Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Toru Matsuda

Takashi Yoshikawa

Tatsuya Inagaki

Kenji Makino

Sachiko Takeuchi

Yutaka Kusano

Fujihiro Ito

Kurt W Piersol

Kiyoshi Suzuki

Hideyuki Watanabe

Teruyuki Maruyama

Masayoshi Miyamoto

Tatsuo Miyachi

Akio Urabe

Yuichi Araumi

Sachiko Mihira

Shinsuke Teramura

Hiroyuki Kinbara

Takashi Suzuki

Nozomu Kitagishi

Shoji Suzuki

Takashi Kawashima

Takanori Yano

Masaharu Suzuki

Koyo Hasegawa

Morimi Hashimoto

Tatsuo Ito

Koutaro Yano

Hidemi Ichinose

Naoto Doujou

Phyllis Anwyl

Akira Okamoto

Shuichiro Saito

Makoto Taniguchi

Shin'ichi Inoue

Toshiaki Okamoto

Yoshimine Miyagawa

Hisao Asano

A method of controlling user information for an information processing apparatus includes the steps of a process of an application program requesting user information controlling unit to obtain an item of said user information, and said user information controlling unit providing the obtained item of said user information to said process. The user information controlling unit obtains the user information requested by the process of an application program and provides the user information to the process. Accordingly, the user information can be shared by the application programs and centrally controlled.

Method of controlling user information and information processing apparatus

An information processing apparatus that includes a plurality of communicating units, and that is capable of performing at least one function, includes an identifying unit and a processing unit. The identifying unit identifies the communicating unit connected to an external device. The processing unit performs processing corresponding to the communicating unit identified by the identifying unit, by using correspondence information that indicates correspondence between the communicating unit and regulation information.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system for processing function requests received over different communication interfaces

A rustproof cover for an automobile disk brake which is attached to a surface portion of a disk portion of a automobile wheel so as to shield a plurality of penetration portions penetrating the disk portion in a direction from the surface portion of the disk portion to a rear-surface portion thereof, the rustproof cover comprising, a recessed portion which is recessed from the surface portion of the disk portion to the rear-surface portion thereof so as to follow the shape of each penetration portion, wherein each recessed portion includes a protrusion portion which engages with a rear surface of the disk portion at the rear-surface portion of the disk portion so as to prevent a separation of the rustproof cover, and wherein the rustproof cover is formed of a flexible resin.

Rustproof cover for automobile disk brake

A telescope includes: a concave mirror reflecting light from an object; an image pickup element receiving light from the mirror; a compensation optical system for guiding light from the mirror to the image pickup element; a lens barrel integrally holding the image pickup element and the compensation optical system; and a drive mechanism for driving the lens barrel to change the angle of the optical axis of the compensation optical system with respect to the optical axis of the concave mirror.

Telescope

A service providing system is disclosed. The service providing system includes an information processing apparatus and a service providing server, each having an authentication mechanism, that are connected via a network, wherein the information processing apparatus and the service providing server provides a service in response to a request by an authenticated user. The information processing apparatus includes: an information obtaining part for obtaining authentication information for performing authentication in the service providing server wherein the authentication information is associated with a user authenticated in the information processing apparatus; and a process request part for sending a process request including the authentication information to the service providing server.

Service providing system, information processing apparatus, service providing server and service providing method

A method of controlling user information for an information processing apparatus includes the steps of a process of an application program requesting user information controlling unit to obtain an item of said user information, and said user information controlling unit providing the obtained item of said user information to said process. The user information controlling unit obtains the user information requested by the process of the application program and provides the user information to the process. Accordingly, the user information can be shared by the application programs and centrally controlled.

An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product are disclosed, each capable of managing a configuration request received via a network. Upon receiving a configuration right request form a client, a determination is made as to whether or not a configuration right can be issued. Based on the determination, the configuration right is issued to the client.

Managing configuration request received via network

An image formation device is disclosed that has service functions corresponding to a configuration of the image formation device. The image formation device includes a service function unit for processing a request for a service function. The service function unit includes a master service function section and plural sub service function sections. One of the sub service function sections assuming an operating state requests the master service function section to register the one of the sub service function sections; the master service function section assigns the service function request to the one of the sub service function sections according to a type of the service function request; and the one of the sub service function sections processes the service function request assigned by the master service function section.

Multiple function image formation device and method including master and sub-service functions

In an information processing apparatus capable of changing the setting contents including setting items, an occupied state in that the setting items cannot be accessed and the settable state in that the setting items can be accessed are managed. The settable state in that a plurality of setting device managing parts cannot transit is transferred from one setting device managing part to another setting device managing part.

Information processing apparatus, client terminal, setting content changing method, and computer-readable recording medium thereof

An image forming apparatus for performing a process relating to forming of an image includes a log management unit to manage generated log information, and a log transfer unit to transfer log information of a type specified in log transfer information among the log information managed by the log management unit to a transfer destination specified in the log transfer information.

Image forming apparatus transferring log information

A dynamically configurable network architecture comprising networked office appliances which provide network addressing, network naming, service discovery, and user identification in one system. The network architecture provides automatic configuration services for unadministered networks while being automatically adaptable within administered environments.

Method and apparatus for automatic network configuration

In a data transmission apparatus and method of the present invention, a specific operator ID for an operator who uses a data processing device to process image data to be copied or transmitted, is selected. Specific owner IDs for owners who are authorized to access the image data, are selected. User identification data, inclusive of all operator IDs and owner IDs correlated to the data processing device, are stored in a storage device each time image data is captured by the data processing device. Allocation of the stored user identification data to each of the image data is managed by reading items of the user identification data from the storage device in response to the selections of the specific operator ID and the specific owner IDs and displaying the user identification data items.

Data transmission apparatus and method for management of user identification data allocated to image data

An image forming apparatus connected to a printout control server is disclosed that manages the number of pages printed by the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a page borrowing part for requesting the printout control server to lend X number of pages, a printing part for printing P number of pages after the page borrowing part borrows X number of pages from the printout control server, and a page returning part for returning X-P number of pages to the printout control server.

Image forming apparatus, printout control server, and computer readable recording medium on which a printout managing program is recorded

A character string processing apparatus converting a character string encoded by a first encoding method to a second encoding method selected from a plurality of encoding methods is disclosed. The character string processing apparatus includes an encoding method determination part that selects the encoding methods, obtains, with respect to each selected encoding method, at least one of the number information and the position information of one or more replacement codes at the time of converting the character string to the selected encoding method, and determines the second encoding method based on at least one of the number information and the position information.

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Tokyo, Japan

Toru Matsuda