Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Ryo Tamai

Jun Ebata

Hirofumi Endo

Mitsuaki Takeuchi

Reiko Itoh

Takeshi Ukai

Masakuni Kutsuwada

An attaching unit attaches an additional-information packet to a collection of main information, wherein the additional-information packet comprises sensory information corresponding to sensory impressions of a human being that has processed the collection of main information, the sensory impressions being with respect to circumstances under which the collection of main information has been processed.

Information processing apparatus and method utilizing useful additional

An information processing apparatus has a processing unit exclusively used for code information and a processing unit exclusively used for pattern information so that a total processing speed and a processing efficiency is increased when both the code information and the pattern information are processed by the same information processing apparatus. A code information processing unit exclusively processes the code information. A pattern information processing unit exclusively processes the pattern information, the pattern information processing unit being separated from the code information processing unit. Inputting/outputting information to/from each of the code information processing unit and pattern information processing unit is controlled so that a suitable processing can be applied to each of the code information requiring a relatively small processing capability and the pattern information requiring a relatively large processing capability. Thus, a speed and efficiency of processing are increased in the information processing apparatus as a whole system.

Information processing apparatus for separately processing code

Information processing apparatus and method utilizing useful

In a paper media system for reading a bidimensional bar code representative of, for example, the contents of a document, reproducing the contents, and displaying or outputting them, a bar code recording device combines a document image with a bar code image by reducing, or moving, or decomposing and rearranging the document image, and then prints them on a paper together. Hence, the document image is prevented from overlapping the bar code image on the paper. Further, a character image existing in a document image are transformed to a second bar code image. The second bar code image is combined with the above or first bar code image and then printed on a paper. Thins prevents the first and second bar code images from overlapping each other on the paper. In addition, because bar code images are provided with line widths and line distances capable of being read by a bar code reader, they can be surely read by a bar code reader.

Bar code recording device for a paper media system

An optical disc accessing apparatus comprises an access request receiving means for receiving a request for access to an optical disc, an accessing subject distinguishing means for judging on whether or not the access request for access is made aiming at the optical disc being accessed when the access request receiving means receives a request for access while an optical disc being accessed, a priority rank determining means for giving a higher priority rank to the request for access which has been judged by the accessing subject distinguishing means as to be made aiming at the optical disc being accessed than the request for access to other optical discs, an access request retaining means for retaining the requests for access based on the order of priority determined by the priority rank determining means and an optical disc accessing means for accessing the optical disc requested to be accessed in accordance with the order of priority of the requests for access retained in the access request retaining means.

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Ryo Tamai