Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080218798 | Image Processing Apparatus, Data Processing Method and Data Processing Program - An image processing apparatus comprises a first storage area that stores in itself original data to be copied; a copier that copies the original data to a second storage area that is shared and allowed to be accessed by a plurality of users belonging to one same group, by storing reference information pointing to the original data stored in the first storage area, in the second storage area; a judger that judges whether or not all of access judgment target users who are the group users sharing the second storage area or preliminarily specified users, make access to the reference information stored by the copier in the second storage area; and a controller that suspends execution of an instruction given to change the original data for the access judgment target users so that the original data could be provided to all of them, if the judger judges that only some of the access judgment target users has made access to the reference information when the instruction to change the original data is given, and then, cancels the suspension after the original data is provided to all of the access judgment target users. | 09-11-2008 |
20080222169 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA DELIVERY METHOD AND DATA DELIVERY PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus comprises: a personal storage area provided for a user; a group storage area shared with a plurality of users who are members of a group; an identifier that identifies from one consolidated data that is made from user's data created for one or more than one user of the group and inputted in the group storage area, a personal storage area(s) to which the user's data are to be delivered; and a transmitter that transmits the user's data to the personal storage area(s) identified by the identifier. | 09-11-2008 |
20080309984 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD CARRIED OUT BY THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - In order to maintain consistency between stored data and an image formed on a recording medium, an MFP includes an HDD to store data, a data designation portion to designate target data to be an output target from the data stored in the HDD, a prohibition portion to prohibit modification or deletion of the target data, and an image forming portion to generate a composite image by combining the target data with positional information indicating a position in the HDD where the target data is stored and to form the composite image on a sheet of paper. | 12-18-2008 |
20090009794 | Image processing apparatus capable of tracing printed image, image processing method executed in the image processing apparatus, and image processing program embodied on computer readable medium - In order to store a detailed history of outputting an image, MFP includes an image obtaining portion to obtain an image, an additional information obtaining portion to obtain additional information related to the obtained image, an embedding portion to generate an output image formed by adding the additional information to the obtained image, an output portion to output the obtained image, if additional information is not obtained, and to output the generated output image, if additional information is obtained, and a transmission portion to transmit a history of the obtained image being output to a server. The transmission portion transmits the additional information as a history together with the obtained image, if additional information is obtained, and transmits the obtained image as a history, if additional information is not obtained. | 01-08-2009 |
20090174890 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - The image forming device includes an image data input unit that receives image data of a document; a set password acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a password from the image data received by the image data input unit; an input password receiving unit that starts reception of input of the password before the reception of the image data of all pages of the document is completed by the image data input unit; a password verification unit that performs verification between an input password and a set password; and a job execution unit that cancels execution limit of a job based on a verification result and executes the job, wherein, when the password is set in arbitrary one page of the document, the image data input unit sequentially completes the reception of the image data of the next page of the arbitrary one page of the document, before the input of the password corresponding to the password set in the arbitrary one page is completed by the input password receiving unit. | 07-09-2009 |
20090174900 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - The image forming device includes: an image data input unit that receives image data of a document; a set password acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a password from the image data received by an image data input unit; an image data input completion determination unit that determines whether or not all image data of the document is received by the image data input unit; an input password receiving unit that starts reception of input of the password, when the image data input completion determination unit determines that the image data input unit receives all image data of the document; a password verification unit that performs verification between an input password and a set password; and a job execution unit that cancels execution limit of a job based on a verification result to execute the job. | 07-09-2009 |
20090174901 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - There is provided an image forming device that executes a job, being prescribed processing regarding image data, with execution of the job of this image data restricted by a password set in the image data. The image forming device includes: a password input unit that inputs the password necessary for releasing a restriction of executing the job; a password receiving unit that receives input password information, being information regarding the inputted password; a job execution instruction receiving unit that receives a job execution instruction after the password receiving unit receives the input password information; and a password verification unit that receives the job execution instruction and verifies the inputted password with a password set in the image data, wherein the job is executed by using the job image data based on a verification result of the password verification unit. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175495 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - The image processing device includes: a detection unit that detects embedded additional data; an extraction unit that extracts additional information; a storage unit that stores the data of the document and the detailed information; a search unit that acquires a stored document and detailed information thereof; a generation unit that generates thumbnail image data of pages of a stored document; a post-processing unit that processes the thumbnail image data; and a display device that displays the detailed information of the stored document and the thumbnail image data, wherein the thumbnail image of the same page as the page of the printed document is displayed on the display device, in a second display method different from a first display method that is a method of displaying a thumbnail image expressing the page other than the page of the printed document. | 07-09-2009 |
20090237326 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS WHICH TRANSMITS DATA FOR DISPLAY TO EXTERNAL DISPLAY DEVICE, DATA OUTPUT METHOD, AND DATA OUPTUT PROGRAM - In order to easily display data on a display device, an MFP connected to a plurality of television conference terminal devices each displaying data stores device information in an HDD for a respective one of the television conference terminal devices, to store a format in which the corresponding terminal device inputs data. The MFP includes a data acquiring portion to acquire data, an output destination accepting portion to accept an output destination of data, a conversion portion, when one of the television conference terminal devices is accepted as an output destination device which is the output destination of data, to convert a format of the acquired data to the format stored corresponding to the output destination device in the device information, and a communication control portion to output the data converted by the conversion portion to the output destination device. | 09-24-2009 |
20090300519 | CONFERENCE SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to facilitate understanding of the content of a presentation in a conference, an MFP, in receipt of presentation page information from a PC operated by a presenter, transmits presentation page data specified by the presentation page information among page data for a plurality of pages included in data to PCs operated by the participants, and in receipt of requested page information from a specific participant apparatus among the PCs operated by the participants, transmits requested page data specified by the requested page information to the specific participant apparatus. As to the PC as the specific participant apparatus, upon acceptance of designation of requested page data, it transmits requested page information to the MFP, and in receipt of the requested page data from the MFP, displays an image of the presentation page data and an image of the requested page data simultaneously. | 12-03-2009 |
20090307575 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to reproduce the content output before, an MFP includes an HDD to store data which includes a plurality of page data having corresponding page numbers, an instruction accepting portion to accept a page number of one of the page data to be displayed on a projector, a display control portion to cause the page data of the accepted page number to be displayed on the projector, a history storing portion to store, for each of the page data displayed, history information in which the page number of the page data, the actually displayed time of the page data, and the actually displayed order of the page data are associated with each other, and a redisplay control portion to cause the plurality of page data to be displayed on the projector based on the history information on the condition that the history information is designated. | 12-10-2009 |
20100057458 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Regarding audio data related to document data, an image processing apparatus pertaining to the present invention generates text data by using a speech recognition technology in advance, and determines delimiter positions in the text data and the audio data in correspondence. In a keyword search, if a keyword is detected in the text data, the image processing apparatus plays the audio data from a delimiter that is immediately before the keyword. | 03-04-2010 |
20100091987 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING DATA ON THE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DATA ACQUISITION METHOD - In order to restrict a destination of data for security and facilitate acquisition of the data at the destination, a conference system includes an MFP and a projector, wherein the MFP prestores data for display in an HDD and includes an access key generating portion to generate an access key for an access to the display data and a data transmitting portion to transmit the display data on the condition that the access key is received from a PC, and the projector includes a wireless communication portion to wirelessly communicate with PCs within a predetermined distance, a projecting control portion to display the data stored in the HDD in the MFP, an access key acquiring portion to acquire the access key, and an access key transmitting portion to cause the wireless communication portion to transmit the access key when receiving a request from the PC via the wireless communication portion. | 04-15-2010 |
20110066435 | IMAGE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND IMAGE TRANSMITTING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An MFP includes an accepting portion to accept an image and a speech, a speech recognition portion to recognize the accepted speech, a display screen generating portion, in response to an event that a keyword included in a predetermined output setting is recognized by the speech recognition portion, to generate a display screen in accordance with the output setting, the display screen including at least one of the accepted image and an image of object data that is stored in advance independently from the accepted image, and a transmission control portion to transmit, in accordance with the output setting, the generated display screen to at least one of a plurality of PCs operated respectively by a plurality of users. | 03-17-2011 |
20110219301 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PREVIEW DISPLAY METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes: an information taker that obtains information of a key selection screen previously customized on the image forming apparatus itself or information of a key selection screen customized on a different image forming apparatus; and a comparison portion that compares second features currently installed on the image forming apparatus to first features installed on the image forming apparatus originally before the customization or to first features installed on the different image forming apparatus. And if it is judged based on the comparison results that the second features include one or more than one feature of the print function, not included in the first features, a controller makes a display portion indicates that there is a new feature having been installed on the image forming apparatus while displaying a preview image of print data to be outputted. | 09-08-2011 |
20110249285 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, LINKING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus; and a linking apparatus that is linked with the image forming apparatus. The linking apparatus is operable in any of a plurality of modes including a first mode of contacting the image forming apparatus and executing a specific operation and a second mode of not contacting the image forming apparatus for a purpose of executing the specific operation. The image forming apparatus includes a mode shift command unit that, when the image forming apparatus shifts to a power saving mode, notifies the linking apparatus of a shift command indicating that the linking apparatus should be shifted to the second mode. Moreover, the linking apparatus includes: an operation mode control unit that shifts the linking apparatus to the second mode based on the shift command; and an access control unit that, after the shift to the second mode, prohibits the contact with the image forming apparatus, which is performed for the purpose of executing the specific operation. | 10-13-2011 |
20120120259 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH EASE OF OPERATION - When a shot is taken by a portable terminal, the position and orientation at the time of shooting is transmitted to an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus, which stores information including the position of equipment, detects the equipment included in the shot image by the portable terminal, based on the position and orientation of the portable terminal and the position of the equipment, and transmits information about the equipment to the portable terminal. The portable terminal obtains an operation history on an image processing apparatus in the equipment based on the received information, and displays an operation screen presenting the operation history in a selectable manner on a display unit. Then, when a selection of operation history is accepted, a control signal for allowing the image processing apparatus to execute image processing indicated by the operation history is transmitted to the image processing apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
20130019178 | PRESENTATION SYSTEM, PRESENTATION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMAANM MORIKAWA; TakeshiAACI Takarazuka-shiAACO JPAAGP MORIKAWA; Takeshi Takarazuka-shi JPAANM OZAWA; KaitakuAACI Itami-shiAACO JPAAGP OZAWA; Kaitaku Itami-shi JPAANM MINAMI; TakeshiAACI Amagasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP MINAMI; Takeshi Amagasaki-shi JPAANM SAKIYAMA; DaisukeAACI Kawanishi-shiAACO JPAAGP SAKIYAMA; Daisuke Kawanishi-shi JPAANM ANEZAKI; KazuyaAACI Amagasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP ANEZAKI; Kazuya Amagasaki-shi JP - A presentation system includes the following: a reception unit that receives a start instruction to start a presentation, a detection unit that starts detecting a gesture of a presenter in response to the start instruction, and a control unit that controls an operation for distributing presentation material, based on a detail of detection of the gesture. | 01-17-2013 |
20130194603 | Apparatus for Outputting Image, Apparatus for Inputting Image, Computer, Method for Displaying Screen, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium for Computer Program - An apparatus for outputting an image is provided. The apparatus includes a printer; a storage to store screen data on a screen in which a plurality of objects are provided and on which settings regarding a process for printing an image onto paper with the printer are made; an obtaining portion to obtain image data on a target image to be outputted; a display device to display, if a medium to which the target image is outputted is electronic paper, the screen based on the screen data in a manner to hide or not to place an unrelated object which is included in the objects and is not related to the electronic paper; and an output portion to output the image data to the electronic paper based on conditions designated on the screen displayed in such a manner that the unrelated object is hidden or not placed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130208007 | POSITION-RELATED INFORMATION REGISTRATION APPARATUS, POSITION-RELATED INFORMATION REGISTRATION SYSTEM, POSITION-RELATED INFORMATION REGISTRATION AND DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A position-related information registration and display system can register position-related information in a position-related information management server using a first terminal, and display an air tag based on the position-related information on a second data terminal including an imaging unit. The first data terminal extracts a search keyword from content displayed on a first display unit, accesses a keyword information storage unit, acquires a corresponding position information piece that is a position information piece corresponding to the search keyword extracted from the content, and transmits a registration request in addition to the content and the corresponding position information piece to the position-related information management server. The second data terminal acquires a position-related information piece corresponding to a location where the imaging unit performs imaging, from the position-related information management server, and displays an air tag based on the acquired position-related information piece in a superimposed manner in a captured image. | 08-15-2013 |
20140043635 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS REMOTELY OPERATED BY PORTABLE INFORMATION DEVICE, AND COOPERATION METHOD - A portable information device includes a shooting portion to shoot a subject, and a notice portion to notify an image forming apparatus that an image is shot, in response to an operation screen of the image forming apparatus being shot. The image forming apparatus includes a display control portion to display an operation screen, a data decision portion to decide related data related to an operation screen displayed at a point of time when the notice is received, from among data held by the image forming apparatus at that point of time, and a related data transmission portion to transmit the related data to the portable information device. The portable information device further includes a related data reception portion to receive the related data from the image forming apparatus and a related data storage portion to store the related data. | 02-13-2014 |
20140320912 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes an image processing apparatus. A portable information terminal is communicable with the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a first display section, a storage section, and a first control section. The storage section stores screen data to be displayed on the first display section. The first control section controls the first display section to display an image indicating a first region contained in a virtual display screen corresponding to the screen data. The portable information terminal includes a second display section and a second control section. The second control section controls the second display section to display an image indicating a second region generated correspondingly to positional relationship information indicating a relative positional relationship between the first display section and the second display section. | 10-30-2014 |
20140340704 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, STARTUP CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH STARTUP CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a main processing portion set as a root complex of PCI Express, a startup control portion to control startup of the main processing portion, and a connection portion connectable with an option board having a sub processing portion set as a root complex of PCI Express. The startup control portion includes a detection portion to detect the option board connected to the connection portion, an acquisition portion to acquire ability information about the option board at a stage before the main processing portion starts up, when the option board is detected, a selection portion to select one of the main processing portion and the sub processing portion, based on the acquired ability information, and a switch portion to start one selected from the main processing portion and the sub processing portion as a root complex. | 11-20-2014 |