All The Claims

1. A computer program product, comprising:
at least one non-transitory computer readable medium, including at least:
one or more instructions for receiving at least one media asset;
one or more instructions for determining, via at least one facial recognition analysis, at least one identity of at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset;
one or more instructions for determining at least one restricted content element of the at least one media asset, the at least one restricted content element related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset;
one or more instructions for requesting, in response to the determining at least one restricted content element, at least one consent related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset; and
one or more instructions for, responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset.
2. A system, comprising:
circuitry configured for receiving at least one media asset;
circuitry configured for determining, via at least one facial recognition analysis, at least one identity of at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset;
circuitry configured for determining at least one restricted content element of the at least one media asset, the at least one restricted content element related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset;
circuitry configured for requesting, at least partially in response to the circuitry configured for determining at least one restricted content element, at least one consent related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset; and
circuitry configured for, responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset.
3. A method, comprising:
receiving at least one media asset;
determining, via at least one facial recognition analysis, at least one identity of at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset;
determining at least one restricted content element of the at least one media asset, the at least one restricted content element related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset;
requesting, in response to the determining at least one restricted content element, at least one consent related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset; and
responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset,
wherein at least one of the receiving, determining at least one identity, determining at least one restricted content element, or signaling is at least partially implemented using one or more processing devices.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving at least one media asset and determining at least one restricted content element of the at least one media asset, the at least one restricted content element related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset comprise:
identifying a composite media work having a group of related content elements feasible for alteration, wherein the related content elements form a constituent portion of the composite media work.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein identifying a composite media work having a group of related content elements feasible for alteration, wherein the related content elements form a constituent portion of the composite media work comprise:
identifying a composite media work, the composite media work including at least one media asset, the composite media work having a group of related content elements feasible for alteration including at least one restricted content element of the at least one media asset, wherein the related content elements form a constituent portion of the composite media work.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
obtaining specified substitute altered content designated for collective replacement in a derivative version of the composite media work;
establishing confirmation that the specified substitute altered content is deemed to be in compliance with one or more applicable alteration guidelines regarding the composite media work; and
implementing incorporation of the specified substitute altered content as a collective replacement of the constituent portion in the derivative version.
7. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving at least one media asset comprises:
receiving at least one media asset at a website, the at least one media asset associated with a user of the website.
8. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving at least one media asset comprises:
receiving at least one media asset at a website, the at least one media asset associated with a user of the website, the at least one media asset obtained at least in part by an image capture device disposed within a mobile device associated with the user of the website.
9. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving at least one media asset comprises:
receiving at least one media asset at a website, the at least one media asset associated with a user of the website, the at least one media asset obtained at least in part by an image capture device disposed within a mobile device associated with the user of the website, the at least one media asset uploaded by the mobile device to the website contemporaneously with the at least one media asset being captured at the mobile device.
10. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving at least one media asset comprises:
receiving at least one media asset at a website, the at least one media asset associated with a user of the website, the at least one media asset obtained at least in part by an image capture device disposed within a mobile device associated with the user of the website, the at least one media asset uploaded by the mobile device to the website contemporaneously with the at least one media asset being captured at the mobile device, the uploading based at least in part on at least some credentials of the user of the website associated with the user accessing the website from the mobile device.
11. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving at least one media asset comprises:
receiving at least one media asset at a social networking website.
12. The method of claim 3, wherein determining at least one restricted content element of the at least one media asset, the at least one restricted content element related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset comprises:
determining, using recognition logic accessible by a website, at least some objectionable content associated with at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset.
13. The method of claim 3, wherein determining at least one restricted content element of the at least one media asset, the at least one restricted content element related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset comprises:
determining, using recognition logic accessible by a website, at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset associated with at least one preference for anonymity.
14. The method of claim 3, wherein determining at least one restricted content element of the at least one media asset, the at least one restricted content element related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset comprises:
determining, using recognition logic accessible by a website, at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset associated with at least one preference for anonymity, the at least one preference for anonymity made known to at least one website or at least one entity associated with producing the at least one media asset previous to the at least one media asset being received by the at least one website or at least one entity.
15. The method of claim 3, wherein determining at least one restricted content element of the at least one media asset, the at least one restricted content element related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset comprises:
determining, using recognition logic accessible by a website, at least one of nudity or obscenity associated with at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset.
16. The method of claim 3, wherein requesting, in response to the determining at least one restricted content element, at least one consent related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset comprises:
at least partially in response to the determining at least one restricted content element, signaling to obtain at least one authorization related to the at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset, the at least one authorization obtained from a user of a website receiving the at least one media asset.
17. The method of claim 3, wherein requesting, in response to the determining at least one restricted content element, at least one consent related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset comprises:
at least partially in response to the determining at least one restricted content element, providing at least one hyperlink associated with a request for at least one consent related to the at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset.
18. The method of claim 3, wherein requesting, in response to the determining at least one restricted content element, at least one consent related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset comprises:
recognizing an identity of at least one user associated with providing the at least one media asset to a website; and
at least partially in response to the determining at least one restricted content element, signaling to obtain at least one consent from the recognized at least one user associated with providing the at least one media asset.
19. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset comprises:
receiving at least one indication that at least one of (a) at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset or (b) at least one user associated with providing the at least one media asset to a website consents to the at least one media asset being viewable to at least some users of the website; and
at least one of rendering the at least one media asset via the website or outputting the at least one media asset.
20. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset comprises:
receiving at least one indication of at least one modification to the at least one media asset consented to by at least one of (a) at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset or (b) at least one user associated with providing the at least one media asset to a website;
modifying the at least one media asset based at least partially on at least one received indication of at least one consented-to modification; and
at least one of rendering the modified at least one media asset via the website or outputting the at least one media asset.
21. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset comprises:
receiving at least one indication that at least one of (a) at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset or (b) at least one user associated with providing the at least one media asset to a website does not consent to the at least one media asset being viewable to at least some users of the website; and
preventing the at least one media asset from being rendered to the at least some users via the website or outputted.
22. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset comprises:
based at least in part on one or more authorizations related to the at least one media asset, determining at least some access to the at least one media asset via a website.
23. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset comprises:
based at least in part on one or more authorizations related to the at least one media asset, determining at least some users of the website who are permitted to access the at least one media asset.
24. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving at least one media asset and determining at least one restricted content element of the at least one media asset, the at least one restricted content element related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset comprise:
receiving, at a social networking website, an image captured by a mobile device, the mobile device having previously been enabled for access to the social networking website via a user of the mobile device entering login credentials for the social networking website into the mobile device, and determining, based at least partially on recognition logic accessible to the social networking website, at least some nudity associated with at least one person portrayed in the image captured by the mobile device, the image automatically uploaded to the social networking website contemporaneously with capturing of the image.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein requesting, in response to the determining at least one restricted content element, at least one consent related to the at least one identified person portrayed in the at least one media asset comprises:
requesting, via the social networking website, at least one consent from the user of the mobile device for the image captured by the mobile device to be viewable by at least some users of the social networking website.
26. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset comprises:
responsive to at least one received consent, obtaining substitute content designated for replacement in a derivative version of the at least one media asset.
27. The method of claim 26, further comprising:
establishing confirmation that the substitute content is deemed to be in compliance with one or more applicable alteration guidelines regarding the at least one media asset.
28. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset comprises:
responsive to at least one received consent, modifying the at least one media asset prior to at least one of rendering or outputting the at least one media asset in accordance with one or more applicable alteration guidelines regarding the at least one media asset.
29. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset comprises:
responsive to at least one received consent, modifying the at least one media asset prior to at least one of rendering or outputting the at least one media asset, the modifying including at least addition of clothes to at least a portion of the media asset associated with nudity.
30. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset comprises:
responsive to at least one received consent, modifying the at least one media asset prior to at least one of rendering or outputting the at least one media asset, the modifying including at least one of at least partially blurring or at least partially blocking at least a portion of the media asset associated with nudity.
31. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to at least one received consent, signaling at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset comprises:
responsive to at least one received consent, modifying the at least one media asset including at least anonymizing at least one human subject recognized within the at least one media asset by replacing the at least one restricted content element including the image of the at least one human subject with an anonymized image.
32. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to at least one received consent, at least one of (i) rendering the at least one media asset, (ii) modifying the at least one media asset, or (iii) outputting the at least one media asset comprises:
modifying the at least one media asset in accordance with criteria established for possible alteration of one or more component elements of the at least one media asset.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein modifying the at least one media asset in accordance with criteria established for possible alteration of one or more component elements of the at least one media asset comprises:
providing accessibility to criteria established for possible alteration of one or more component elements of at least one media asset via a hyperlink incorporated in a website associated with the at least one media asset; and
modifying the at least one media asset in accordance with criteria accessed via the hyperlink.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein providing accessibility to criteria established for possible alteration of one or more component elements of at least one media asset via a hyperlink incorporated in a website associated with the at least one media asset comprises:
providing accessibility to authorization criteria established for possible alteration of one or more component elements of at least one media asset via a hyperlink incorporated in a website associated with the at least one media asset, the authorization criteria including at least obtaining at least one consent from at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset.
35. The method of claim 33, wherein providing accessibility to criteria established for possible alteration of one or more component elements of at least one media asset via a hyperlink incorporated in a website associated with the at least one media asset comprises:
providing accessibility to a hyperlink incorporated in a website associated with the at least one media asset, the hyperlink associated with obtaining at least one consent from at least one person portrayed in the at least one media asset.
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 guardrail terminal adapted to cooperate with a guardrail comprising:
an impact head; and
a cutting section;
said impact head and cutting section being mounted for movement together; and
said cutting section including means for cutting the guardrail when the guardrail terminal and the guardrail are moved with respect to each other.
2. A guardrail terminal in accordance with claim 1 in which the cutting section partly slit the guardrail, whereby more energy is utilized in bending the guardrail as a unit than would be the case if it were completely severed.
3. A guardrail terminal in accordance with claim 1 in which the cutting section severs the guardrail to cause longitudinal separation between portions of the guardrail.
4. A guardrail terminal according to claim 1 in which the cutting section includes a wedge shaped cutter and at least one deflection plate positioned near the wedged shaped cutter to fragment sections of the guardrail.
5. A guardrail terminal according to claim 1 in which the cutting section includes at least one deflection plate means positioned to deflect sections of the guardrail after the guardrail is cut.
6. A guardrail terminal according to claim 1 in which the cutting section includes a plurality of cutters adjacent to each other; and
each of said cutters being shaped to deflect a cut section of the guardrail in the opposite direction as an adjacent cut section of the guardrail.
7. A guardrail terminal according to claim 7 further including at least one deflection plate.
8. A method of manufacturing a guardrail terminal comprising the steps of:
selecting a predetermined number of cutters; and
positioning the cutters in a cutting section adapted to receive a guardrail;
said step of selecting a predetermined number of cutters including the step of shaping a cutter in accordance with the amount of energy absorbed when the cutter cuts a predetermined rail.
9. A method of manufacturing a guardrail terminal in accordance with claim 8 in which the step of selecting a predetermined number of cutters includes the substep of selecting the number of cutters in accordance with the amount of energy intended to be absorbed upon impact with a vehicle with an expected momentum and desired deceleration.
10. A method of manufacturing a guardrail terminal in accordance with claim 8 further including the step of positioning the cutters in accordance with the amount of energy intended to be absorbed upon impact by vehicles whereby desired deceleration may be obtained by selecting moments of inertia of sections of the guardrail.
11. A method of manufacturing a guardrail terminal in accordance with claim 8 in which the step of selecting a predetermined number of cutters includes the substep of selecting the number of cutters in accordance with the amount of energy intended to be absorbed upon impact with vehicles with an expected momentum and desired deceleration.
12. A method of avoiding bodily damage to an occupant of a vehicle colliding with a guardrail system, comprising the steps of:
causing a guardrail terminal to move with respect to a guardrail and to cut the guardrail when impacted by a vehicle;
causing the guardrail to release a cable holder when impacted by a vehicle; and
causing a vehicle hitting the guardrail to be redirected to a safer direction.
13. A method in accordance with claim 12 further including the steps of:
cutting a fiber reinforced guardrail to form guardrail sections; and
fragmenting the fiber reinforced guardrail sections against a deflecting surface, wherein the sections are sufficiently small to form points of fracture near the deflecting surface.
14. A method of avoiding bodily damage to an occupant of a vehicle colliding with a guardrail system, in accordance with claim 12 further including the step of causing the guardrail terminal to cut and bend the guardrail so as to decelerate the vehicle.
15. A method of avoiding of avoiding bodily damage to an occupant of a vehicle colliding with a guardrail system, in accordance with claim 12 further including the step of causing the guardrail terminal to cut the guardrail into a number of sections and bend the sections of the guardrail so as to decelerate the vehicle.
16. A method of manufacturing a guardrail terminal comprising the steps of:
selecting a predetermined number of cutters; and
positioning the cutters in a cutting section adapted to receive a guardrail;
said step of selecting a predetermined number of cutters including the substep of selecting the number of cutters in accordance with the amount of energy intended to be absorbed upon impact with vehicles with an expected momentum and desired deceleration.
17. A method of manufacturing a guardrail terminal in accordance with claim 16 further including the step of positioning the cutters in accordance with the amount of energy intended to be absorbed upon impact with vehicles with an expected momentum and a desired deceleration by selecting moments of inertia of sections of the guardrail cut by the cutters and bent after being cut.
18. A method of manufacturing a guardrail terminal in accordance with claim 16 in which the step of selecting a predetermined number of cutters includes the substep of selecting the number of cutters in accordance with the amount of energy intended to be absorbed upon impact with vehicles with an expected momentum and desired deceleration.
19. A method of avoiding bodily damage to an occupant of a vehicle colliding with a guardrail system, comprising the steps of:
causing a guardrail terminal to move with respect to a guardrail upon being impacted by a vehicle;
causing the terminal to cut the guardrail as the terminal moves with respect to the guardrail whereby energy is absorbed by the cutting of the guardrail and the movement of the vehicle is decelerated; and
causing the terminal to bend the guardrail as the terminal and guardrail move with respect to each other whereby further energy is absorbed.
20. A method of avoiding bodily damage to an occupant of a vehicle colliding with a guardrail system, in accordance with claim 19 further including the step of causing the guardrail terminal to cut the guardrail into a number of sections and bend the sections of the guardrail so as to decelerate the vehicle.
21. An energy-absorption system for positioning along a roadway to absorb the energy of an errant vehicle, the energy-absorption system comprising:
an impact head;
a cutter; and
a cuttable member;
wherein the impact head is positionable along a roadway to cooperate with the upstream portion of a roadside hazard; and
wherein the impact head is in operational connection with the cutter and the cuttable member such that the impact of an errant vehicle with the impact head will cause the cutter to cut at least a portion of the cuttable member to absorb the impact energy of the errant vehicle.
22. The energy-absorption system of claim 21 further including:
a deflector positioned to bend at least a portion of the cuttable member away from the path of the errant vehicle.
23. The energy-absorption system of claim 21 wherein the cuttable member is a structural pipe.

1. An apparatus comprising:
a unit configured to obtain image data by reading a document on which an image is printed, the image including a small dot group consisting of small dots, wherein the small dots will disappear upon duplication and wherein the small dot group has a history information area, and a large dot group consisting of large dots, wherein the large dots will not disappear upon duplication and wherein the large dot group has coordinate position information embedded therein;
an image processing unit configured to perform image processing for the duplication on the image data that is obtained;
an embedment information extraction unit configured (i) to extract the embedded coordinate position information, which shows an area on which the small dot group is dependent, using the large dot group for the image data that is obtained and (ii) to extract history information on the duplication using the small dot group;
a unit configured to generate history information that includes information on the current duplication by editing the history information that is extracted; and
a unit configured to generate image data such that, in the image data that was subjected to the image processing by the image processing unit, a small dot group having the generated history information embedded in the history information area is disposed at one or more positions indicated by the extracted coordinate position information.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the history information on the current duplication includes time and date information of the duplication and identification information of the apparatus that performed the duplication.
3. A method comprising:
performing the following steps using an image processing apparatus
obtaining image data by reading a document on which an image is printed, the image including a small dot group consisting of small dots, wherein the small dots will disappear upon duplication and wherein the small dot group has a history information area, and a large dot group consisting of large dots, wherein the large dots will not disappear upon duplication and wherein the large dot group has coordinate position information embedded therein;
extracting the embedded coordinate position information, which shows area where the small dot group exists, using the large dot group for the obtained image data, and extracting history information on the duplication using the small dot group;
generating history information including history information on the current duplication by editing the history information that is extracted; and
generating image data such that, in image data that has been subjected to image processing, a small dot group having the generated history information embedded in the history information area is disposed at one or more positions indicated by the extracted coordinate position information.
4. The method according to claim 1,
wherein the history information on the current duplication is identification information of the image formation apparatus.
5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program for making a computer perform the steps of:
obtaining image data by reading a document on which an image is printed, the image including a small dot group consisting of small dots, wherein the small dots will disappear upon duplication and wherein the small dot group has a history information area, and a large dot group consisting of large dots, wherein the large dots will not disappear upon duplication and wherein the large dot group has coordinate position information embedded therein;
extracting the embedded coordinate position information, which shows an area where the small dot group exists, using the large dot group for the obtained image data, and extracting history information on the duplication using the small dot group;
generating history information including history information on the current duplication by editing the history information that is extracted; and
generating image data such that, in image data that has been subjected to image processing, a small dot group having the generated history information embedded in the history information area is disposed at one or more positions indicated by the extracted coordinate position information.
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 friction stir spot joining device for softening and stirring workpieces to be joined by frictional heat generated by rotation of a pin, comprising: a stirring motor for rotating a joining tool holding the pin; a pressure application motor for linearly driving the joining tool; a pin extraction motor for causing the pin to move axially in and out of a tip end portion of the joining tool and connected to a rear end portion of the stirring motor along a common axis line to be integrated therewith; a driving unit body housing the integrated pin extraction motor and stirring motor and a direct action bearing rail therein; and a direct action bearing body fixedly attached to a side of the pin extraction motor, wherein the stirring motor is retained by the direct action bearing rail and the pressure application motor is disposed at the rear of the pin extraction motor such that the pin extraction motor and the stirring motor are simultaneously moved when the pressure application motor is driven.
2. A friction stir spot joining device according to claim 1, further including a mechanical component disposed between an output shaft side of the stirring motor and a pin holding member for enabling the transmission of the rotating force of the stirring motor and a relative movement in the axial direction between the stirring motor and the pin holding member to be effected.
3. A friction stir spot joining device according to claim 1, wherein an output shaft of the pin extraction motor is rendered hollow.
4. A friction stir spot joining device according to claim 1, further including a manual operation working section provided at a rear end side of an output shaft of the pressure application motor.