Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100220356 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a receiving portion to receive an image data composed of a plurality of pages and a print data including an information indicating a size of characters included in the image data, a decision portion, in case of generating an Nin1 image so as to reduce and print in a page images of different N (N is a positive integer) pages out of the plurality of pages of the print data received in the receiving portion, to decide a value of N within a range where the size of the characters of the Nin1 image is more than a prescribed value based on the information indicating the size of the characters, and a generating portion to generate the Nin1 image according to the value of N decided in the decision portion. | 09-02-2010 |
20110038003 | PRINTING APPARATUS FOR PRINTING RECEIVED PRINT DATA - A printing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to receive print data including first information regarding printing setting information set in advance and second information regarding inhibition information with printing settings inhibited from being changed among the first information, an operation unit configured to be operated so as to change the printing setting information of print data, and a controller configured to inhibit the printing setting information corresponding to the second information from being changed through the operation unit. | 02-17-2011 |
20110041091 | DEVICE MANAGING APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGING METHOD, AND ICON DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, a device managing apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display plural icons for starting setting screens respectively corresponding to plural kinds of processing functions of a target device set as a control target; a state-information acquiring unit configured to acquire state information concerning processing states of the respective plural kinds of processing functions in the target device; a waiting-time-information predicting unit configured to predict waiting time information concerning waiting times required, when the respective processing functions are instructed to perform new jobs, until start of execution of the new jobs on the basis of the state information acquired by the state-information acquiring unit; and a waiting-time reflecting unit configured to reflect the waiting time information predicted by the waiting-time-information predicting unit on display states of the icons respectively corresponding to the plural processing functions. | 02-17-2011 |
20110208624 | PARKING FEE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND PARKING FEE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a parking fee management supporting system supports parking fee management concerning a car park in which a free parking available period is granted according to a purchase amount in a predetermined store. The parking fee management supporting system calculates a free parking available remaining time in the car park in association with a user, who inquires about a remaining time of the free parking available period, on the basis of a parking start time and purchase information of the user. | 08-25-2011 |
20120130635 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A portable information terminal apparatus according to an embodiment acquires route point information corresponding to advertisement information displayed on a digital signage terminal apparatus and searches for a guidance route including a route point equivalent to the acquired route point information. Therefore, in a building such as a shopping mall, it is possible to easily guide, without increases labor of a customer as a user, the customer to a store or the like in which the customer takes an interest according to the advertisement information. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130867 | COMMODITY INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND COMMODITY INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a commodity information providing system includes: a commodity-data acquiring section configured to acquire, on the basis of location data indicating a location of an information terminal including a display screen and commodity data associated with a place or an area, commodity data that is provided to or can be provided to the information terminal; and a display-data generating section configured to generate display data for displaying, on the display screen of the information terminal, information concerning a commodity corresponding to the commodity data acquired by the commodity-data acquiring section. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130920 | COMMODITY PROCESSING SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND COMMODITY PROCESSING SUPPORTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a commodity processing supporting system includes a commodity-data acquiring section and a display-data generating section. The commodity-data acquiring section acquires, on the basis of information received from a portable information terminal, data of commodities registered in a storing section. The display-data generating section displays, on a display screen of the portable information terminal, information corresponding to the data acquired by the commodity-data acquiring section while distinguishing the commodities into commodities to be taken back home and commodities not to be taken back home. | 05-24-2012 |
20120325101 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTION SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTION SUPPORTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an environmental contribution supporting apparatus provided for a system including a printing apparatus and an erasing apparatus includes a duplex-reduction calculating unit, an aggregation-reduction calculating unit, a sheet-reduction-ratio calculating unit, a printing-state-character selecting unit, a sheet-reuse-ratio calculating unit, a reuse-state-character selecting unit, a sheet-reduction-message selecting unit, a sheet-reuse-message selecting unit, an advice setting unit, and a report creating unit configured to edit a character selected by the printing-state-character selecting unit, a character selected by the reuse-state-character selecting unit, and a message set by the advice setting unit into a predetermined form. | 12-27-2012 |
20120327487 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - A system in an embodiment includes an image forming apparatus, an erasing apparatus, a first apparatus, and a display unit. The image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet using a decolorable color material. The erasing apparatus decolorizes an image. The first apparatus computes, from a reduction in the number of sheets achieved by a setting for image formation in the image forming apparatus, the amount of a reduction in environmental burdens achieved by use of the image forming apparatus and computes, from the number of sheets erased by the erasing apparatus, the amount of a reduction in environmental burdens achieved by use of the erasing apparatus. The display unit simultaneously displays the amount of the reduction in environmental burdens achieved by the image forming apparatus and the amount of the reduction in environmental burdens achieved by the erasing apparatus. | 12-27-2012 |
20140307283 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - A system in an embodiment includes an image forming apparatus, an erasing apparatus, a first apparatus, and a display unit. The image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet using a decolorable color material. The erasing apparatus decolorizes an image. The first apparatus computes, from a reduction in the number of sheets achieved by a setting for image formation in the image forming apparatus, the amount of a reduction in environmental burdens achieved by use of the image forming apparatus and computes, from the number of sheets erased by the erasing apparatus, the amount of a reduction in environmental burdens achieved by use of the erasing apparatus. The display unit simultaneously displays the amount of the reduction in environmental burdens achieved by the image forming apparatus and the amount of the reduction in environmental burdens achieved by the erasing apparatus. | 10-16-2014 |