Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Mitsubishi Logisnext Co. Ltd.

Ryoji Araki

Koji Shimizu

Kunihiro Akiyoshi

Kenji Takao

Kazushige Takaki

Yasuo Fujishima

Yohei Chishiki

A control method for a mobile object automatically moving includes: causing the mobile object to move along a first path; causing a sensor of the mobile object to detect a position and an attitude of a target object while the mobile object is moving along the first path; setting a second path up to a target position at which predetermined position and attitude with respect to the target object are achieved based on the position and the attitude of the target object; switching the first path to the second path to move the mobile object along the second path; executing optimization calculation based on an evaluation function, to set a third path; and switching the second path to the third path to move the mobile object along the third path.

Control method for mobile object, mobile object, and computer-readable storage medium

An information processing system, apparatus, and method. The information processing system includes a plurality of types of devices connected to the information processing apparatus via a network, acquires usage authorization information indicating authority to use any one of the plurality of types of devices in response to an operation request not dependent on a type of the device based on user identification information of a user requesting an operation, specifies user account information with respect to the device related to the operation request based on the acquired usage authorization information, and cause the device to process the requested operation through an interface corresponding to the device based on the specified account information.

Information processing system allowing a target device to process an operation request using a common API

An information processing device, an information processing system, and a method of processing an operation request to any one of a plurality of types of apparatuses connected to a network. The information processing device and the method include detecting the plurality of types of apparatuses connected to the network, receiving an operation request that does not depend on the type of the apparatus, directed to any one of the plurality of types of the apparatuses detected in the detecting, and causing the apparatus to execute processing corresponding to the operation request via an interface corresponding to each type of apparatus. The information processing system includes the plurality of types of apparatuses and the information processing device connected to the apparatuses via the network.

Information processing device, information processing system, and information processing method

An information processing apparatus including a first control unit laying out displaying a first operation screen for selecting a use target program from among at least one program upon an operation of a first display element, and a second control unit selecting an operation screen related to a first program related to the at least one second display element upon an operation of a second display element, wherein the first control unit selects, in a case where a specific program is installed or started up and the first display element is operated, an operation screen related to the specific program instead of the first operation screen, wherein the second control unit selects, in a case where the specific program is installed or started up and the second display element corresponding to the first program before the specific program is installed or started up is operated, another operation screen.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, method for processing information, and information processing program

A first creator creates a first priority user information. When an installer installs a program that has a user authentication function, a second creator creates a second priority user information for use in the installed program separately from the first priority user information. An authenticator performs user authentication of the installed program using the created second priority user information.

Device, authentication system, authentication processing method, and computer program product

An information processing apparatus is provided that includes an operation unit implemented by an information processing terminal connected via a communication line. The information processing apparatus includes a memory storing a program and a processor configured to execute the program to implement processes of opening a port for receiving a packet conforming to a predetermined communication protocol in response to a request from the information processing terminal, and transmitting data included in the packet to the information processing terminal in response to receiving the packet that is directed to the port.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing system includes an apparatus and an information processing apparatus coupled to an external device via a network. The information processing apparatus includes a first transmitting unit configured to perform authentication using authentication information provided by the apparatus, and to transmit first data denoting a completion of the authentication to the apparatus. The apparatus includes a first identifying unit configured to identify user identification information of the operator of the apparatus, and an acquisition unit configured to receive the authentication information from the operator, to obtain the first data from the information processing apparatus by sending the authentication information, and to store the first data with the user identification information into a first storage unit. When the first data correlated with the user identification information has already stored in the first storage unit, the acquisition unit does not request the operator to input the authentication information.

Information processing system, apparatus, and information processing method

An apparatus includes an installing unit configured to acquire a program from an information processing apparatus coupled to a network and install the acquired program on the apparatus, an acquiring unit configured to acquire setup information applied to the apparatus at an installing destination, to which the program is installed, the acquiring unit acquiring first setup information sent to the information processing apparatus from the apparatus or another apparatus before installing the program, and an applying unit configured to apply the first setup information to the apparatus in response to installing of the program.

Apparatus, information processing system, method for processing information, and program

A device is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network. The device includes a receiving unit configured to receive a program from the information processing apparatus via the network; and a calling unit configured to call the program received by the receiving unit. The program causes the device to execute a process with respect to data stored in the device.

Device and information processing method in which a received program causes a device to execute image processing

An apparatus includes an operating unit. The operating unit includes one or more processors each configured to transmit an execution request for executing a process based on a user's operation, and a delivery unit configured to receive event information indicating an event generated in the apparatus, and to deliver the received event information to the processors. A connection is established for performing communications between the apparatus and the operating unit every time each of the processors transmits the execution request, and a permanent connection for performing communications between the apparatus and the operating unit that is permanently established is used when the delivery unit receives the event information.

System, apparatus, and information processing method for delivering event information indicating an event generated in an apparatus to one or more processors of the apparatus

An apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus through a first network includes a receiving unit that receives identification information of a program from the information processing apparatus through the first network; an acquiring unit that acquires the program related to the identification information received by the receiving unit through a second network; and a call unit that calls the program acquired by the acquiring unit, wherein the program causes the apparatus to perform a process for data stored in the apparatus.

Apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and information processing program for changing or providing functional capabilities in an apparatus

An information processing system including multiple apparatuses capable of executing one or more applications and an information processor connected to the apparatuses through a first network is disclosed. The information processing system includes a license status information obtaining part configured to obtain the license status information of the applications installed in each of the apparatuses from the corresponding apparatuses through the first network, a license data obtaining part configured to obtain license data authorizing usage of the applications from a computer connected through a second network based on the license status information, and a license data delivery part configured to deliver the license data to each of the apparatuses.

Information processing system, information processor, image forming apparatus, and information processing method

System, apparatus, and information processing method

An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus that are interconnected via a network. The first information processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a group of programs, a first install unit configured to install a first program of the input group of programs onto the first information processing apparatus, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a second program of the input group of programs to the second information processing apparatus. The second information processing apparatus includes a second install unit configured to install the second program transmitted from the transmission unit onto the second information processing apparatus.

Information processing system and information processing method

An apparatus, method, and computer readable medium that determine, from among a plurality of storage devices, whether an accessed storage device that has been accessed is a first storage device, determine, for a use request for using the first storage device, identification information for identifying a program that has issued the use request through a predetermined interface, in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device, and stores the identification information in a second storage device different from the first storage device, in response to the accessed storage device being the first storage device.

Apparatus, non-transitory computer readable information recording medium and information recording method that determine identification information for identifying a program that has issued a use request

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Ryoji Araki