Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tsutomu Inose

Eiichi Takagi

Haruhisa Suzuki

Hiroyuki Nagai

Fumiaki Itoh

Tomoyuki Shimizu

Masahiko Takaku

Shinji Fukunaga

Toru Kimura

Daisuke Tanaka

Kikuo Naito

Hajime Futatsugi

Kazuhiro Kasai

Naoko Yamamoto

Mitsuharu Tanaka

Hidenori Ishiwata

A print inspection apparatus according to the present invention obtains an object for variable printing which is stored in a storage and generates a combined image by combining the obtained object. If the combined image is normally generated, the combined image is set to both of a print image and a collation image. Whereas if the combined image is not normally generated, a different image is set to each of the print image and the collation image. The print inspection apparatus generates a print product by printing the set print image. Then, the print inspection apparatus inspects the print product by comparing image data generated by reading the print product with the set collation image.

Print inspection apparatus and print inspection method

Aspects of invention may allow an operator to recognize that a search corresponding to search conditions set in a search folder does not function when such case occurs. In one embodiment, an information processing apparatus may include a search unit that conducts a search that corresponds to each of one or a plurality of search conditions set in a search folder, and searches for at least one folder element of the search folder. The apparatus also includes a search status confirmation unit that confirms the search status for each search condition in the search unit, and a folder-content display unit (e.g., search folder display unit) that displays, when the search status confirmation unit confirms that the search corresponding to the one or plurality of search conditions set in the search folder does not function, information indicating a malfunction.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, processing method thereof, and recording medium for searching in a search folder set with a search condition

In a user interface that can identify concurrent pointing at a plurality of given positions on a screen, after detecting that a plurality of pointed positions are concurrently present in a display range of one object on a screen, whether or not an operation of moving the other pointed positions is performed, while keeping at least one pointed position among the plurality of pointed positions, is determined. Then, if it is determined that this operation is performed, the processing that is to be executed is decided based on the number of kept pointed positions and the number of moved pointed positions, and the decided process is executed on the object.

Method for controlling a user interface, information processing apparatus, and computer readable medium

Evaluation and an area to which the evaluation is added are identified in an image, and the image is processed based on a rule for processing the image and the identified evaluation and area.

Image processing apparatus, method for retouching images based upon user applied designated areas and annotations

An information processing system assigns a comment to a specific region of an image, and calculates a total value of evaluation scores based on assigned comments for each image as an evaluation value of that image.

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, processing method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, processing method thereof, and recording medium

A folder relationship holding unit () manages the relationship only between parents and children of files and/or folders arranged in a hierarchical structure. An operation target of the files and/or folders managed by the folder relationship holding unit () is operated in a locked state. To reflect the operation result on each apparatus that manages information identical to that managed by the folder relationship holding unit (), the apparatus is notified of the operation result at a designated timing.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processor and method enable a user to perform printing by using a printing instruction button in a simple easily-understandable process in a case where a link to printing contents is included in service contents.

Communication terminal for accessing and printing page data from links

Metadata items commonly included in all sets are specified and displayed as common metadata items. When the user selects one of the displayed common metadata items as a designated common metadata item, metadata values in respective sets of an item indicated by this designated common metadata item are classified to any of a plurality of classification items determined based on the set condition. The plurality of classification items are list-displayed. When the user selects one of these plurality of classification items as a selected classification item, icons of contents data as sets with the metadata values classified to this selected classification item, and common metadata items other than the designated common metadata item of the displayed common metadata items are displayed.

A server transmits, to clients, display data for displaying a plurality of input areas for pieces of identification information which identify apparatuses in which software is to be installed. The server receives the plurality of pieces of identification information input to the input areas. The server then issues, to the clients, license information for permitting installation of the software to the apparatuses corresponding to the pieces of received identification information. This makes it possible to efficiently issue license information of software.

Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized use of software

An online print system including a server and a print apparatus capable of communicating with the server via the Internet is provided. The print apparatus receives display page data from the server, analyzes the display page data and requests the server to print the display page data in accordance with link information included in the display page data. The server obtains the print page data using the link information, forms an index file including information indicating outlines of respective pages of the print page data, and transmits the index file to the print apparatus. The print apparatus receives the index file together with the print page data from the server apparatus and displays the index file. A page to be subjected to printing is designated on the basis of the displayed index file and the designated page is printed on the basis of the print page data.

Information processing apparatus and method for processing externally transmitted data, and information processing program

There is provided a print system in which a print instruction is received from an information appliance (IA), a print request is issued to a server in response to the print instruction from the IA, and print data formed by the server is received in accordance with the print request, thereby enabling the print data to be printed from the IA.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Tsutomu Inose