AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AND CONTAINER SYSTEM

• US 20130241692A1
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Niikura, Hideo, Hirabayashi, Takayuki, Kabasawa, Hidetoshi, Honda, Shinichi, Shimizu, Kohei, Yajima, Masakazu
• Granted Patent: US 9,947,214 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.2
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1437 Locking means requiring key or combination to open the container
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/02 in which the signal transmitted is magnitude of current or voltage G08C19/36, G08C19/38 take precedence

Abstract

An authentication apparatus includes an authentication unit configured to perform authentication processing according to power generation information from a power generation unit configured to generate electric power from ambient energy.

Claims

1. An authentication apparatus, comprising:

an authentication unit configured to perform authentication processing according to power generation information from a power generation unit configured to generate electric power from ambient energy.

2. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the electric power generated by the power generation unit is supplied to the authentication unit.

3. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising;

a recording unit configured to record timing of generating the power generation information by the power generation unit.

4. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a recording unit configured to record predetermined power generation information, wherein

the authentication unit is configured to perform the authentication processing by comparing the predetermined power generation information with the power generation information from the power generation unit.

5. An authentication method for an authentication apparatus, comprising

performing authentication processing according to power generation information from a power generation unit configured to generate electric power from ambient energy.

6. An authentication system, comprising:

a power generation unit configured to generate electric power from ambient energy; and

an authentication unit configured to perform authentication processing according to power generation information from the power generation unit.

7. A container system, comprising:

a container unit configured to contain a predetermined object; and

an authentication unit configured to perform authentication processing according to power generation information from a power generation unit configured to generate electric power from ambient energy.

8. The container system according to claim 7, further comprising

allowing the contained object to be ejected from the container unit to an outside if the authentication is successful in the authentication processing.

9. The container system according to claim 7, further comprising

releasing the contained object from the container unit to an outside if the authentication is successful in the authentication processing.

10. The container system according to claim 7, further comprising containing an appropriate amount of object out of the contained object if the authentication is successful in the authentication processing.

11. The container system according to claim 7, further comprising

providing information indicating the contained object if the authentication is successful in the authentication processing.