Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that determines the usage status of a function by a user and improves power consumption efficiency. The image forming apparatus is capable of switching between an energy saving mode and a normal mode in which power consumption is larger than that of the energy saving mode. The power supply control unit determines whether or not power is supplied depending on the usage status of the function by the user. The power supply control unit controls the power supply of the operation panel unit, the document reading unit, and the image forming unit to be turned on or off, respectively, when returning from the energy saving mode to the normal mode according to the determination.

Abstract: An image forming method includes: determining a number of copies; obtaining an original image including an object of a paper piece; detecting a paper piece size, the paper piece size being a size of the object of the paper piece included in the original image; clipping the object of the paper piece having the paper piece size from the original image to generate a paper piece image; and arranging the paper piece images of the number of copies on a printable area of one or more pages based on a printable size and the paper piece size and add a guide image to generate a reconfigured image, the printable size being a size of the printable area, the guide image being an image of a guide for dividing the paper piece images of the number of copies.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of changing a guidance screen from a terminal. An instruction acquiring unit acquires an instruction to change a guidance screen stored in a storage unit. A change acquiring unit acquires change data corresponding to the instruction acquired by the instruction acquiring unit from an external terminal 2. A change application unit applies the change data acquired by the change acquiring unit to screen data of the guidance screen. A display unit displays the screen data of the guidance screen to which the change data is applied by the change application unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a platen optically-transparent; a line sensor configured to move below the platen and optically scan the platen; an image-capturing device located below the platen and configured to capture a viewpoint area, the viewpoint area being at least a partial area on the platen and being an area expected to include at least a part of an edge of a document where the document is put on the platen with reference to a reference position on the platen; a display device; and a controller circuitry configured to display a viewpoint image and a guideline image on the display device, the viewpoint image being an image obtained by capturing the viewpoint area by the image-capturing device, the guideline image being an image showing the reference position, such that the guideline image overlaps the reference position in the viewpoint area included in the viewpoint image.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of changing a guidance screen from a terminal. An instruction acquiring unit acquires an instruction to change a guidance screen stored in a storage unit. A change acquiring unit acquires change data corresponding to the instruction acquired by the instruction acquiring unit from an external terminal 2. A change application unit applies the change data acquired by the change acquiring unit to screen data of the guidance screen. A display unit displays the screen data of the guidance screen to which the change data is applied by the change application unit.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of improving operability. A recognizing unit recognizes surroundings of the image forming apparatus itself from image data captured by the image capturing unit. An additional information collecting unit collects additional information that possibly is associated with the target operator recognized by the recognizing unit. A situation inferring unit infers a situation of the image forming apparatus itself from recognition information recognized by the recognizing unit. At this time, the situation inferring unit may infer a situation of a target operator from additional information collected by the additional information collecting unit, and recognition information of the target operator. A response unit changes a response and/or an operation corresponding to the situation inferred by the situation inferring unit.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a man-machine interaction according to the present application includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The first processing unit acquires detection information detected using a sensor as a receptor by an artifact including an interface configured to perform a man-machine conversational interaction with a user, using the sensor and an effector as an output apparatus, the detection information indicating a status of the interaction. The second processing unit, based on the detection information acquired by the first processing unit, controls the interaction by an electronic information processing apparatus including a storage apparatus by controlling at least one of reading and writing from and to data stored in the storage apparatus and processing on the data and the output apparatus.

Abstract: A communication establishment assisting system includes: an electronic apparatus arranged on a first network; and a server device arranged on a second network different from the first network and configured to provide a control driver to be installed in the information processing terminal. The information processing terminal includes: an input unit that communication setting information is inputted to; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the communication setting information to the server device; and a receiving unit configured to receive the control driver from the server device to control the electronic apparatus.

Abstract: An electronic circuit of the present disclosure includes a noise eliminating circuit configured to eliminate noise in a reset signal and output a signal obtained by eliminating the noise in the reset signal; a digital circuit configured to be reset by the signal outputted from the noise eliminating circuit; and an early-initialization circuit configured to fix an output signal of the digital circuit at a predetermined value until a reset status due to the reset signal is released.

Abstract: A communication establishment assisting system includes: an electronic apparatus arranged on a first network; and a server device arranged on a second network different from the first network and configured to provide a control driver to be installed in the information processing terminal. The information processing terminal includes: an input unit that communication setting information is inputted to; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the communication setting information to the server device; and a receiving unit configured to receive the control driver from the server device to control the electronic apparatus.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit storing an image and a processing unit performing image processing in each segment of the stored image to obtain a value of each pixel in a predetermined order using calculation results for peripheral pixels processed. At least one segment is a quadrangular area. Two sides of the quadrangular area extend from a first vertex of two opposite vertices of the area toward two of subsequent pixels after a first pixel at the first vertex so that the area includes the subsequent pixels whose values are obtained using a calculation result for the first pixel. The other two sides extend from a second vertex of the two vertices toward two of previous pixels before a second pixel at the second vertex so that the area includes the previous pixels for which a value of the second pixel is calculated using calculation results.

Abstract: An electronic circuit of the present disclosure includes a noise eliminating circuit configured to eliminate noise in a reset signal and output a signal obtained by eliminating the noise in the reset signal; a digital circuit configured to be reset by the signal outputted from the noise eliminating circuit; and an early-initialization circuit configured to fix an output signal of the digital circuit at a predetermined value until a reset status due to the reset signal is released.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit storing an image and a processing unit performing image processing in each segment of the stored image to obtain a value of each pixel in a predetermined order using calculation results for peripheral pixels processed. At least one segment is a quadrangular area. Two sides of the quadrangular area extend from a first vertex of two opposite vertices of the area toward two of subsequent pixels after a first pixel at the first vertex so that the area includes the subsequent pixels whose values are obtained using a calculation result for the first pixel. The other two sides extend from a second vertex of the two vertices toward two of previous pixels before a second pixel at the second vertex so that the area includes the previous pixels for which a value of the second pixel is calculated using calculation results.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processing unit and a control unit connected with the processing unit through a transmission line. The processing unit has multiple devices including a predetermined low-speed device. The control unit has a processing circuit that issues access to the multiple devices of the processing unit, and the processing unit has a communication circuit that receives the access to the multiple devices through the transmission line and a queue that buffers the access, when the received access is to the predetermined low-speed device.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus (1) having polygon mirrors (82) each forming an electrostatic latent image by scanning a photoconductive drum provided in an image forming unit (50a, 50b); and polygon motors (80) each driving and rotating the polygon mirror, the image forming apparatus (1) forming an image by superposing toner images formed on the photoconductive drums one on another, the toner images corresponding to the electrostatic latent images. In the image forming apparatus (1), the polygon mirror (82) of the image forming unit (50a, 50b) is so formed as to have facets whose number is other than a multiple of the number of poles of the polygon motor (80), such that a plurality of stable phase states can be obtained.

Abstract: An image processing device is disclosed that simplifies computations (a drawing process) when storing output image data that is created based on intermediate language data in the drawing region, by rearranging the address matrix of a drawing region in a main memory, and thus comprehensively increases the speed of image processing. The image processing device includes a main memory having a drawing region in which output image data corresponding to at least one band region is stored, and a memory control unit that rearranges the address matrix of the drawing region based on a prescribed rule, creates output image data based on band intermediate language data, and sequentially stores the created output image data in one word units in the drawing region whose addresses are rearranged.