Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acceptance unit, a first search unit, and a second search unit. The acceptance unit accepts a search condition for attribute information of a subject. The first search unit searches for subject identification information corresponding to attribute information satisfying the search condition from a first management device that manages subject identification information identifying subjects and attribute information of the subjects in association with each other. The second search unit searches for data associated with the subject identification information found by the first search unit from a second management device that manages data and subject identification information identifying subjects related to the data in association with each other.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a transmission unit that transmits an object to a particular external device connected to the apparatus; and a guidance output unit that predicts a setting item that should be changed in a case where the object is not transmitted to the particular external device, and that outputs guidance information that suggests changing the setting item.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a touchpanel, and a controller that pops up a screen, on the touchpanel automatically without an operation instruction from a user, information that identifies a job ready for execution and a button that is adapted to stop the execution of the job.

Abstract: A drying device includes a light irradiation part that irradiates a recording medium on a recording-medium movement route with light to evaporate moisture contained in droplets attached to the recording medium, and an air blowing part that is positioned on a downstream side from the light irradiation part in a recording-medium movement direction, and blows air onto the recording medium on the recording-medium movement route. The drying device changes the distance between a light irradiation position of the light irradiation part on the recording-medium movement route and an air-blowing target position of the air blowing part on the recording-medium movement route.

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: An image processing apparatus includes a display section that displays a background image and a processing target image on a display screen, a receiving section that receives an input position on the display screen input by user, and a processing section that processes editing to the processing target image based on a relationship between the input position and a position of the processing target image.

Abstract: An information processing system grants an access right to data to a registered user, and includes a receiving unit and a granting unit. The receiving unit receives information on an unregistered user who is to be granted with an access right to specific data. The granting unit grants the access right to the specific data to the unregistered user after the unregistered user has been registered.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, devices, and systems are disclosed herein for upscaling an input image to a higher resolution while simultaneously converting the image data from a multi-drop state to a binary state. These systems and methods use a probabilistic combination of randomized and biased positioning of inkjet firings in order to yield perceptibly lower graininess in low-coverage areas of output prints without introducing new artefacts.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit that forms a first toner layer on a medium on which an image is to be formed, a first fixing unit that fixes the first toner layer onto the medium, a second image forming unit that forms a second toner layer on the first toner layer on the medium by using a toner having a melting point lower than a melting point of a toner that is included in the first toner layer, and a second fixing unit that performs, in a state in which a foil layer is superposed on the second toner layer, a fixing operation at a temperature lower than a temperature at which the first fixing unit performs a fixing operation.

Abstract: Provided herein is a composition for eutectic metal alloy nanoparticles having an average particle size ranging from about 0.5 nanometers to less than about 5000 nanometers and at least one organoamine stabilizer. Also provided herein is a process for preparing eutectic metal alloy nanoparticles comprising mixing at least one organic polar solvent, at least one organoamine stabilizer, and a eutectic metal alloy to create a mixture; sonicating the mixture at a temperature above the melting point of the eutectic metal alloy; and collecting a composition comprising a plurality of eutectic metal alloy nanoparticles having an average particle size ranging from about 0.5 nanometers to less than about 5000 nanometers. Further disclosed herein are hybrid conductive ink compositions comprising a component comprising a plurality of metal nanoparticles and a component comprising a plurality of eutectic metal alloy nanoparticles.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit, a first acquisition unit, and a controller. The determination unit receives, from a first terminal apparatus, a request for use issued to a document management apparatus and specifies an authentication mode necessary for the use. The first acquisition unit acquires information indicating an authentication mode supported by the first terminal apparatus. The controller performs, in a case where the authentication mode indicated by the acquired information does not match the specified authentication mode, control to output to the first terminal apparatus information on a second terminal apparatus that supports the specified authentication mode.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a management unit that manages a stored work in a storage unit and a created date of the stored work in the storage unit and a determination unit that determines, in response to an attempt to store a first work into the storage unit, whether to allow the first work to be stored into the storage unit on a basis of comparison between a content of the stored work and a content of the first work and comparison between the created date of the stored work and a created date of the first work.

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 device is provided with a provision unit, a reception unit, and a control unit. The provision unit provides a service. The reception unit receives a billing destination of a fee with respect to a use of the service from among multiple destinations including a first organization that manages the service and a second organization different from the first organization. The control unit forwards, to an external device, a request to use the service including a request for verification of the billing destination received by the reception unit, controls the provision of the service by the provision unit in accordance with a response from the external device regarding the forwarded request, and causes a usage history of the service to be stored in association with the billing destination received by the reception unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an accepting unit and a determining unit. The accepting unit accepts first information and second information about a work, the first information being information related to intended use of the work, the second information being information related to an acquisition means of the work. The determining unit determines, based on the accepted first information and second information, whether to allow or not allow the work to be sent to an external apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium and method for processing information are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: control a display to display a first conversation space of a first group; and in response to a first operation being performed on the display, control the display to display a second conversation space of a second group that is different from the first group. The first conversation space includes a plurality of messages of the first group. The second conversation space includes a plurality of messages of the first group. The first operation is a gesture moving along the display from a first place on the display to a second place on the display in contact the display. The first operation starts while the first conversation space is being displayed.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: control a display to display a first space for a first conversation including a first message and a second space for a second conversation next to each other, the first conversation being a conversation of a first group including a first member, the second conversation being a conversation of a second group; in response to a first operation received on the display, control the display to display, in the second space, the first member of the first group or the first message of the first conversation. The first operation is a gesture moving along the display from a first place on the display to a second place on the display in contact the display.

Abstract: A system includes a detection device, a processing device, and an external device. The detection device includes a detector that detects a nearby event and a first controller that transmits data related to an event detected by the detector to the external device. The processing device includes a processor that performs processing or a second controller that controls the detection device. The external device includes a generation unit that receives and analyzes the data transmitted from the first controller, and generates control information for controlling the processor or the detection device, and a transmitter that transmits the control information to the second controller associated with the first controller from which the data is transmitted.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium and for processing information are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive image data; cause a display to display the received image data; and move, in response to a user instruction, a portion of the image data from a first place to a second place on the display. The portion of the image data is a partial region of an entire region of the image data. While the portion of the image data is being moved from the first place to the second place, the portion of the image data is displayed at the first place.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a changing unit. The changing unit changes a setting of wireless communication in a location in accordance with a user who has made a reservation for the location.