Abstract: A relay device includes a first communication unit that communicates with an information management apparatus connected to the Internet via a firewall, a second communication unit that performs near field communication with a terminal apparatus, a storage unit that acquires from the information management apparatus, using the first communication unit, information for identifying the terminal apparatus and mode instruction information that is instruction information indicating that an operation is to be performed in a second mode for acquiring data having a larger data amount than in a first mode, and stores the acquired information, and a control unit that in a case where the terminal apparatus connected using the second communication unit is a terminal apparatus that needs to operate in the second mode, performs control so as to transmit mode instruction information for instructing the operation in the second mode, to the terminal apparatus, and transmit data acquired from the terminal apparatus by using the

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory that stores evacuation information for use in an event of a disaster, a printer that prints the evacuation information stored in the memory in the event of a disaster, and a display controller that performs, if the printer is unable to print the evacuation information, control to display information on an installation place of a different image forming apparatus that is able to print the evacuation information in place of the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a reserving person information acquisition unit that acquires information on a reserving person of a reservation for a place, a user information acquisition unit that acquires information on a user who has come to the place, and an output unit that outputs an instruction to record attendance information of the user if the reserving person and the user match each other based on the acquired information on the reserving person and the acquired information on the user.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a change unit that changes details of content browsed by a browsing user according to information on an individual other than the browsing user of the content.

Abstract: A document processing system produces a digital representation of an original image by determining a background level for white space of the original image. Using the background level, the system identifies pixels not belonging to the white space. The system generates a binary image of the original image based from the identified pixels. The system then identifies image content surrounded by the white space in the original image using the binary image. Next, the system generates a block for each image content and extracts each block from the original image. After processing each block, the system reapplies the processed blocks to a blank canvas to generate the digital representation.

Abstract: An information processing system includes an acquisition unit that acquires environmental information for a place registered in a reservation making system, the environment information being related to a time frame specified by a user, and an output unit that outputs the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A dampening fluid recycling system may include a print station having an imaging member with a reimageable surface, a dampening fluid deposition subsystem for applying a layer of dampening fluid onto the reimageable surface, and a dampening fluid recovery subsystem configured to remove excess dampening fluid vapor that does not condense over the reimageable surface. The dampening fluid deposition subsystem may include a dampening fluid supply chamber, a dampening fluid supply channel, and a dampening fluid supply channel outlet. The dampening fluid supply chamber may include an inlet tube and a tube body that may be a split tube. The dampening fluid supply channel may attach to the split tube and descend towards the imaging member to deliver fluid vapor from both parts of the first split tube onto the reimageable surface of the imaging member.

Abstract: A fixing device includes: a fixer provided with a heater that sandwiches and heats paper transported with a toner image retained thereon, and a remover that removes toner from the heater; and a controller that executes first control with which the paper on which the toner image is retained is fed to the heater in a state where the temperature of the heater has been increased to a first temperature, and second control with which paper on which a toner image is not retained is fed to the heater in a state where the temperature of the heater has been increased to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.

Abstract: A method of scheduling one or more virtual machines in a cloud computing infrastructure may include identifying, by a computing device, lag time data that has been collected over a period of time and that corresponds to one or more virtual machines in a cloud computing infrastructure, computing, by the computing device, a cumulative description of the identified lag time data, identifying a target performance level, determining, by the computing device, an estimated lag time that corresponds to the target performance level, and determining, by the computing device, whether to start a new virtual machine based, at least in part, on the estimated lag time.

Abstract: Recent technical advances have expanded the breadth, scope, and affordability of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) systems. More people can use VR and AR systems than ever before. However, hand-held physical controls for these systems have not made similar advances yet. For this reason, it remains difficult for developers to create applications that take advantage of the full range of human abilities. In this proposal, we describe a system and method for combining off-the-shelf smartwatches with a set of inexpensive grips or sheaths to control VR/AR systems. With our approach, all of the computation and power for the controller derive from the smartwatch unit, allowing the grips to take almost any form, and allowing developers and designers to integrate a much wider array of interaction styles into their applications.

Abstract: An operation guide apparatus includes a display and a processor. The display displays, on a display screen, operation guide information for providing a guide on an operation for continuously using a device. The processor performs processing to enable an operator who is doing the operation with such a posture that the operator is unable to see the operation guide information displayed on the display screen to recognize the operation guide information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains image data which is data obtained by digitizing a document including plural areas in one document, a setting unit that sets a determination standard for each of the areas based on a degree of necessity of a confirming operation for a text or a picture included in the area of the image data, and a determination unit that determines a method of the confirming operation for each of the areas based on the determination standard.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a polar group-containing olefin resin that is a polymer of a composition containing at least one nonpolar monomer unit (X) selected from the group consisting of ethylene and ?-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a polar monomer unit (Y) having at least one of a maleic acid group and a maleic anhydride group, and a monomer unit (Z) having a polymerizability to at least one of the nonpolar monomer unit (X) and the polar monomer unit (Y), in which an acid value of the toner is 10 mgKOH/g to 60 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: A developing device includes a developer storing unit that stores a developer before use of the developing device, a developer containing unit that contains, when the developing device is used, the developer stored in the developer storing unit such that the developer is capable of being stirred by the developer containing unit, a developer holding unit that is provided in a portion of the developer containing unit and that holds the developer contained in the developer containing unit and moves the developer in a rotation direction, a sealing unit including a sealing tape portion that seals a slit-shaped opening formed in the developer storing unit along a longitudinal direction of the developer storing unit while the sealing tape portion is capable of being pulled out and that seals the slit-shaped opening of the developer storing unit by being removably fixed onto an edge of the opening and an extended tape portion that is folded at an end of the sealing tape portion in a longitudinal direction of the seal

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for testing a printed memory device is provided. The computer-implemented method includes performing, by a controller, a first read operation on a cell of the printed memory device; performing, by the controller, a second read operation on the cell; converting, by the controller, a first result of the first read operation and a second results of the second read operation to a first digital value and a second digital value, respectively; comparing, by the controller, the first digital value and the second digital value to a first predetermined threshold and a second predetermined threshold, respectively, wherein the first predetermined threshold is a low threshold and the second predetermined threshold is a high threshold; and providing, by the controller, a result of the test for the printed memory device based on the comparing.

Abstract: A method provides for language selection on a shared local user interface, such as an interface for operating a printer that is used by multiple users having a variety of first languages. The method includes providing at least one mechanism on a shared local user interface for selection of one of an original set of languages for text to be displayed on the local user interface. One mechanism may include displaying text in each of the languages contemporaneously or sequentially. At a plurality of times, a respective user's selection of one of the original set of languages is received. Based on a plurality of user selections, a modified set of languages can be learned which is then used in place of the original set of languages when providing the at least one language selection mechanism at a subsequent time.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives learning data; and a changing unit that changes learning processing of artificial intelligence in accordance with information attached to the learning data and indicating whether or not to permit the artificial intelligence to learn the learning data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that causes learning data learned by an artificial intelligence to be recorded in a recording unit in such manner that influencing learning data that has influenced performance of an artificial intelligence and non-influencing learning data that has not influenced performance of an artificial intelligence are distinguishable.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a management unit that deletes from a first region a fax document that has been successfully transferred to a predetermined transmission destination and moves from the first region to a second region a fax document that has been unsuccessfully transferred to a transmission destination. A user is not permitted to perform an operation on the fax document stored in the first region and the user is permitted to perform an operation on the fax document stored in the second region.

Abstract: A method and structure for forming conductive structure such as an electric circuit, or a portion of an electric circuit, can include the use of a thermal print head and a ribbon including a carrier and a metal layer. The thermal print head is used to print a first portion of the metal layer onto a sacrificial print medium. The first portion printed has a first pattern, where a second portion having a second pattern remains on the carrier. The first pattern is a reverse image at least a portion of the electric circuit, while the second pattern includes at least a portion of the electric circuit. The second portion having the second pattern can be transferred to a circuit substrate, then used as an electric circuit.