Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Minolta Company, Ltd.

Masakazu Murakami

Kazumi Sawayanagi

Minako Kobayashi

Hironobu Nakata

Tomonari Yoshimura

Okihisa Yoshida

Yoshikazu Ikenoue

Yoichi Kawabuchi

Masami Yamada

Atsushi Ohshima

Takahiro Ikeda

Mitsuzo Iwaki

Koichi Shibata

Hiroaki Ikeda

Disclosed is an image processing apparatus composed in a hierarchical architecture of a hardware resource, a first control program over the hardware resource, a second control program and an application program over the first control program. The first control program includes a first API for receiving a first request relating to image processing from the second control program and a second request relating to image processing from the application program, and controls, on receiving either of the first and second requests, the hardware resource to perform image processing based on the received request. The second control program includes a second API publicly released in advance for receiving a third request relating to image processing from an external source, converts the received third request to a command supported by the first API, and passes the command as the first request to the first control program.

Image processing apparatus for receiving a request relating to image processing from an external source and executing the received request

An image forming apparatus is provided which has an operating panel capable of providing a screen display and a Web browser. The image forming apparatus includes a storage for storing predetermined text that is data to be entered into a text entry box of a Web page; a text entry limiting portion for, when the Web page displayed on the operating panel by the Web browser contains the text entry box, limiting text to be entered into the text entry box to the predetermined text stored in the storage; a display processing portion for, when the text entry limiting portion limits text to be entered, displaying, on the operating panel, a screen for a user to designate the predetermined text as text to be entered into the text entry box; and an operation processing portion for informing the Web browser of the predetermined text designated by the user.

Image forming apparatus and computer-readable storage medium containing a computer program for limiting text entry and selection

In a management apparatus for managing a flow of linked jobs to be executed by a plurality of devices connected to a network, a storage device stores one or more flows. When a change of function in the devices is detected, one of the one or more flows stored in the storage device and affected by the change of function detected by the detector is corrected. Then the corrected flow is stored in the storage device. Alternatively, the corrected flow is presented to a user who owns the one of the one or more flows.

Apparatus and method for managing successive jobs in devices in a network

Upon reception of a job, a control unit of an image processing apparatus executes processing for judging whether any cancellation factor exists. If there is no cancellation factor, the control unit outputs pages relating to the job, stores page information thereof, and updates execution history information after outputting all the pages. If there is any cancellation factor, the control unit performs only preparation for output of the pages, stores page information obtained through the preparation, and updates cancellation history information after storing the page information of all the pages. A message as a result of evaluation of the cancellation history information is displayed on an operation panel. The message prompts an administrator to change management condition as needed.

Image processing apparatus, job management method for the same, and recording medium having recorded thereon job management program

An image formation apparatus that has a webpage viewing function includes a job receiver that receives a job execution instruction from a user terminal, a job analyzer that analyzes the received job execution instruction, a job executor that executes a job based on a result of the analysis, and a job registration part that, if the received job execution instruction includes URL information specifying a webpage, registers user identification information pertaining to a user who issued the job execution instruction and the URL information included therein in correspondence with each other such that the webpage can be viewed with use of the URL information.

Image formation apparatus and program

An MFP (A) on a document transmission side transmits a document to an MFP (B) on a document reception side. The MFP (A) stores the transmitted document. The MFP (A) acquires a status of the transmitted document from the MFP (B). If the MFP (B) deletes the document in an unread state, the MFP (A) retransmits the stored document to the MFP (B).

Image forming device capable of transmitting document to another device

A network image processing system that includes a plurality of apparatuses connected to a network and performs jobs in a linkage process in which an upstream apparatus passes a workflow specifying a job to be completed, together with image data to be processed, to a downstream apparatus according to a procedure specified in the workflow. The downstream apparatus has a completion notification transmitting unit that when a predetermined job assigned to the downstream apparatus has been processed completely, transmits to the upstream apparatus a completion notification indicating that the predetermined job has been processed normally. The upstream apparatus has a linkage unit that if the completion notification is not received from the downstream apparatus, updates the workflow to specify, as a new downstream apparatus, another apparatus that can process the predetermined job, and continues to process the predetermined job in the linkage process.

Network image processing system, network image processing apparatus, and network image processing method

An image processing device, which performs an image-related process about an image in cooperation with another image forming device via a network, is provided with a device configuration detection portion for detecting a function that is added to the image processing device itself, and a new function information notifying portion for notifying another image processing device that a function is added to the image forming device.

Image processing system, image processing device, control method thereof and computer program product

A multifunction peripheral that can set appropriate criteria of security levels for another device, and improves usability while lowering a risk of data alteration, information leakage and the like by including a holding partholding therein security criteria set for the image processing functions in one-to-one correspondence; a receiverthat receives, from an external terminal, a request for an access that is necessary for executing at least one of the image processing functions; an acquisition partthat acquires, from the external terminal, security information that is a security indicator regarding the access from the external terminal; a judgment partthat judges whether or not one of the security criteria set for the at least one of the image processing functions is met, based on the acquired security information; an access controllerthat permits the access if the judgment partjudges affirmatively, and prohibits the access or permit the access with a limitation if the judgment partjudges negatively; and an execution partthat executes the at least one of the image processing functions, if the access controller permits the access.

Method and system for managing security of a remote device using a multifunction peripheral

Referring to contents of a user information storage, an MFP information storage, an API information storage and the like, whether or not an API is available is determined, an unexecutable function of an application due to unavailability of the API is determined, and a display way for displaying a list of applications on a display is switched

Image processing device for determining whether or not an application is executable based on whether or not an API is available and a computer-readable medium storing a program

A processing device is provided in which unauthorized processing is prevented from being preformed at the time of executing a program or others. The processing device includes a processing portion for executing processing, a program memory portion for memorizing a program that makes the processing portion execute processing, a judge portion for judging whether or not the program is permitted to start, and a control portion for controlling the processing portion so that processing is executed in accordance with the program when the judge portion determines that the program is permitted to start, and for controlling the processing portion so that processing based on the program is not executed when the judge portion determines that the program is not permitted to start.

Program executing processing and controlling

A network system that can easily carry out remote access of a different network. The network system comprises a first image processing apparatus connected to a first network and a second image processing apparatus connected to a second network having a network address different from that of the first network. The first image processing apparatus includes a first network interface connected to the first network; a second network interface that can build a third network, that is different from the first and second networks, between it and a terminal that is normally connected to the second network and in which the first IP address in the second network is set; an IP header editing unit that performs processing such that the address of the IP packets sent from the terminal via the third network is the IP address of the second image processing apparatus; and a packet transmission unit that sends the IP packets processed by the IP header editing unit to a network via the first network interface, and the second image processing apparatus includes a response header editing unit that performs processing to make the first network interface the destination for responses to IP packets sent by the terminal via the first image processing apparatus.

Network system that can easily remotely access other networks

An information processing device includes a plurality of modules for realizing a plurality of functions. The information processing device reproduces contents information and expects information which is to be inputted based on the functions relating to the reproduced contents information. Further, based on the expected information, the information processing device controls operations of at least some of the plurality of modules.

Information processing device for reproducing contents information

An image processing system and a software program which simplify customizations when a program for operations in connection with image processing is installed in a plural number of image processing apparatuses. When a program for operations in connection with image processing is newly installed in a first MFP, the first MFP makes an inquiry to other MFPs which are connected to the first MFP via a network. When a second MFP is already installed with the same program and has information on individual users' settings for the program, the first MFP receives the setting information from the second MFP. Then, referring to history information and device information, the first MFP judges whether to store the setting information therein and whether to make modifications to the setting information.

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Masakazu Murakami