Konica Minolta, Inc.

Tatsuya Kitaguchi

Takashi Oikawa

Tomoyuki Atsumi

Takanobu Sugiyama

Masao Hosono

Kaoru Fukuoka

Hiroki Ueda

Satoshi Osako

Shumpei Iwaoka

An image forming system includes: an image former that forms a label image on a long sheet conveyed in a sheet conveyance direction on a basis of a print job; an image defect detector that detects an image defect of the label image that is formed; and a sheet conveyer that conveys the long sheet in accordance with the label image where the image defect is detected after execution of the print job has been completed.

Image forming system and sheet conveyance method

A user inputs a speech including a keyword via a speech input device; a first processor searches a job history by the keyword, the job history being stored on a storage, the job history including a job record, the job record including a set of values having ever been used for a job executed by an image processing apparatus. A job record specifying device includes a second processor that conducts an analysis on different values in multiple job records; selects a speech with reference to the different values; transfers the speech to a speech generator; and finds a specific job record from the multiple job records using a keyword extracted from a speech inputted via the speech input device in response to the speech outputted by the speech generator. The image processing apparatus reflects a target set of values in the specific job record, to the setting of a job.

Job record specifying device, image processing apparatus, server, job record specifying method, and recording medium

An image processing device capable of assigning a basic function and a server function to hardware resources and operating the basic function and the server function, includes: a hardware processor that: detects occurrence of a failure related to the basic function or transition to a power saving mode; releases a specific hardware resource corresponding to a function that has become inoperable due to the occurrence of a failure or the transition to a power saving mode, of the basic function assigned to the hardware resources, in a case where the occurrence of a failure or the transition to a power saving mode has been detected by the hardware processor; and additionally assigns the server function to the specific hardware resource released by the hardware processor, of the hardware resources, to operate the server function.

Image processing device, image processing system, and program

An image forming apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive identifiers for communication of respective destinations from a first server; a display unit configured to display a screen to make an user select any one of the identifiers as an address of image data; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to the selected identifier when any one of the identifiers has been selected and to transmit the image data to a transmission device for storing the identifier or a second server from which the transmission device downloads the data when the identifier is not received.

Image forming apparatus, image data transmission method, and computer program

A device includes a first processing portion configured to keep a memory region to perform a first process; a second processing portion configured to perform any one of a plurality of second processes by using a memory region provided by the first processing portion; and a predicting portion configured to predict a first size of a first memory region to be required next to a second memory region which is required at present by the second processing portion. The second processing portion requests, from the first processing portion, a memory region having at least a larger size of the first size and a second size of the second memory region. In response to the request, the first processing portion provides the second processing portion with a memory region which is a part of the memory region kept and is of a size requested by the second processing portion.

Information device, computer-readable storage medium for computer program, and method for sharing memory

A processor included in an image processing apparatus includes a display control portion configured to display any one of a plurality of operation screens in the display, a setting portion configured to control the operation panel, accept a setting value defined for the displayed operation screen, and set the setting value, an operation screen extraction portion configured to search screen information respectively associating one or more search indexes with one or more operation screens among the plurality of operation screens using a search key and extract one or more operation screens, an operation screen determination portion configured to determine one operation screen from among the one or more extracted operation screens, and a change portion configured to change the screen information based on an operation of a user accepted by the operation panel after the determined operation screen is displayed in the display.

Image processing apparatus, operation assistance method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with operation assistance program

An image forming apparatus as a displaying device receives a pinch out operation on a touch panel of a portable telecommunication terminal device, when displaying the operation screen on the touch panel of the portable telecommunication terminal device. The image forming apparatus determines whether there is an identified area in the operation screen or not when receiving the pinch out operation. The image forming apparatus enlarges the image around a center of the enlargement in the identified area, in case that there is the identified area in the operation screen. The image forming apparatus enlarges the image around a center of the enlargement as a point moved from a midpoint of the pinch out operation in a direction determined based on displacement of the two contact points, a distance of the movement is determined based on displacement of the two contact points, in case that there is not the identified area in the operation screen.

Displaying device which can receive pinch out operation

An image processing apparatus includes a communicator portion that communicates with a portable terminal apparatus having an address book, a contact data obtaining portion that obtains contacts from the address book, the contacts including contact names and addresses, a registration portion that registers the contacts to a shared address book along with user identification information indicating the log-in user, a display, and a display controller that makes the display show the contacts at least by the contact name, the contacts being registered in the shared address book, that judges whether or not the shared address book contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, and that, if it contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, makes the display show any of the contacts by the contact name, the any contact having the user identification information indicating the log-in user.

Image processing apparatus, shared address book display control method for the same, recording medium

An image processing apparatus has at least one standard function to be available upon start-up of the image processing apparatus itself and at least one optional function to be available by settings. The image processing apparatus includes an image input portion that inputs image data, an encoder that encodes the input image data, a main memory that stores the encoded image data, a non-volatile memory that stores a backup copy of the image data stored on the main memory, a settings portion that allows setting the optional function available, and a controller that reserves a memory area for an optional program to execute the available optional function in the main memory, and a memory area for input of the encoded image data in the main memory, the memory area being smaller than a memory area to be reserved if the optional function is unavailable.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method for efficiently reserving memory

An image processing apparatus having functions installed thereon includes a job input portion that inputs a first job, a job storage that stores the first job, a job output portion that outputs the first job, a memory that allows allocating memory areas to the functions and reallocating the memory areas, a first judgment portion that judges whether or not the memory areas were reallocated after input but before output of the first job, a second judgment portion that judges whether or not output of the first job requires any unavailable function, a third judgment portion that judges whether or not the unavailable function will be available by restricting operations related to a second job and by adjusting the memory areas, and an operation restriction portion restricts operations related to the second job and adjusts the memory areas, wherein the first job is output while restrictions on the operations are effective.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method for the same, and recording medium

An image forming apparatus includes a touch panel connected to a network, for displaying an icon accepting an inquiry about an operation and a control unit for controlling an operation. The control unit is configured to transmit an inquiry about an operation to a terminal through the network, to receive an answer based on the inquiry from the terminal, and to display on the touch panel, an operation instruction based on operation method instruction information indicating the answer.

Image forming apparatus, method for guidance on operation method by image forming apparatus, and system

An image processing apparatus includes: an image input portion that inputs image data page by page; a sub memory; an encoder that encodes the image data; a main memory and a non-volatile memory; a mode judgment portion that judges a mode; and a controller that implements a first or second method depending on the judgment, the first method including: storing a part of one page on the sub memory; reserving a memory area for the one page in the main memory; storing the one page on the main memory; and reserving a memory area for next one page in the main memory, the second method including: reserving a memory area being capable of storing image data page by page in the sub memory; storing a part of image data on the main memory; storing a backup copy on the non-volatile memory; and deleting the image data from the main memory.

An image processing apparatus includes: an image input unit which inputs image data per page; a sub-memory unit which stores the image data input from the image input unit; an encoding unit which encodes the image data stored in the sub-memory unit; a main memory unit which stores the image data encoded by the encoding unit; a non-volatile storage unit which stores the encoded image data stored in the main memory unit; and a processor which executes processing of discriminating a memory size of the main memory unit and the sub-memory unit and switching between first input processing and second input processing to be executed in accordance with the discriminated memory size of the main memory unit and the sub-memory unit.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method employed by the same, and non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable image processing program

A page image displaying device includes a display control portion configured to keep displaying, when a designated region is set, and when a touch-sensitive panel detects a touch action of giving a command to changes pages to be displayed from one to another, a page image of a first page in a region other than the designated region of a page display region in which the page image is displayed, and, to change partly what is displayed in the page display region in a manner to display a part of a page image of a second page of the document in the designated region, said part corresponding to a part in position in the designated region of the page image of the first page.

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Tatsuya Kitaguchi