1. A tray that is constructed to be drawable from an image forming apparatus body in a specified first direction, the tray comprising:
a tray body in which a plurality of printing media are stored;
a handle that is fastened to the tray body so as to be slidable the specified first direction by a specified distance, a pull of the handle in the specified first direction effecting a slide of the handle in the first direction relative to the tray body and applying a pull force in the specified first direction to the tray body;
a lock mechanism for locking the tray body in the image forming apparatus body, the slide of the handle in the specified first direction relative to the tray body cancelling the lock mechanism; and
an elastic member located between the handle and the tray body;
wherein at least part of the pull force is transmitted from the handle to the tray body via the elastic member.
2. The tray according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the pull force is transmitted from the handle to the tray body via the elastic member after the lock mechanism is cancelled.
3. The tray according to claim 1, wherein the handle has a contact part to come into contact with the tray body when the handle slides in the specified first direction by the specified distance relative to the tray.
4. The tray according to claim 3, wherein the elastic member comes into contact with both the handle and the tray body before the contact part of the handle comes into contact with the tray body.
5. The tray according to claim 3,
wherein the handle has two contact portions to come into contact with the tray body; and
wherein the elastic member is located between the two contact parts.
6. The tray according to claim 3,
wherein two elastic members are provided between the handle and the tray body; and
wherein the contact portions are located between the two elastic members.
7. The tray according to claim 1,
wherein the tray body comprises:
a storage section in which a plurality of printing media are stored;
a front cover fixed to a side of the storage section that is an end of the storage section in the specified first direction;
wherein the handle is fastened to the front cover; and
wherein a connection where the front cover and the storage section are connected together is in a same place as the elastic member with respect to a lengthwise direction of the front cover.
8. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming apparatus body; and
a tray that is constructed to be drawable from the image forming apparatus body in a specified first direction, the tray comprising:
a tray body in which a plurality of printing media are stored;
a handle that is fastened to the tray body so as to be slidable in the specified first direction by a specified distance, a pull of the handle in the specified first direction effecting a slide of the handle in the first direction relative to the tray body and applying a pull force in the specified first direction to the tray body;
a lock mechanism for locking the tray body in the image forming apparatus body, the slide of the handle in the specified first direction relative to the tray body cancelling the lock mechanism; and
an elastic member located between the handle and the tray body;
wherein at least part of the pull force is transmitted from the handle to the tray body via the elastic member.
9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein at least part of the pull force is transmitted from the handle to the tray body via the elastic member after the lock mechanism is cancelled.
10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the handle has a contact portion to come into contact with the tray body when the handle slides in the specified first direction by the specified distance relative to the tray.
11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the elastic member comes into contact with both the handle and the tray body before the contact portion of the handle comes into contact with the tray body.
12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10,
wherein the handle has two contact portions to come into contact with the tray body; and
wherein the elastic member is located between the two contact portions.
13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10,
wherein two elastic members are provided between the handle and the tray body; and
wherein the contact portion is located between the two elastic members.
14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8,
wherein the tray body comprises:
a storage section in which a plurality of printing media are stored;
a front cover fixed to a side of the storage section that is an end of the storage section in the specified first direction;
wherein the handle is fastened to the front cover; and
wherein a connection where the front cover and the storage section are connected together is in a same place as the elastic member with respect to a lengthwise direction of the front cover.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A fingerprint identification method of making fingerprint identification based on fingerprint collation with predetermined values of FAR and FRR, comprising steps of:
a registering step of registering and managing fingerprint patterns of a plurality of (i.e., m) fingers of users;
an m-finger collation step of executing, at the time of identification, collation process with respect to the plurality of the registered finger;
an n-time collation step of executing collation process a plurality of (i.e., n) times with respect to the plurality of fingers; and
an identifying step of judging and outputting the identification result in the system as a whole by combining the results of the m-finger collation and n-time collation processes.
2. The fingerprint identification method according to claim 1, wherein:
in the n-time collation step, when the collation is judged to be successful even once in the n-time collation trial, the collation is judged to be successful with respect to that finger; and
in the m-finger collation step, when the collation is judged to be successful with respect to all them fingers, a judgment of identification success (acceptance) is given in the system as a whole.
3. The fingerprint identification method according to claim 1, wherein the values of the FAR and FRR in the system as a whole are preset variably with the presetting of FAR, FRR, m and n to desired values.
4. The fingerprint identification method according to claim 1, wherein:
in the registering step, user’s fingerprint patterns are registered in number greater than m; and
the collation identification process is executed at the time of identification by using certain m fingers among the fingers greater in number than m that are registered in the registering step.
5. A fingerprint identification system comprising a fingerprint identification module including:
a fingerprint registering means for registering and managing fingerprint patterns;
a fingerprint sensor means for reading out fingerprints and detecting fingerprint patterns; and
a fingerprint collation means for executing a collation process on the basis of a predetermined algorithm by comparing the fingerprint patterns detected by the fingerprint sensor means with the fingerprint patterns registered in the fingerprint registering means;
the fingerprint identification module having predetermined values of FAR and FRR;
wherein:
the fingerprint registering means registers and manages user’s fingerprint patterns of a plurality of (i.e., m) fingers; and
at the time of identification, the fingerprint sensor means and the fingerprint collation means are rendered operative to input, for the collation process, fingerprint patterns of the plurality of (i.e., m) fingers and also of each finger a plurality of (i.e.,n) times, and the results of the collation processes are combined to judge and output the identification result in the system as a whole.
6. The fingerprint identification system according to claim 5, wherein in the collation process:
when the collation is judged to be successful even once in the n-time collation trial with respect to a certain finger, a judgment of collation success is given with respect to that finger; and
when the collation of the fingerprints of all the fingers is judged to be successful in the m-finger collation trial, a judgment of collation success (i.e., acceptance) is provided in the system as a whole.
7. The fingerprint identification system according to claim 5, wherein the values of the FAR and FRR in the system as a whole are preset variably with the presetting of the FAR, FRR, m and n to desired values.
8. The fingerprint identification system according to claim 5, wherein:
the fingerprint registering means registers and manages fingerprint patterns of user’s fingers greater in number than m; and
at the time of identification, the collation identification process is executed by using certain m fingers among the registered fingers greater in number than m.
9. A biometrics identification system comprising an identification module including:
a registering means for registering and managing biometrics;
a sensor means for reading out and detecting biometrics; and
a collation means for executing a collation process on the basis of a predetermined algorithm by comparing biometrics detected by the sensor means with the biometrics registered in the registering means;
the identification module having predetermined values of the FAR and FRR;
wherein:
the registering means registers and manages a plurality of (i.e., m) patterns of user’s biometrics; and
at the time of identification, the sensor means and the collation means are rendered operative to input, for the collation process, a plurality of (i.e., n) times with respect to the plurality of (i.e., m) biometrics and also to each biometrics, and the identification result in the system as a whole is judged and outputted by combining the results of the collation processes.
10. The biometrics identification system according to claim 9, wherein in the collation process:
when the collation is judged to be successful even once in the n-time collation trial with respect to a certain biometrics, a judgment of collation success is given with respect to that biometrics; and
when the collation of all the biometrics is judged to be successful in the m-biometrics collation trial, a judgment of identification success (i.e., acceptance) is given in the system as a whole.
11. The biometrics identification system according to claim 9, wherein the values of the FAR and FRR are preset variably with the presetting of the FAR, FRR, m and n to desired values.
12. The biometrics identification system according to claim 9, wherein:
the registering means registers and manages user’s biometrics greater in number than m; and
at the time of identification, the collation identification process is executed by using certain m biometrics among the registered biometrics greater in number than m.