Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Tomotoshi Sato

Satoshi Mitsui

Kei Kushimoto

Kohichi Nishide

Takahiro Imamichi

A service system includes a mobile terminal and an information processing device capable of communication via a network. The mobile terminal includes a first transmission unit that transmits spherical images taken in respective imaging locations and positional information about the imaging locations to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception unit that receives the spherical images transmitted by the first transmission unit; a map data obtaining unit that obtains map data from a map data storage, the map data including the imaging locations of the spherical images; a path information creation unit that creates information about a path made by connecting the imaging locations in the map data obtained by the map data obtaining unit; and a content providing unit that makes content available for a request through the network, the content including the map data, the information about the path, and the spherical images.

Service system, information processing apparatus, and service providing method

An image projection apparatus includes a projection unit configured to project an image onto a projection target; a recognition unit configured to recognize an instruction action for the image being projected by the projection unit; a storage control unit configured to store correspondence information in which multiple instruction actions are associated with image output controls, respectively, for each type of image in a storage device; a determination unit configured to determine, on the basis of the type of the image being projected by the projection unit, correspondence information for image output control; and a projection control unit configured to perform, on the basis of the correspondence information determined by the determination unit and the instruction action recognized by the recognition unit, image projection control corresponding to the image output control that is associated with the instruction action.

Image projection apparatus, system, and image projection method

Peripheral devices connected to a network each include a device management controller capable of deciding which peripheral device is to perform the managing function for all peripheral devices. The selected peripheral device has a device management server that can be enabled to function as a centralized management server. The default URLs of the web servers for the non-selected peripheral devices are set to correspond to the web server for the selected peripheral device. A user accessing any of the peripheral devices is thus routed to the centralized managing device. The peripheral devices can be printers forming a distributed printing system managed by one printer. A system, a method and a computer program product for managing peripheral devices on a network are also disclosed.

Peripheral device with a centralized management server, and system, computer program product and method for managing peripheral devices connected to a network

A copy machine is configured to determine a set of one or more resources that are both external to the copy machine and available to process one or more portions of a copy job initiated at the copy machine. The copy machine is further configured to display, on a graphical user interface, one or more user interface objects that indicate one or more functions provided by the one or more resources.

Copier with job sharing and forwarding capability

A printing device into which data conversion functionality may be installed is disclosed. According to one aspect, the printing device receives, through a first module, a command that is intended to cause the printing device to perform an action that is indicated by the command. The printing device determines whether a translation module, which contains logic for translating the command, is installed in the printing device. If the translation module is not installed in the printing device, then the printing device sends data, which indicates the command, directly from the first module to a second module. If the translation module is installed in the printing device, then the printing device invokes the logic to translate the command into one or more translated commands that will cause the printing device to perform the intended action, and sends the one or more translated commands to the second module.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tomotoshi Sato