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1. A method of discriminating a latent fingerprint residual on an imaging surface of an optical fingerprint input apparatus, which acquires a fingerprint image by an backlight illuminated onto a fingerprint and reflected therefrom, the method comprising the steps of:
acquiring an image without illuminating the backlight onto the imaging surface;
detecting an existence of a fingerprint from the acquired image; and
discriminating the fingerprint, if detected, to be a latent fingerprint detected due to an external light.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring an image is performed by receiving an entire screen of an image.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring an image is performed by receiving only a part of an image from the tip thereof.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring an image is performed by receiving only a part of an image by using a windowing function of an image sensor.
5. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the step of detecting an existence of a fingerprint comprises the sub-steps of:
calculating a sum of differences between gray levels of adjacent pixels of the acquired image on an X axis or a Y axis of a coordinate;
comparing the calculated sum of the gray levels with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the sum of the gray levels is greater than the reference value.
6. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the step of detecting an existence of a fingerprint comprises the sub-steps of:
calculating a sum of differences between gray levels with respect to the acquired image;
comparing the calculated sum of the gray levels with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the sum of the gray levels is less than the reference value.
7. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the step of detecting an existence of a fingerprint comprises the sub-steps of:
calculating an average value and a dispersion value of gray levels with respect to the acquired image; and
discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the calculated average value is less than a first reference value and the calculated dispersion value is greater than a second reference value.
8. A method of discriminating a latent fingerprint residual on an imaging surface of an optical fingerprint input apparatus, which acquires a fingerprint image by an backlight illuminated onto a fingerprint and reflected therefrom, the method comprising the steps of:
acquiring an image by illuminating an backlight onto the imaging surface;
detecting an existence of a fingerprint from the acquired image;
acquiring an image under an off state of the backlight if a fingerprint has been detected;
detecting an existence of a fingerprint from the acquired image; and
discriminating that the fingerprint, if detected, is a latent fingerprint detected due to an external light.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of acquiring an image is performed by receiving an entire screen of an image.
10. The method of claim 8. wherein the step of acquiring an image is performed by receiving only a part of an image from the tip thereof.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of acquiring an image is performed by receiving only a part of an image by using a windowing function of an image sensor.
12. The method of any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the step of detecting an existence of a fingerprint comprises the sub-steps of:
calculating a sum of differences between gray levels of adjacent pixels of the acquired image on an X axis or a Y axis of a coordinate;
comparing the calculated sum of the gray levels with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the sum of the gray levels is greater than the reference value.
13. The method of any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the step of detecting an existence of a fingerprint comprises the sub-steps of:
calculating a sum of differences between gray levels with respect to the acquired image;
comparing the calculated sum of the gray levels with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the sum of the gray levels is less than the reference value.
14. The method of any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the step of detecting an existence of an fingerprint comprises the sub-steps of:
calculating an average value and a dispersion value of gray levels with respect to the acquired image; and
discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the calculated average value is less than a first reference value and the calculated dispersion value is greater than a second reference value.
15. A method of discriminating a latent fingerprint residual on an imaging surface of an optical fingerprint input apparatus, which acquires a fingerprint image by an backlight illuminated onto a fingerprint and reflected therefrom, the method comprising the steps of:
acquiring an image while switching on and off the backlight onto the imaging surface;
detecting an existence of a fingerprint with respect to the image part acquired under an on state of the backlight;
detecting an existence of a fingerprint with respect to the image part acquired under an off state of the backlight; and
discriminating that the fingerprint, if detected from both image parts acquired under an on state and off state of the backlight, is a latent fingerprint detected due to an external light.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of acquiring an image is performed by receiving an entire screen of an image.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of acquiring an image is performed by receiving only a part of an image from the tip thereof.
18. The method of claim 15. wherein the step of acquiring an image is performed by receiving only a part of an image by using a windowing function of an image sensor.
19. The method of any one of claims 5 to 18, wherein the step of detecting an existence of a fingerprint comprises the sub-steps of:
calculating a sum of differences between gray levels of adjacent pixels of the acquired image on an X axis or a Y axis of a coordinate;
comparing the calculated sum of the gray levels with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the sum of the gray levels is greater than the reference value.
20. The method of any one of claims 15 to 18. wherein the step of detecting an existence of a fingerprint comprises the sub-steps of:
calculating a sum of differences between gray levels with respect to the acquired image;
comparing the calculated sum of the gray levels with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the sum of the gray levels is less than the reference value.
21. The method of any one of claims 15 to 18, wherein the step of detecting an existence of a fingerprint comprises the sub-steps of:
calculating an average value and a dispersion value of gray levels with respect to the acquired image; and
discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the calculated average value is less than a first reference value and the calculated dispersion value is greater than a second reference value.
22. An apparatus for discriminating a latent fingerprint residual on an imaging surface of a fingerprint input apparatus. which acquires a fingerprint image by an backlight illuminated onto a fingerprint and reflected therefrom, the apparatus comprising:
backlight control means for controlling switching on and off of the backlight;
image acquisition means for acquiring a fingerprint image without illuminating the backlight onto the imaging surface;
fingerprint detection means for detecting an existence of a fingerprint from the image acquired by the image acquisition means; and
fingerprint discriminating means for discriminating that the fingerprint, if detected by the fingerprint detection means, is a latent fingerprint detected due to an external light.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the image acquisition means receives an entire screen of an image.
24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the image acquisition means receives only a part of an image from the tip thereof.
25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the image acquisition means receives only a part of an image by using a windowing function of an image sensor.
26. The apparatus of any one of claims 22 to 25, wherein the fingerprint detection means comprises:
calculating means for adding differences between gray levels of adjacent pixels of the acquired image on an X axis or a Y axis of a coordinate;
comparing means for comparing the added value with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating means for discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the added value is less than the pre-set reference value.
27. The apparatus of any one of claims 22 to 25, wherein the fingerprint detection means comprises:
calculating means for adding gray levels with respect to the acquired image;
comparing means for comparing the added value with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating means for discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the added value is less than the pre-set reference value.
28. The apparatus of any one of claims 22 to 25, wherein the fingerprint detection means comprises:
calculating means for calculating an average value and a dispersion value of gray levels with respect to the acquired image; and
discriminating means for discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the calculated average value is less than a first reference value and the calculated dispersion value is greater than a second reference value.
29. An apparatus for discriminating a latent fingerprint residual on an imaging surface of an optical fingerprint input apparatus, which acquires a fingerprint image by an backlight illuminated onto a fingerprint and reflected therefrom, the apparatus comprising:
backlight control means for controlling switching on and off of the backlight;
image acquisition means for acquiring a fingerprint image without illuminating an backlight onto an imaging surface under a control by the backlight control means;
fingerprint detection means for detecting an existence of a fingerprint from the image acquired by the image acquisition means;
wherein, if the fingerprint detection means has detected fingerprint, the image acquisition means re-acquire the image without illuminating the backlight onto the imaging surface; and latent fingerprint discrimination means for discriminating a fingerprint, if detected by the fingerprint acquisition means from the re-acquired image, to be a latent fingerprint detected due to an external light.
30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the image acquisition means receives an entire screen of an image.
31. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the image acquisition means receives only a part of an image from the tip thereof.
32. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the image acquisition means receives only a part of an image by using a windowing function of an image sensor.
33. The apparatus of any one of claims 29 to 32, wherein the fingerprint detection means comprises:
calculating means for adding differences between gray levels of adjacent pixels of the acquired image on an X axis or a Y axis of a coordinate;
comparing means for comparing the added value with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating means for discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the added value is greater than the pre-set reference value.
34. The apparatus of any one of claims 29 to 32. wherein the fingerprint detection means comprises:
calculating means for adding gray levels with respect to the acquired image;
comparing means for comparing the added value with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating means for discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the added value is less than the pre-set reference value.
35. The apparatus of any one of claims 29 to 32, wherein the fingerprint detection means comprises:
calculating means for calculating an average value and a dispersion value of gray levels with respect to the acquired image; and
discriminating means for discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the calculated average value is less than a first reference value and the calculated dispersion value is greater than a second reference value.
36. An apparatus for discriminating a latent fingerprint residual on an imaging surface of an optical fingerprint input apparatus, which acquires a fingerprint image by an backlight illuminated onto a fingerprint and reflected therefrom, the apparatus comprising:
backlight control means for controlling switching on and off of the backlight;
image acquisition means for acquiring an image acquiring an image while switching on and off the backlight onto the imaging surface;
fingerprint detection means for detecting an existence of a fingerprint with respect to the image parts acquired under an on state of the backlight and under an off state of the backlight, respectively; and
latent fingerprint discriminating means for discriminating that the fingerprint, if detected from both image parts acquired under an on state and off state of the backlight, is a latent fingerprint detected due to an external light.
37. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the image acquisition means receives an entire screen of an image.
38. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the image acquisition means receives only a part of an image from the tip thereof.
39. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the image acquisition means receives only a part of an image by using a windowing function of an image sensor.
40. The apparatus of any one of claims 36 to 39, wherein the fingerprint detection means comprises:
calculating means for adding differences between gray levels of adjacent pixels of the acquired image on an X axis or a Y axis of a coordinate;
comparing means for comparing the added value with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating means for discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the added value is greater than the pre-set reference value.
41. The apparatus of any one of claims 36 to 39, wherein the fingerprint detection means comprises:
calculating means for adding gray levels with respect to the acquired image;
comparing means for comparing the added value with a pre-set reference value; and
discriminating means for discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the added value is less than the pre-set reference value.
42. The apparatus of any one of claims 36 to 39, wherein the fingerprint detection means comprises:
calculating means for calculating an average value and a dispersion value of gray levels with respect to the acquired image; and
discriminating means for discriminating that a fingerprint has been detected if the calculated average value is less than a first reference value and the calculated dispersion value is greater than a second reference value.
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 rotational speed control system, comprising:
at least one or more motor drive chains each comprising:
rotational speed instructing means outputting a rotational speed instructing signal setting a motor rotational speed;
a first motor driver receiving said rotational speed instructing signal from said rotational speed instructing means and driving a motor corresponding to itself based on said rotational speed instructing signal; and
at least one second motor driver capable of communicating with said first motor driver in a digital value, receiving said rotational speed instructing signal from said first motor driver and driving a motor corresponding to itself based on said rotational speed instructing signal, and

central monitoring means monitoring the operations of said first and second motor drivers in units of said motor drive chains by communicating with said first motor driver of each of said motor drive chains, wherein
said motor drive chains include a plurality of motor drive chains, and
said first motor driver of each of said plurality of motor drive chains interrupts communication with said central monitoring means when an abnormal condition occurs in the motor drive chain to which it belongs.
2. The rotational speed control system according to claim 1, wherein in each of said motor drive chains,
an in-chain wiring connecting said first motor driver and said second motor driver to each other is further provided.
3. The rotational speed control system according to claim 1, wherein
said first motor driver includes:
a communicationcontrol circuit driving said motor corresponding to itself based on said rotational speed instructing signal and capable of communicating with said central monitoring means;
a connector connected to said central monitoring means; and
switches interposed between said connector and said communicationcontrol circuit, and
said switches are interrupted in said motor drive chain in which an abnormal condition occurs.
4. The rotational speed control system according to claim 3, wherein
said second motor driver includes a communicationcontrol circuit capable of communicating with said communicationcontrol circuit of said first motor driver in a digital value via in-chain wiring, and driving said motor corresponding to itself based on said rotational speed instructing signal.
5. A rotational speed control system, comprising:
at least one or more motor drive chains each comprising:
rotational speed instructing means outputting a rotational speed instructing signal setting a motor rotational speed;
a first motor driver receiving said rotational speed instructing signal from said rotational speed instructing means and driving a motor corresponding to itself based on said rotational speed instructing signal; and
at least one second motor driver capable of communicating with said first motor driver in a digital value, receiving said rotational speed instructing signal from said first motor driver and driving a motor corresponding to itself based on said rotational speed instructing signal, and

central monitoring means monitoring the operations of said first and second motor drivers in units of said motor drive chains by communicating with said first motor driver of each of said motor drive chains, wherein in said motor drive chain,
said second motor driver includes a plurality of second motor drivers, each of which is set with a unique identification code, and
said identification codes and said rotational speed instructing signal are transmitted from said first motor driver to said second motor drivers.
6. The rotational speed control system according to claim 5, wherein
said identification codes and said rotational speed instructing signal are transmitted from said second motor drivers to said first motor driver in said motor drive chain.
7. The rotational speed control system according to claim 5, wherein
a code corresponding to a failure that occurred in said second motor driver is transmitted from said second motor driver to said first motor driver.
8. A rotational speed control system, comprising:
at least one or more motor drive chains each comprising:
rotational speed instructing means outputting a rotational speed instructing signal setting a motor rotational speed;
a first motor driver receiving said rotational speed instructing signal from said rotational speed instructing means and driving a motor corresponding to itself based on said rotational speed instructing signal; and
at least one second motor driver capable of communicating with said first motor driver in a digital value, receiving said rotational speed instructing signal from said first motor driver and driving a motor corresponding to itself based on said rotational speed instructing signal, and

1. A client device comprising:
one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to implement an emergency service, the emergency service configured to support operations comprising:
generating a user interface for display on a display device;
receiving one or more inputs usable to form an emergency contacts list that includes a plurality of emergency contacts; and
causing the emergency contacts list to be communicated to one or more other client devices for use in generating a message to be communicated automatically and without user intervention to the emergency contacts in the emergency contacts list responsive to a trigger.
2. A client device as recited in claim 1, wherein the emergency service is configured to manage a hub that is a private, shared space of members, the hub including shared member contacts, and wherein the emergency contacts are designated as a subset of the shared member contacts.
3. A client device as recited in claim 1, wherein the generating is performable responsive to user selection from a lock screen of the other client devices to initiate display of the emergency contacts list without unlocking the functions of the device
4. A client device as recited in claim 3, wherein the lock screen includes one or more of the emergency contacts displayed for user selection to initiate a phone call to a selected emergency contact.
5. A client device as recited in claim 1, wherein the emergency contacts are displayable as selectable controls in the emergency contacts list in the user interface and are configured for user selection to initiate a phone call to a selected emergency contact.
6. A client device as recited in claim 5, wherein each of the selectable controls are configured for the user selection to initiate the phone call to the selected emergency contact when functions of the device are locked.
7. A client device as recited in claim 1, wherein the emergency service is configured to generate the emergency contacts list from shared member contacts responsive to input of an emergency contacts selectable control.
8. A client device as recited in claim 1, wherein trigger is initiating a communication for help.
9. A client device as recited in claim 9, wherein the trigger is a phone call and the message is not a phone call.
10. A client device as recited in claim 1, wherein trigger is formed using a biomedical sensor.
11. A client device as recited in claim 1, wherein trigger is formed using a positional sensor.
12. A method, comprising:
displaying an emergency contacts selectable control in a user interface, the emergency contacts selectable control configured for user selection;
receiving an input of the emergency contacts selectable control to display an emergency contacts list; and
displaying the emergency contacts list that includes emergency contacts designated for members of a hub, the emergency contacts included in the emergency contacts list specified by another member of the hub.
13. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein the emergency contacts are designated as a subset of shared member contacts of the members of the hub.
14. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein the user interface is a phone lock screen, and wherein the emergency contacts selectable control is selectable from the phone lock screen to display the emergency contacts list without unlocking the phone.
15. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the phone lock screen includes one or more of the emergency contacts displayed for user selection to initiate a phone call to a selected emergency contact.
16. A hub system, comprising:
a network service device to execute computer instructions as an emergency service that is configured to:
receive a request from a mobile device to generate an emergency contacts list that includes emergency contacts designated for members whose one or more mobile devices are associated in a hub;
generate the emergency contacts list from shared member contacts and based on the member who is associated with the mobile device; and
communicate the emergency contacts list to the mobile device to display the emergency contacts as selectable controls for user selection to initiate a phone call to a selected emergency contact.
17. A hub system as recited in claim 16, wherein the emergency service is configured to:
determine the one or more mobile devices of the members in the hub based on identifiers of the associated mobile devices; and
determine the emergency contacts from the shared member contacts based on the associated mobile devices.
18. A hub system as recited in claim 16, wherein the emergency service is configured to:
receive an indicator that functions of the mobile device are locked; and
generate the emergency contacts list to display the emergency contacts at the mobile device without the mobile device being unlocked.
19. A hub system as recited in claim 16, wherein the emergency contact list is configured to cause generation and communication of a message to each of the emergency contacts included in the list responsive to a trigger.
20. A hub system as recited in claim 18, wherein the trigger is a phone call made to 911.

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 floating offshore wind power generation facility comprising a floating body, a mooring cable, a tower, and a windmill installed at the top of the tower, the windmill including a nacelle and a plurality of blades, wherein
the rotation axis of the windmill has a predetermined upward angle, and the windmill is a downwind windmill, in which the blades are attached to the leeward side of the nacelle and installed with the back surfaces of the blades facing windward, and
the mooring cable is attached to the floating body at a mooring point below the surface of the sea and higher than the center of gravity of the floating body.
2. The floating offshore wind power generation facility according to claim 1, wherein a lower portion of the floating body has a concrete floating body structure formed of concrete precast cylindrical bodies stacked on top of each other in plural stages in the direction of height and an upper portion of the floating body has a steel floating body structure formed of a steel member.
3. The floating offshore wind power generation facility according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of yaw-suppressing fins protruding from a circumferential surface of the floating body are provided on the lower portion of the floating body around the circumferential surface with spacing between adjacent yaw-suppressing fins.
4. The floating offshore wind power generation facility according to claim 1, further comprising ballasts having a weight that has been determined so that, when wind acts at an average wind velocity, the blades rotate in a rotational plane that is a substantially vertical plane.
5. The floating offshore wind power generation facility according to claim 2, wherein the concrete floating body structure is comprised of a plurality of individual concrete precast cylindrical bodies joined to each other as a stack to form an integral concrete precast cylindrical body, and an outer cable is circumferentially wound and fastened around an outer circumference of the integral concrete precast cylindrical body under tension.
6. The floating offshore wind power generation facility according to claim 5, further comprising a plurality of the outer cables wound and fastened around the outer circumference of the integral precast cylindrical body under tension, the outer cables being spaced one another in an axial direction of the integral concrete precast cylindrical body.
7. The floating offshore wind power generation facility according to claim 5, further comprising two anchorage devices for the outer cable at diametrically opposed locations on the integral concrete precast cylindrical body, each of the anchorage devices including a lifting fitting for lifting the integral concrete precast cylindrical body.
8. In a method of producing and installing a floating offshore wind power generating facility of claim 5, comprising producing the concrete floating body structure of the facility by stacking and joining the plurality of individual concrete precast cylindrical bodies to each other to form the integral concrete precast cylindrical body, removably winding and fastening the outer cable around the outer circumference of the integral concrete precast cylindrical body, and, after assembly the concrete floating body structure with other components to produce the facility and installing the facility, removing the outer cable from the integral concrete precast cylindrical body.

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