Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Masanori Miyata

Hideki Adachi

Shinichi Nakamura

Masayuki Hirose

Yutaka Komiya

Tokuharu Kaneko

Hiroshi Ozaki

Satoshi Kuroyanagi

Masahiro Tomosada

Naoyuki Ohki

Hisatsugu Tahara

Taisei Fukada

Mitsuharu Takizawa

Satoshi Kaneko

Takeshi Honjo

Toshihiko Mori

Tomobumi Nakayama

Miho Nakayama

Hiroyuki Miyake

Toshiya Kanazawa

Koji Suzuki

Tadashi Suzuki

Kenji Kobayashi

Yoshinori Ikeda

Yukio Sato

Masayoshi Takahashi

Chikara Sato

Toshio Honma

Koichi Murakami

Tsuyoshi Watanabe

Seiji Sagara

Shigeru Ueda

Hiroaki Ishii

Hiroaki Tsuchiya

Masato Ishida

Yasuo Fukazu

Kazuki Miyamoto

Toru Katsumi

Hiroshi Omura

Nobuyuki Ito

Naoji Hayakawa

Masaaki Inoo

Hideyuki Makitani

Katsuya Yamazaki

Nobuyuki Kume

Takaji Yonemori

Hirokazu Uchio

Nobuo Nakazawa

Kengo Kawamoto

Akihiro Kasiwabara

Hironobu Araki

Toru Ohbuchi

There is disclosed an invention for generating contract information for an image forming apparatus for which the user is going to conclude a contract. The history information of an image forming apparatus used by the user and having a contract history is stored and managed in correlation with the user. Such management is executed in a center server capable communication with the image forming apparatus through a predetermined communication channel. The above-mentioned information includes contract term, machine type, number of print outputs etc. of the image forming apparatus. Also the image forming apparatus to be managed includes that currently contracted and that contracted in the past. In case the user wishes to conclude a new contract for an image forming apparatus, new contract information is generated according to the history information managed by the center server in correlation with the user. This invention provides a system capable of realizing the foregoing.

System, method, and program storage medium for managing printing apparatuses

The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which comprises connection means for connecting to a computer, input means for inputting image data from the computer via the connection means, and output means for visibly outputting the image data input by the input means, comprises generation means for generating a code, notification means for notifying the code generated by the generation means, to the computer from which the image data is input by the input means, and storage means for storing the image data input by the input means, wherein the output means visibly outputs the image data input by the input means, in a case where a code corresponding to the code generated by the generation means is input, whereby a secret of the output image can effectively be protected.

Image processing apparatus and method thereof

An equipment controlling apparatus is composed of a counter for counting the operational number of the equipment, memories for storing data indicating the state of the equipment, a communication device for communicating on the stored data with a centralized control apparatus, which controls the communicated data intensively, and a controlling device for causing the stored data to be transmitted to the centralized control apparatus when the counter has counted a predetermined value.

Equipment control apparatus

An equipment control apparatus in a system having an input unit for entering data on the conditions of equipment from the equipment, a communication unit for communicating with the apparatus located at a distance, and a control unit for exerting control in such a way as to transmit the data to the apparatus located at a distance through the steps of interrupting communication once on receiving a call from the apparatus requesting the data and then calling the apparatus located at a distance via the communication unit.

An image transmission system includes an image transmitting unit having a display to display a status of a receiving unit and a detector for detecting a size of an original and a record mode permitted for transmission.

Information processing apparatus and method for displaying information

An image transmission system includes an image transmitting unit having a display to display a status of a receiving unit and a detector for detecting a size of an original and a record mode permitted for transmission. A variable number of items of functional information together with a message that explains an operation of the system can be displayed, and respective input positions are provided for requesting the input of the functional information for the items. The number of items displayed then depends on the number of input positions operated.

Information processing apparatus with display for a variable number of

Image transmission system

Equipment control apparatus having means to communicate with a

An equipment control unit is composed of equipment control means for controlling the operation of an equipment, communication control means for controlling the transmission and reception of data to and from an external device, and transfer means for transferring the data between the equipment control means and the communication control means.

Control of equipment and of communication with plural units of equipment

A machine monitoring apparatus includes an input device for receiving data from a machine, the data being indicative of a condition of the machine, a storage device for storing the received data, a communication device for communicating between the storage device and an external apparatus installed at a position separate from the machine, and a control device for inhibiting the communication device from transmitting the data stored in the storage device when a power supply for supplying the machine with electric power is turned off while the data is being received by the input device.

Communication control apparatus for monitoring a condition of an image

A power supply control apparatus includes an input device for receiving data from a machine, the data being indicative of a condition of a malfunction occurring in the machine; a communication device for communicating between the input device and an external apparatus installed at a position separate from the machine; and a power supply control device for controlling a supply of electric power to the machine. The communication device transmits the received data to the external apparatus, and based on the malfunction condition indicated by the data, the external apparatus transmits an instruction to the communication device to interrupt the supply of power to the machine. The power supply control device interrupts the supply of power to the machine in accordance with the instruction from the external apparatus.

Communication control apparatus for monitoring a condition of a machine

An image forming apparatus includes: an original circulation unit for feeding originals placed on an original mounting unit one by one to an exposure site and after the exposure, returning the original to the original mounting unit; a copying unit for copying an original image to a recording sheet through exposure of the original at the exposure site; a first transport unit for feeding the recording sheet to a copy site; a first control unit for performing the original circulation by the original circulation unit for a set number of times to obtain the set number of copies; a second transport unit for feeding a specific sheet for each circulation of the originals; and a second control unit for controlling the first and second transport units to pre-feed the recording sheet and the specific sheet to be next supplied during a copy operation; wherein the second control unit does not perform the pre-feed of the recording sheet and the specific sheet during the first circulation of the originals by the original circulation unit, performs the pre-feed of the recording sheet and controls the first and second transport units to pre-feed the specific sheet, during a copy operation for the second and succeeding circulations of the originals.

Multi-color image forming apparatus

An apparatus and method for controlling the velocity of a motor controls the motor by fuzzy inferential reasoning in a transitional period when the motor is started, changed in speed, reversed or stopped. Such fuzzy control eliminates an increase in the length of the transitional period caused by a limitation in supply current under conventional PLL control and makes possible a rapid transition to a target velocity. A plurality of fuzzy rules are provided and one of these fuzzy rules is selected in accordance with the length of the previous transitional period, thereby suppressing the effects of load fluctuation and the influence of a fluctuation in torque caused by a rise in temperature. Therefore, the length for transitional control of a motor can be shortened and the apparatus can be reduced in size.

Method and apparatus for controlling motors

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Masanori Miyata