Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090128844 | SYSTEM OF A PLURALITY OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES, DISPLAY METHOD THEREIN AND SERVER DIRECTED THERETO - An image forming apparatus MFP requests, when a user operates the image forming apparatus, input of a user ID for identifying the user. The image forming apparatus MFP obtains customizing information corresponding to the input user ID from a server SRV, and in accordance with the obtained customizing information, changes display mode of an operation panel. The customizing information is formed allowing setting by each user of the image forming apparatus MFP, and each user can arbitrarily set the display image to be convenient for use by the user. | 05-21-2009 |
20090279134 | Data Transmitting Apparatus, Data Transmitting Method, and Recording Medium Capable of Transmitting Image Data to Specific Destination by Simple Operation - A destination input screen is displayed, and it is determined whether a start button is depressed. If the start button is depressed, it is determined whether a destination is already input on the destination input screen. If the destination is input on the destination input screen before the start button is depressed, the input destination is set. A scan and transmission processing is executed. If the destination is not input on the destination input screen when the start button is depressed, a registered destination is set to the destination. | 11-12-2009 |
20090315847 | INPUT APPARATUS HAVING TOUCH PANEL OPERATION ACCEPTING METHOD, AND OPERATION ACCEPTING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to facilitate an operation, an MFP includes a touch panel which has an operation-accepting surface and detects a position on the operating-accepting surface designated by a user, an operating object discriminating portion to discriminate types of operating objects based on the number of positions on the operation-accepting surface simultaneously detected by the touch panel, an operation system determining portion to determine one of a plurality of predetermined operation systems based on the discriminated type of the operating object, and an operation accepting portion to accept an operation in accordance with the determined one of the plurality of operation systems based on the position detected by the touch panel. | 12-24-2009 |
20100063972 | ADDRESS BOOK CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION APPARATUS, ADDRESS BOOK CREATION METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an address book central administration apparatus, a data collector collects at least transmission logs from a plurality of image processing apparatuses connected to the address book central administration apparatus via a network, a destination data extractor extracts from the collected transmission logs, destination data pieces included in the transmission logs, and an importance level calculator calculates levels of importance of the destination data pieces. And then, destination data pieces having high levels of importance among those having the calculated levels of importance, are registered in address books. | 03-11-2010 |
20120063688 | IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS, IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, IMAGE SEARCH SYSTEM, DATABASE CREATION METHOD, AND DATABASE CREATION PROGRAM - An image search apparatus capable of communicating with an image scanning apparatus includes: a common area extraction portion to compare a plurality of registration images stored in the storage portion and to extract a common area including an identical or similar image among a plurality of registration images; a search area determination portion to determine a non-common area excluding the common area, as a search area; a transmission request portion to request transmission of a document image if, as a result of comparison by the comparison portion, a registration image in which the reference image is identical or similar to the partial image does not exist in the plurality of registration images; and a registration portion to, in response to a request by the transmission request portion, store a document image received from the image scanning apparatus as a registration image into the storage portion. | 03-15-2012 |
20120069371 | IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image information processing apparatus including an operating panel on which an operating screen is displayed is provided. The image information processing apparatus includes a storage to store, therein, a first type application and a second type application. The first type application implements a process that includes capturing information from the image information processing apparatus or an external device. The second type application implements a process excluding the capturing. The image information processing apparatus also includes a determination portion to determine, when an information device capable of displaying the operating screen is communicably connected to the image information processing apparatus, whether or not the information device corresponds to a predetermined operational device, and a program transfer portion to download the first type application onto the predetermined operational device, and to download the second type application onto the information device not corresponding to the predetermined operational device. | 03-22-2012 |
20120113480 | FLAT DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A flat display device that can be placed on an image reading apparatus includes: a display surface to display an image; a light detection portion provided on the display surface to detect light; a read region detection portion to, if scanning light emitted by the image reading apparatus is detected by the light detection portion, determine a read region in the display surface based on the detected scanning light; and a display control portion to display an image in the determined read region in the display surface. | 05-10-2012 |
20120327443 | TERMINAL DEVICE CAPABLE OF REMOTELY OPERATING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THEREIN COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM EXECUTED BY TERMINAL DEVICE, AND REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING TERMINAL DEVICE - An image forming apparatus is configured to output image data including a content to be displayed on an operation panel to a terminal device. The terminal device includes a display unit, a determination unit for determining whether a plurality of images can be displayed on the display unit based on first image data output from the image forming apparatus, a switching unit for issuing a switching command to switch the displayed content on the operation panel to the image forming apparatus in response to the determination that the plurality of images can be displayed, and for obtaining second image data different from the first image data subsequent to the switching command, the second image data being output from the image forming apparatus; and a controller for displaying the first image data and the second image data on the display unit. | 12-27-2012 |
20130212261 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing system comprises an information processing device and a portable information terminal that allow communication therebetween. The portable information terminal includes: an application detection part for detecting a running application; a management part for detecting a cloud service to which the application connects and managing the application and the cloud service; a destination information generation part for generating destination information required for the information processing device to use the cloud service; and a transmission part for sending the destination information to the information processing device. The information processing device includes: a destination setting part for automatically configuring the destination to connect to the cloud service the same as that used by the running application on the portable information terminal in accordance with the destination information; and a data processing part for connecting to the cloud service to send and receive data. | 08-15-2013 |
20140082347 | COMPUTER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A mobile information terminal includes a normal setting data storage portion configured to store temporary setting data in advance as normal setting data that is related to settings; a separate setting data storage portion configured to store, for each user, separate setting data that is related to individual settings in association with an identifier of each user; a control portion configured to perform specific processing based on the normal setting data stored in the normal setting data storage portion; a receiving portion configured to receive the identifier; and a replacement portion configured to perform replacement processing for moving the temporary setting data to a save storage portion and storing into the normal setting data storage portion, as the normal setting data, the separate setting data stored in association with the identifier received by the receiving portion. | 03-20-2014 |
20140324949 | NETWORK SYSTEM, ACCESS-SUPPORT SERVER, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION AGENT DEVICE - A network system includes a first device for performing specific processing; a second device for causing the first device to perform the specific processing; and a server for supporting the second device in having access to the first device. The first device includes a first session establishing portion which has access to the server and to establish a first session between the first device and the server. The second device includes an address information transmission portion which sends address information indicating an address of the second device to the server, and a transfer portion which transfers the address information through the first session to the first device. The first device further includes a second session establishing portion which has access to the second device based on the address information and to establish a second session between the first device and the second device. | 10-30-2014 |
20150089033 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INTERMEDIATE SERVER, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An intermediate server acting as a relay between an information processing apparatus and an external server includes a first registration control unit that transmits registration information regarding an application software service of the external server to the information processing apparatus, and causes the information processing apparatus to execute a registration operation of pre-registering information for receiving the application software service; a storage unit that stores a template for re-registration information for re-registering the application software service; a detection unit that detects a change in network identification information regarding the intermediate server; and a second registration control unit that, when the change is detected, generates re-registration information that includes changed new network identification information regarding the intermediate server on the basis of the template, transmits the re-registration information to the information processing apparatus, and causes the information processing apparatus to execute a re-registration operation of re-registering the application software service. | 03-26-2015 |