1. A digital pen system comprising a pen adapted to mark a medium and a sensor arranged to determine the position on the medium of a mark made by the pen, the system being arranged to identify a plurality of different areas on the medium and being further arranged to authenticate a user in dependence upon authentication data input by the user, the authentication data having a value dependent upon the order in which a group of the plurality of different areas of the medium are marked by the pen.
2. A system according to claim 1 in which the sensor is arranged to generate stroke data which allows the position of a mark made by the pen to be determined.
3. A system according to claim 2 which is arranged to store the stroke data generated by the sensor within a memory of the system and is further arranged to process the stored stroke data to identify the plurality of different areas.
4. A system according to any preceding claim which further comprises a processing means having, or being able to have created, a data connection to the pen wherein the processing means is arranged to process the stroke data generated by the sensor in order to identify the plurality of different areas.
5. A system according to claim 4 in which the processing means is provided by a computer.
6. A system according to any preceding claim in which the sensor is arranged to read position identifying markings provided on the medium.
7. A system according to claim 6 in which the sensor is arranged to read position identifying markings provided by the company Anoto\u2122.
8. A system according to any preceding claim in which the value given to the authentication data is dependent upon any one of following:
i: the first n areas marked by the pen;
ii: areas marked by the pen before predetermined stroke data is generated by the sensor;
iii: areas between the nth and mth areas marked by the pen; and
iv: areas marked at predetermined positions within the areas marked by the pen.
9. A method of authenticating a user comprising using a sensor of a digital pen system to generate stroke data, processing the stroke data to determine the position of marks made by the pen on a medium having a plurality of areas thereon, the method authenticating the user in dependence upon authentication data which has a value dependent upon the order in which a group of the plurality of different areas of the media are marked by the pen.
10. A method according to claim 9 which associates one or more strokes made by the pen with an area on the medium.
11. A method according to claim 9 or 10 in which the areas on the medium are provided by check boxes.
12. A method according to any of claims 9 to 11 comprising providing a medium having position identifying markings readable at a surface thereof.
13. A method according to claim 12 in which the position identifying markings are provided by a pattern provided by Anoto\u2122.
14. A method according to any of claims 9 to 13 which establishes a data connection between the pen and a processing device and causes the stroke data to be processed to determine the symbols andor the sequence on the processing device.
15. A machine readable medium containing instructions which when read by a processing device cause that processing device to provide the method of any of claims 9 to 14.
16. A machine readable medium containing instructions which when read by a processing device cause that processing device to perform as at least a part of the system of any of claims 1 to 8.
17. A digital pen system in combination with a medium, the system comprising a pen adapted to mark the medium and a sensor arranged to determine the position of a mark, made by the pen, on the medium and generate stroke data therefrom;
the system being arranged to derive a set of symbols from the stroke data with each symbol in the set corresponding to one or more marks made by the pen;
the system being further arranged to select according to predetermined criteria based upon the order in which the marks were made by the pen, a sub-set from the set of symbols wherein the sub-set constitutes information that it is desired to input to the system; and
wherein use of the pen on the medium is such that, once the information has been entered, the marks upon the medium cannot be used to determine the information.
18. A system according to claim 17 in which the medium is provided with a plurality of areas with each area having a symbol associated therewith.
19. A system according to claim 18 which is arranged to associate one or more strokes with any one of the areas to provide a symbol of the information.
20. A system according to claim 18 or 19 in which the areas are provided by check boxes.
21. A processing device arranged to receive stroke data, generated by use of a pen from a digital pen system on a medium having a plurality of areas thereon, the processing device being arranged to process the stroke data and identify a plurality of the areas of the medium marked by the pen, the device being further arranged to authenticate a user in dependence upon authentication data having a value dependent upon the order in which the areas of the medium were marked by the pen.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A rotary electric device for a power working machine, which is operatively connected to an engine as a power source for the power working machine, and capable of being braked by a brake mechanism, the rotary electric device comprising:
a stator fixed to an engine main body;
a yoke including a bottom wall portion and a cylindrical portion which surrounds the stator, the yoke being formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape by connecting the bottom wall portion to one end of the cylindrical portion, and the yoke being connected to a crankshaft of the engine;
a magnet fixedly attached to an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the yoke, and facing the stator; and
a cover having a bottomed cylindrical shape, and covering the yoke, wherein
the cover includes
a cover cylindrical portion concentrically surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the yoke with an annular clearance interposed therebetween, and having an outer peripheral surface with which a brake shoe of the brake mechanism is capable of being placed in pressure contact, and
a cover bottom wall portion continuous to one end of the cover cylindrical portion, and connected to the bottom wall portion of the yoke,
a ventilation clearance communicating with the annular clearance is formed between the bottom wall portion of the yoke and the cover bottom wall portion, and
vent holes communicating the ventilation clearance with an outside of the yoke are provided through the bottom wall portion of the yoke and the cover bottom wall portion.
2. The rotary electric device for a power working machine according to claim 1, wherein a cooling fan for making cooling air forcedly flow in the annular clearance, the ventilation clearance and the vent holes is connected to an outer surface of the cover bottom wall portion.
3. The rotary electric device for a power working machine according to claim 1, wherein
the bottom wall portion of the yoke and the cover bottom wall portion are connected to each other with a hub interposed therebetween, and
a boss portion integrally included in the hub is connected to the crankshaft.
4. The rotary electric device for a power working machine according to claim 2, wherein
the bottom wall portion of the yoke and the cover bottom wall portion are connected to each other with a hub interposed therebetween, and
a boss portion integrally included in the hub is connected to the crankshaft.