Abstract: One aspect relates to a light-emitting element having a layer forming a resonance mode. The light-emitting element includes a structure body constituted by a substrate and a semiconductor laminate body including a first cladding layer, a second cladding layer, an active layer, and a resonance-mode forming layer including a basic layer and modified refractive index regions. A laser light output region and a metal electrode film are on opposing surfaces of the structure body. The metal electrode film includes a first layer forming ohmic contact with the structure body, a second layer reflecting light from the resonance-mode forming layer, a third layer, and a fourth layer for solder bonding. The third layer has a different composition from the second layer and the fourth layer, and has a lower diffusion degree than the second layer and the fourth layer to that of a solder material.

Abstract: The present semiconductor light emitting element is a semiconductor light emitting element including an active layer, an upper cladding layer and a lower cladding layer that sandwich the active layer, and a phase modulation layer optically coupled to the active layer, in which the phase modulation layer includes a basic layer and a plurality of different refractive index regions that are different in refractive index from the basic layer, and the plurality of different refractive index regions are disposed so as to form a pattern in a region outside a light line on a reciprocal lattice space in the phase modulation layer.

Abstract: The present semiconductor light emitting element is a semiconductor light emitting element including an active layer, an upper cladding layer and a lower cladding layer that sandwich the active layer, and a phase modulation layer optically coupled to the active layer, in which the phase modulation layer includes a basic layer and a plurality of different refractive index regions that are different in refractive index from the basic layer, and the plurality of different refractive index regions are disposed so as to form a pattern in a region outside a light line on a reciprocal lattice space in the phase modulation layer.

Abstract: A data file storage/management apparatus, having file storage means, stores and manages one or more data files, and the data file storage/management apparatus installs an electronic mail processing program therein, thereby operating as follows. Thus, the data file storage/management apparatus interprets the processing of the data file, which is described in a program-like manner, at least within the main sentence thereof, when receiving the electronic mail, and starts the processing of the data file designated or instructed; thereby enabling to instruct, easily, the processing on the data files, being various for users thereof, to the data file storage/management apparatus.

Abstract: An OCR apparatus includes an operation unit configured to receive an input operation such as specification of an area to be verified, a display unit configured to visually present information, a scanner unit configured to convert character information provided on a document into image information, an OCR-processing unit configured to generate new character information by adding information about the result of evaluating OCR accuracy to character information obtained by subjecting the image information to OCR processing, a sound-conversion unit configured to convert the new character information into sound information adapted to evaluate the accuracy of the OCR result, a sound-output unit configured to output the sound based on sound information, and a control unit 17 configured to control each of the above-described units.

Abstract: A setup program, a recording medium, and a setup method are provided that can readily reduce wrong settings. The setup program includes a plurality of setting modules that are provided to realize a plurality of process settings independently of one another, the processing settings being required depending on the contents of a setting environment, the setting modules respectively corresponding to the process settings.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an electronic file saving system capable of classifying and organizing a wider variety of electronic files than before. The present invention relates to an electronic file saving system for storing an electronic file in any of a plurality of folders.

Abstract: According to the present invention, scanned data obtained by scanning the same original under different conditions is held such that the optimum data can be extracted according to the application. A scanner system includes: an operation unit for accepting an input operation; a display unit for showing information in a visual form; a scanner unit for scanning an original under each scanning condition specified from preset different scanning conditions to generate image information every specified scanning condition; a scanning condition management unit for managing scanning condition information including at least one scanning condition; a data display management unit for retrieving image information satisfying a specified scanning condition from the stored image information to extract the retrieved image information; and a control unit for controlling the above respective units.

Abstract: An OCR system includes an operation-and-display unit having an operation unit that receives input-operation information transmitted from a user and a display unit that visually presents information to the user that are integrated with each other, a read unit that converts information provided on a document into image information, an OCR-processing unit that acquires character information by OCR processing for the image information, a job-control unit that controls operations performed by the read unit and the OCR-processing unit, and a control unit that controls the above-described units. The control unit controls the display unit for showing an OCR result for a first page and an image scanned by the read unit so that the user can compare the OCR result to the scanned image. Where the input-operation information includes a request for cancellation, the scanning and the OCR processing are stopped.

Abstract: An OCR apparatus includes an operation unit configured to receive an input operation such as specification of an area to be verified, a display unit configured to visually present information, a scanner unit configured to convert character information provided on a document into image information, an OCR-processing unit configured to generate new character information by adding information about the result of evaluating OCR accuracy to character information obtained by subjecting the image information to OCR processing, a sound-conversion unit configured to convert the new character information into sound information adapted to evaluate the accuracy of the OCR result, a sound-output unit configured to output the sound based on sound information, and a control unit 17 configured to control each of the above-described units.

Abstract: The present invention provides a scanner system and a method for detecting a corrected portion in a scanned object, the system and method being capable of detecting a portion corrected with correction fluid in a scanned original. The scanner system includes: an operation unit for accepting user input operations, such as a detection mode setting operation and a scan start requesting operation; a display unit for displaying an indication, such as an error indication or the result of detection, to show information to a user in a visual form; a read unit for converting information written on a paper original into image information; a corrected portion detection unit for detecting a corrected portion (corrected region) on the basis of the image information; a job management unit for managing the obtained image information and the result of detection; and a control unit for controlling the respective units.

Abstract: A document management apparatus, a document management method, and a document management program which can set an error-coping process provided by a method simpler than a conventional method.

Abstract: Provided are a document management device, a document management method, and a document management program that are capable of providing a user with notification that an updated shared file has been stored. The present invention refers to a document management apparatus that manages a shared document to which access is permitted to a plurality of users. The document management apparatus has a shared document management section which, when a shared file designated by a user has been checked in, provides check-in notification, to an address designated by the user, that the shared file has been checked in.

Abstract: A setup program, a recording medium, and a setup method are provided that can readily reduce wrong settings. The setup program includes a plurality of setting modules that are provided to realize a plurality of process settings independently of one another, the processing settings being required depending on the contents of a setting environment, the setting modules respectively corresponding to the process settings.

Abstract: A data file storage/management apparatus, having file storage means, stores and manages one or more data files, and the data file storage/management apparatus installs an electronic mail processing program therein, thereby operating as follows. Thus, the data file storage/management apparatus interprets the processing of the data file, which is described in a program-like manner, at least within the main sentence thereof, when receiving the electronic mail, and starts the processing of the data file designated or instructed; thereby enabling to instruct, easily, the processing on the data files, being various for users thereof, to the data file storage/management apparatus.

Abstract: A system and method for providing continuous execution of an image processing device includes receiving a job request from a user, the job request having one or more job settings, and determining if a device which receives the job request can satisfy each of the job settings in the job request. An accommodation rule is identified from a rule table having a plurality of accommodation rules if at least one of the job settings of the job request cannot be satisfied. The identified accommodation rule is performed if at least one of the job settings of the job request cannot be satisfied.

Abstract: A multifunction peripheral periodically stores its status information and a Host periodically receives this status information and stores it in a database in the Host. A technician may select some or all of the information to be provided to the technician on the occurrence of a number of trigger conditions. The technician may set the trigger conditions from any of the reportable status conditions. The Host automatically will connect to a remote monitoring computer designated by the technician and provide the selected information. The Host can also save the selected information to a removable storage medium.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a receiver for successively receiving image data from an external device, a first memory for storing a basic font pattern, a second memory including a first memory area for storing a modified font pattern obtained by modifying the basic font pattern stored in the first memory, and a second memory area for storing bit image data, a generator for successively generating bit image data from the image data received by the receiver, using the basic font pattern stored in the first memory and the modified font pattern stored in the first memory area of the second memory, a first processor for expanding the bit image data generated by the generator into the second memory area of the second memory. The bit image data generated by the generator is expanded into the second memory area of the second memory. The second memory area, may be used up during the generated bit image expansion.