Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Yuji Miyata

Norihiko Asai

Sunao Kawai

Naoto Shiraga

Kan Ishimoto

Kenichi Watanabe

Toshiaki Mizutani

Kana Mizutani

A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions executable by an information processing device including an operation device and a display. The instructions cause the information processing device to: display a first image; display a cropping frame for cropping of the first image when the operation device accepts a user operation for displaying the cropping frame in a state in which the first image is displayed; rotate the first image about a center of the cropping frame when the operation device accepts a user operation for rotating the first image in a state in which the first image and the cropping frame are displayed; and rotate the first image about a center of the first image when the operation device accepts a user operation for rotating the first image in a state in which the first image is displayed, and the cropping frame is not displayed.

Information processing device and non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by the information processing device

Information processing devices include a sensor, a storage device, a communication device, a processor, and a memory. The information processing devices receive a particular file and particular sensor information from a terminal device. The particular sensor information is generated by the terminal device. The information processing devices access certain sensor information generated by the sensor. The information processing devices determine a merge condition based on the particular sensor information and the certain sensor information. The information processing devices merge a certain file stored in the storage device and the particular file based on the merge condition. Some information processing devices transmit certain sensor information to another terminal device. Such information processing devices receive a particular file and a merge condition from the other terminal device. Such information processing devices merge a certain file stored in the storage portion and the particular file based on the merge condition.

Information processing devices that merge files, information processing methods for merging files, and computer-readable media storing instructions that instruct information processing devices to merge files

An information processing device may receive, from a server, identification information for identifying an image file being stored in the server and status information indicating a print process status of the image file, display a first screen indicating these information, and send a change instruction to the server. The change instruction may be for changing status information of a designated image file into a first status indicating where a print process for an image file has not been performed. The information processing device may send print instruction information and authentication information to a printer. The print instruction information may be for causing the printer to acquire print data from the server. The authentication information may be used by the printer to acquire the print data from the server.

Technique for information processing device and printer which are capable of changing status information in server

The relaying device may generate a first type of image data selection screen data for causing the display unit of the image processing device to display a first type of image data selection screen having a first display pattern, in a case where the folder type information regarding the selected folder indicates that the selected folder is a first type of folder used for storing a first type of image data. The relaying device may generate a second type of image data selection screen data for causing the display unit of the image processing device to display a second type of image data selection screen having a second display pattern which is different from the first display pattern, in a case where the folder type information regarding the selected folder indicates that the selected folder is a second type of folder used for storing a second type of image data.

Relaying device for relaying image data from an image processing device to a server

An information processing devices transmits a request including identifying information that identifies the information processing device. The information processing device receives a first file and first location information that represents a location of a first terminal device. The information processing device receives a second file and second location information that represents a location of a second terminal device. The information processing device determines a positional relationship between the first and second terminal devices based on the first and second location information. The information processing device merges the first and second files in an arrangement based on the positional relationship between the first and second terminal devices. Some information processing devices receive a first file request and particular identifying information identifying a particular terminal device. The information processing devices transmit a second file request and a particular response including a particular file in response to receiving the first file request.

Computer-executable instructions stored in a medium cause an output apparatus to perform first and second output control processes. The output apparatus includes a storage section for storing a plurality of document data sets having a predetermined order and acquired from a plurality of documents, and an output section for outputting images of a plurality of document data constituting the plurality of document data sets. In the first output control process, the output section outputs an image of a document data belonging to one document data set and to output an image of a document data belonging to the next document data set according to the predetermined order. In the second output control process, the output section outputs an image of a document data belonging to a specified attribute of one document data set and to output the next image based on the attribute.

Medium having instructions for storing and displaying image data on an output apparatus based on attributes, and output apparatus for storing and displaying image data based on attributes

An information processing device may have an operating system installed therein. The operating system may include a share function for controlling data transfer between a share source application and a share destination application. The information processing device may transfer, to the share destination application via the share function of the installed operating system, property information indicating a property of a particular file identified by the share source application, generate, based on the property information, a unique character string unique to the particular file, and store the unique character string and the particular file in association with each other in a storage unit.

Technique for information processing device

A server may receive a plurality of target data transmitted by the image processing device. The plurality of target data may be data on which data processing is to be executed. The server may generate a plurality of target data identification information for identifying each of the plurality of target data. The server may store one item of association information corresponding to the plurality of target data identification information in a storage unit and transmit the one item of association information to the image processing device. The server may receive the one item of association information and data processing execution instruction information transmitted by the image processing device. The data processing execution instruction information may be for instructing execution of the data processing on the target data. The server may execute the data processing on the target data identified by the one item of association information.

Server, image processing device, and system comprising image processing device and server

Technique for information processing device and printer

An image editing apparatus including: an image-data obtainer which obtains: first-face and second-face image data respectively created by reading first and second faces of a document, the first-face image data being as first target data, the second-face image data being as second target data; a receiver which receives a command for executing a processing for one of the first and second target data; and an image processor which, upon receipt of the command by the receiver, executes, for the one target data, a processing based on the command and executes, for another of the first and second target data, a processing symmetrical to the processing based on the command with respect to an axis extending through a center of an image corresponding to the one target data and extending in a sub-scanning direction during reading of the document.

Image editing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program executable by image editing apparatus

There is provided a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an image processing program causing a controller to execute: obtaining a plurality of image data; allowing the display section to display at least one print preview image; judging whether two points move away from each other or approach toward each other; and changing the value of N, in a case that it is judged that the two points move away from each other or approach toward each other. In a case that the at least one print preview image has been displayed on the display section and that the value of N is changed, the display section is allowed to display a print preview image in the particular area depending on the value of N changed by the controller.

Non-transitory computer-readable medium storing image processing program for N-in-1 printing, image processing apparatus, and image processing method for N-in-1 printing

The relaying device may receive folder selecting instruction information from the image processing device. The relaying device may receive folder identifying information and image data identifying information from the server. The relaying device may generate first selection screen data, in a case where it is determined that one or more image data and one or more subfolders are stored in the selected folder. The relaying device may send the first selection screen data to the image processing device. The relaying device may generate second selection screen data in a case where accessing image selecting instruction information is received. The relaying device may send the second selection screen data to the image processing device. The relaying device may execute a process for causing the image processing device to acquire selected image data in a case where image data selecting instruction information is received from the image processing device.

Relaying device

An output processing method used in an output apparatus which includes an output section configured to output at least one image based on at least one image data which has been acquired by an image-data acquiring device includes: acquiring a staple position of the at least one image which has been set in the at least one image data; setting a page-turning procedure which is an operating procedure for changing an image to be outputted to the output section to one of a subsequent image and a previous image based on the staple position; outputting the at least one image to the output section; receiving: an output according to the page-turning procedure; and changing the at least one image which has been outputted to the output section in accordance with the input according to the page-turning procedure.

Output processing method and output apparatus for setting a page-turning procedure in association with image data, and storage medium storing instructions for output apparatus

A printing system includes a host computer and a server computer communicable with the host computer via a network. The host computer includes a first transmitting unit that transmits image data and position data indicating a position of a storage area in a storage unit. The storage area stores supplementary image data. The server computer includes an image acquiring unit, a combining unit, and a second transmitting unit. The image acquiring unit acquires the supplementary image data from the storage area based on the position data. The combining unit combines the image data transmitted from the host computer and the acquired supplementary image data to create composite image data. The second transmitting unit transmits the composite image data to a printer to print an image corresponding to the composite image data.

Printing system

An information processing apparatus includes: a transmitting unit transmitting target data of a first format stored in the storing unit, the first format being capable of constituting a multi-page file; a converted-data acquiring unit acquiring, in unit of page, converted data of a second format, which is generated by an external apparatus based on the target data; a display unit displaying an image corresponding to each page based on the converted data; a converted-data storing unit storing the converted data; and a manipulation receiving unit configured to receive an input. If the manipulation receiving unit receives a designation of a page, and the converted data which is generated based on the designated page is not stored in the storing unit, the converted-data acquiring unit acquires the converted data generated based on the designated page of the target data in preference to the other converted data.

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Yuji Miyata