Konica Minolta, Inc.

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Sumitomo Metal Industries, Inc.

Takeshi Maekawa

Daisuke Sakiyama

Kazuya Anezaki

Atsushi Ohshima

Nobuo Kamei

Satoshi Masuda

Katsuhiko Akita

Kazusei Takahashi

Kenji Matsuhara

Hidetaka Iwai

Masaya Hashimoto

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Hiroaki Sugimoto

Tomoyuki Okamoto

Yuki Asai

Shuji Yoneda

Kenro Hama

Yuji Tanaka

Yasuji Takeuchi

Hironori Harada

Kenichi Takahashi

Masami Yamada

Takeshi Minami

Junichi Hase

Toshihiko Otake

Takehisa Yamaguchi

Tomoaki Nakajima

Hajime Osako

A printing system includes: a printing apparatus; a portable terminal device; and a server, which are connectable to each other, the printing apparatus including a profile creation unit, and a transmission unit, the portable terminal device including a display unit, a transfer request unit, a transfer unit, and a print instruction unit, the server including a saving unit, a reception unit, and a transmission unit, the printing apparatus further including a reception unit, and a print performing unit.

Printing system in which print setting profile is transmitted to printing apparatus, portable terminal device, and print control program

An image forming apparatus includes: a first communication unit configured to perform communication by a short-distance wireless method; a second communication unit having a broader communication range than the first communication unit; a storage unit configured to store data to which an access right of a first user is set; a connection information providing unit configured to, when a data providing command for providing the data from a first terminal device of the first user to another user is received, and an access request to the data is received from a second terminal device of a second user, transmit connection information for accessing the data to the second terminal device; and a data providing unit configured to transmit the data to the second terminal device by the second communication unit, when a transmission request of the data is received from the second terminal device based on the connection information.

Image forming apparatus, terminal device, data providing method, and computer program

An image forming system comprises an image forming apparatus and a remote operation apparatus. The image forming apparatus comprises a detection part for detecting a state change of a hardware operating member in an operation part of the image forming apparatus and a transmitting part for transmitting screen control information in accordance with the state change detected by the detection part to the remote operation apparatus. The remote operation apparatus comprises a display part for displaying a simulated image representing the detection part of the image forming apparatus, a receiving part for receiving the screen control information, and a display control part for changing a first image which is the simulated image displayed on the display part before the state change into a second image which is the simulated image in which the state change is reflected, in response to a receipt of the screen control information.

Image forming system, remote terminal, image forming apparatus, and recording medium

An image processing device that communicates with a first server and a second server includes a main controller and a power controller. The main controller establishes a connection that enables communication with the first and second servers, establishes a periodic communication with the first and second servers to maintain the connection, manages a first time interval between the periodic communication with the first server, manages a second time interval between the periodic communication with the second server, and changes one or both of the first time interval and the second time interval. The power controller stops and starts power supply to the main controller.

Image processing device, image processing system and non-transitory readable recording medium

An information processing device that communicates with a server on Internet over a local network, having: a session establishing part that establishes a session that enables a communication with said server over said local network; a periodic communicating part that establishes periodic communications at a predetermined time interval with said server to maintain said session; a power controller that stops a power supply to said periodic communicating part if a predetermined condition to enter sleep mode is met; and a substitute requesting part that requests another device installed on said local network to establish the periodic communication with said server that should be established by said periodic communicating part for said periodic communicating part when said power controller enables said information processing device to enter sleep mode.

Information processing device with substitute requesting part for sleep mode, information processing system, server and non-transitory recording medium

A print system includes a print server and a plurality of image forming apparatuses. The print server externally receives a print job, extracts a print job that includes user identification information included in a download request received from any of the image forming apparatuses, transmits the print job to an image forming apparatus that transmits the download request, detects a progress status of the print job executed by a first image forming apparatus that receives the print job, detects the print job transmitted to the first image forming apparatus as a job in progress in response to reception of a download request from a second image forming apparatus, splits the job in progress into a first split job and a second split job, transmits the second split job to the second image forming apparatus, and transmits an end command to the first image forming apparatus.

Print system, print server, print control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with print control program

The position and orientation at a time of shooting by a shooting unit of a portable terminal is transmitted to an information processing apparatus. Based on the transmitted position and orientation of the portable terminal and the stored position of an image processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus extracts an image processing apparatus from the shot image and transmits information about the extracted image processing apparatus to the portable terminal. The portable terminal combines the shot image with an option for selecting a function available in the image processing apparatus and displays the combined image on a display unit, based on the information transmitted from the information processing apparatus. When selection of a function is accepted, a screen for operating the selected function is displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal.

Image processing system including an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal

An information processing system comprising a communication terminal and an information processing device that allow communication therebetween. The communication terminal includes: a remote controlling part for acquiring an operation screen image, with which the user makes remote operation of the information processing device; and a cloud service connecting part for connecting to a service providing server providing a cloud service over a network, and acquiring a display screen image for using the cloud service from the service providing server in response to user's instruction, thereby causing the acquired display screen image to be displayed on the display part together with the operation screen image. The remote controlling part sends connecting information for connecting to the service providing server to the information processing device. The remote controlling part switches the display screen image displayed by the cloud service connecting part to the display screen image acquired by the information processing device.

Information processing device using direct data access from cloud storage

An image forming apparatus includes a main processing portion set as a root complex of PCI Express, a startup control portion to control startup of the main processing portion, and a connection portion connectable with an option board having a sub processing portion set as a root complex of PCI Express. The startup control portion includes a detection portion to detect the option board connected to the connection portion, an acquisition portion to acquire ability information about the option board at a stage before the main processing portion starts up, when the option board is detected, a selection portion to select one of the main processing portion and the sub processing portion, based on the acquired ability information, and a switch portion to start one selected from the main processing portion and the sub processing portion as a root complex.

Image forming apparatus, startup control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with startup control program

In an image processing system, a portable terminal obtains positional information and orientation information of the portable terminal and transmits these to an information processing apparatus. An image processing apparatus generates information specifying a process executable by the apparatus itself at the present moment and transmits the generated information to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus stores positional information and functional information for specifying a process to be executed, for each image processing apparatus. Upon receiving the positional information and orientation information from the portable terminal, the information processing apparatus transmits, to the portable terminal, the functional information for specifying a process to be executed by a specific image processing apparatus associated with the received information.

Image processing system including portable terminal

There is provided a foreign pipe or tube determining method capable of accurately determining a foreign pipe or tube. The foreign pipe or tube determining method in accordance with the present invention includes a step for determining the presence of a foreign pipe or tube by comparing the length of each pipe or tube in a size measuring step with the length of each pipe or tube measured in an actual weighing and length measuring step, which is associated with each pipe or tube in the size measuring step, a step for determining the presence of a foreign pipe or tube by comparing the weight of each pipe or tube calculated in a weight calculating step with the weight of each pipe or tube measured in the actual weighing and length measuring step, which is associated with each pipe or tube in a weight calculating step, and a step for determining the presence of a foreign pipe or tube based on the material of each pipe or tube determined in a material determining step.

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Osaka, Japan

Takeshi Maekawa