1. A sputtering target containing a hexagonal laminar compound formed of indium oxide and zinc oxide and represented by In2O3(ZnO)m wherein m is an integer of 2 to 7, and 0.02 to 0.2 at % of an oxide of a third element having a normal valence of 4 or more.
2. A sputtering target as recited in claim 1, wherein the atomic ratio of indium atom to the total of indium atom and zinc atom In(In+Zn) is from 0.7 to 0.95.
3. A sputtering target as recited in claim 1, wherein the third element having a normal valence of 4 or more is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, ruthenium, rhodium, iridium, germanium, tin, antimony and lead.
4. A sputtering target as recited in claim 1, wherein the third element having a normal valence of 4 or more is cerium.
5. A sputtering target as recited in claim 1, which has a relative density of 0.95 or more.
6. A transparent electrically conductive film formed from the sputtering target as recited in claim 1 by a sputtering method.
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 system comprising:
a memory storing one or more images that have been viewed by a user and storing account information for the user, the account information including personal image information for the user that is indicative of the user’s identification or characterization of the one or more images; and
a processor operable to:
receive a communication including an indication of a desire of a user to be authenticated;
access an account of the user;
modify the one or more images to form one or more modified images;
provide the one or more modified images to the user;
receive trial personal image information from the user, the trial personal image information being indicative of the user’s identification or characterization of the one or more modified images;
compare the personal image information stored in the memory to the trial personal image information received from the user; and
authenticate the user if the personal image information stored in the memory is the same as the trial personal image information.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises making a change to at least one of the one or more images that will change a checksum of the at least one of the images.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises changing one pixel of at least one of the one or more images.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises changing a plurality of pixels of at least one of the one or more images.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises making a change to a plurality of portions of at least one of the one or more images.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises making a change to at least one of the one or more images and the change comprises at least one item selected from the list consisting of:
changing a color of at least a portion of the image;
showing the image in silhouette;
moving the image;
changing a resolution of the image;
cropping the image;
changing an object of the image;
mirroring the image;
changing a border of the image; and
warping the image.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises substituting a different image for at least one of the one or more images, the different image being an image of the same type of object.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises modifying all of the images provided to the user.
9. A method comprising:
storing, in a memory, one or more images that have been viewed by a user and account information for the user, the account information including personal image information for the user that is indicative of the user’s identification or characterization of the one or more images;
receiving, electronically by a processor, a communication including an indication of a desire of a user to be authenticated;
accessing, by the processor, an account of the user;
modifying, by the processor, the one or more images to form one or more modified images;
providing, by the processor, the one or more modified images to the user;
receiving, by the processor, trial personal image information from the user, the trial personal image information being indicative of the user’s identification or characterization of the one or more modified images;
comparing, by the processor, the personal image information stored in the memory to the trial personal image information received from the user; and
authenticating, by the processor, the user if the personal image information stored in the memory is the same as the trial personal image information.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises making a change to at least one of the one or more images that will change a checksum of the at least one of the images.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises changing one pixel of at least one of the one or more images.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises changing a plurality of pixels of at least one of the one or more images.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises making a change to a plurality of portions of at least one of the one or more images.
14. The method of claim 9, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises making a change to at least one of the one or more images and the change comprises at least one item selected from the list consisting of:
changing a color of at least a portion of the image;
showing the image in silhouette;
moving the image;
changing a resolution of the image;
cropping the image;
changing an object of the image;
mirroring the image;
changing a border of the image; and
warping the image.
15. The method of claim 9, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises substituting a different image for at least one of the one or more images, the different image being an image of the same type of object.
16. The method of claim 9, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises modifying all of the images provided to the user.
17. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable and executable code for instructing a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
storing, in a memory, one or more images that have been viewed by a user and storing account information for users the user, the account information including personal image information for the user that is indicative of the user’s identification or characterization of the one or more images;
receiving, electronically by a processor, a communication including an indication of a desire of a user to be authenticated;
accessing, by the processor, an account of the user;
modifying, by the processor, the one or more images to form one or more modified images;
providing, by the processor, the one or more modified images to the user;
receiving, by the processor, trial personal image information from the user, the trial personal image information being indicative of the user’s identification or characterization of the one or more modified images;
comparing, by the processor, the personal image information stored in the memory to the trial personal image information received from the user; and
authenticating, by the processor, the user if the personal image information stored in the memory is the same as the trial personal image information.
18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises making a change to at least one of the one or more images that will change a checksum of the at least one of the images.
19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises changing one pixel of at least one of the one or more images.
20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises changing a plurality of pixels of at least one of the one or more images.
21. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises making a change to a one or more portions of the image.
22. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises making a change to at least one of the one or more images and the change comprises at least one item selected from the list consisting of:
changing a color of at least a portion of the image;
showing the image in silhouette;
moving the image;
changing a resolution of the image;
cropping the image;
changing an object of the image;
mirroring the image;
changing a border of the image; and
warping the image.
23. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises substituting a different image for at least one of the one or more images, the different image being an image of the same type of object.
24. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein modifying the one or more images comprises modifying all of the images provided to the user.