Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Ricon Company, Ltd.

Yasuhiro Tabata

Takashi Yano

Hisashi Ishijima

Toyokazu Satomi

Yutaka Koizumi

Tamaki Kaneko

Isao Nakamura

Hiroshi Hosaka

Koji Hikawa

Eiji Sawamura

Takakazu Nomura

Soukichi Araki

Yoshimasa Honda

Naoko Kudo

Yuichi Deguchi

Seiichi Miyakawa

Makoto Hidaka

Nobuyuki Yanagawa

Manabu Komatsu

Yukio Sakano

Takeshi Ukai

Yasuhiro Kishimoto

Yoshiaki Kanmoto

Katsuyuki Kaji

Mitsuru Ohminato

Tomonori Fukui

Yukio Abe

Kenta Nozaki

Nobufumi Nomura

A document information management system in which a search-engine-compatible interface unit makes a word in a document displayed on the screen to be specified, transfers the specified word to a search engine as a keyword to be used in the search engine, receives a search result from the search engine, and displays the search result on the screen, while a browser-compatible interface unit performs a search (a keyword search and/or global search) by using the keyword transferred from a browser and transfers a search result to the browser.

Document information management system

An information processing apparatus is connected via a network to both an MFP and a virtual-space management server that manages a virtual space that contains a virtual device that is created by virtualizing the MFP. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit that displays map information on a display unit, wherein a device symbol that corresponds to the MFP is present in the map information at a position corresponding to the position of the MFP in the real world; a receiving unit that receives a selected device symbol in the map information; an output control unit that outputs image data to either a first data storage unit of the MFP that corresponds to the selected device symbol or to a second data storage unit for the virtual device that is created by virtualizing the MFP and corresponds to the selected device symbol.

Information processing apparatus and computer-readable medium for virtualizing an image processing apparatus

The document information management system according to the present invention comprises data base with a plurality of document files previously stored therein, a medium form having a document information section with document information recorded thereon and a bar code information section with electronic information corresponding to contents of the document information converted to bar code information and stored therein, a marking unit for giving a selection mark by selecting a desired word from a medium form, a reading unit for reading a selection mark and bar code information from a medium form with the selection mark given thereto, a retrieving unit for retrieving a corresponding document file from a data base using a word with a selection mark given thereto as a key word according to the selection mark and bar code information, and an output unit for outputting the retrieved document file as related information.

The document information management system according to the present invention comprises a hypertext preparing unit for preparing a hypertext; a file unit for storing therein correlated information files; a medium form information preparing unit for preparing medium for information from information in the hypertext; a medium form output unit for outputting the recording paper as a medium form; a selection information adding unit for adding selection information; a reader for reading the selection information and linkage information from the medium form; a retrieving unit for retrieving an appropriate correlated information file; and an output unit for outputting the correlated information file retrieved by the retrieving unit.

Intermediate address table for converting position information to an address of a link structure correlated information file on a hypertext document

A network control system including a computer network and a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to the computer network, each configured to record an image on a recording paper. A server is connected to the computer network and stores a graphic layout of an operation panel of all of the plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to the computer network and stores information items of all of the plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to the computer network. The computer includes a display to display the graphic layout and the information items stored in the server and an input device to select the image forming apparatus for recording by selecting the information items displayed on the computer display.

Network control method and system

A document information management system includes a database containing a plurality of document files with raster information previously stored therein, a display unit for displaying hypertext and non-hypertext documents, a marking pen unit, an execution instructing unit, a marking command analyzing unit, a first and second retrieving units, and an output unit. The marking pen unit has a marking pen for giving at least one marking command to one or more buttons or words for a hypertext document and one or more words in a non-hypertext document each displayed on the display unit. The marking command analyzing unit analyzes, when instructed by the execution instructing unit, contents of the marking command based upon the command mark as a button or key word. The analyzing includes a displacement comparison of the raster information. The first and second retrieval units retrieve related hypertext or non-hypertext documents, respectively. The output unit then outputs the related information.

The document information management system according to the present invention includes a hypertext preparing unit for preparing a hypertext. A file unit storing therein correlated information files. A medium form information preparing unit for prepares a medium for information from information in the hypertext. A medium form output unit outputs the recording paper as a medium form. A selection information adding unit adds selection information. A reader reads the selection information and linkage information from the medium form. A retrieving unit retrieves an appropriate correlated information file, and an output unit for outputs the correlated information file retrieved by the retrieving unit.

Generating and storing a link correlation table in hypertext documents at the time of storage

A network control system and method that outputs documents and figures from an image forming apparatus based on an image forming condition as provided by a computer. An operation panel is configured to prepare an indication as to how the image will be prepared. A memory holds display information representative of an appearance of the operation panel, and a network server holds respective display information for each candidate image forming device connected to the network. A computer is connected to the image forming apparatus via a network and displays the display information representative of the appearance of the operation panel. Any one of the image forming apparatus on the network may be selected by the computer when issuing a print instruction from the computer. The image forming apparatus selected by the computer transmits display information towards the computer (perhaps by way of the server), by retrieving the display information from memory. The computer inputs an image forming condition based on the displayed information corresponding to the operation panel so that the print instruction sent from the computer to the selected image forming apparatus will include the image forming condition.

A document data administrating system comprises a filing means for previously storing data related to particular words, texts, symbols, or graphics as related data files; medium paper in which at least one piece of description data, linking data, and selection data; a reading means for reading out selection data and linking data from the medium data; a searching means for searching corresponding related data files from the filing means according to the selection data and linking data each read out by the reading means; and an outputting means for outputting the related data files each searched by the searching means.

System and method of managing document data with linking data recorded

Document information management system capable of generating human/computer interactive document sheets that allow relevant information retrieval at user remote sites. A file server stores a plurality of source data files related to respectively corresponding information components. A sheet-formed information medium is provided on which document objects including the information components, link information for linking a source data file with a corresponding information component, and selecting information for selecting arbitrary information components are recorded. A control terminal apparatus is connected to the file server and includes a communication function and a retrieval function for retrieving a desired file stored in the file server. At least one remote terminal apparatus is capable of reading the sheet-formed information medium, receiving data from and transmitting data to the control terminal apparatus, and producing a document received from the control terminal apparatus on a recording sheet. Upon receiving the selecting information and the link information included in the transmitted data of the sheet-formed information medium from the remote terminal apparatus, the control terminal apparatus retrieves a corresponding source data file stored in the file server by use of the selecting information and the link information, and transmits the corresponding source data file to the at remote terminal apparatus. The remote terminal apparatus can produce a document that includes the corresponding source data file on a recording sheet.

Document information management system and method of generating a

A specific mark adding unit adds a specific mark to a read-in image and a specific mark detecting unit detects the specific mark present in a read-in image. Further, a control unit changes a mode in which a read-in image is duplicated from an ordinary duplicating mode into a specific duplicating mode, the mode changing being made if the specific mark detecting unit has detected the specific mark present in the read-in image. The specific mode comprises a mode in which the read-in image is invalidated in data before being used in the duplicating operation. A unit is further provided causing the specific-mark adding function of the specific mark adding unit either to be activated or not to be activated. A unit is further provided causing the mode changing function of the mode changing unit either to be activated or not to be activated.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Yasuhiro Tabata