Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Hitachi Medical Corporation

Hitachi, Ltd.

Takao Iwasaki

Osamu Arai

Tsuyoshi Mitake

Koichi Oshio

Kiyoshi Okuma

Hiroshi Shinmoto

An image forming apparatus can include a communications circuit, a printer, and a controller. The communications circuit is configured to communicate with a networked image forming apparatus via a network. The printer is configured to form an image on a sheet. The controller includes a processor and a memory. The controller is configured to acquire sensor data from a sensor operatively coupled to the controller; determine, via the network, a relay image forming apparatus, the relay image forming apparatus having an operating rate being relatively lower than an operating rate of multiple image forming apparatuses including the image forming apparatus and the networked image forming apparatus; and transmit, via the relay image forming apparatus, the sensor data to a predetermined recipient apparatus.

Image forming apparatus and communication method for transmission of data through relay

A display apparatus includes an input unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a first setting screen which is for receiving a setting value of a job inserted into an image forming apparatus and displays execution in a first operational environment. The display unit displays a second setting screen which is for receiving a setting value of the job, displays execution in a second operational environment different from the first operational environment, and displays a smaller number of setting items than that of the first setting screen. The control unit controls the display unit to display the second setting screen, and controls the display unit to display the first setting screen obtained by applying a setting value which is input by the input unit and obtained through the second setting screen when the user presses a defined button in the second setting screen.

Transitioning a setting operation screen of an image forming apparatus

An ultrasonic image is captured by an ultrasonic probe. A reference image is obtained by extracting a tomographic image corresponding to the scan plane of the ultrasonic image from volume image data that is pre-obtained by a diagnostic imaging apparatus and that is stored in a volume-data storing unit. The ultrasonic image and the reference image are displayed on the same screen. In this case, of the reference image, a portion corresponding to the view area of the ultrasonic image is extracted and the resulting reference image having the same region as the ultrasonic image is displayed as a fan-shaped image.

Reference image display method for ultrasonography and ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus

An ultrasonic imageis captured by an ultrasonic probe. A reference imageis obtained by extracting a tomographic image corresponding to the scan plane of the ultrasonic image from volume image data that is pre-obtained by a diagnostic imaging apparatusand that is stored in a volume-data storing unit. The ultrasonic image and the reference imageare displayed on the same screen. In this case, of the reference image, a portion corresponding to the view area of the ultrasonic image is extracted and the resulting reference image having the same region as the ultrasonic image is displayed as a fan-shaped image.

An image forming device has a printer capable of selectively setting a first operation mode to print an image on a medium and a second operation mode to print an image on the medium, the first operation mode being different from the second operation mode, and a display unit which displays an operation screen, and sets an initial value of the operation mode of the printer to the second operation mode, in a case where a management mode is designated to manage only the number of pages printed in the first operation mode by the printer for each division to which each user belongs. The image forming device displays in the display unit that the printer is brought into the second operation mode based on the initial value of the operation mode of the printer in an initial state.

Image forming device that sets initial value of printer operation mode according to management mode

The present invention can reflect precisely a user's demand by outputting a warning so as to change setting of a compression method and a compression rate when sufficient image quality cannot be obtained with a currently set compression rate in color copying.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takao Iwasaki