Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Kazunori Takatsu

Takuya Imai

Mototsugu Emori

Yukiko Sahashi

Takashi Saitoh

Akihiko Shimizu

Yasuharu Fukuda

Naritake Kondoh

Koubun Sakagami

Masafumi Tokiwa

Kunio Okita

Yuichi Kadokawa

Tatsuya Shirai

Noriko Kota

Naotoshi Seo

Ai Kato

Tetsuharu Kohkaki

Katsushi Morimoto

An information processing apparatus may include a plurality of converting units respectively configured to execute a predetermined data conversion from one data format to another data format, and a control unit. The control unit may coordinate the converting units based on a conversion request to convert electronic data in a first data format into electronic data in a second data format, in order to make the converting units execute a data conversion from the first data format to the second data format.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and data conversion method

An information processing system including an electronic apparatus and at least one information processing apparatus which are connected through a network includes an acquisition destination information administration unit configured to administer acquisition destination information of setup information for an execution of a job in the electronic apparatus, a setup information acquisition unit configured to acquire the setup information from an acquisition destination specified by the acquisition destination information acquired from the acquisition destination information administration unit, and a setup information reflection unit configured to control a content of the job executed by the electronic apparatus based on a content of the setup information.

Information processing system for generating job execution screen, electronic apparatus, and program

An information processing system, which is implemented by one or more information processing apparatuses, includes a first receiving unit configured to receive a first user identifier and a first organization identifier via a network from an external apparatus and a first authentication unit configured to perform authentication based on the first user identifier and the first organization identifier by referring to a storage unit storing one or more second user identifiers in association with second organization identifiers. The first authentication unit performs authentication by identifying an organization identifier matching the first organization identifier within the second organization identifiers and identifying a user identifier matching the first user identifier within the second user identifiers associated with the matching organization identifier.

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and authentication method

An information processing system, which is implemented by one or more information processing apparatuses, includes an electronic data receiving unit configured to receive electronic data via a network from an external apparatus; and a data conversion unit configured to identify at least one of an output setting and a data format corresponding to attribute information of a user operating the external apparatus by referring to a storage unit storing at least one of the output setting and the data format in association with the attribute information of the user, and convert the received electronic data into output data according to at least one of the output setting and the data format.

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and data conversion method

To provide an apparatus that transmits information, which includes a storage unit that stores notification rule information in which transmission destination information is associated with notification type information, a reception processor that receives predetermined information from a detector that detects a mobile information storage medium attached to an object, a notification information generating unit that obtains information specified by the notification type information in the notification rule information based on the predetermined information, to generate notification information from obtained information, and a notification unit that transmits the notification information to a transmission destination specified by the transmission destination information associated with the notification type information that is used when the notification information is generated.

Notification processor that notifies information and position information manager

Disclosed is an image processing system including a user management unit that manages login and issues an authentication ticket to an image forming apparatus; a task request unit that makes an image processing request with an addition of the authentication ticket; a detection unit that detects whether the image processing request is authorized; a task processing unit that makes the image processing request with an addition of user information accompanied by identification information; a task management unit that stores a task in a task queue and receives an inquiry about the task; one or more image processing units that acquire the processible image processing request to perform the image processing; a storage unit that stores image data processed by the one or more image processing units; and an acquisition unit that specifies a location where the processed image data are stored and acquires the image data.

Image processing system, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, program, and recording medium with login management and authentication tickets

A disclosed workflow management method includes a workflow starting step of determining a workflow based on one or more tags attached to a workflow document, attaching a status tag and a participant tag to the workflow document, and starting the workflow; and a review/approval step of requesting review and/or approval of the workflow document based on the status tag and the participant tag and updating the status tag and the participant tag after the review and/or approval.

Workflow management method and workflow management apparatus

In a data processing method of converting (n&#xd7;m&#x2212;1)-bit data to multi-level data of m symbols of n bits per symbol, n and m being integers satisfying n&#x2267;2 and m&#x2267;2, respectively, the m symbols each comprising n-bit data are arranged in m columns in an n&#xd7;m matrix, with a value of each of the m symbols being set to an even or odd number, by creating the m symbols each including (n&#x2212;1)-bit data of the (n&#xd7;m&#x2212;1)-bit data, arranging the m symbols in the m columns so that the {(n&#x2212;1)&#xd7;m}-bit data is arranged in upper-side {(n&#x2212;1)&#xd7;m} bits of the n&#xd7;m matrix, and converting the remaining (m&#x2212;1)-bit data of the (n&#xd7;m&#x2212;1)-bit data to m-bit data so that the m-bit data is arranged in a row in lower-side m bits of the n&#xd7;m matrix.

Data processing method, circuit, and apparatus with increased accuracy

A character recognition method and apparatus which assembles similar character patterns into groups. By performing character recognition for each character of the group and comparing the recognition results for the group, a single recognition result can be obtained for the entire group which is quite accurate. Alternatively, a representative pattern may be generated for the group and a single recognition processing performed on this pattern in order to reduce the amount of time necessary to perform the character recognition process. When the result of the character recognition does not strongly indicate a single recognition result, the probability of appearance of individual characters and/or groups of characters such as digrams or trigrams can be analyzed to obtain more accurate results.

Character recognition method and apparatus which groups similar character patterns

Given run length codes are decoded and continuity between a run currently being processed and a previously processed run is determined. Then, the same label as that of said previously processed run is designated to a said run currently being processed if it is determined that they are continuous with one another. A link is formed between a plurality of previously processed runs if it is determined that said run currently being processed is continuous with each of the plurality of previously processed runs, thus labels of the plurality of previously processed runs being integrated together. If MR or MMR codes are used, the run length codes include information concerning relationship between color-changing pixels situated on an immediately preceding decoded scan line and color-changing pixels situated on a scan line currently being decoded which is located immediately below the immediately preceding decoded scan line. By appropriately using this information concerning the relationship of the color-changing pixels between adjacent two scan lines, continuity of black-pixel runs present on the scan line currently being decoded with black-pixel runs present on the immediately preceding decoded scan line is determined.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kazunori Takatsu