Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yoshifumi Kawai

Hiroshi Maeda

Rie Nakamura

Shinsuke Yanazume

Reiji Yukumoto

Ryo Iwasaki

Masateru Kumagai

Yoshiyuki Toda

Daigo Uchiyama

An information processing device includes a first storage unit configured to store a set value indicating a value corresponding to a set item to define a function and flag information indicating whether an initialization of the set value is required, a second storage unit configured to store a flag address identifying a storage location of the flag information in the first storage unit in association with the set item at least, and an initialization unit configured to identify the flag information for each set item by using the flag address corresponding to each set item, and if the identified flag address indicates that the initialization is required, initialize the set value corresponding to the set item.

Information processing device, information processing method and program product

A processing device includes a plurality of input units configured to input a process request; a plurality of processing units configured to execute a process corresponding to the process request input by the plurality of input units; a power control unit configured to transfer the processing device into a power saving state and to transfer the processing device back to a regular state from the power saving state; and an operation suppression control unit configured to send an operation suppression request to the plurality of input units and the plurality of processing units before the power control unit transfers the processing device into the power saving state, and to send an operation suppression release request to the plurality of input units and the plurality of processing units when the power control unit transfers the processing device back to the regular state from the power saving state.

Preparing processing and input units of a computing device for a power transition before the transition occurs

In an image processing apparatus, a power control part shuts down power supply after a power shutdown condition is established. A prescript safe state transition part performs a prescript safe state transition process to shift previously set prescript parts to a predetermined safe state. A priority safe state transition part performs a priority safe state transition process to shift previously set priority parts to the safe state. A transition process control part causes the prescript safe state transition process to be executed before execution of the priority safe transition process, and causes the priority safe state transition process to be executed when a predetermined transition change condition is established in the prescript safe state transition process. The power control part shuts down the power supply after the completion of the prescript safe state transition process.

Image processing apparatus for shutting down power supply in safe

An image forming apparatus configured to be connected to one or more apparatuses through a network includes a user information storing unit to store local-apparatus user information about one or more users of the image forming apparatus, an apparatus information storing unit to store information indicative of the one or more apparatuses, a user information acquiring unit to acquire remote-apparatus user information from the one or more apparatuses indicated by the information stored in the apparatus information storing unit, and a user information integration unit to merge the local-apparatus user information and the remote-apparatus user information to generate display-purpose user information to be displayed on a screen, and to transmit the local-apparatus user information to the one or more apparatuses with a request to generate display-purpose user information.

Image forming apparatus and method for generating user information

An image processing apparatus includes a platform and plugins installed in the platform to cause devices to perform functions, wherein the platform includes a power control unit to control supply of power to the devices and a first power control interface to transmit to the plugins an advanced notice of shutdown, wherein each of the plugins includes a second power control interface to receive the advanced notice of shutdown and a power processing control unit to make a preparation for shutdown in response to the advanced notice of shutdown received through the second power control interface, and to send information about the preparation to the power control unit through the second power control interface, wherein the power control unit controls supply of power to at least one of the devices based on the information about the preparation received from at least one of the plugins.

Image processing apparatus with power control unit

An image processing apparatus and an associated an image processing method and computer readable storage medium are provided. The image processing apparatus includes an image reading module, an image data storage module, a registration module, an analyzing module, and an image processing module. The image reading module can read a document image. The image data storage module can store the document image. The registration module can register marking images by respectively encoding marking information into the marking images. The analyzing module can extract an embedded image from the document image and to perform an analysis of the embedded image that includes comparing the embedded image to the marking images registered in the registration module. The image processing module can compose an output image based on the document image stored in the storage module and a result of the analysis of the embedded image performed by the analyzing module.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshifumi Kawai