Abstract: A control system includes: a controller that controls a control unit of a control device, the control unit controlling multiple function units; and a restorer that is capable of receiving a first instruction for restoration from an energy-saving mode from a user who is in a proximate location near the controller, and a second instruction for the restoration from a user who is in a location further away than the proximate location, the restorer altering a timing for restoration of the control unit between a case where there the first instruction is received and a case where the second instruction is received.

Abstract: A data collection apparatus includes a connecting unit, a storing unit, and a controller. The connecting unit is able to be connected through communication with a limited number of terminal apparatuses. The storing unit stores priority levels regarding connection with the terminal apparatuses. The controller allows, in a case where the number of terminal apparatuses that are present in a region in which the data collection apparatus is able to be connected through communication with a terminal apparatus via the connecting unit is larger than the limited number, a terminal apparatus that is not connected through communication with the connecting unit and has a higher priority level to be connected with the connecting unit, in place of a terminal apparatus that has already been connected through communication with the connecting unit and has a lower priority level, in accordance with the stored priority levels.

Abstract: There is provided a floor structure for a booth that is installed on an installation surface and that includes a side wall and a door through which a user enters and exits the booth. The floor structure includes a floor surface of a space that is enclosed by the side wall and in which a desk and a chair are placed on the floor surface and a fastener that fastens the floor surface to the installation surface and that is provided so as to be accessible. The floor surface is divided, outside a range of motion of the chair, into portions including a removable portion.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit and a controller. The reception unit receives registration of an address. The controller performs, when the reception unit receives registration of the address, control such that a group having an attribute of the address, among preset groups, is presented as a recommended registration destination for the address.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that serves as a display that displays a list of processes executed by applications includes a list display controller and an operation screen display controller. The list display controller causes, for each of the processes, an operator to be displayed in the list, the operator being provided for displaying an operation screen for performing operation of a function that is specific to corresponding one of the applications. The operation screen display controller causes the operation screen provided for the operator to be displayed when the operator is operated in the list.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to control a mode of display of each piece of information in such a manner that a part or whole of each piece of information included in a plurality of pieces of information related to a specific position is displayed on a display unit.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a fold unit that folds a first adjustment sheet including an adjustment pattern, over the adjustment pattern based on a predetermined reference fold position; an image reader that reads an image of the adjustment pattern with the first adjustment sheet folded by the fold unit unfolded; a position identifying unit that, based on a fold line in the image of the adjustment pattern read by the image reader, identifies a position of the fold line; and a position adjusting unit that adjusts a fold position of the fold unit based on a difference between the position of the fold line identified by the position identifying unit and the reference fold position. The image reader includes a scanner that scans the first adjustment sheet relatively in a direction along fold of the first adjustment sheet, and reads the image of the adjustment pattern.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller controls, in accordance with a touch on one or plural devices by a user, execution of a cooperative function that uses the one or plural devices.

Abstract: A reconfigurable logical circuit includes a data processing unit; a memory in which plural combinations of configuration control bits are stored; and a selector unit that selectively switches the plural combinations of configuration control bits stored in the memory and supplies a selected one of the plural combinations of configuration control bits to the data processing unit to reconfigure processing contents of the data processing unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first extracting unit that extracts a position of a character entry box in an input image; a recognizing unit that recognizes a character string written in the character entry box; a calculating unit that calculates recognition accuracy of each of characters of the character string recognized by the recognizing unit; a first detector that detects that a value based on the recognition accuracy is equal to or larger than a preset threshold value; a second extracting unit that extracts a position of a circumscribed rectangle for each character of the character string in the input image; a second detector that detects contact of the circumscribed rectangle with the character entry box; and a display that displays the character string to be corrected on the basis of a result of detection by the first detector and a result of detection by the second detector.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a continuous phase containing a binder resin (i); and a discontinuous phase that has a core containing a binder resin (ii) and a coating layer covering the core and containing a binder resin (iii), and is dispersed in the continuous phase.

Abstract: A fixing member includes: a base containing a polyimide resin; an elastic layer disposed on the base and containing silicone rubber; and a bonding layer that is disposed between the base and the elastic layer, is a cured product of a composition containing an organic titanate compound, and contains a component originating from the organic titanate compound in an amount of from 5% by mass to 95% by mass inclusive.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a charging section that charges a surface of the image carrier; an electrostatic charge image forming section that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the image carrier; a developing section that has a container containing an electrostatic charge image developer and develops the electrostatic charge image formed on the surface of the image carrier into a toner image using the electrostatic charge image developer, the electrostatic charge image developer including toner for electrostatic charge image development, the toner containing toner particles and an external additive; a transfer section that transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier to a surface of a recording medium; a cleaning section that has a cleaning blade with which the cleaning section cleans the surface of the image carrier; and a lubricant supplying section that has a lubricant supplying member that supplies a lubricant to the contact por

Abstract: A conductive roller includes a supporting member and a conductive elastic foam layer disposed on the supporting member. In a spectrum of amplitude (?m) vs. period (?m) obtained by subjecting a roughness waveform of the outer circumferential surface of the conductive elastic foam layer in an axial direction to fast Fourier transformation, the integrated value St of the amplitude within a period range of 100 ?m or more and 300 ?m or less is 455 ?m or less.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating high resolution dewarped images for an image of a document captured by a 3D stereo digital camera system, or a mobile phone camera capturing a sequence of images, which may improve OCR performance. Example embodiments include a compact stereo camera with two sensors mounted at fixed locations, and a multi-resolution pipeline to process and to dewarp the images using a three dimensional surface model based on curve profiles of the computed depth map. Example embodiments also include a mobile phone including a camera which captures a sequence of images, and a processor which computes a disparity map using the captured sequence of image frames, computes a model of the at least one document page by generating a cylindrical three dimensional geometric surface using the computed disparity map, and renders a dewarped image from the computed model.

Abstract: A structure includes a base material; a surface layer that contains a binder resin and a titanium compound particle having absorption at 450 nm and 750 nm in a visible absorption spectrum and a BET specific surface area within a range of 100 m2/g to 1200 m2/g.

Abstract: An image processing device executes image processing by each object of an object group in which plural objects are connected to each other in a directed acyclic graph form. A processing unit performs updating processing and imparting processing, the updating processing for updating image processing which is executed by each object of the object group to partial processing which performs image processing on division image data representing a division image obtained by dividing an input image represented by input image data into plural partial regions, and the imparting processing for imparting a dependency relationship between pieces of the partial processing of the objects connected to each other. A controller performs control for causing plural computation devices to execute, in parallel, the updating processing and the imparting processing by the processing unit and the partial processing which becomes executable based on the dependency relationship.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a container, a storage unit, a drive unit, a detector, and a determination unit. The container is configured to accommodate toner therein and be detachably mounted on an image forming apparatus main body. The storage unit is configured to store identification information on the toner accommodated in the container, and use history information. The drive unit is configured to rotationally drive a rotation target constituted by the container to transport the toner to an opening provided in an end of the container. The detector is configured to detect a current value of the drive unit. The determination unit is configured to determine a state of the container based on the current value detected by the detector.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a recording unit that records an operation procedure of a piece of software operated in a region where a relative display position relationship among pieces of software is set, and generates control information that controls operation of the piece of software in accordance with the operation procedure.

Abstract: A communication device includes a reproduction section that reproduces a voice and/or a video received from an utterer device, a detection section that detects feature information indicating a psychological state of an audience listening to the voice and/or watching the video of the utterer reproduced by the reproduction section, an estimation section that estimates the psychological state of the audience based on the feature information detected by the detection section, an extraction section that extracts a factor changing the psychological state, from contents of the voice or the video which are being reproduced at a time point at which the psychological state of the audience, which is estimated by the estimation section is changed, and a transmission section that transmits the psychological state of the audience, which is estimated by the estimation section, and the factor extracted by the extraction section in association with each other, to the utterer device.