Minolta Company, Ltd.

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.

Shinichi Ban

Toshihiko Karasaki

Katsuyuki Nanba

Takashi Kondo

Koji Fujiwara

Kimihiko Higashio

Hitoshi Hagimori

Toshihiro Hamamura

Akira Murakawa

Tougo Teramoto

Motohiro Nakanishi

Shuhei Taguchi

Takao Shudo

Tetsuji Abe

Kagumi Moriwaki

Kinya Hasegawa

Takahiro Fujii

Shuji Nakao

Masayuki Mukai

Takuma Masuda

Miyuki Ono

Masako Inoue

An image forming system that allows communication with a tally service server over a network, comprises: an image forming device configured to execute a job; and a control device which applies a setting configured by a user to the image forming device, and causes the image forming device to execute the job with applying the setting. The control device includes: a setting value arranging part configured to arrange setting values of multiple setting items relating to the job in a predetermined order and combining into one piece, thereby generating setting value array information; a tally information generating part configured to generate tally information in which at least one piece of the setting value array information generated by the setting value arranging part is set as one tally item; and a transmission part configured to send the tally information generated by the tally information generating part to the tally service server.

Image forming system, information processing device, tally information transmission method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

To configure print settings which have less influence on the environment, an MFP includes a document reader to receive image data, a print setting receiving portion to receive print settings to make printouts of the data, an environmental load calculating portion to calculate an environmental load which indicates a degree of influence on the environment based on the received print settings, and an alerting portion to display the calculated environmental load.

Image forming apparatus capable of configuring print settings which have less influence on the environment, and method and program embodied in a computer readable recording medium for configuring print settings

An image formation apparatus: previously stores first information allowing functions that a plurality of users are authorized to use, respectively, to be determined; receives second information input to determine a user, the second information allowing that user to be determined; determines from the previously stored first information a normal function that the determined user is authorized to use; is set to make the determined normal function available; receives third information input from a first storage medium having the third information stored therein, to determine an extended function, the third information allowing the extended function to be determined; and is set to make the determined extended function available in addition to the normal function set available.

Image formation apparatus, function extension method, and a computer readable storage medium having function extension program stored therein

A metallic sliding cover that covers an image taking lens system when an image taking apparatus is not in use is attached at the front side of the image taking apparatus, and an IC tag of a type that has an internal power supply and an IC tag of a type that has not an internal power supply are stuck to the front side of the image taking apparatus. A plural number of IC tags are alternatively covered with the sliding cover by movement of the cover. Thereby, communication only by one IC tag becomes possible when the image taking apparatus is in use; meanwhile, communication only by the other IC tag becomes possible when the image taking apparatus is not in use. As a result, interference between a plurality of IC tags having mutually different characteristics can be prevented.

Image taking apparatus having selectively enabled IC tags

The objective of the present invention is to achieve an image-pickup device which, when the user picks up an image of a subject using the image-pickup device, makes it possible to reduce a failure relating to framing techniques and image-pickup techniques. Guide information relating to framing techniques or image-pickup techniques is preliminarily stored in the image-pickup device, and during an image-pickup mode, guide information suitable for the subject is displayed for the user. The guide information includes sample images, GS, etc., and the user is allowed to carry out framing by reference to this displayed image at the time of picking up an image; thus, it becomes possible to reduce a failure in picking up an image.

Image pick-up device and system that provide image taking guidance

This invention intends to produce a model natural to see in which visual characteristics of an object are reflected upon its form. This invention provides with a modifying unit for modifying at least a part of 3-dimensional form data based on 2-dimensional image data obtained by photographing the object. The modifying unit extracts a specified area from the 2-dimensional image data according to a setting condition and modifies a part of the 3-dimensional form data corresponding to that specified area. According to the modified 3-dimensional form data, a model is produced. As an object for photographing, for example, the head of the human being is used. In this case, the specified area corresponds to at least one of the hair, forehead, eyebrows, eyes, irises and lips.

Data processing apparatus for processing a 3-dimensional data of an object and a method therefor

A digital data searching apparatus is provided with a data storage for storing digital data and first and second attribute data representing conditions on which the respective digital data were created; a first classifying device for classifying the digital data into i sets based on the first attribute data; a second classifying device for classifying the digital data into j sets based on the second attribute data; a first selecting device for selecting one set from the i sets upon receiving an input from outside; a second selecting device for selecting one set from the j sets upon receiving an input from outside; an extracting device for calculating a product set of the set selected by the first selecting device and the set selected by the second selecting device, and a display controller for displaying the digital data included in the product set on a display device. Digital data satisfying a specified condition can be efficiently searched from a plurality of digital data.

Digital data searching apparatus and an image display apparatus

In a 3-D shape data processing device for producing 3-D shape data from color image data and range image data, a virtual plane is defined at the rear of a range image, and a color image is projected onto the virtual plane. A human figure region rectangle is defined as a rectangle which surrounds a human figure region on the virtual plane, and the range image and the virtual plane are sliced along cutting planes. A line connects an outermost point of measurement and a point at the end of the human figure region rectangle which lie on each of the cutting planes, and a point at the end of the human figure region on the line is defined as a reference point. A region lying between the reference point and the outermost point of measurement is defined as a no-data region, and an additional point is produced in the no-data region. Thus, the device can easily complement the range image data, thereby to easily produce the 3-D shape data based on the range image data.

Device for and method of processing 3-D shape data

An image is displayed on a monitor after recognizing, based on 3-D data obtained by measuring an object in three dimensions, an error region which is an unmeasurable portion of the object in a measured range. A partial image is extracted corresponding to the error region from a 2-D image obtained by imaging the object. Then the partial image is highlighted on the display. This allows the operator to elect to use, or not, the image in forming a 3-D model of the imaged object, e.g., the face of the operator.

Monitor display apparatus

A printing environment is provided, in which the user can obtain prints of special print jobs without stagnation of ordinary print jobs which otherwise might be caused by the loading of a special print job requiring manual sheet feed or sheet change. A controller for managing the print job schedule is operated in such a manner that print jobs J,designating ordinary paper are routinely carried out in priority over print jobs J,requiring special paper. Upon instruction from an operation input unit, at least one of the previously-loaded print jobs J,requiring special paper is carried out in priority over the print jobs J,designating ordinary paper.

Printing apparatus with job interrupt capabilities and control method thereof

In image data retrieval, image data that becomes the base of search is specified. When the search is to be carried out according to the distance from the image data on an image map, an automatic setting process of retrieval information is carried out. Here, a keyword, icon, chromaticity and the like of that image data are automatically set as retrieval information. The position of that image data on the image map becomes the center of a range when the ambiguity is set. By setting the ambiguity of the image map, keyword, icon, chromaticity, and the like in this state, the range of ambiguity is displayed, and image data within that range is automatically retrieved. As a result, analogous image data can be searched for according to subtle and ambiguous information or information that cannot be quantified.

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Shinichi Ban