Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Takafumi Kai

Satoshi Yoshimori

Yu Matsuo

Tomoko Ikenoue

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a combination of programs including a first program and an operating system. The first program controls an image processing apparatus. The combination includes a first acquisition process in which the operating system acquires a setting candidate value after the operating system receives a selection operation selecting the first program under a condition that the image processing apparatus is selected as a target for requesting an image process and a condition that content data is selected as a subject for the image process by the second program. The combination includes a receiving process in which the operating system receives a setting value based on the setting candidate value, a second acquisition process in which the first program acquires the setting value received in the receiving process, and a transmission process in which the first program transmits a job to an image processing apparatus.

Non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing combination of programs including program for controlling image processing apparatus and operating system

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed by a processor of an information processing device, cause the information processing device to acquire identification information for identifying an OS of the information processing device, using the acquired identification information, determine whether the OS is capable of accepting a driver program for controlling a device, when determining that the OS is capable of accepting the driver program, install the driver program into the OS, and when determining that the OS is incapable of accepting the driver program, download into the information processing device a driverless installer for achieving driverless control of the device without using the driver program.

Computer-readable medium, information processing device, and Method for installing appropriate program

A communication device is configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus through a first communication interface using a first protocol, and communicate with an image processing apparatus having the image processing function through a second communication interface using a second protocol which is different from the first protocol. A controller of the communication device is configured to obtain particular information of the image processing apparatus from the image processing apparatus using the second protocol. When receiving a search request from the information processing apparatus, the controller responds to the search request based on the particular information as obtained. When receiving a first execution instruction from the information processing apparatus through the first communication interface using the first protocol, the controller transmits a second execution instruction in accordance with the first execution instruction to the image processing apparatus through the second communication interface using the second protocol.

Communication device, method of controlling communication device, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium therefor

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores an OS and an application configured to, when executed by a processor coupled with a communication terminal, cause the communication terminal to, when a first condition is satisfied, provide the OS with a first instruction to receive a communication signal from one or more communication devices at intervals of a first period, when a second condition different from the first condition is satisfied, provide the OS with a second instruction to receive the communication signal at intervals of a second period longer than the first period, and each time the OS, having received one of the first and second instructions, causes the communication terminal to receive the communication signal from one of the one or more communication devices in accordance with the received one of the first and second instructions, receive information of the one of the one or more communication devices.

Computer-readable medium, communication terminal, and method for making appropriate selection between promptly receiving communication signal and reducing power consumption

An image processing apparatus, which complies with a particular setting protocol including a procedure to receive setting information for a first communication system from an OS of an information processing device, includes a first communication interface for a first communication system, a second communication interface for a second communication system, and a controller configured to transmit, to the information processing device via the second communication interface, compliance information representing that the image processing apparatus complies with the particular setting protocol, after sharing mutual compliance recognition with the information processing device through transmitting the compliance information, receive the setting information from the OS via the second communication interface in accordance with the particular setting protocol, the mutual compliance recognition being recognition that the image processing apparatus and the OS comply with the particular setting protocol, and configure settings for the first communication system based on the setting information.

Image processing apparatus and method for configuring communication settings

An image processing system is provided with an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus including an operating system and a display. When receiving a specific user's operation regarding the image processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus transmits an execution request to the image processing apparatus using a specific protocol, which is a protocol used when communicating with the image processing apparatus according to a universal image processing program incorporated in the operation system. When receiving the execution request using the specific protocol, the image processing apparatus executes a prescribed process and transmits to the information processing apparatus a URL indicating the address of a web site where a specific image processing program compatible with the image processing apparatus can be downloaded. When receiving the URL, the information processing apparatus displays a reception screen on the display for receiving an instruction to access the address indicated by the URL.

Image processing system including image processing apparatus and information  processing apparatus configured to inform user that specific image processing program for image processing apparatus is available

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores instructions realizing a program set including first and second programs. The second program causes, when executed, an information processing apparatus to obtain identifying information regarding an image processing device and store device information containing the identifying information in a memory in association with program information regarding the second program. The first program causes, when executed, the information processing apparatus to transmit device information to the operating system and retrieve, from the memory, the program information associated with the device information designated as a transmission destination by a first execution instruction staring the second program based the program information, the first execution instruction being output by the operating system using a first protocol. The second program further causes the information processing apparatus to transmit a second execution instruction corresponding to the first execution instruction to the image processing device using a second protocol.

Information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium therefor to be compliant to a particular protocol

Computer-readable medium, information processing device, and method for installing appropriate program

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a set of program instructions for a communication terminal. The instructions cause, when executed by a processor of the communication terminal, the communication terminal to operate to obtain updated ID information and fixed ID information of a communication apparatus, and communicate with a communication apparatus based on the updated ID information. The updated ID information is periodically updated on the communication apparatus side, while the fixed ID information is not periodically updated. When the communication terminal is incapable of communicating with the communication apparatus based on the updated ID information, the updated ID information and the fixed ID information are obtained again from the communication apparatus. When the fixed ID information stored in storage coincides with the newly obtained fixed ID information, a communicating process of communicating with the communication apparatus is performed based on the newly obtained updated ID information.

Communication terminal, method of controlling communication terminal, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium therefor

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a communication terminal to receive identification information from one or more communication devices via a communication interface, each identification information being periodically updated by a corresponding communication device, store first identification information into a memory, the first identification information being received from a specified communication device, perform communication with the specified communication device via the communication interface by using the stored first identification information, after disconnection of the communication, determine whether to use the first identification information or second identification information to reestablish the communication, the second identification information being transmitted by the specified communication device after the disconnection of the communication, when determining to use the first identification information, reestablish the communication using the first identification information, and when determining to use the second identification information, reestablish the communication using the second identification information.

Computer-readable medium, communication terminal, and method for performing appropriate communication even after updating of identification information

A non-transitory storage medium stores control programs. The programs cause an information processing apparatus to: acquire an instruction for the information processing apparatus, based on a reception of the operation by the receiver; determine, based on the acquired instruction, whether a content to be transmitted to a web server is determined to be one of a first content which is created by an external reading apparatus and which is not stored at the acquisition of the instruction and a second content which is stored at the acquisition of the instruction; when the content to be transmitted to the web server is determined to be the first content, output a request for the first content and acquire the first content; and output first content location information indicating a location of the acquired first content.

Non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus

A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire instruction information via the printing device side communication unit, acquire at least one piece of image information from among a plurality of pieces of image information included in an image information set, acquire information, which is generated in response to an operation of the operation unit, as selection information which is used to identify image information selected by the user operation of the operation unit, and, in response to acquisition of the instruction information, execute a first print process to print an image based on the image information which is identified by the selection information.

Printing device, mobile terminal, and computer readable recording medium for the same

A display device is provided, which includes a display unit configured to display one or more images thereon, an operation unit configured to accept an external operation, and a controller configured to perform a display process to control the display unit to display a plurality of images without concurrently displaying identifiers that are respectively provided to the images, and a scrolling process to, in response to the operation unit accepting a scrolling operation, control the display unit to display the identifiers to be superimposed on the images, respectively, and move the images displayed thereon, together with the identifiers in a direction responsive to the scrolling operation.

Display device, and method and computer readable medium for the same

An image processing system includes: a data receiving section configured to receive data in a first format from an image processing apparatus; a convert control section configured to control a converting section to convert the data in the first format to image data in another format different from the first format; an overall-image transmitting section configured to transmit the image data to the image processing apparatus; an area-information receiving section configured to receive an area info from the image processing apparatus; a partial-image generating section configured to generate partial-image data based on the area information; and a partial-image transmitting section configured to transmit one of the partial-image data and print data generated based on the partial-image data to one of the image processing apparatus and a printing apparatus.

Dividing image data into a plurality of pages for favorable readability when printed

A computer program for outputting a user interface to a computer. The computer outputs a voice message and the user interface consecutively informs a progress of a process executed by the computer. The program determines whether or not the user interface consecutively informs the progress of another process with a voice message. A first user interface consecutively informs the progress of the specific process with a first voice message that includes start, ongoing, and end messages, if the first determining step determines that the user interface does not consecutively inform the progress of the another process with the voice message. A second user interface informs the progress of the specific process with a second voice message that includes start and end messages while omitting the ongoing message, if the first determining step determines that the user interface consecutively informs the progress of the another process with the voice message.

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Nagoya, Japan

Takafumi Kai