Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a selecting unit, a degree-of-association calculating unit, and a display. The selecting unit selects at least one of multiple components constituting electronic information. The degree-of-association calculating unit calculates the degree of association representing a strength of association between a different component associated with the component selected by the selecting unit and the selected component. The display displays associated-component information regarding the different component which is associated with the selected component, in a form based on the degree of association which is calculated by the degree-of-association calculating unit. When at least one of the components has a description indicating a conjunctive relation with the different component, the degree-of-association calculating unit associates the component with the different component.

Abstract: A access right estimation apparatus includes an extraction unit that extracts at least one first component from a first object which forms a first document, an access right being set up for the first document; an association unit that associates the extracted first component with access right information which indicates a user who is capable of accessing the first component based on the access right which is set up for the first document; and an access right estimation unit that estimates an access right that should be set up for a second document, which includes at least one second component extracted from a second object that forms the second document, an access right being not set up for the second document, the access right estimation unit estimating the access right based on the second component and the access right information which is associated with the first component.

Abstract: A access right estimation apparatus includes an extraction unit that extracts at least one first component from a first object which forms a first document, an access right being set up for the first document; an association unit that associates the extracted first component with access right information which indicates a user who is capable of accessing the first component based on the access right which is set up for the first document; and an access right estimation unit that estimates an access right that should be set up for a second document, which includes at least one second component extracted from a second object that forms the second document, an access right being not set up for the second document, the access right estimation unit estimating the access right based on the second component and the access right information which is associated with the first component.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a selecting unit, a degree-of-association calculating unit, and a display. The selecting unit selects at least one of multiple components constituting electronic information. The degree-of-association calculating unit calculates the degree of association representing a strength of association between a different component associated with the component selected by the selecting unit and the selected component. The display displays associated-component information regarding the different component which is associated with the selected component, in a form based on the degree of association which is calculated by the degree-of-association calculating unit. When at least one of the components has a description indicating a conjunctive relation with the different component, the degree-of-association calculating unit associates the component with the different component.

Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus. An acquisition unit acquires document information including a main body and information on one or a plurality of charts. A first display control unit causes at least a portion of the maim body included in the document information to be displayed on a first display screen. A second display control unit causes, among the one or plurality of charts, a chart associated with the portion of the main body displayed on the first display screen to be displayed on a second display screen.

Abstract: A document editing apparatus includes a link information extracting unit and a changing unit. The link information extracting unit extracts link information linked to other data from a target document. The changing unit changes the link information to information that is not linked to the other data if the other data to which the extracted link information is linked includes concealed information.

Abstract: The present invention performs printing without collapsing the appearance of the hyper document and embeds information about links in the printed hyper document so that access to the link destinations can be gained. The image processing apparatus of the present invention has a plotting control unit that, when outputting document data onto a recording medium as a document image, the document data having image elements containing link destinations and containing appearance information for defining the plotting positions of the image elements, plots the image elements in the plotting positions defined by the appearance information and embeds at least part of coupling information for specifying related information of the image elements in the plotting positions of the image elements.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an information embedding section, a feature quantity acquiring section and an information managing section. The information embedding section embeds information, which specifies content relevant to document data, into the document data. The feature quantity acquiring section acquires feature quantity information about the content. The information managing section manages the feature quantity information about the content at a time when the information is embedded into the document data, while associating the feature quantity information and the information embedded into the document data with each other.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an information embedding unit that, upon print output of a document image including link information for access to associated information, embeds identifier information uniquely corresponding to the link information in the document image; a local ID management unit that holds uniquely-set predetermined identification information; an element ID generation unit that generates individual identification information by the link information; a link ID combining unit that combines the identification information held by the local ID management unit with the identification information generated by the element ID generation unit, as the identifier information embedded by the information embedding unit.

Abstract: A method for document manipulation which embeds additional information in document data in which layout and position of a element have been defined comprises a process of generating rendered image data by rendering a region where additional information is to be embedded in the document, a process of embedding additional information in a part of the rendered image data, and a process of merging a images of the part in which the additional information embedded in the rendered image data with a predetermined region in a original document data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which comprises image inputter for inputting an image, information inputter for inputting information to be added to the image, image producer for producing an output pixel corresponding to the image inputted by the image inputter using a line screen whose line width is changed depending on desired density of the output pixel, position changer for changing a position of the output pixel to be produced in accordance with the information inputted by the information inputter in a line width direction of the line screen within the width of the screen in a process of producing the output pixel corresponding to the inputted image by the image producer, and controller for controlling the image producer to produce the output pixel in the position changed by the position changer using the line screen.