Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Nec Corporation

Satoru Ohno

Satoru Komatsubara

Satoru Sugishita

Yoshiyuki Toda

Satoru Tao

Akihiro Kakoi

Naoya Ohhashi

Toshihiro Isozaki

Hiroaki Nagata

Yasuhisa Shimada

Ryohta Kawamata

An image forming apparatus includes an engine controller configured to control an operation of the image forming apparatus; an image processing controller including a constant log storage configured to temporarily store a log of the engine controller; a network controller configured to store the log, which is stored in the constant log storage, in another device via a network or in a storage of the image forming apparatus, according to a command from the engine controller; a communication line configured to communicably couple the engine controller to the image processing controller, and to communicably couple the image processing controller to the network controller; and an exclusive-use communication line configured to communicably couple the engine controller to the network controller, and to be used to report the command from the engine controller to the network controller.

Image forming apparatus including a constant log storage

A projector includes a display part configured to display a first image by projection; a retrieval object specifying part configured to cause a user of the projector to specify an object of retrieval; a result display area specifying part configured to cause the user to specify an area for displaying the result of the retrieval in the displayed first image; and an image combining part configured to receive a second image of the result of the retrieval from a server that has performed the retrieval with respect to the object of retrieval specified by the user, and to display the second image by combining the second image with the area for displaying the result of the retrieval in the displayed first image.

Projector, projection system, and retrieved information displaying method

An input processor performs an input processing of image data. A memory unit has a work area for combining the image data. A writing unit sequentially writes the image data on which the input processing is performed in the work area of the memory unit. A determining unit determines, when the image data are combined, whether image data to be arranged in a direction orthogonal to an image output direction are written in the work area. An output processor performs, when it is determined that the image data are written in the work area, an output processing of the image data to be arranged in the direction orthogonal to the image output direction.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for processing image data of plural images to combine for output to a recording medium

An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit, an acquiring unit, a transmission control unit, and a printing control unit. The reading unit reads images of multiple pages of originals. The acquiring unit acquires device information from connected child devices. The transmission control unit determines a child device which takes charge of part of a printing process of the read images and images to be transmitted to the child device based on the acquired device information, and transmits the determined images to the determined child device. The printing control unit determines printing order according to the acquired device information, and transmits an instruction to print the images in the determined printing order to the child device.

Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and computer program product

An image processing apparatus includes a nonvolatile memory device including a first storage area configured to store one or more predetermined information items; a secondary storage device including a second storage area configured to store the predetermined information items; and an access control unit configured to control access to the first storage area and the second storage area in response to an access request to access the predetermined information items.

Image processing apparatus, access control method, recording medium

A storage unit temporarily stores first image data input from an input device and second image data to be output to an output device. An image-data input/output processing unit performs processes of inputting the first image data from the input device and outputting the second image data to the output device. An execution-condition determining unit determines a condition for the processes of inputting and outputting the image data, and switches processing modes between a normal processing mode and a low-speed processing mode based on a determined condition.

Apparatus and method for controlling an image-data imput/output process performed by an image forming apparatus connected to an image data input unit and an image data output unit

An image processing apparatus includes an input device, an encoder, a memory, a first allocator, a data block size determination mechanism, a second allocator, and a processor. The input device receives image data of a given data size and transmits the image data in N data blocks. The 'N' represents a first given number. The encoder encodes the N data blocks transmitted from the input unit. The memory stores the N data blocks encoded by the encoder. The first allocator allocates, before encoding, N memory areas of a specified memory size within the memory. The determination mechanism determines whether each of the N data blocks is larger than the memory size. The second allocator dynamically allocates an additional memory area within the memory when the determination mechanism determines that one of the N data blocks is larger than the memory size. The processor retrieves the image data for processing thereof.

Method, apparatus, and computer program for image data processing

A transmitting power control system is disclosed wherein a master earth station sends a pilot signal to a satellite which retransmits it to the master station as well as to slave earth stations. A beacon signal is also sent from the satellite to the master station which compares it with the received pilot signal and controls its own transmission power level according to the result of the comparison so that the power level of retransmitted pilot signal is maintained constant. A warning signal is sent from the master station to all the slave stations when the received pilot signal decreases below a prescribed value corresponding to a predetermined precipitation. Each slave station receives the pilot signal from the satellite and controls its own transmission power level according to the received pilot signal. A disabling circuit is provided in each slave station to disable the power control function of the own station in response to the warning signal to prevent the satellite from being overloaded by the information signals transmitted from the slave earth stations.

Growing community of inventors

Tokyo, Japan

Satoru Ohno