Abstract: An information processing system in which a client uses an information processing apparatus that is managed by an apparatus manager, includes a management unit that manages client information including a contact address of a client; an acquisition unit that acquires a notification content from an apparatus manager; a specification unit that specifies a contact address of a client that uses an information processing apparatus that is managed by the apparatus manager from which the acquisition unit has acquired the notification content, on the basis of the client information that is managed by the management unit; and a notification unit that gives a notification about the notification content acquired by the acquisition unit to the contact address of the client specified by the specification unit.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes: a process execution unit that executes a process according to a user instruction; a first communication unit that performs wireless communication with a mobile device moved in a predetermined communication area; a recognition unit that recognizes existence/non-existence of use intention; an authentication processing unit that executes a user authentication process in cases where the first communication unit receives a user ID maintained in the mobile device and the recognition unit recognizes that the user who possesses the user ID attempts to cause the process execution unit to execute the process; and a process execution permission unit that permits the process execution unit to execute the necessary authentication process in a case where the reception user ID is recognized as the user ID possessed by the user who has the authority to cause the process execution unit to execute the necessary authentication process.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a retaining unit that retains the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts an execution instruction from the user; an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction retained by the retaining unit in association with the authenticated user. The image forming unit executes the image forming instruction without accepting the execution instruction by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication unit completes the authentication and cancellation of execution by the user is not present within a holding time.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a reservation unit that reserves the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts a user's log-in operation, an authentication unit that authenticates the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction, which is reserved in the reservation unit and is associated with the authenticated user, without accepting the log-in operation by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication by the authentication unit has been completed.

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 image processing system includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a retaining unit that retains the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts an execution instruction from the user; an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction retained by the retaining unit in association with the authenticated user. The image forming unit executes the image forming instruction without accepting the execution instruction by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication unit completes the authentication and cancellation of execution by the user is not present within a holding time.

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: A wedge-shaped contact region can be employed to provide electrical contacts to multiple electrically conductive layers in a three-dimensional device structure. A cavity including a generally wedge-shaped region and a primary region is formed in a dielectric matrix layer over a support structure. An alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers is formed by a series of conformal deposition processes in the cavity and over the dielectric matrix layer. The alternating stack can be planarized employing the top surface of the dielectric matrix layer as a stopping layer. A tip portion of each electrically conductive layer within remaining portions of the alternating stack is laterally offset from the tip of the generally wedge-shaped region by a respective lateral offset distance along a lateral protrusion direction. Contact via structures can be formed on the tip portions of the electrically conductive layers to provide electrical contact.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a retaining unit that retains the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts an execution instruction from the user; an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction retained by the retaining unit in association with the authenticated user. The image forming unit executes the image forming instruction without accepting the execution instruction by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication unit completes the authentication and cancellation of execution by the user is not present within a holding time.

Abstract: An authentication apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures a face image of a user, an authenticating unit that authenticates the user using the face image of the user captured by the imaging unit, a display unit that displays failure information if authentication of the user by the authenticating unit is unsuccessful, a departure detecting unit that detects a departure of the user, and a stopping unit that causes the display unit to stop displaying the failure information if the departure detecting unit detects the departure of the user.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a retaining unit that retains the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts an execution instruction from the user, an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction retained by the retaining unit in association with the authenticated user without accepting the execution instruction by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication unit completes the authentication.

Abstract: A system includes: a printing unit that prints a document including a data part; a storage unit that stores (i) specifying information which uniquely specifies the document and (ii) the data part in association with each other; an obtaining unit that obtains the specifying information of the document from a document recipient; and a transmitting unit that transmits the data part corresponding to the obtained specifying information to the document recipient.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes a detector and a notifying unit. The detector detects, based on an image obtained by capturing an image of a space in which a monitoring target acts, an act which is likely to cause the monitoring target to be exposed to danger. The notifying unit sends, in accordance with the act and an exercise ability of the monitoring target, a notification indicating that the monitoring target is likely to be exposed to danger.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a verification unit and an execution unit. The verification unit verifies biometric information acquired from users against preregistered reference information. The execution unit executes a process based on the number of times biometric information has been verified on a user basis in a predetermined period by the verification unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes plural detectors and a transition unit. The plural detectors detect a person and have different detection areas. The transition unit makes a transition from a power saving state to a normal state if a return condition that the person is detected by a predetermined detector among the plural detectors is satisfied, the power saving state being a state in which power lower than usual power is supplied, the normal state being a state in which the usual power is supplied. The transition unit sets, as the return condition, a condition that an intention of using the information processing apparatus by the person is detected and a detector, among the plural detectors, having a detection area wider than a detection area of the predetermined detector detects the person.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a sensor, an output unit, and a controller. The sensor senses a person. The output unit outputs a notification sound. The controller controls a volume of the notification sound. The controller controls the output unit to reduce the volume of the notification sound.

Abstract: A cough detection apparatus includes a receiving unit and a cough detection unit. The receiving unit receives motion information and sound information of a person who sits on a seat. The motion information and the sound information are transmitted from a motion detector and a sound detector. The motion detector and the sound detector are provided for the seat. The cough detection unit detects a cough of the person on the basis of the received motion information and the received sound information.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes: a process execution unit that executes a process according to a user instruction; a first communication unit that performs wireless communication with a mobile device moved in a predetermined communication area; a recognition unit that recognizes existence/non-existence of use intention; an authentication processing unit that executes a user authentication process in cases where the first communication unit receives a user ID maintained in the mobile device and the recognition unit recognizes that the user who possesses the user ID attempts to cause the process execution unit to execute the process; and a process execution permission unit that permits the process execution unit to execute the necessary authentication process in a case where the reception user ID is recognized as the user ID possessed by the user who has the authority to cause the process execution unit to execute the necessary authentication process.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes a detector and a notifying unit. The detector detects, based on an image obtained by capturing an image of a space in which a monitoring target acts, an act which is likely to cause the monitoring target to be exposed to danger. The notifying unit sends, in accordance with the act and an exercise ability of the monitoring target, a notification indicating that the monitoring target is likely to be exposed to danger.

Abstract: A wedge-shaped contact region can be employed to provide electrical contacts to multiple electrically conductive layers in a three-dimensional device structure. A cavity including a generally wedge-shaped region and a primary region is formed in a dielectric matrix layer over a support structure. An alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers is formed by a series of conformal deposition processes in the cavity and over the dielectric matrix layer. The alternating stack can be planarized employing the top surface of the dielectric matrix layer as a stopping layer. A tip portion of each electrically conductive layer within remaining portions of the alternating stack is laterally offset from the tip of the generally wedge-shaped region by a respective lateral offset distance along a lateral protrusion direction. Contact via structures can be formed on the tip portions of the electrically conductive layers to provide electrical contact.