communicating with a smart card, the device and the smart card storing the same hash function, the message comprising data blocks including known secret data and the other data only by a smart card. The calculation of a hash of secret data is performed by a smart card. the calculation of all of the other data or a part of hash is performed in the device, and the intermediate result is characterized in that it is transmitted from the device to a card, or inversely depending on whether the calculation of hash of data has to be performed by the smart card or the device, or not. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable resource sharing protected by security between applications in independent execution environments, and enable a retrievable token to have enhanced smart communication with an associated apparatus.SOLUTION: A retrievable token comprises at least one physical channel of communication to at least one apparatus and at least two logical channels of communication to the at least one apparatus. The retrievable token is configured to simultaneously execute two execution environments which are associated with the two logical channels of communication. The two execution environments execute respective applications. The applications share resources.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly execute an operation transition between a non-contact interface and a contact interface of a dual interface card.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to an apparatus for concurrently functioning a contact interface and a non-contact interface within an intelligent portable data object. Each of the contact interface and the non-contact interface has a power supply source including a plurality of operational states, and the object is configured to be reset when concurrently operating the contact interface and the non-contact interface. The apparatus includes: means for storing information corresponding to a change in state when changing one or two or more states in the power supply sources corresponding to the contact interface and the non-contact interface; and means for preventing the object from being reset by the contact interface, on the basis of the stored information.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for monitoring viewing rate measurement on data broadcast to a terminal.SOLUTION: A method 20 for monitoring viewer measurement on data which is broadcast and received by at least one terminal 14 includes the steps for: broadcasting at least one piece of information associated with a request 22 called as a viewer report request associated with specified content for allowing a broadcast device to measure a viewer of at least one specified content in data via a broadcast channel; allowing at least one terminal to process at least one specified content and the viewer report request associated with the specified content; and transmitting a viewer report 28 which is processed by at least one terminal, is related to the specified content and is called as a viewer report response as a response to the viewer report request to a viewer report collection device 110 via a return channel.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow data to be written relatively fast.SOLUTION: A data processor such as a smart card comprises a controller for managing a file wherein a plurality of records can be stored in a sequential fashion. The controller checks whether a record has correctly been written into the file. The controller prevents user-related software from reading the record that is subsequent to the last record that has correctly been written.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new potable reader over the conventional. SOLUTION: The potable reader that reads a card, in which a set of contact regions are formed, from one side surface is equipped with a connector in which a set of contact pads are formed. This potable reader comprises first and second holding elements that hold the card so as to allow at least one contact pad of the set of contact pads to be connected to at least one contact region of the set of contact regions. At least one holding element is movable. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT