Abstract: An information management apparatus includes: a policy table, in which a function, the function being necessary to provide a client device with security, and security setting values of the function, the security setting values being defined depending on an interface specific to the client device, are recorded such that the function is associated with one of the security setting values for each of levels of the security; a client-communication processing unit configured to perform communication with the client device; a server-communication processing unit configured to communicate with a server, the server issuing a change request requesting for changing a record in the policy table; and a policy-information management unit configured to change the record in the policy table in accordance with the change request.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a search unit configured to search for one or more display apparatuses connected to a network; a notification unit configured to notify, in response to receiving an output request for outputting data from an information processing apparatus via the network, the information processing apparatus of usage statuses of the one or more display apparatuses obtained by the search unit; and an output control unit configured to cause a display apparatus, selected by the information processing apparatus among the one or more display apparatuses whose usage statuses have been notified from the notification unit, to output the data.

Abstract: An image sharing apparatus is provided. The image sharing apparatus includes a first management unit configured to provide participation permission to one or more other image sharing apparatuses connected to the image sharing apparatus via a first network, and to control the image sharing apparatuses to which the participation permission has been provided; a second management unit configured to, when a participation request is received from one or more information terminals connected the image sharing apparatus via a second network, different from the first network, provide the participation permission to the information terminals, and to control the information terminals to which the participation permission has been provided; and a transfer unit configured to transfer image data to the other image sharing apparatuses controlled by the first management unit and the information terminals controlled by the second management unit.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a storage unit configured to store a predetermined motion of a user who uses an operating device and an attribute of the predetermined motion per role of the user in association with each other; an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a predetermined area including a projection area on which a projecting device projects an image; an identification unit configured to identify the attribute associated with the predetermined motion corresponding to a motion of light emitted to the predetermined area from the operating device based on the motion of light and an operation signal, referring to the storage unit; a synthetic image generation unit configured to generate a synthetic image by reflecting the attribute of the predetermined motion in the image projected; and a history record unit configured to generate history data including the synthetic image, the role, the attribute.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided that includes plural devices, a device control unit associated with each of the devices for controlling a power status of each of the devices according to a relevant power mode, and power mode setting unit for setting the relevant power mode to the device control unit.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a storage unit configured to store a predetermined motion of a user who uses an operating device and an attribute of the predetermined motion per role of the user in association with each other; an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a predetermined area including a projection area on which a projecting device projects an image; an identification unit configured to identify the attribute associated with the predetermined motion corresponding to a motion of light emitted to the predetermined area from the operating device based on the motion of light and an operation signal, referring to the storage unit; a synthetic image generation unit configured to generate a synthetic image by reflecting the attribute of the predetermined motion in the image projected; and a history record unit configured to generate history data including the synthetic image, the role, the attribute.

Abstract: A disclosed image processing apparatus includes process components configured to input, process, or output image data; and a registration unit configured to obtain a list of the process components available in the image processing apparatus, to display on a display unit a screen for selecting a plurality of the process components from the list and thereby defining a combination of the process components which combination implements an application program for performing an image processing task, and to register the combination with an identifier in the image processing apparatus.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided that includes plural devices, a device control unit associated with each of the devices for controlling a power status of each of the devices according to a relevant power mode, and power mode setting unit for setting the relevant power mode to the device control unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided that includes plural devices, a device control unit associated with each of the devices for controlling a power status of each of the devices according to a relevant power mode, and power mode setting unit for setting the relevant power mode to the device control unit.

Abstract: A storage unit temporarily stores first image data input from an input device and second image data to be output to an output device. An image-data input/output processing unit performs processes of inputting the first image data from the input device and outputting the second image data to the output device. An execution-condition determining unit determines a condition for the processes of inputting and outputting the image data, and switches processing modes between a normal processing mode and a low-speed processing mode based on a determined condition.

Abstract: A disclosed image processing apparatus includes process components configured to input, process, or output image data; and a registration unit configured to obtain a list of the process components available in the image processing apparatus, to display on a display unit a screen for selecting a plurality of the process components from the list and thereby defining a combination of the process components which combination implements an application program for performing an image processing task, and to register the combination with an identifier in the image processing apparatus.

Abstract: A disclosed image processing apparatus includes process components configured to input, process, or output image data; and a registration unit configured to obtain a list of the process components available in the image processing apparatus, to display on a display unit a screen for selecting one or more of the process components from the list and thereby defining a combination of the process components which combination implements an application program for performing an image processing task, and to register the combination with an identifier in the image processing apparatus.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus for performing an operation by use of an application, which can communicate with a plurality of external apparatuses, includes an application registering unit to register one or more applications selected as available applications from applications installed in the plurality of external apparatuses, an application selecting unit to select an application to be utilized from the one or more applications registered by the application registering unit, and a control unit to communicate with an external apparatus having the selected application installed therein to perform the operation by utilizing the selected application installed in the external apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a hardware resource used in image forming processing and an application executing the image forming processing, and performing authentication relating to the execution of the image forming processing is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a character string display part and a type character string display part. The character string display part displays a character string that does not include the type of the image forming processing, and prompts the authentication. The type character string display part displays the type of the image forming processing.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus for performing an operation by use of an application, which can communicate with a plurality of external apparatuses, includes an application registering unit to register one or more applications selected as available applications from applications installed in the plurality of external apparatuses, an application selecting unit to select an application to be utilized from the one or more applications registered by the application registering unit, and a control unit to communicate with an external apparatus having the selected application installed therein to perform the operation by utilizing the selected application installed in the external apparatus.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display unit that displays an operation screen for a user to perform an input operation; a storing unit that stores therein a screen element database that stores therein a plurality of screen elements to be arranged on the operation screen and that is capable of storing therein a definition file that defines a display screen; an input unit that receives selection of a plurality of screen elements from the screen element database and receive input of component information in which layout information that represents a layout position of a screen element, element definition information that specifies a screen element arranged at the layout position, and screen element information that represents an image of a screen element are correlated with each other, the component information corresponding to each of the screen elements; and a definition-file creating unit that creates the definition file by combining a plurality of pieces of the component information received by the

Abstract: An apparatus for forming an image, in which hardware resources for use in the forming of images are provided, and one or more processes run based on programs in respect of the forming of images. The apparatus includes an off-line unit which puts the one or more processes in a off-line state in which restriction is placed on the running of the one or more processes, a memory area releasing unit which releases one or more memory areas used by the one or more processes that are put in the off-line state, and a data laying-out unit which lays out data in the one or more memory areas released by the memory area releasing unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes one or more processing units, a control unit, an update program acquiring unit that acquires an update program for updating programs of the processing units and the control unit, and a program updating unit that updates the programs of the processing units in the order of the number of the other processing units through which the control unit communicates with each of the processing units. The order in which the processing units are updated is determined based on the number of other processing units via which each of the processing units communicates with the control unit.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises a plurality of different types of imaging means, each associated with one of a plurality of different types of imaging applications, each imaging application producing a print job containing image data; an engine configured to cause the image data to be reproduced on a recording medium; and an image data regulation manager used in common among the different types of applications and configured to interface the image data from said different types of applications between the engine and said different types of applications.

Abstract: A storage unit temporarily stores first image data input from an input device and second image data to be output to an output device. An image-data input/output processing unit performs processes of inputting the first image data from the input device and outputting the second image data to the output device. An execution-condition determining unit determines a condition for the processes of inputting and outputting the image data, and switches processing modes between a normal processing mode and a low-speed processing mode based on a determined condition.