Cellular phone
First Claim
1. A cellular phone comprising:
- an antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves;
a speaker for producing a voice of a distant person and for letting the user know a call;
a microphone for picking up a voice;
operation keys for inputting telephone numbers and for turning the power source circuit on and off;
a display unit for displaying a telephone number and the content of an electronic mail;
a memory for storing a classified telephone directory and a software program;
a display control unit for controlling the display unit;
an operation control unit for executing application programs and for controlling the functions of the cellular phone depending upon an instruction from the operation keys and upon the authenticated state;
communication module for transmitting and receiving speech and data (packet);
use detection module for judging the state touched by the user by measuring the temperature; and
personal authentication module for authenticating that the user of the cellular phone is the owner;
wherein the personal authentication module is started to execute the authentication operation when it is detected, as a triggering condition, by the use detection module that the temperature is within a predetermined temperature range.
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Abstract
A cellular phone which is easy to use featuring a sufficient degree of safety preventing unauthorized use by conducting a minimum degree of required authentication operation which is not perceived by the user. As the user holds the cellular phone 1 by hand, the control unit 12 issues an instruction to temperature obtaining units 15 to start detecting the temperature. The temperature obtaining units measure the temperature at regular intervals, and successively transfer the obtained temperature data to a temperature comparator unit 16. The temperature comparator unit judges whether the temperature data obtained by the temperature obtaining units are lying within a predetermined condition, and issues an instruction to biodata obtaining units 19 to obtain fingerprint data of the user depending upon the result of judgement. The biodata obtaining units obtain the fingerprint data of the user and transfer the obtained fingerprint data to a biodata authentication unit 20. The biodata authentication unit compares the obtained fingerprint data with the fingerprint data of the owner stored in a biodata storage unit 21, and judges whether the user is the proper user.
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11 Claims
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1. A cellular phone comprising:
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an antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves;
a speaker for producing a voice of a distant person and for letting the user know a call;
a microphone for picking up a voice;
operation keys for inputting telephone numbers and for turning the power source circuit on and off;
a display unit for displaying a telephone number and the content of an electronic mail;
a memory for storing a classified telephone directory and a software program;
a display control unit for controlling the display unit;
an operation control unit for executing application programs and for controlling the functions of the cellular phone depending upon an instruction from the operation keys and upon the authenticated state;
communication module for transmitting and receiving speech and data (packet);
use detection module for judging the state touched by the user by measuring the temperature; and
personal authentication module for authenticating that the user of the cellular phone is the owner;
wherein the personal authentication module is started to execute the authentication operation when it is detected, as a triggering condition, by the use detection module that the temperature is within a predetermined temperature range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A cellular phone comprising:
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an antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves;
a speaker for producing a voice of a distant person and for letting the user know a call;
a microphone for picking up a voice;
operation keys for inputting telephone numbers and for turning the power source circuit on and off;
a display unit for displaying a telephone number and the content of an electronic mail;
a memory for storing a classified telephone directory and a software program;
a display control unit for controlling the display unit;
an operation control unit for controlling the functions of the cellular phone depending upon an instruction from the operation keys and upon the authenticated state and for executing the application programs;
communication module for transmitting and receiving speech and data (packet);
use detection module for judging the state touched by the user by measuring the temperature; and
personal authentication module for authenticating that the user of the cellular phone is the owner;
wherein the personal authentication module is started to execute the authentication operation when it is detected, as a triggering condition, by the use detection module that a predetermined temperature differential is exceeded. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. Data communication equipment having communication module for transmitting and receiving data, comprising:
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temperature data obtaining units for obtaining temperature data from the external side;
a temperature data comparator unit for comparing the temperature data obtained by the temperature data obtaining units with the temperature data that have been set in advance;
biodata obtaining units for obtaining biodata of the user of the data communication equipment when the obtained temperature data satisfy a predetermined condition as a result of comparison at the temperature data comparator unit;
a biodata storage unit storing the biodata of the user in advance; and
a biodata authentication unit which compares the obtained biodata with the biodata stored in the biodata storage unit, and so authenticates that the user is the proper person when the obtained biodata are in agreement with the biodata stored in the biodata storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. Data communication equipment having communication module for transmitting and receiving data, comprising:
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temperature data obtaining units for obtaining temperature data; and
biodata obtaining units for obtaining biodata of the user of the data communication equipment;
wherein the user is authenticated relying upon the temperature data obtained by the temperature data obtaining units and upon the biodata obtained by the biodata obtaining units.
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