Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tottori University

Pioneer Dj Corporation

Phoenixbio Co., Ltd.

National University Corporation Tottori University

Kota Kato

Eiji Ohara

Ryotaro Imine

Toshio Yoshihara

Shozo Yamasaki

Makoto Kikugawa

Yasuaki Sawano

Yuuichi Hagiwara

Mitsuo Oshimura

Kazushige Miyake

Chise Mukaidani

Yasuhiro Kazuki

Satoko Hamamura

Daisuke Ishigami

Masakazu Kakuni

Naoyuki Nakada

Yuuichii Hagiwara

Masato Ohbuchi

Akio Kawamura

Hidetaka Kamimura

Takashi Shimada

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A chimeric non-human animal having an in vivo human hepatocyte population, wherein the effects of non-human animal cells on drug metabolism are suppressed or deleted is provided. A method for producing a chimeric non-human animal that lacks a drug-metabolizing system or has a suppressed drug-metabolizing system and is provided with a drug-metabolizing system driven by human hepatocytes, is provided. The method comprises transplanting human hepatocytes into a non-human animal characterized by (i) being immunodeficient, (ii) having liver damage, and (iii) lacking the functions of an endogenous Cyp3a gene.

Chimeric non-human animal carrying human hepatocyte

A printer transfers print data received from a host computer to a cloud server, requests a response, from the cloud server, indicating an ending time period when the cloud server processes the print data, receives the response indicating the ending time period returned from the cloud server, and shifts the printer to a sleep state during the ending time period. After the printer returns from the sleep state when the ending time period has elapsed, the printer requests processed data from the cloud server, receives the processed data returned therefrom, and performs print processing on the processed data.

Image forming apparatus that can request ending time for processing print data by an external apparatus from the external apparatus and control method thereof

In a case where it is determined after reading an original that an abnormal pixel is included in image data generated by reading the original, after the original is reversed by a reversing unit for re-reading of the original by a reading unit, the original is conveyed to a reading position of the reading unit and image data generated by the re-reading of the reading unit is corrected.

Image reading apparatus, method of controlling the apparatus and storage medium

An image forming apparatus which can avert wasteful processing of disconnection from and reconnection to the same host when a currently-connected host and a host that should be connected next are the same. When a print request is received from one of a plurality of hosts, host information indicative of the host is registered so that an order of print requests can be identified. Connection and disconnection to and from the hosts are carried out according to the host information. Printing is carried out based on print data received from the hosts. When a host as a source of a print request received next after a print request from a currently-connected host is the same as the currently-connected host, print data is received from the currently-connected host, and then print data corresponding to the next print request is received from the currently-connected host without disconnecting from the currently-connected host.

Method, system, apparatus and medium for minimizing unnecessary processing associated with connection/disconnection of a same host

A data processing apparatus including a voice input unit adapted to input voice, an operating unit adapted to be operated by a user, a data processing unit adapted to process data according to voice inputted in the voice input unit or an operation of the operating unit, and a determination unit adapted to determine whether a subsequent process is a voice input prohibited process in the case where the subsequent process is to be conducted based on voice inputted into the voice input unit, wherein the data processing unit switches from processing according to voice inputted in the voice input unit to processing according to an operation of the operating unit in the case where the determination unit determines that the subsequent process is a voice input prohibited process.

Data processing with automatic switching back and forth from default voice commands to manual commands upon determination that subsequent input involves voice-input-prohibited information

In a method for controlling an image forming apparatus capable of reading predetermined information, the image forming apparatus can operate in a first mode in which processing conditions set by a user through a user interface unit of the image forming apparatus can be used or a second mode in which processing conditions based on the predetermined information can be used. Accordingly, operability of the image forming apparatus capable of forming an image by using a document with an information tag can be enhanced.

Image forming apparatus, image forming method and storage medium

An image forming apparatus which is capable of achieving both enhanced userfriendliness and improved energy saving efficiency without being released from a reduced power consumption state by a user who has no will to use the same passing thereby. When a copying machineis in a sleep mode, it is detected whether or not a user has come near to the copying machine. If a contactless ICis present within the range of radio wave signals emitted from an IC tag reader/writer, it is determined that a user has come near because the communication between the contactless ICand the IC tag reader/writecan be carried out. Reading of data from the contactless ICis started, and user authentication is executed based on the data. If, as a result of the user authentication, the user is a licensed user, it is determined whether or not an original document has been set on an automatic feeder. When an original document has been set on the automatic feeder, the copying machineis caused to return to a normal mode as a normal power consumption state from the sleep mode.

Image forming apparatus and method including power state shift control

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Tokyo, Japan

Kota Kato