Abstract: A document processing apparatus includes an image processing unit, a target determination unit, a text reading unit, and a keyword extraction unit. The image processing unit processes an image. The target determination unit determines whether an image that is a target of a process executed by the image processing unit is to be used as a keyword extraction target. The text reading unit reads a text from the image processed by the image processing unit. The keyword extraction unit extracts a keyword from the text read by the text reading unit from an image determined to be a keyword extraction target by the target determination unit.

Abstract: Provided is a device management system including plural situation grasping devices that are provided in an office room, each of which grasps surrounding situations, and an image forming apparatus that is provided in the office room, includes a storage unit storing information on the plural situation grasping devices, and forms an image on a recording material.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a reading unit that reads information from a recording medium on which information on a situation grasping device is written, an acquiring unit that acquires specific information for specifying the situation grasping device from the information read by the reading unit, and a setting unit that sets association with the situation grasping device using the specific information acquired by the acquiring unit.

Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a first connection unit, a second connection unit, a setup information management unit, and a communication controller. The first connection unit is connectable to a terminal apparatus via a wireless communication link. The terminal apparatus serves as a target being managed. The second connection unit is connectable to the terminal apparatus via at least one of a wireless communication link and a wired communication line using a connection path different from a connection path used by the first connection unit. The setup information management unit obtains and manages setup information used for establishing a connection with the terminal apparatus, from the terminal apparatus via the first connection unit. The communication controller connects to the terminal apparatus via the second communication unit using identification information of the terminal apparatus managed by the setup information management unit, and communicates with the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit and a communication controller. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus with which communication is enabled for a limited period. In a predetermined period including a period which is set as the limited period for which communication with the external apparatus is enabled, the communication controller controls the communication unit so as to establish, for communication, a connection with the external apparatus.

Abstract: A relay apparatus includes a transmission/reception unit, a relay processing unit, an error detection unit, and an error information acquisition unit. The transmission/reception unit transmits and receives data to and from terminal apparatuses via a network. The relay processing unit causes the transmission/reception unit to transmit data, which have been transmitted from one of the terminal apparatuses and received by the transmission/reception unit, to a terminal apparatus set as a transmission destination. The error detection unit detects an error in communication processed by the relay processing unit. The error information acquisition unit acquires information about the communication in which an error has been detected by the error detection unit.

Abstract: An equipment control system includes an equipment control device that controls equipment provided in an office room, and an external control device that is provided outside the office room and controls the equipment provided in the office room via the equipment control device, wherein when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control device that controls the equipment is switched from one of the equipment control device and the external control device to the other.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a mobile position information acquiring unit configured to acquire position information obtained by a mobile terminal possessed by an operator who operates a machine, and an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction concerning acquisition of the position information of the mobile terminal when a difference between a position obtained from the position information of the mobile terminal acquired by the mobile position information acquiring unit and a position of the machine exceeds a predetermined first criterion.

Abstract: An information processing system includes an image forming apparatus that includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, receives information from a device provided in an office room, and transmits the information to an external device, and an information processing apparatus that is capable of receiving the information from the device, and transmits the information from the device to the external device when the image forming apparatus is not capable of transmitting the information to the external device.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a printing unit that is capable of performing printing on a recording medium using information from terminal devices, a history information holding unit that holds printing history information including information of each of the terminal devices that have performed printing using the printing unit, and an identification unit that identifies status grasping target terminal devices by the information of the terminal devices, the information being included in the printing history information.

Abstract: Provided is an information display system including plural situation grasping devices that are provided in an office room, each of which grasps surrounding situations, and an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium, the image forming apparatus being provided in the office room and including a display which displays location related information of the situation grasping devices in the office room.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a provided device information acquiring section that acquires provided device information which is information on a device provided in an office room, and an output section that outputs information on a service which is providable to a user in an office room, based on the provided device information acquired by the provided device information acquiring section.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a reading unit that reads information from a recording medium on which information on a situation grasping device is written, an acquiring unit that acquires specific information for specifying the situation grasping device from the information read by the reading unit, and a setting unit that sets association with the situation grasping device using the specific information acquired by the acquiring unit.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image, a user interface unit that delivers information with a user, a communication unit that communicates with a target device to be managed, a determination unit that determines an operation state of the target device based on the communication with the target device, and an output controller that causes information on the target device to be output through the user interface unit, the operation state of the target device being determined not to be normal by the determination unit.

Abstract: A system includes at least one controlled device that is controlled based on control information output from an external device, and an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording material and communicate with the external device and the controlled device, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a transceiver that receives the control information from the external device and transmits the control information to the controlled device, and a transmission controller that stops the transmission of the control information by the transceiver or changes contents of the control information to be transmitted by the transceiver.

Abstract: Provided is a device management system including plural situation grasping devices that are provided in an office room, each of which grasps surrounding situations, and an image forming apparatus that is provided in the office room, includes a storage unit storing information on the plural situation grasping devices, and forms an image on a recording material.

Abstract: There is provided an intermaxillary fixation releasing device in which intermaxillary fixation can be released without a special tool, and the labor of the practitioner and the burden on the patient are reduced. The intermaxillary fixation releasing device comprises a maxillary joint composed of a first synthetic resin; a mandibular joint composed of a second synthetic resin; and a connector composed of an elastomer, wherein the maxillary joint is provided with an upper-side interlocking part and an upper-side support part; the mandibular joint is provided with a lower-side interlocking part and a lower-side support part; the elastomer forming the connector is incompatible or substantially incompatible with the first synthetic resin and the second synthetic resin; and the maxillary joint and the mandibular joint are joined with the connector in a state in which the upper-side support part and the lower-side support part are embedded in the connector.

Abstract: A sealing material sheet which is used as a member of a solar cell module formed by heating and pressing a laminate in which a first protective member, a first sealing material sheet, a photoelectric conversion cell, a second sealing material sheet, and a second protective member are laminated in this order, including an uneven pattern being formed on one surface or both surfaces of the first sealing material sheet and the second sealing material sheet through an embossing process, the embossing process being performed so that the percentage VH/VA×100% of the total volume VH of concave portions per unit area of the first sealing material sheet and the second sealing material sheet and the apparent volume VA of the sealing material sheets obtained by multiplying the unit area by the maximum thickness is in the range of 1% to 4%.

Abstract: There is provided an intermaxillary fixation releasing devise in which intermaxillary fixation can be released without a special tool, and the labor of the practitioner and the burden on the patient are reduced. The intermaxillary fixation releasing devise comprises a maxillary joint composed of a first synthetic resin; a mandibular joint composed of a second synthetic resin; and a connector composed of an elastomer, wherein the maxillary joint is provided with an upper-side interlocking part and an upper-side support part; the mandibular joint is provided with a lower-side interlocking part and a lower-side support part; the elastomer forming the connector is incompatible or substantially incompatible with the first synthetic resin and the second synthetic resin; and the maxillary joint and the mandibular joint are joined with the connector in a state in which the upper-side support part and the lower-side support part are embedded in the connector.

Abstract: This invention provides a data storage output apparatus that includes an input component, plural output components, a storage component and a conversion component. The input component inputs data. The plural output components output data in different respective data formats. The storage component stores data in an intermediate format, which can be converted to data formats required by the respective plural output components. The conversion component converts the data stored in the storage component to a data format corresponding to the output component and outputs the data to the output component.