Abstract: A conference assistance system and method for assisting a user in utilizing conference-related information, each of which: receives input of voice or writing of at least one meeting participant; determines whether text data representing the received voice or writing is to be used by the conference assistance system to generate assistance information, to generate a determination result; when the determination result indicates that the text data is to be used, generates, based on the text data, assistance information for assisting the meeting participant; and controls a display to display the generated assistance information.

Abstract: An information processing device includes an event detector, a task generator, a target time setting unit, and a presenting unit. The event detector detects occurrence of an event. The task generator generates at least one task indicating an action to be executed when the detected event occurs. The target time setting unit sets, for each of the tasks corresponding to the detected event, a target completion time of the task until when a state change generated due to occurrence of the event does not exceed a threshold, on the basis of an execution result of tasks corresponding to a past event related to the detected event. The presenting unit presents each of the tasks corresponding to the detected event and the target completion time of each of the tasks to a user.

Abstract: In the present invention concerning an information sharing system, a connecting device sets a destination to share information. The connecting device communicates with a terminal device by wireless communication, and performs authentication of the terminal device, which obtains a captured image by capturing an image of a subject, and transfers the captured image received from the authenticated terminal device to the destination, and then generates display information for displaying the captured image. The connecting device transmits the generated display information to a display sharing device, which displays thereon a screen based on information acquired through communication.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a terminal device; and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes: a holding unit that holds a plurality of pieces of workflow information each including information that specifies a process constituting a service; a receiving unit that receives service identification information, device identification information, and an image transmitted from a terminal device; a selecting unit that selects a piece of the workflow information corresponding to the service identification information and the device identification information from the pieces of the workflow information; and an executing unit that executes a service in which the image is processed into an image including a movie in accordance with the workflow information selected by the selecting unit.

Abstract: A disclosed electric power consumption computation device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire apparatus information from an apparatus connected to the electric power consumption computation device via a predetermined data communication path, and a computation unit configured to compute electric power consumption of the apparatus based on information on a number of output sheets output by the apparatus contained in the apparatus information acquired by the acquisition unit and a TEC value of the apparatus.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lens which includes raised portions arranged on a surface of the lens with a pitch smaller than or equal to a predetermined pitch, and is configured to reduce reflection of light having a wavelength longer than or equal to the predetermined pitch includes preparing a molding die in which recessed portions corresponding to the raised portions are formed, filling a molten resin material into a cavity of the molding die via a gate, and curing the resin material in the molding die. The molding die includes a peripheral region in a periphery of the gate, and an adjacent region adjacent to the peripheral region. First recessed portions in the peripheral region are deeper than second recessed portions in the adjacent region.

Abstract: An information processing device includes an event detector, a task generator, a target time setting unit, and a presenting unit. The event detector detects occurrence of an event. The task generator generates at least one task indicating an action to be executed when the detected event occurs. The target time setting unit sets, for each of the tasks corresponding to the detected event, a target completion time of the task until when a state change generated due to occurrence of the event does not exceed a threshold, on the basis of an execution result of tasks corresponding to a past event related to the detected event. The presenting unit presents each of the tasks corresponding to the detected event and the target completion time of each of the tasks to a user.

Abstract: A lens is obtained by injection molding. The lens includes a plurality of projections arranged on a surface at a pitch smaller than or equal to a predetermined value to reduce reflection of light with a wavelength equal to or greater than the pitch, and a gate mark formed on an outer periphery of the optical element in the injection molding. A peripheral portion of the surface includes a first region whose circumferential position corresponds to the gate mark, and a second region being adjacent to the first region. A pitch of first projections in the first region is greater than a pitch of second projections in the second region.

Abstract: A lens is obtained by injection molding. The lens includes a plurality of projections arranged on a surface at a pitch smaller than or equal to a predetermined value to reduce reflection of light with a wavelength equal to or greater than the pitch, and a gate mark formed on an outer periphery of the optical element in the injection molding. A peripheral portion of the surface includes a first region whose circumferential position corresponds to the gate mark, and a second region being adjacent to the first region. Axes of first projections in the first region are inclined more outward than axes of second projections in the second region.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generating unit, an X-ray image receiving unit, a control unit, and an arm unit. The X-ray generating unit radiates X-rays. The X-ray image receiving unit receives X-rays radiated by the X-ray generating unit. The control unit controls the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray image receiving unit. The arm unit is configured to extend so as to position the X-ray generating unit and the control unit above the X-ray image receiving unit and to retract in the case of transportation.

Abstract: A lens includes a first optical surface including an optical axis X, and a first cut end surface at an outer circumference of the first optical surface. The first optical surface has a first SWS configured to reduce reflection of light. The first cut end surface has a second SWS configured to reduce reflection of light. A reflectance of the second SWS with respect to light having a predetermined wavelength is higher than the reflectance of the first SWS with respect to the light having the predetermined wavelength.

Abstract: A terminal device includes: an output unit which outputs a terminal identification image including first terminal identification information used to identify an own terminal device; a display unit which displays a list of one or more other terminal devices acquiring the terminal identification information; and a data transmission unit which executes processing of transmitting data to another terminal device selected from the list.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus comprises an X-ray generation unit; a plurality of supporting members configured to support the X-ray generation unit; and an accommodation unit configured to accommodate the X-ray generation unit and the plurality of supporting members, wherein the accommodation unit is formed by bringing a first member and a second member into contact with each other, each of the plurality of supporting members is connected to the first member by a first connecting portion that is rotatable and to the X-ray generation unit by a second connecting portion that is rotatable, and a support height of the X-ray generation unit supported by the supporting members can be adjusted in accordance with a distance between the first member and the second member.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus comprises an X-ray source; a housing configured to accommodate the X-ray source; and a plurality of supporting legs each connected to the housing via a movable connecting portion and configured to support the housing, wherein each of the supporting legs can change, by the movable connecting portion, a support angle made by a ground plane and the supporting leg.

Abstract: An image recognition apparatus includes a reception part that receives an image that has been read; a determination part that determines a registered object to correspond to an object included in the received image that has been read from among previously registered plural objects; a reflecting part that reflects colors of the image that has been read in previously stored plural similar objects each similar to the registered object determined by the determination part; and a printing control part that causes a printing apparatus to print the plural similar objects in which the colors have been reflected by the reflecting part.

Abstract: In the present invention concerning an information sharing system, a connecting device sets a destination to share information. The connecting device communicates with a terminal device by wireless communication, and performs authentication of the terminal device, which obtains a captured image by capturing an image of a subject, and transfers the captured image received from the authenticated terminal device to the destination, and then generates display information for displaying the captured image. The connecting device transmits the generated display information to a display sharing device, which displays thereon a screen based on information acquired through communication.

Abstract: A power consumption calculation apparatus is disclosed, including: a work load measurement part, a management part, and a power consumption calculation part. The work load measurement part measures a work load of a job executed by an image forming apparatus and records a measured value, at predetermined time intervals. The management part manages state transition data indicating power consumption and a required time for each of states of the image forming apparatus which transits in response to an execution of each job. The power consumption calculation part calculates a power consumption amount corresponding to one job execution at each predetermined time interval when it is determined that the job is executed, based on the measured value and the state transition data.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: an operation unit to receive a user's operation; a first communication unit to perform communication with an external device; a first content acquisition unit to acquire first content generated in response to the user's operation; a second content acquisition unit to acquire second content received from the external device; a content storage unit to store the first and second content in association with their respective acquisition times; a display; and a display control unit. The display control unit causes the display to: display a time axis as well as first and second display regions; display the first content at a position on the time axis indicating the time associated with the first content in the first display region; and displays the second content at a position on the time axis indicating the time associated with the second content in the second display region.

Abstract: A lens is obtained by injection molding. The lens includes a plurality of projections arranged on a surface at a pitch smaller than or equal to a predetermined value to reduce reflection of light with a wavelength equal to or greater than the pitch, and a gate mark formed on an outer periphery of the optical element in the injection molding. A peripheral portion of the surface includes a first region whose circumferential position corresponds to the gate mark, and a second region being adjacent to the first region. A pitch of first projections in the first region is greater than a pitch of second projections in the second region.

Abstract: An electronic advertising system includes: a registration unit configured to register, in association with indexes by which objects advertised by a first advertiser included in images are retrieved, advertising information advertised by a second advertiser; a reception unit configured to receive a captured image; an object search unit configured to obtain degree of similarity between an object extracted from the captured image and the objects retrieved by the indexes, and to search a storage unit for one or more objects based on the degree of similarity; and a present unit configured to present, to a transmission source of the captured image, the advertising information associated with an index corresponding to an object retrieved by the object search unit.