Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Kyocera Mita Corporation

Masaya Okuda

Yoshitaka Matsuki

Satoshi Kawakami

Yuri Moritani

Tsuyoshi Nitta

Masato Hirota

Katsuji Furushige

Daisuke Yoshida

Akira Yuki

Wataru Endo

Takahiro Minami

Keizen Kanazawa

Provided is a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium in which an information providing program is stored for causing a computer to control a mobile terminal, the information providing program causing the computer to operate as: an area information acquiring circuit acquiring area information continuously transmitted from an information transmission device which is arranged in public transportation and available only in the train, an arrival station identification information acquiring circuit acquiring arrival station identification information transmitted from the information transmission device within a specified period, an arrival station identification information comparing circuit comparing the arrival station identification information with the destination station identification information, a boarding and alighting guidance control circuit notifying that the train is approaching the detraining station when a comparison result obtained by the arrival station identification information comparing circuit is matched with each other.

Boarding and alighting system and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

An electronic device includes a power supply unit, a to-be-used function setting unit, and a function-specific power supply control unit. The power supply unit supplies electric power to a constituent unit of the electronic device from a main power source. The to-be-used function setting unit sets functions to be used when the main power source is turned on. The function-specific power supply control unit controls the power supply unit to a) supply electric power to a constituent unit corresponding to a function that has been set by the to-be-used function setting unit when the main power source is turned on and b) supply electric power to a constituent unit corresponding to a function that has not been set by the to-be-used function setting unit when the function that has not been set is selected after turning on the main power source.

Electronic device and method for power supply control

There is provided a further saving in power consumption which is achieved by establishing an optimal transition from an ordinary operation mode to a power consumption saving mode. A mode switching management part () as a mode switching part, while a communication of a managing part () as a communication part to a mobile terminal () is being established, maintains an ordinary operation mode and when the communication of the management part () to the mobile terminal () terminates, switches from the ordinary operation mode to a power consumption saving mode before an elapse of a specified power consumption saving time period.

Electronic apparatus, operation mode controlling method and operation mode controlling system

A peripheral apparatus comprises: a power saving state shift notification signal transmission unit that transmits a power saving state shift notification signal to the terminal at a time of shifting to a power saving state; a notification response signal reception unit that receives a notification response signal from the terminal that is set as an output target for image forming and responds, only while in an operation state, to the power saving state shift notification signal transmitted from the power saving state shift notification signal transmission unit; and a power saving state shift control unit that stops a shift to the power saving state in a case of receiving the notification response signal by means of the notification response signal reception unit and executes the shift to the power saving state in a case of not-receiving the notification response signal.

Peripheral apparatus, terminal, power saving control system, power saving control method, and power saving control program

An electronic device includes a main processor and a first memory. The main processor is configured to: determine whether or not specific data is stored in a first IO memory area of the first memory; generate a first piece of image data based on an OS memory area of the first memory; store the first piece of image data to a nonvolatile storage device; generate a second piece of image data based on the OS memory area of the first memory and the first IO memory area of the first memory; store the second piece of image data to the nonvolatile storage device; restore the software program to the OS memory area from the first piece of image data; and restore the software program to the OS memory area and the specific data to the first IO memory area from the second piece of image data.

Electronic device that selectively stores image data in a nonvolatile storage device or memory upon hibernation

Provided is an image forming apparatus that controls a user authentication and a switching action for switching into a specific operation mode (either one of first and second power saving modes, and emergency stop), depending an alarm level of disaster information. A user authentication function circuit is for performing the user authentication. An operation mode switching circuit is for switching a current operation mode into the specific operation mode. A disaster information acquire circuit is for receiving disaster information representing the alarm level. A system control circuit controls, depending on the alarm level, the user authentication operation by the user authentication function circuit and a switching of one of the operation modes by the operation mode switching circuit. The aforementioned specified operation mode is either one of the user authentication mode, the first power saving mode, the second power saving mode, and the emergency stop.

Image forming apparatus having a user authentication operation and power state that are controlled depending on alarm level of disaster information

An electronic apparatus includes: a plurality of operation input units configured to receive an operation input and enable operations by processing based on different functions; an operating unit group configured to perform the processing based on the different functions by at least one of operating units operating after the operation input; and an energy-saving control unit configured to perform energy-saving control for shifting one or more of the operating units to an energy-saving mode and reactivating one or more of the operating units from the energy-saving mode, and reactivate one or more of the operating units necessary for the operation after the operation input when the operation input during the energy-saving mode is common to a plurality of functions.

Energy-saving control method involving an energy-saving mode

Provided is an image forming system that has a portable terminal and an image forming apparatus. The portable terminal includes a preview image data request notice transmitting circuit, a preview image data receiving circuit, a preview image display circuit, a preview image confirmation input circuit, and a preview image data deletion notice transmitting circuit. The image forming apparatus includes a preview image data request notice receiving circuit, a preview image data generating circuit, a preview image data transmission circuit, a preview image data deletion notice receiving circuit, and an image forming apparatus preview image data deletion circuit. The portable terminal transmits a preview image data deletion notice to an image forming apparatus, when it inputs that the preview image is confirmed. Then, the image forming apparatus deletes preview image data.

Image forming system, portable terminal, and image formation method that shows preview of received image

An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a portable terminal. The image forming apparatus includes: a preview-image-data generating circuit that generates preview image data from image data; and a preview-image-data transmitting circuit that transmits the preview image data to the portable terminal. The portable terminal includes: a preview-image-data receiving circuit that receives the preview image data from the image forming apparatus via wireless communication; a preview-image display circuit that displays an image of the preview image data; and a rotation detecting circuit that detects rotation of a main body of the portable terminal with a predetermined rotation procedure. When the rotation detecting circuit detects rotation of the main body of the portable terminal while the image of the preview image data is displayed, the portable terminal displays an image of the preview image data corresponding to a back side of the displayed image.

Image forming system, portable terminal, and recording medium that facilitates operation procedure for displaying preview image of back side in duplex printing

Provided is an image forming apparatus that performs appropriately changing to the power-saving mode according to environment (luminosity) of a place that user exists, without increasing in a cost. When there is access from a portable terminal, communication circuit requests to the portable terminal for transmission of illuminance information detected by an illuminance sensor in a side of the portable terminal. Then, based on the illuminance information, mode switching circuit changes to the power-saving mode.

Image forming apparatus having energy saving function to change from normal operation mode to power-saving mode, and recording medium thereof

A peripheral device connectable to a terminal via a network includes an alternate-device search unit, an alternate-device data transmission unit, and an alternate-device data transmission notification unit. The alternate-device search unit searches for an alternate peripheral device in an operating mode in the neighborhood of the peripheral device when the peripheral device is in a power saving mode upon receiving data to be processed from the terminal. When the alternate-device search unit locates the alternate peripheral device in the operation mode, the alternate-device data transmission unit transmits the data to be processed to the alternate peripheral device. The alternate-device data transmission notification unit notifies the terminal that the alternate-device data transmission unit has transmitted the data to be processed to the alternate peripheral device.

Peripheral device, recording medium, and data processing method

An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface receiving data; a buffer storing the data; a main system processing the stored data; a subsystem controlled by the main system to perform a function of the image forming apparatus; a system control unit; and a data processing unit. The system control unit switches an operation status mode of the image forming apparatus between a normal status mode and a deep sleep status mode. When the image forming apparatus is in the deep sleep status mode, the data processing unit processes the data received from the buffer if the data is determined to be processable by the data processing unit and causes the system control unit to switch the operation status mode from the deep sleep status mode to the normal status mode if the received data is determined not to be processable by the data processing unit.

Image forming apparatus and methods to avoid read disturb errors by prohibiting a deep sleep state of the image apparatus until a recovery process has implemented when a read count of a program in a non-volatile memory reaches a threshold

If the validity of authorization information read from a USB key is verified (Sto S), use-information that indicates 'used' is written in both of the nonvolatile memory and the USB key (S). In a case of an initial use of an image forming apparatus (Cp=1, S), a screen for selecting whether to perform a secure format on a hard disk device or not is displayed on a control panel (S). If an instruction from the control panel indicates performing a secure format (S), or if the use of the image forming apparatus is not a first time (Cp&#x3e;1, S), overwrite process on the hard disk with dummy data device is performed (S, S), and a logical format is performed regardless of a selection on the screen (S).

Image forming apparatus with hard disk drive securely formatted

The contents of a print-file-selection settings file 'SELFL.TXT' have folder path '/FLD' and print attribute settings file path &#x201c;/PTYFL.TXT&#x201d; which are provided to print file decision section and file detection section, respectively. The print file decision section successively provides the contents of each of PDF files in folder &#x201c;FLD&#x201d; to bitmap conversion section. The file detection section reads the contents of &#x201c;PTYFL.TXT&#x201d;, provides print attribute values to bitmap conversion section, and print control values to printer. The bitmap conversion section converts the contents of a PDF file into one in PDL, further into bitmap format, and sends it to the printer. Alternatively, the number of characters N of each filenames to be displayed is obtained, the number of files M whose N exceeds Nis counted, and if this exceeds M, all the filenames together with their file IDs are automatically printed.

Image forming apparatus for printing image data in removable storage

A data management apparatus which includes: a removable storage device; a nonvolatile memory which saves a first conversion key; a first encrypting device which converts a datum to be saved in the storage device into an encrypted datum by the first conversion key; a first writing device which writes the encrypted datum into the storage device; a first reading device which reads the encrypted data; a first decrypting device having a second conversion key which decrypts the encrypted datum by the second conversion key; a second encrypting device having a third conversion key which encrypts the second conversion key by the third conversion key, and converts the second conversion key into a fourth conversion key; a second writing device which writes the fourth conversion key into the storage device; a second reading device which reads the fourth conversion key; and a second decrypting device which decrypts the fourth conversion key.

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Osaka, Japan

Masaya Okuda