Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to display a clearing method for clearing an initial error among errors that have occurred, on a display part, while the clearing method of the initial error of which the clearing method is displayed on the display part is displayed, receive a temporary clearing instruction for processing the initial error as being temporarily cleared, each time the temporary clearing instruction is received, display clearing methods of subsequent errors on the display part in order in a switched manner, and in a case where clearing operations for all clearing methods of the errors that have occurred are completed, resume processing of a job paused by the errors.

Abstract: A sheet feeder includes: multiple sheet feeding trays each configured to house one or more print media sheets; and a processor configured to cause a sheet feeding tray assigned a top priority to feed a print media sheet after the sheet feeding tray is set up for sheet feeding and a state of the sheet feeding tray is fixed, the top priority being highest among priorities that are assigned to the multiple sheet feeding trays and that are determined in advance with regard to sheet feeding.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an inverting unit that inverts a sheet when an image forming process for forming images on both sides of the sheet is performed; an image forming unit that forms an image on a second side of the sheet based on first side image data and forms an image on a third side of the sheet based on second side image data; a controller that starts the image forming process upon receiving print data to be printed on specific paper, and inverts a sheet fed from a sheet feeding unit once or more; and a converting unit that, when the sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit is the specific paper, converts the first side print data which is received to be printed on the specific paper into N-th side image data where N?2 and transfers the N-th side image data to the image forming unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an inverting unit that inverts a sheet when an image forming process for forming images on both sides of the sheet is performed; an image forming unit that forms an image on a second side of the sheet based on first side image data and forms an image on a third side of the sheet based on second side image data; a controller that starts the image forming process upon receiving print data to be printed on specific paper, and inverts a sheet fed from a sheet feeding unit once or more; and a converting unit that, when the sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit is the specific paper, converts the first side print data which is received to be printed on the specific paper into N-th side image data where N?2 and transfers the N-th side image data to the image forming unit.

Abstract: A scheme to judge emphasized speech portions, wherein the judgment is executed by a statistical processing in terms of a set of speech parameters including a fundamental frequency, power and a temporal variation of a dynamic measure and/or their derivatives. The emphasized speech portions are used for clues to summarize an audio content or a video content with a speech.

Abstract: A scheme to judge emphasized speech portions, wherein the judgment is executed by a statistical processing in terms of a set of speech parameters including a fundamental frequency, power and a temporal variation of a dynamic measure and/or their derivatives. The emphasized speech portions are used for clues to summarize an audio content or a video content with a speech.

Abstract: A scheme for graphical user interface using a polygonal-line-shaped slider that enables a user to intuitively manipulate-and playback spatio-temporal media data such as video data and animation data without deteriorating the temporal continuity of the data in interactive manipulation and playback of the spatio-temporal media data is disclosed. In this scheme, the slider is composed of a polygonal line composed of at least one segment and a coordinate indicator that is moved along the polygonal line. Data corresponding to coordinates specified by the coordinate indicator is entered. The apparatus according to present invention stores the coordinates of vertexes of the polygonal line, stores input coordinates, maps the input coordinates onto a point on the polygonal line, and positions the coordinate indicator at the point.

Abstract: A scheme to judge emphasized speech portions, wherein the judgment is executed by a statistical processing in terms of a set of speech parameters including a fundamental frequency, power and a temporal variation of a dynamic measure and/or their derivatives. The emphasized speech portions are used for clues to summarize an audio content or a video content with a speech.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for three-dimensional holographic display suitable for moving object display are disclosed. At least one hologram of a display target object is displayed on a display device, and a non-scattered light is irradiated onto the display device to produce a scattered light. Then the scattered light from the display device as an object light of the display target object and the non-scattered light as a reference light are irradiated simultaneously at different incident angles onto a photorefractive medium having a photorefractive effect, and interference fringes generated by the object light and the reference light are recorded in the photorefractive medium. Then, the three-dimensional image is displayed by irradiating only the non-scattered light onto the photorefractive medium so as to reproduce a holographic image corresponding to the interference fringes recorded in the photorefractive medium.

Abstract: A private communication system using bus type transmission path, in which a plurality of communication terminal devices for carrying out communications and a system main device for exchanging communications from the communication terminal devices are connected by upward and downward digital transmission paths for transmitting data in forms of upward and downward transmission frames formed by a plurality of cells in fixed length.