Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a receiver that receives an instruction to return to a home screen from a device settings screen; and a display controller that performs control in such a way that the returning to the home screen is prohibited in a case where the instruction is received by the receiver between commencement of processing to transition to a setting mode of a device and completion of the processing to transition to the setting mode, or between commencement of processing to end the setting mode of the device and completion of the processing to end the setting mode.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to: determine a document type of a document by using a title of the document, the document being classified as the determined document type, the title representing a category of the document and being extracted from a read image of the document; and extract a field value from the document by using an item of definition information prepared in accordance with the determined document type from among items of definition information. The definition information is prepared for each document type and defines a rule for extracting a field value from a document.

Abstract: A wireless LAN connection device includes a transmission unit that transmits connection information for a wireless LAN connection to a terminal in response to an information transmission request from the terminal; a connection unit that establishes the wireless LAN connection with the terminal in response to a wireless LAN connection request from the terminal using the connection information; and a change unit that changes valid connection information for which connection by the connection unit is recognized, in which the transmission unit transmits, to the terminal, the connection information that is currently valid connection information changed by the change unit and that is different from connection information that is valid in a previous wireless LAN connection.

Abstract: An authentication device includes: an image capturing unit that captures an image of a person around an apparatus including the authentication device; an authentication unit that performs authentication by a facial image captured by the image capturing unit; and a selection unit, when the image capturing unit captures facial images of plural persons, that selects a facial image of a person who is determined to have a high possibility of using the apparatus from the facial images of the plural persons.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a converting unit. The transmitting unit transmits advertisement information to an apparatus provided for presenting an advertisement. The receiving unit receives operation information from the apparatus. The converting unit performs conversion after the receiving unit receives the operation information, the conversion leading to reduction of an amount of the advertisement information. The transmitting unit transmits, to the apparatus, the advertisement information having undergone the conversion performed by the converting unit.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a heat source, a support portion, at least one adhesive layer, and a heat transfer member. The support portion supports the heat source. The at least one adhesive layer fixes the heat source and the support portion to each other. The heat transfer member is disposed at a portion other than a portion between the adhesive layer and the heat source to conduct heat of a portion of the heat source to another portion of the heat source.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a question output controller that selects and outputs an easier question to respond from plural questions as a time difference between a time associated with an event and an expected response time that is a time at which a respondent of a question about the event is likely to respond is larger.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a selection unit and a communication unit. If there exist plural access points capable of conducting a communication using a predetermined transmission method among transmission methods by which the information processing apparatus is capable of conducting a wireless communication, the selection unit selects an access point having a high communication quality. The communication unit is configured to conduct a communication with the access point selected by the selection unit.

Abstract: A connection management apparatus includes an accepting section, a transmitting section, a connecting section, and a control section. The accepting section accepts an information transmission request from a requesting terminal that is a terminal requesting a wireless LAN connection. The transmitting section transmits, to the requesting terminal, connection information for establishing a wireless LAN connection in response to the information transmission request. The connecting section has a capability of establishing a wireless LAN connection with a predetermined upper limit number of terminals.

Abstract: A method of operating a printing system according to a printing path schedule, the printing system including a duplex loop including a plurality of pitches with each pitch of the plurality of pitches operatively arranged to carry one sheet, the method including receiving input data related to one or more images to be printed, preparing a printing path schedule based on the input data, receiving an indication of the delay in the printing system, determining whether the delay is equal to a multiple of a whole pitch of the plurality of pitches, and if the delay is not equal to a multiple of a whole pitch of the plurality of pitches, adjusting the printing path schedule.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes first and second estimators and a determining unit. The first estimator estimates a quality of each individual part to be used for a product, based on error information concerning a manufactured product. The second estimator estimates a degree of an influence of each portion of a product on a quality of the product, based on the error information. The determining unit determines, for each portion of the product, which part will be used for a corresponding portion of the product, based on the estimated quality and the estimated degree of an influence.

Abstract: A mobile service providing apparatus includes a moving unit, a specifying unit, and a recovery unit. The moving unit moves the mobile service providing apparatus. The specifying unit specifies a user to whom an article is provided. If a preset time elapses from a time when the article is provided to the user, the recovery unit recovers a portion of the provided article from the user by moving, by the moving unit, to a place where the user specified by the specifying unit is present.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a recording medium along a transport path to a formation area in which an image is formed on the recording medium, an image forming unit that forms the image on the recording medium in the formation area, and a protrusion amount setting unit that sets a protrusion amount of the image protruding from the recording medium to a first protrusion amount in a first case, and sets the protrusion amount to a second protrusion amount larger than the first protrusion amount in a second case where the recording medium is inclined to a transport direction more than the first case.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires process information associated with a reference image and regarding an input process performed by referencing the reference image, and a process decision unit that decides a content of a next input process to perform by referencing the reference image, on a basis of the process information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods for printing a plurality of images on an object include receiving a digital file having a plurality of images (removable and/or permanent) to be printed on an object. The method further includes, for each of the plurality of images: determining whether that image is a removable image or a permanent image, identifying, based on the determination, at least one layer to be used for printing that image in addition to a marking material layer, determining a composition of the marking material layer, and determining a composition of the at least one layer. The at least one layer may be a pre-coat layer applied under the marking material layer and/or a post-coat layer applied over the marking material layer. The marking material layer and the at least one layer are then printed on the object.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a first image which has been extracted from an image obtained by imaging of an omnidirectional camera, the first image having been obtained by imaging a head of a person and position information indicating a position of the person in the image, a calculation unit that calculates a degree of distortion of the first image from the position information, and a learning unit that performs learning for estimating an orientation of a face of the person by using the calculated degree of distortion and the first image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiver, a sender, and a limiter. The receiver receives a viewing request to view an attribute of a print job from an operator. The print job is a job which allows plural operators to make a request to view an attribute. The sender sends the attribute of the print job in accordance with the viewing request. The limiter imposes limitations, when a changing request to change an attribute of the print job is received from the operator, so that operators other than the operator having made the changing request will be unable at least to change the attribute of the print job and to generate an image concerning the print job.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a generating and copy unit. The generating unit generates backup data including an information processing component, identification information of a save area among multiple save areas in the apparatus, and associated-user information. The information processing component is included in the apparatus. The save area associated with the information processing component. The associated-user information indicates a user associated with the save area. The copy unit copies the information processing component in the second backup data to the apparatus. If a user is associated with a save area among the multiple save areas in the apparatus and is indicated by the second backup data, the copy unit associates a save area with the information processing component copied in the apparatus. The associated save area is among the multiple save areas in the apparatus and is specified on the basis of the associated-user information included in the second backup data.

Abstract: System(s) and method(s) for transferring print jobs from a multi-function device to an external storage device are described. The method includes detecting the external storage device by the multi-function device when the external storage device is connected to the multi-function device. The method further includes determining if there is a print job of a user in a print queue of the multi-function device and displaying an option to transfer the print job to the external storage device based on the determination. The method includes receiving an input from the user, the input is indicative of a selection of the option to transfer the print job. Also, the method includes automatically creating a pre-defined folder in the external storage device based on receiving the input and transferring the print job of the user from the print queue of the multi-function device to the pre-defined folder of the external storage device.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport member that transports a continuous medium as a result of a transport surface of the transport member making contact with the continuous medium and a transfer device that is disposed on a downstream side in a direction in which the transport member transports the medium and that transfers an image onto the medium, which extends to the transport member, as a result of a transfer surface of the transfer device making contact with the medium. A moving speed of the transfer surface is lower than a moving speed of the transport surface when the medium is transported.