Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hirohiko Tashiro

Shokyo Koh

Yoshihiko Suzuki

Yoshiyuki Suzuki

Satoru Kutsuwada

Shinichi Nakamura

Satoshi Kaneko

Tadashi Suzuki

Kenji Kobayashi

Norifumi Miyake

Akiyoshi Kimura

Minoru Nada

Akinobu Nishikata

Atsushi Matsumoto

Yukihiko Shimizu

Takeshi Namikata

Noriyuki Kobayashi

Yushi Matsukubo

Shinichiro Maekawa

Masamichi Akashi

Hideki Sakai

Masataka Yasuda

Masanobu Inui

Satoshi Ookuma

Hiroyuki Ichikawa

Hiroyoshi Yoshida

Keizo Isemura

Nobuaki Miyahara

Nobuo Sekiguchi

Tokuharu Kaneko

Takeshi Utsunomiya

Rieko Akiba

Kaori Yamada

Akio Itoh

Takayuki Fujii

Yoshinori Abe

Akio Ito

Hideto Kohtani

Daisuke Ishizuka

Takashi Nonaka

Takashi Sugiura

Shizuo Hasegawa

Yukari Toda

Hisatsugu Tahara

Hidehiko Asai

Kaori Nishiyama

Isamu Sato

Masafumi Kamei

Noriyoshi Chizawa

Toshiya Kanazawa

Tomobumi Nakayama

Michiko Hirayu

Tomoki Sugahara

Tokiya Fujihara

Syokyo Koh

There is provided a web browser operation method and operation apparatus capable of preferably setting an access restriction function for restricting access of a web browser to be used by an unspecified number of users. First, content acquired from a web server is displayed on a display based on a format described in the content. An operation tool for performing operations related to processing of the content is also displayed on the screen. When an operation instruction is inputted by a user with the use of the operation tool, processing related to the displayed content is performed based on the operation instruction. In this case, restrictions are set on operation instructions by the user among operation instructions, and selection by the user of tool portions corresponding to the set restrictions, among tool portions which can be specified by the operation tool, are set as disabled.

Web browser operation method and operation apparatus

A multi-function apparatus capable of properly coping with cases where an auto-clear function is activated is provided. An operating section of a copying machine displays an operating screen associated with each function and receives inputs via the operating screen. According to the auto-clear function, set values associated with predetermined functions are reset to initial values when no input operation has been performed via the operating section over a predetermined time period, and the operating section is caused to display an operating screen associated with a predetermined function. A controller unit of the machine determines whether the copying machine should be operated in a first mode in which disconnection from the network is carried out or in a second mode in which connection to the network is maintained. The controller unit selects one of the first mode and the second mode based on a result of the determination.

Multi-function machine, control method for the same, and program for implementing the method

This invention allows a user to immediately grasp the print status of a job only by inputting a print instruction of a job stored and held in an image forming apparatus. This invention also provides a user-friendly apparatus that notifies the user of a predicted time until completion of printing. For this purpose, the image forming apparatus of this invention has a touch panel formed on the display screen of the operation unit. A list of jobs registered in a Hold job list is displayed on the display screen. When the user selects at least one job and touches a 'Test print' or 'Print' button, the print job is registered in the print execution queue. Simultaneously, a list of unprinted print jobs registered in the print execution queue is automatically displayed.

Displaying uncompleted jobs in response to print request

A multi-function apparatus which is capable of properly coping with cases where an auto-clear function is activated to thereby improve operability after execution of the function. The operating section of a copying machine displays an operating screen associated with each function and receives inputs via the operating screen. According to the auto-clear function, set values associated with predetermined functions are reset to initial values when no input operation has been performed via the operating section over a predetermined time period, and the operating section is caused to display an operating screen associated with a predetermined function. A controller unit of the machine determines whether the copying machine should be operated in a first mode in which disconnection from the network is carried out or in a second mode in which connection to the network is maintained. The controller unit selects one of the first mode and the second mode based on a result of the determination.

An image processing apparatus that is capable of displaying an operating manual so as to conform to a machine configuration, option settings and/or customization by a user. A screen ID corresponding to an apparatus function based on functions that can be performed on a copying machineis obtained. A manual screen using image corresponding to the obtained screen ID is composed. The composed manual screen is displayed on a display device.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method applied to the same, image processing program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program

In a computer system including a job scheduler which divides an input job and determines a client apparatus to assign the divided job, and a task manager which transmits the divided job to the client apparatus determined by the job scheduler, the job scheduler assigns the same job to a plurality of client apparatuses when the number of client apparatuses is larger than the number of divided jobs, and when the job is finished in one of the plurality of client apparatuses assigned the same job, execution of the job in the remaining client apparatuses is canceled so that the time until all jobs are finished is shortened.

Divided job scheduler

Even when a CPU gains higher performance and a distributed computing environment is being put in place, it is not easy to follow the speed of hardware image processing implemented by dedicated hardware. Hence, jobs of filter processing having a heavy operation load and low distributability are selectively and intensively input to a small number of resources having performance as high as possible. On the other hand, since the color conversion processing and gamma processing have high distributability, even when jobs are input to many resources having low performance, an improvement of the processing speed can be expected. Therefor, color conversion processing and gamma processing distribute jobs to many resources.

Information processing apparatus and its control method

In a network print system in which a printer and at least one client are connected to each other through a network, and at least a part of a job for the printer can be subjected to load distributed processing by grid computing, wherein when a printer driver of the printer is installed on any one of the at least one client, the system is adapted to build a grid computing network. In this arrangement, it is easily to build the grid computing network in which the printer job is subjected to load distributed processing.

Print system, print method, information processing apparatus and method of controlling the information processing apparatus

The present invention provides an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, which can improve security and reinforce privacy protection for cache data and management data generated when an operator employs a browser function, and which can efficiently utilize storage resources of the apparatus. In the image processing apparatus having a browser function, data generated by an operator employing the browser function is stored in the RAM. Herein, it is determined whether or not the operator employing the browser function is a particular operator such as a system administrator. In a case where the browser function is employed by an operator other than the particular operator, the data stored in the RAM is deleted. Meanwhile, in a case of the particular operator, the data is stored in a hard disk drive (HDD).

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image input/output system is used to input information for specifying the transmission source of data and a period of time during which the data should be received as search conditions for specifying the data that should be received. On the basis of the input conditions, the reception history of the data received via a network or a public network is read. The reception history is searched to determine whether the data that should be received has already been received. On the basis of the determination result, when the data that should be received has not been received, the fact that the data has not been received is reported.

Data communication apparatus and method of controlling same

When the distributed load system of grid computing is applied to printers, multi-functional peripheral equipments, and the like connected to a computer network, if a device which inputs a job received from the client is executing processing, the distributed processing requires much time, and the user of the client cannot obtain the print result soon. Hence, when a print job is input, the processing time upon executing distributed processing of data processes in the print job by computer devices connected to the computer network is estimated. Based on the estimation result, the print job or jobs divided from the print job are transmitted to the computer devices connected to the computer network.

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming images on sheets in the copy mode, the facsimile mode, and the printer mode a plurality of storage units for storing the sheets on which images are formed by the image forming unit, a setting unit for setting storage units which are to store sheets on which images are formed in the respective modes, a detection unit for detecting empty states of the storage units, and a control unit for storing sheets on which images are formed in the facsimile or printer mode in the storage units that are set by the setting unit, and storing sheets on which images are formed in the copy mode in storage units whose empty states are detected by the detection unit independently of the setting state of the setting unit.

Image forming apparatus for forming image in copy mode and mode other than copy mode

An image processing apparatus includes a first determination unit for determining the direction of an input image, a second determination unit for determining if the input image is a portrait type or landscape type, and an image rotation unit for rotating the input image in correspondence with the determination results of the first and second determination units. The image rotation unit rotates one of portrait type and landscape type images to adjust the direction of the image in a predetermined direction, and rotates the other one of portrait type and landscape type images to adjust the direction of the image in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction.

Image processing apparatus for executing image processing in correspondence with portrait and landscape types

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Hirohiko Tashiro