Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a measurer that measures biometric information of a user, an analyzer that analyzes the measured biometric information, a job accepter that accepts jobs, a job executer that executes the jobs accepted by the job accepter, a hardware processor configured to estimate a job execution time period during which the job executor executes each of at least one of a plurality of jobs accepted by the job acceptor, to estimate a finish time point at which the analyzer finishes the analysis, and, in response to start of measurement of the biometric information by the measurer, to change execution order of a relating job, which relates to the user who is a subject of the measurement by the measurer, among the plurality of jobs such that a period during which the relating job is executed and the finish time point have a predetermined relationship.

Abstract: An application generator that generates a screen display application for causing an image forming apparatus to execute display processing includes: an acceptance section that accepts arrangement of any one of first objects each being prepared in advance for commanding to execute particular processing, to the screen, or accepts arrangement of a second object, and a third object arranged on another screen and to be associated with the second object, to the screen; a generation section that generates an application for displaying a screen on which one or both of the first object and the second object are arranged, for commanding to execute the particular processing relating to the first object when the first object is selected, and for giving notice of coordinates of the second object when the second object is selected; and an output section that outputs the screen display application and correspondence data.

Abstract: An image forming system includes multiple image forming apparatuses and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal establishes communication connection in a remote operation mode with a parent apparatus (one of the image forming apparatuses), the remote operation mode being a mode in which the mobile terminal operates as a remote operation apparatus of the parent apparatus. The mobile terminal displays an operation screen received from the parent apparatus, accepts a user operation provided through the operation screen, and transmits first setting information based on the user operation to the parent apparatus. The parent apparatus receives the first setting information from the mobile terminal and determines a setting target child apparatus. The parent apparatus transmits second setting information based on the first setting information to the setting target child apparatus, and the setting target child apparatus sets setting content based on the second setting information received from the parent apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a measurer that measures biometric information of a user, an analyzer that analyzes the measured biometric information, a job accepter that accepts jobs, a job executer that executes the jobs accepted by the job accepter, a hardware processor configured to estimate a job execution time period during which the job executor executes each of at least one of a plurality of jobs accepted by the job acceptor, to estimate a finish time point at which the analyzer finishes the analysis, and, in response to start of measurement of the biometric information by the measurer, to change execution order of a relating job, which relates to the user who is a subject of the measurement by the measurer, among the plurality of jobs such that a period during which the relating job is executed and the finish time point have a predetermined relationship.

Abstract: An application generator that generates a screen display application for causing an image forming apparatus to execute display processing includes: an acceptance section that accepts arrangement of any one of first objects each being prepared in advance for commanding to execute particular processing, to the screen, or accepts arrangement of a second object, and a third object arranged on another screen and to be associated with the second object, to the screen; a generation section that generates an application for displaying a screen on which one or both of the first object and the second object are arranged, for commanding to execute the particular processing relating to the first object when the first object is selected, and for giving notice of coordinates of the second object when the second object is selected; and an output section that outputs the screen display application and correspondence data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a first user interface operating on a first platform and a second user interface operating on a second platform and capable of being customized by a user. When a user operation is performed in a customized screen of the second user interface, the image forming apparatus determines recognition information which is information to be used for recognizing an instruction content given by the user operation, among two types of information (action instruction information based on the user operation and information on an operation position of the user operation). When the information on the operation position of the user operation is determined as the recognition information, the image forming apparatus converts operation position information in the second user interface into operation element information and recognizes the instruction content on the basis of at least one of the action instruction information and the operation element information.

Abstract: An electronic document generation apparatus includes a processing execution unit that executes first processing for generating an electronic document on the basis of a scanned image of an original document. When data to be used in second processing executed by a cooperative apparatus of the electronic document generation apparatus is generated by one of a plurality of sub-processes of the first processing, the processing execution unit transmits the data to the cooperative apparatus at a stage where there is a remaining unexecuted process among the sub-processes, and continues with execution of the remaining unexecuted process among the sub-processes. The electronic document generation apparatus receives a result of the second processing executed on the data by the cooperative apparatus from the cooperative apparatus, and generates the electronic document on the basis of the result of the second processing and the result of the first processing executed by the processing execution unit.

Abstract: An electronic document generation system includes: an image forming apparatus configured to generate a scanned image of an original document; and an external terminal configured to receive image data of the scanned image from the image forming apparatus, and generate an electronic document based on the scanned image, wherein the image forming apparatus includes: a divided data generation unit; a determination unit; and a communication unit, of the plurality of divided image data, the communication unit transmits, to the external terminal, divided image data that is determined to be the processing target data at an earlier point in time, and transmits, to the external terminal, divided image data that is determined not to be the processing target data after the divided image data that is determined to be the processing target data are transmitted, and the external terminal includes: an obtaining unit; and a document generation unit.

Abstract: An image forming system includes multiple image forming apparatuses and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal establishes communication connection in a remote operation mode with a parent apparatus (one of the image forming apparatuses), the remote operation mode being a mode in which the mobile terminal operates as a remote operation apparatus of the parent apparatus. The mobile terminal displays an operation screen received from the parent apparatus, accepts a user operation provided through the operation screen, and transmits first setting information based on the user operation to the parent apparatus. The parent apparatus receives the first setting information from the mobile terminal and determines a setting target child apparatus. The parent apparatus transmits second setting information based on the first setting information to the setting target child apparatus, and the setting target child apparatus sets setting content based on the second setting information received from the parent apparatus.

Abstract: An electronic document generation apparatus extracts a processing target area including a row area from a scanned image of an original document and detects the dimensions of the row area, the row area being an area of either a whole or partial range of a row of character string arranged in one direction in the scanned image. The apparatus determines an arrangement-direction character size on the basis of the dimensions of the row area, and sends out image data of the processing target area and an instruction to perform OCR processing on the processing target area to an external apparatus. The apparatus then receives a processing result of the OCR processing from the external apparatus, and arranges a character string of the processing result in the electronic document on the basis of the arrangement-direction character size to generate an electronic document.

Abstract: An electronic document generation apparatus extracts a processing target area including a row area from a scanned image of an original document and detects the dimensions of the row area, the row area being an area of either a whole or partial range of a row of character string arranged in one direction in the scanned image. The apparatus determines an arrangement-direction character size on the basis of the dimensions of the row area, and sends out image data of the processing target area and an instruction to perform OCR processing on the processing target area to an external apparatus. The apparatus then receives a processing result of the OCR processing from the external apparatus, and arranges a character string of the processing result in the electronic document on the basis of the arrangement-direction character size to generate an electronic document.

Abstract: An electronic document generation apparatus includes a processing execution unit that executes first processing for generating an electronic document on the basis of a scanned image of an original document. When data to be used in second processing executed by a cooperative apparatus of the electronic document generation apparatus is generated by one of a plurality of sub-processes of the first processing, the processing execution unit transmits the data to the cooperative apparatus at a stage where there is a remaining unexecuted process among the sub-processes, and continues with execution of the remaining unexecuted process among the sub-processes. The electronic document generation apparatus receives a result of the second processing executed on the data by the cooperative apparatus from the cooperative apparatus, and generates the electronic document on the basis of the result of the second processing and the result of the first processing executed by the processing execution unit.

Abstract: An electronic document generation system includes: an image forming apparatus configured to generate a scanned image of an original document; and an external terminal configured to receive image data of the scanned image from the image forming apparatus, and generate an electronic document based on the scanned image, wherein the image forming apparatus includes: a divided data generation unit; a determination unit; and a communication unit, of the plurality of divided image data, the communication unit transmits, to the external terminal, divided image data that is determined to be the processing target data at an earlier point in time, and transmits, to the external terminal, divided image data that is determined not to be the processing target data after the divided image data that is determined to be the processing target data are transmitted, and the external terminal includes: an obtaining unit; and a document generation unit.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a first MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral), a second MFP, and an operation panel. The operation panel is attachable to and removable from each of the first and second MFPs. The first MFP accepts a job. The operation panel includes a storage unit for storing information held by the first MFP and a display unit for displaying information about the job accepted by the first MFP. The second MFP executes the job accepted by the first MFP based on the information stored in the storage unit of the operation panel when the operation panel is removed from the first MFP and attached to the second MFP.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first generation portion that generates a first low-gradation image by performing a first process on an input image to reduce the number of gradations of the input image, a second generation portion that generates a second low-gradation image by performing a second process on the input image to reduce the number of gradations of the input image, a density detector that detects a density of the input image, a determination portion that determines, based on the density, a ratio at which the first low-gradation image and the second low-gradation image are blended together, and a mixing portion that blends the first low-gradation image and the second low-gradation image in accordance with the ratio.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, comprising: an input portion that inputs image data of a plurality of pages of document; a password detector that detects a password given to each of the pages; a password judger that judges from a detecting result drew by the password detector about each of the pages, whether or not a shared password issued for each page in common is detected in addition to an individual password uniquely issued for each page; an entry requester that requests entry of a shared password if it is judged by the password detector that a shared password is detected, and requests entry of an individual password about each of the pages if it is judged by the password detector that a shared password is not detected; and an output permitting portion that permits image data of all the pages each having a shared password, which is the image data inputted by the input portion, if the appropriate shared password is entered in response to the request for entry of a shared password, and permits image data of

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: an input portion that inputs image data of a plurality of pages of document; a password detector that detects a password given to each of the pages; a password judger that judges from the detecting results drew by the password detector whether or not different passwords are detected from each of the pages; a correlation judger that judges about each of the pages if the password judger judges that different passwords are detected from each of the pages, whether or not the passwords are correlated to each other; and an output permitting portion that permits the image data of all the pages, which are the image data inputted by the input portion, to be outputted without requesting entry of all passwords, if it is judged about each of the pages that the passwords are correlated to each other, on the other hand, requests entry of a password about each of the pages if it is judged about at least one of the pages that the passwords are not correlated to each other, then permi

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image reader that reads each of the plurality of documents and obtains image data corresponding thereto; a code detection/analysis portion that detects, from the image data, identification codes included in the documents and including output processing information which is information relating to an output processing method for the image data; a image group extraction portion that extracts an image data group made up of image data including the output processing information that is identical with each another; and a representative image determination portion that determines, within the image data group, at least one piece of representative image data; and a code deletion portion that deletes identification codes other than those for the representative image data within the image data group.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a region determination unit detecting attributes of image data generated by a reading unit; an image modification unit generating attribute data based on the results of the determination performed by the region determination unit; an image conversion processing circuit performing resolution conversion processing on the image data of a pixel of interest; and an attribute conversion processing circuit performing resolution conversion processing on the attribute data of the pixel of interest.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a first MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral), a second MFP, and an operation panel. The operation panel is attachable to and removable from each of the first and second MFPs. The first MFP accepts a job. The operation panel includes a storage unit for storing information held by the first MFP and a display unit for displaying information about the job accepted by the first MFP. The second MFP executes the job accepted by the first MFP based on the information stored in the storage unit of the operation panel when the operation panel is removed from the first MFP and attached to the second MFP.