Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Kyocera Mita Corporation

Kyocera Technology Development, Inc.

Kyocera Document Solutions Development America, Inc.

Naohiko Kosaka

Katherine Bayquen Lao

Provided is an image forming system that can obtain similar output results. The job generation unit generates a job and adds a command including a document acquisition destination to the job. The job transmission unit sends a job to which a command is added. The job acquisition unit acquires the job from the terminal. The command analysis unit analyzes the commands included in the acquired job. The document acquisition unit acquires a document from the acquisition destination according to the analyzed command. The rendering unit renders the acquired document and generates output data. The output transmission unit transmits the rendered output data. The output data acquisition unit acquires the output data. The image forming unit forms an image of the output data.

Image formation system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method for integrated command printing

Provided is an image reading system that can disperse and improve the image quality of a document. The document reading unit reads a document page by page and outputs it as image data. The area classification unit classifies the read image data into area data for each content. The blockchain creation unit creates a block in which identification information is added to the classified area data, and sequentially calculates and includes the previous hash value of the previous block, thereby creating the blockchain of the document. The image processing unit in information processing apparatus processes or deletes the area data for each received block. The block acquisition unit acquires a block processed by the information processing apparatus. The document output unit collectively reconstructs the block that is acquired into document data and outputs the document data.

Image reading system, image forming system, and image reading method for dividing each area into blockchains

Provided is an image reading system capable of improving the image quality of a document in which text and images are mixed in the same page. A camera captures a document in page units to obtain captured image data. A document reading unit is an image scanner having a higher resolution than the camera. An area classifying unit classifies the captured image data captured by the camera into areas for each content. An area selecting unit selects, for each classified area, whether to output captured image data based on the area classification and the state of the captured image data. An image processing unit processes the captured image data or the scanned image data for each area, and outputs or deletes the data as area data. The document output unit collects the processed area data, reconstructs the data into document data, and outputs the document data.

Image reading system, image forming system, and image reading method that perform image processing for each area

Provided is an image reading apparatus capable of improving the image quality of a document in which texts and images are appeared in the same page. The camera captures a document in page units to obtain captured image data. An area classifying unit classifies the captured image data into areas for each content. An area selecting unit selects whether or not to output the captured image data based on the classification of the area and state of the captured image data. An image scanner scans the area of the document for the area selected not to output the captured image data. An image processing unit processes the captured image data or scanned image data for each area and outputs or deletes it as area data. A document output unit collects the processed area data, reconstructs the data into document data, and outputs it.

Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image reading method that perform image processing for each area

Provided is an image forming system for pull printing that does not require a server and does not require input of keys or the like at the time of output. A division part divides pull print document data into a plurality of blocks including a critical block that includes information required for printing and transfer blocks that include other information. A storing and transmitting part transmits the transfer blocks of the blocks to at least two of preserving apparatuses. A critical block acquisition part acquires the critical block. A transfer block acquisition part acquires each of the transfer blocks of the document data corresponding to the critical block from any of the preserving apparatuses. A document reproduction part collectively reproduces the critical block and each of the transfer blocks into the document data.

Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and image forming method capable of pull printing without key input with no server

A method and system for generating interactive AR content. The method and system disclosed herein allow a user to digitally capture printed content and interact with that printed content in an AR session. AR session interaction provides access to dynamic, up-to-date, and contextually relevant information based on the characteristics of the printed content, as well as current date, time, and location information collected either from the user or from the devices used to implement the AR session.

Method and system for generating augmented reality interactive content

An information processing apparatus includes a processor that executes an information processing program to operate as a text obtaining unit that obtains a text indicating an issue occurred in an electronic apparatus, a keyword extracting unit that tokenizes the text, and filters words obtained by tokenizing the text to extract a keyword, a maintenance-information obtaining unit that obtains a maintenance-information-item or a plurality of maintenance-information-items in association with the keyword from a database that stores a plurality of maintenance-information-items, each of the plurality of maintenance-information-item being information about a solution to an issue occurred in the electronic apparatus, and a maintenance-information providing unit that provides the obtained maintenance-information-item or the plurality of obtained maintenance-information-items to a user.

Mobile device capable of providing maintenance information to solve an issue occurred in an image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer readable recording medium that records an information processing program executable by the mobile device, and information processing system including the mobile device

Provided is a distributed type image forming system which reduces storage capacity of server. An encryption addition part encrypts a document data for outputting by pull print with a symmetric key, encrypts the symmetric key by a public key of a user who is permitted to output of the document data, and adds the encrypted symmetric key to the document data. A division part divides document data into a job block and a user block having the symmetric key encrypted by the public key of the user and generates the blockchain of document data. A key decoding part decrypts the symmetric key included in the user block with the secret key of the user. A block acquisition part acquires other blocks from preserving apparatuses. A document reproduction part packs each block to reproduce document data. An output part outputs the reproduced document data.

Image forming system, server, image forming apparatus, and image forming method that reduce server capacity and allows to pull print

Provided is an image forming system for pull printing and does not need a server. A division part generates a blockchain of a document data by generating identification information of the document data for pull print, by dividing into blocks, and by calculating and including a previous hash value of a previous block in order. A storing and transmitting part transmits each of divided blocks. A storing part that stores received block. An outputting and transmitting part transmits the stored block according to the instructions. An identification information acquisition part acquires the identification information of the document data. A block acquisition part acquires each of the block of the document data corresponding to the identification information. A document reproduction part packs each of the block and reproduces to the document data. An image forming part outputs the document data.

Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and image forming method that allows to pull print without server

An image forming method includes: receiving a print job and a print job ticket by at least one image forming apparatus; waiting for an access from a mobile terminal having user ID data using a wireless communication; authenticating for accessing the print job ticket using the user ID data by the image forming apparatus determined to be closest to the mobile terminal; transferring the print job ticket to the closest image forming apparatus in response to the access from the mobile terminal to the closest image forming apparatus; acquiring a facial image of a user in front of the closest image forming apparatus in response to the authentication; recognizing a face of an owner of the print job ticket in the acquired facial image to cause the closest image forming apparatus to print the image data; and printing the image data while the facial image is being recognized.

Image forming method for private output using mobile terminal

An image forming method includes: sending a print job and a print job ticket including user ID data from a terminal to an image forming apparatus and sending the print job ticket to a mobile terminal; receiving the print job ticket by the image forming apparatus; waiting for an access from a mobile terminal having the user ID data using a wireless communication in a specified range from the image forming apparatus; authenticating for accessing the print job ticket in the image forming apparatus using the user ID data; acquiring a facial image of a user in front of the image forming apparatus in response to the authentication; recognizing a face of an owner of the print job ticket in the acquired facial image to cause the image forming apparatus to print the image data; and printing the image data while the facial image is being recognized.

The present disclosure is directed to image forming apparatuses and methods that enable the sharing of one or more documents and one or more image forming apparatuses among user devices for the task of reproducing image data. The image forming apparatus comprises a processing unit, configured to execute a group management software stored on a computer-readable medium, a network interface, and one or more accessory units configured to reproduce documents. The first method for reproducing a document includes various actions performed by an image forming apparatus within a group such that the document is reproduced via an indirect request from one user device to the image forming apparatus through a secondary user device. An alternative method for reproducing a document includes various actions performed by an image forming apparatus within a group such that the document is reproduced via a direct request from one user device to the image forming apparatus.

System and method for sharing documents and image forming apparatuses in groups

A method for managing printer driver settings using application-based profiles, comprising: applying the print settings for the application using application-profile name table and print settings table, and applying selective lock-in print settings process based on the user's administrative privilege status. Profile generation by statistical tracking of use of printing features comprises recording application name and settings in effect for a print job into user's PC registry, the administrator collecting and analyzing this data for all relevant users, and specifying new profiles using this data. Methods also include the administrator's designating administrative status for users including registered unlockers, always locked and conditionally changeable settings, which are differentiated by special icons in GUI menus, password interface, merging of unlocking and change setting steps, monitoring of unlocking operations, administrator feedback and analysis for economical and efficient use of resources, special checkbox and list view GUI for aiding administrator analysis, and adding count tallies for application-settings combinations.

Application-based profiles of printer driver settings

A method for managing a user interface (UI) string table, comprising placing a UI string table at a string table management unit; administrator(s) editing the UI string table through an administrator interface of a UI string table manager; and read-only users (ROUs) accessing the UI string table through a ROU interface of the UI string table manager. The XML-formatted string table manager tool for printers and other devices is used by administrators to maintain the string table and by software and QA engineers to access it, possibly remotely. The result is a more efficient localization process, by eliminating the manual sharing and merging of multiple string tables by the localization team. Methods also include hierarchical organization into top, language, tab, dialog, and string levels; optional string ID number; add, edit, remove, search features; automatic selection and insertion of hotkey character for a new English and Asian language string; and a string table server to which local copies are synchronized.

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Concord, CA, United States of America

Naohiko Kosaka