Month of March 2003

Disclosed is a annotation system that provides the following; 1) Enable user to specify disclosure level of annotation. 2) Maintain annotation by time period.

Under the environment where only text data can be used, such as e-mail or BBS, we offen use an ASCII Art to describe a simple figure or a simple chart. ASCII Art is a method to express a picture or a figure only using a character sequence. But, the conventional text editor or word processor does not have a function...

On a multi-window system, we tend to open many windows unconciously. And, in many cases, only the specific windows are used frequently, and the other windows are used rarely. This invention provides a means to access the window that is used frequently more easily than other windows.

Disclosed is an effective chat companion(users list) switching method of the chat application on Mobile Information Device.

A program is disclosed that rapid system testing can be done by controlling the process time for each task running on distributed-systems. To accomplish this, elimination of idle time and adjustment of time processing are performed.

Disclosed is a system for biometrics with contemplation validity. The system is characterized by the feature; authorizing device can detect the invalid body-exertion, such as bribe or intimidating. To realize the feature, the system uses the principle of lie-detector.

Disclosed is a system for analyzing binary resources of various structures in unified way. It consists of a meta-model definition and an analysis engine. The meta-model is defined using DTD and rules. The engine takes a resource model written in XML based on the meta-model, and analyzes a binary resource based on...

This article describes about flat-bed image scanner having test pattern put on the lower surface of the cover. It has advangate in remote checking of image quality.

With the proliferation of Web based transaction systems, it is often necessary to have access to an authentic record of transaction history in case of disputes between Web merchants and customers. Transaction logs can't solve the problem because they can be manipulated and do not provide the requisite level of trust...

In a microprocessor, an issue queue can issue one instruction per cycle to one of the three execution units. However, due to different in execution latency between the type of instructions in the execution units, two or more instructions can produce the results in the same cycle. In order to reduce the number of...