Konica Minolta, Inc.

Yusuke Mikoshiba

Takeo Katsuda

An information processing apparatus is connected to a voice processing server that analyzes text data transmitted from a voice input/output apparatus that converts an instruction by an utterance of a user to the text data and outputs the text data, and outputs an instruction obtained by analysis and utterance language information indicating a language of the utterance, and the information processing apparatus includes: a communicator that communicates with the voice processing server; a destination searcher that determines on the basis of the utterance language information whether to include a space character in a target of the search, and searches for a name indicated in a search character string from a destination list on the basis of a result of the determination; and a hardware processor that performs control to transmit a search result of a destination by the destination searcher to the voice processing server via the communicator.

Information processing apparatus and destination search method

A voice operation system includes: an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording material; a server that accepts voice information related to an operation on the image forming apparatus, and gives an operation instruction to the image forming apparatus; and a voice input/output device that converts an input voice into voice information, sends the voice information to the server, receives voice information as a response to the voice information related to the operation on the image forming apparatus, and emits a sound of the voice information, wherein the server has a hardware processor that stores information on a part of a function or configuration of the image forming apparatus, and the server determines executability of an operation associated with voice information transmitted from the voice input/output device, and causes the image forming apparatus to execute determination of executability of an operation that is not determinable.

Voice operation system, voice operation method, and program

An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: executes processing corresponding to an instruction input via an external device; sends a first notification to the external device according to a completion of execution of the processing; and upon estimating that the execution of the processing is not completed before a timeout time, sends a second notification different from the first notification to the external device. The external device sets the timeout time for the first notification.

Image forming apparatus and response notification method

An object of the present invention is to suppress occurrence of a combination inhibition error when an instruction of changing setting values of a plurality of setting items is given by a voice operation. An image processing device according to one aspect of the present invention has: an instruction receiving unit receiving a change instruction by a voice operation, for set setting values of a plurality of setting items; a setting order control unit, in the case where combination inhibition occurs by changing the set setting values of the plurality of setting items in a setting order based on the change instruction, changing the setting order of changing the set setting values to a setting order in which the combination inhibition does not occur; and a setting changing unit changing the set setting values of the plurality of setting items in the changed setting order.

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