Seiko Epson Corporation

National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center

Mikio Aoki

Shinya Taniguchi

Takashi Nitta

Naruhide Kitada

Yusuke Takahashi

Toru Takahashi

Naoki Kuwata

Yasuhiko Murayama

Joji Onishi

Shinichi Arazaki

Masaru Sugimachi

Hiroshi Matsushita

Kazunori Uemura

There is provided a wearable device including: a display that displays time; and a processor, in which the processor includes an acquisition unit that acquires moving object information related to a moving object which moves to a destination place and a time difference of the destination place with respect to standard time, and a correction unit that corrects the time to be displayed on the display unit based on the time difference when it is determined that a predetermined condition related to arrival of the moving object to the destination place is satisfied based on the moving object information.

Wearable device and time correction method

A left atrial pressure measurement device includes: a measurement section that measures a first index value that indicates performance of a right ventricle, and a second index value that indicates performance of a left ventricle; and a calculation section that calculates a left atrial pressure using the first index value, the second index value, and a measured right atrial pressure.

Left atrial pressure measurement method and left atrial pressure measurement device

An output system having an output device that performs output based on output data so that the output device performs the output after having acquired authentication. In the system, an operating state controlling unit outputs a power-save-cancel command for causing a power-saving state to be changed into an active state to a power-save switching unit after a device having an output data storing unit acquires the output data, and a transition-to-power-save command for causing the state to be changed from the active state to the power-saving state is outputted to the power-save switching unit when the output process of the output data is completed by an output process completion detecting unit.

Output system, printing system, printing device management device and printing device, print instruction program, printing device management program and printing device control program, and printing method

The invention provides a data output control apparatus which allows detailed information on a network to be readily obtained, which is advantageous with respect to cost, and which is suitable for specifically notifying the user of the service charge. A data output control terminal is communicatively connected via the Internet to a portable terminal carried by a user, printing apparatuses provided at various locations, and WWW servers. The data output control terminal obtains from a WWW server data associated with a data print request from the portable terminal, selects one of the plurality of printing apparatuses, and outputs the obtained data to the selected printing apparatus. Billing is executed in accordance with the result of use by the portable terminal of the print service provided by the data output control terminal. The billing is executed by summing the service charge and the call charge of the portable terminal.

Data output control apparatus

A client network interface card performs a capability information inquiry to other devices on the network. Virtual device information, which has increased functions over the original capabilities of own device, is disclosed to a PC, based on capability information obtained from other devices. The PC transmits printing data to the client network interface card and commissions printing, based on the virtual printer information. The client network interface card which has received a printing commission exceeding the original capabilities of own device determines a server device to commission the processing to, based on the capability information. Then, processing is commissioned to the server device, and printing data following processing is received and printing output is performed.

Network system and network interface card

An image processing method, apparatus, and program as well as a printer, a print instructing terminal, and an image processing system, capable of reducing or preventing deterioration of the image quality and achieving binarization at high speeds is provided. An image processing method, by which a multi-grayscale image is divided into two regions. These regions are synthesized after error diffusion processing is applied to each region. Before the original image is divided into two regions, errors of respective pixels on a dividing line are diffused to these two regions. It is thus possible to obtain substantially the same processing result as in a case where the error diffusion processing is applied continuously across the entire original image. Hence, it is thus possible to reduce or eliminate stripes or the like in the joined portion that deteriorate the image quality when the divided regions are synthesized after the error diffusion processing, which enables a high-quality image to be obtained.

Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image processing program, printer, print instructing terminal, and image processing system

An output system including an output data storage section storing output data, an output data saving section saving the output data to the storage section, an authentication information acquiring section acquiring authentication information, a usability determining section determining usability of the output data depending on acquired authentication information, a power control section controlling power to the network device, an output data transmitting section sending, to the network device, usable output data, and a power-save switchover section switching between an operating status and a power-save status. The power control section forwarding, to the power-save switchover section, a power-save cancel command for transition into the operating status after the output data is determined usable and before the transmitting section sends the output data.

Output system, device management apparatus and program, and output method

The object is to provide a data output control apparatus which allows detailed information on a network to be readily obtained, which is advantageous with respect to cost, and which is suitable for specifically notifying the user of the service charge. A data output control terminalis communicatively connected via the Internetto a portable terminalcarried by a user, printing apparatuses PRto PRprovided at various locations, and WWW servers DSto DS. The data output control terminalobtains from a WWW server DS data associated with a data print request from the portable terminal, selects one of the plurality of printing apparatuses PR, and outputs the obtained data to the selected printing apparatus. Billing is executed in accordance with the result of use by the portable terminalof the print service provided by the data output control terminal. The billing is executed by summing the service charge and the call charge of the portable terminal

A printing system is provided suitable for reducing a printing time. A client apparatus acquires document data being edited during an editing operation by an application, creates print data for evaluation based on the acquired document data, selects a compression algorithm suitable for the created print data for evaluation from a compression algorithm registration database, compresses print data in accordance with the selected compression algorithm, and sends the compressed print data to a printer along with a print request. The creation of print data for evaluation and the selection of a compression algorithm start during an editing operation by the application. When the printer receives compressed print data along with a print request, the printer decompresses the received compressed print data and prints based on the decompressed print data.

Printing system, print request terminal, compression algorithm selecting program and printing method

The present invention provides a monitor system for a projection apparatus which system is suitable for detecting errors in a display on a projection screen. A projection apparatuscomprises a projection sectionthat projects an image on a screen, an image pickup elementinto which the actual projected image projected by the projection sectionis loaded, an error detection sectionthat detects errors in the projection sectionon the basis of the actual projected image loaded into the image pickup element, and a notification sectionthat carries out a predetermined notification when the error detection sectiondetects an error. The error detection sectiondetects errors in the projection sectionon the basis of an original projected image to be projected by the projection sectionand an actual projected image loaded into the image pickup element

Monitor system for projection apparatus, projection apparatus, monitor program for projection apparatus, and monitor method for projection apparatus

The present invention to provides a portable terminal and data output control device suitably used for readily obtaining detailed information on a network. The data output control terminal communicably connects a user-owned portable terminal, printing devices situated at various locations for outputting data, and WWW servers, via the Internet, receives data printing requests containing portable terminal position data generated by the portable terminal from the portable terminal, searches printing device position data of a storage device based on portable terminal position data contained in the data printing request, selects a printing device which is considered to be closest either distance-wise or time-wise with the position of the portable terminal as a reference, and outputs data relating to the data printing request to the selected printing device.

Data output control device and portable terminal

An objective of the present invention is to provide a data output controller ideally suited for easily obtaining detailed information available on a network. A data output control terminalis communicably connected to a portable terminalpossessed by a user, printing devices PRthrough PRdistributed and installed at various locations, and WWW servers DSthrough DSvia the Internet, acquires data regarding a data print request from the portable terminalfrom the WWW servers DS, selects a printing device PR, which is considered to be optimum for the user of the portable terminalto receive provided output data, from among a plurality of printing devices PR, and outputs the acquired data to the selected printing device PR. Regarding the selection of a printing device PR, data on a printing device position is retrieved from the storage deviceon the basis of, for example, data on a desired providing area indicating a desired providing area where output data is desired to be provided, and a printing device PR located in an area specified by the data on a desired providing area is selected.

Data output controller

A method is provided to notify a printer user of a predicted result of a failure without employing dedicated display means. According to the method, information regarding the service situation of a printer P is acquired, the relation between the acquired service situation and a failure is analyzed, the occurrence time, etc. of the failure of the printer P are predicted from the relation, and the result of the prediction is notified to the printer P so as to print the predicted result by employing the print function of the, printer P itself. Thus, the occurrence time, contents, etc. of the failure can be reliably notified to a printer user without employing dedicated display means.

Failure prediction notification printer and printer management server, failure prediction notification system employing them, failure prediction notification program, and failure prediction notification method

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Mikio Aoki