Abstract: A printing apparatus, comprising a reception unit for receiving a plurality of print jobs, an analysis unit for analyzing each print job, a sorting unit for sorting the plurality of print jobs, a print unit for printing by sequentially executing the sorted print jobs, and a heating unit for heating a printed sheet to fix a printing material thereon, wherein the analysis unit specifies a sheet type used to execute each print job, and also specifies as a fixing temperature a temperature for fixing the printing material on the sheet type, and while a given print job is executed, the sorting unit sorts a plurality of print jobs in a print standby state so that print jobs using the same sheet type are subsequently executed and the fixing temperatures corresponding to the print jobs are sorted in predetermined order.

Abstract: A stop unit is configured to stop a communication apparatus operating in a second mode based on a change of a channel used by an access point while a state in which predetermined wireless connection is maintained and a state in which the communication apparatus is operating in the second mode are concurrently maintained.

Abstract: If another person comes close to a printing apparatus or print control apparatus during output of a print job by authenticated printing, he/she may accidentally glance at an output material, and private information or confidential information to be hidden may leak. To solve this problem, a print control apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention executes the following control processing. That is, if a received print job is an authenticated print job requiring authentication processing and there is a person nearby the print control apparatus other than the executor of the authenticated print job, a selection screen for accepting execution or holding of printing is displayed. In accordance with an instruction input to the selection screen, printing of the authenticated print job by the printing unit is controlled.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit that receives a signal transmitted from an external apparatus, a specifying unit that specifies a distance from the external apparatus based on the received signal, a display control unit that controls displaying a selection screen for selecting the external apparatus, and a transmission unit that transmits data to the selected external apparatus. If the reception unit receives the signals from a plurality of external apparatuses, the external apparatuses are displayed in order of the distance based on the specified distance. If the reception unit receives the signal of a first external apparatus having an error occurring therein and the signal of a second external apparatus located farther away from the information processing apparatus than the first external apparatus and having no error occurring therein, the second external apparatus is displayed in priority to the first external apparatus.

Abstract: If another person comes close to a printing apparatus or print control apparatus during output of a print job by authenticated printing, he/she may accidentally glance at an output material, and private information or confidential information to be hidden may leak. To solve this problem, a print control apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention executes the following control processing. That is, if a received print job is an authenticated print job requiring authentication processing and there is a person nearby the print control apparatus other than the executor of the authenticated print job, a selection screen for accepting execution or holding of printing is displayed. In accordance with an instruction input to the selection screen, printing of the authenticated print job by the printing unit is controlled.

Abstract: An image processing system is proved in which a job received by an image processing apparatus via handover can be preferentially processed over a job received by an image processing apparatus during a time lag at the time of the handover. A job received from an information processing apparatus by a second communication unit is preferentially processed over a job received during a period since a communication with the information processing apparatus is performed by a first communication unit until a job is received from the information processing apparatus by the second communication unit.

Abstract: A similar case search apparatus includes: a keyword extracting unit which extracts a keyword from an image interpretation report; a diagnosis tree analyzing unit which extracts, based on the keyword, one or more target diagnosis flows corresponding to the image interpretation report, by referring to a diagnosis tree storage unit storing diagnosis trees; a similar diagnosis flow extracting unit which extracts one or more diagnosis flows similar to the one or more target diagnosis flows from among the plurality of diagnosis flows included in the diagnosis trees stored in the diagnosis tree storage unit, based on the degree of difficulty regarding a diagnosis item or the degree of difficulty regarding a disease name; and a similar case searching unit which searches out one or more case data sets corresponding to the similar diagnosis flows from among a plurality of case data sets stored in a case data storage unit.

Abstract: A similar case searching apparatus comprising: a weight determining unit which determines the weight to each of feature quantities extracted from an interpretation target image, based on predetermined two-data correlation information defining the correlation between the feature quantity and one of at least one image interpretation item and a disease name both included in an image interpretation report of a medical image included in a case data item registered in a case database, such that the weight is larger as the correlation is higher; and a similar case searching unit which searches for a similar case data item including a similar image, by weighting, using the weight, each image feature quantity in a first set extracted from the interpretation target image and a corresponding one of the image feature quantities in a second set extracted from the medical image, and comparing the weighted first set and the weighted second set.

Abstract: A behavior recognition apparatus includes a hand movement observation unit which outputs hand movement data indicating a hand movement made by a user; a velocity variation detection unit which detects a time at which the hand movement matches a predetermined movement pattern; and a feature selection unit which selects the hand movement data outputted at the time detected by the velocity variation detection unit. A standard behavior pattern storage unit stores a movement pattern data sequence represented by a hand movement data sequence, in association with a user behavior; and a behavior recognition unit calculates a degree of similarity between the movement pattern data sequence stored in the standard behavior pattern storage unit and the hand movement data selected by the feature selection unit, and recognizes, as the user behavior, a behavior represented by the movement pattern data sequence when the degree of similarity is the highest.

Abstract: A case searching apparatus includes: an image similarity degree determining unit which calculates an image similarity degree between a first interpretation target image data item obtained by an interpretation target obtaining unit and a second interpretation target image data item registered in a case database; a text similarity degree determining unit which calculates the text similarity degree between a first image interpretation information item obtained by the interpretation target obtaining unit and the second image interpretation information item registered in the case database; and a different-text case searching unit which preferentially search out one or more case data items included in the case data items stored in the case database in a descending order of image similarity degrees determined by the image similarity degree determining unit and an ascending order of text similarity degrees determined by the text similarity degree determining unit.

Abstract: A related word presentation device includes a program information storage unit that stores program information of each program; and an information dividing unit that generates, for each of the attributes of the words included in the program information, at least one group which includes a reference word belonging to the attribute and a set of words which co-occur with the reference word in a program. A degree-of-relevance calculating unit stores attribute-based association dictionaries each of which indicates, for the corresponding attribute of words, (i) the words and (ii) the degrees of relevance between the words calculated based on the frequency of co-occurrence in each of groups. A search condition obtaining unit obtains the search word and the attribute; a substitute word obtaining unit selects substitute words from the attribute-based association dictionary for the obtained attribute; and an output unit presents the selected substitute word.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first sheet discharge unit, a second sheet discharge unit, a switching unit configured to cause a sheet discharge destination to switch between the first sheet discharge unit and the second sheet discharge unit, a memory unit configured to store information about drying time of a print medium, a timer unit configured to determine elapse of the drying time of the printed print medium based on the information stored in the memory unit, and a control unit configured to control the switching unit to set the first sheet discharge unit to be the sheet discharge destination based on a determination of the timer unit that a drying time of a print medium discharged to the first sheet discharge unit has elapsed.

Abstract: A similar case searching apparatus comprising: a weight determining unit which determines the weight to each of feature quantities extracted from an interpretation target image, based on predetermined two-data correlation information defining the correlation between the feature quantity and one of at least one image interpretation item and a disease name both included in an image interpretation report of a medical image included in a case data item registered in a case database, such that the weight is larger as the correlation is higher; and a similar case searching unit which searches for a similar case data item including a similar image, by weighting, using the weight, each image feature quantity in a first set extracted from the interpretation target image and a corresponding one of the image feature quantities in a second set extracted from the medical image, and comparing the weighted first set and the weighted second set.

Abstract: An association dictionary creation apparatus is provided that is capable of easily and efficiently creating an association dictionary suiting the user's taste.

Abstract: An image interpretation training apparatus comprises: an image presenting unit configured to present a target image to be interpreted to a doctor; an image interpretation obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image interpretation of the target image by the doctor and image interpretation time required by the doctor for the interpretation of the target image; an image interpretation determining unit configured to determine whether the first image interpretation is correct or incorrect by comparing a definitive diagnosis on the target image and the first image interpretation obtained by the image interpretation obtaining unit; and a learning content attribute selecting unit configured to select an attribute of the learning content to be presented to the doctor based on the image interpretation time when the first image interpretation result is determined to be incorrect.

Abstract: A joystick type switch device is provided that includes an operating shaft having an operating knob provided at one end, and a case supporting the operating shaft so that the operating shaft can move between a return position and a pushed-in position and tilt from a neutral position around a tilt center, it being possible to detect pushing of the operating shaft into the pushed-in position and tilting of the operating shaft from the neutral position into eight directions, wherein the operating shaft (16) has a magnet mounted at the other end, and a portion, facing the magnet, of a base plate (22) mounted on the case has at least three Hall elements (43A to 43D) fixed thereto at equal intervals around the axis of the operating shaft (16) in the neutral position. This enables excellent durability to be obtained and the number of components to be reduced.

Abstract: In an interactive program search apparatus (100) which presents search condition candidates for expanding or narrowing down search results, reason words indicating the reason why the search condition candidates are presented are adaptively determined based on user's preference, search actions, and watching actions. An association-source word extracting unit (109) extracts an association-source word from the program search results, and an associated word extracting unit (110) extracts associated words associated with the association-source word, from an association dictionary storage unit (103). A reason word extracting unit (111) extracts reason words illustrating the relationships between the association-source word and the associated words, using the association-source word, the associated words, and the obtainment history information composed of words included in the program information of the programs selected by the user in the past and selected words among the words.

Abstract: An information retrieval apparatus, which can present to a user only a related word matching a user search intent, includes: an associative dictionary storage unit for storing words included in plural pieces of text to be searched and relevance degrees between the words; an appearance frequency storage unit for storing an appearance frequency that is the number of pieces of text in which the words stored in the associative dictionary storage unit appear, among the plural pieces of text to be searched; and a related word obtaining unit that obtains a related word to be presented to the user, from the relevance degree between the search word entered by the user and another word among the words, the appearance frequency, and the user search intent.

Abstract: To provide a content searching device which can efficiently present to the user a topical related keyword.

Abstract: A behavior recognition apparatus includes: a hand movement observation unit (101) which outputs hand movement data indicating a hand movement made by a user; a velocity variation detection unit (102) which detects a time at which the hand movement matches a predetermined movement pattern; a feature selection unit (103) which selects the hand movement data outputted at the time detected by the velocity variation detection unit (102); a standard behavior pattern storage unit (104) which stores a movement pattern data sequence represented by a hand movement data sequence, in association with a user behavior; and a behavior recognition unit (105) which calculates a degree of similarity between the movement pattern data sequence stored in the standard behavior pattern storage unit (104) and the hand movement data selected by the feature selection unit (103), and recognizes, as the user behavior, a behavior represented by the movement pattern data sequence when the degree of similarity is the highest.