Abstract: A sticking-type deep body thermometer that includes a thermometer body; a sticking member having an adhesive property on a bottom surface of thermometer body; a first thermal resistor having a predetermined thermal resistance and disposed substantially parallel to the sticking member; a first temperature sensor configured to detect a first temperature at a first surface of the first thermal resistor adjacent to the sticking member; a second temperature sensor configured to detect a second temperature at a second surface of the first thermal resistor opposite the first surface; a deep body temperature detection circuit configured to estimate a deep body temperature based on the first temperature and the second temperature; and an attachment/detachment sensor configured to detect attachment and detachment of the sticking-type deep body thermometer in accordance with a temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature and/or a temperature rate of change of the first temperature.

Abstract: A frequency of a residual amount signal which includes the absence of consumables and is issued by a printing apparatus is analyzed, whether new consumables have been attached or not is properly discriminated, and proper stock management is made.

Abstract: A frequency of a residual amount signal which includes the absence of consumables and is issued by a printing apparatus is analyzed, whether new consumables have been attached or not is properly discriminated, and proper stock management is made.

Abstract: When data of the number of printed paper sheets is transmitted from a user device to a service center, the service center charges on the basis of a unit price corresponding to the agreement contents of each user and the number of printed paper sheets and notifies the user of the payable amount. In addition, upon receiving toner low information from the user device, the service center predicts the toner out time and issues a notification of cartridge supply and empty cartridge collection to the user.

Abstract: In a network print environment in which printers of various residual amount outputting methods exist mixedly, in an information processing apparatus for monitoring a supplement of consumables which are used in the printer which can communicate via a communication line in order to recognize that consumables have properly and newly been supplemented in each printer, there is provided a mechanism having a discriminating unit for discriminating whether the consumables have newly been supplemented into the printer or not by a discriminating method according to the residual amount outputting method of the consumables of the printer.

Abstract: A device driver for use in a computer system includes process steps to detect data corresponding to at least one system resource of the computer system, to determine a default operational mode from a plurality of operational modes of a device based on the data corresponding to at least one system resource, and to provide a user interface for selecting an operational mode from the plurality of operational modes.

Abstract: In a network print environment in which printers of various residual amount outputting methods exist mixedly, in an information processing apparatus for monitoring a supplement of consumables which are used in the printer which can communicate via a communication line in order to recognize that consumables have properly and newly been supplemented in each printer, there is provided a mechanism having a discriminating unit for discriminating whether the consumables have newly been supplemented into the printer or not by a discriminating method according to the residual amount outputting method of the consumables of the printer.

Abstract: A frequency of a residual amount signal which includes the absence of consumables and is issued by a printing apparatus is analyzed, whether new consumables have been attached or not is properly discriminated, and proper stock management is made.

Abstract: A method for increasing the accuracy of image data classification in a page analysis system for analyzing image data of a document page. The method includes inputting image data of a document page as pixel data, analyzing the pixel data in order to locate all connected pixels, rectangularizing connected pixel data into blocks, analyzing each of the blocks of pixel data in order to determine the type of image data contained in the block, outputting an attribute corresponding to the type of image data determined in the analyzing step, and performing optical character recognition to attempt to recognize a character of the block of image data in the case that the analyzing step cannot determine the type of image data contained in the block.

Abstract: An image processor which corrects tilt of an input image without operator intervention. Projections of two partial images of an original are obtained at check points determined from input image information. A tilt angle of the original is obtained from a correction position of the projections of each partial area. The image is divided into belt-shaped small areas and shifted in accordance with the obtained tilt angle to form an image in which the tilt of the input image is corrected.

Abstract: In systems for purchasing products through a network, when purchasers makes a group for purchasing products in bulk, a system is provided that makes it easy for each member of the bulk purchase group and the seller of the products to use the group bulk purchase. For this purpose, when a person makes a request for a group bulk purchase, ID for the group bulk purchase is issued. When the purchase using this ID satisfies a predetermined condition, a special favor is given to each person who has requested the purchase.

Abstract: When data of the number of printed paper sheets is transmitted from a user device to a service center, the service center charges on the basis of a unit price corresponding to the agreement contents of each user and the number of printed paper sheets and notifies the user of the payable amount. In addition, upon receiving toner low information from the user device, the service center predicts the toner out time and issues a notification of cartridge supply and empty cartridge collection to the user.

Abstract: A method for increasing the accuracy of image data classification in a page analysis system for analyzing image data of a document page. The method includes inputting image data of a document page as pixel data, analyzing the pixel data in order to locate all connected pixels, rectangularizing connected pixel data into blocks, analyzing each of the blocks of pixel data in order to determine the type of image data contained in the block, outputting an attribute corresponding to the type of image data determined in the analyzing step, and performing optical character recognition to attempt to recognize a character of the block of image data in the case that the analyzing step cannot determine the type of image data contained in the block.

Abstract: Image processing method and apparatus are provided. Image information is inputted. The input image information is divided into a plurality of areas. Radial line segments are extended in upper, lower, left, and right directions from a point in an arbitrary notice area in the divided areas and connection information between the line segments and the input image is detected. Characteristics of the notice area are discriminated in accordance with the connection information detected. The connection information of the areas is a relative position of each area. The image information is dot information. The characteristics to be discriminated are such that the image information of the area is a headline.

Abstract: An optical character recognition system recognizes character images in a document image comprised of character areas and non-character areas. The system includes a step of obtaining multi-value image data representing the document image, the multi-value image data having a first resolution and comprising plural pixels each having a pixel density value. The system binarizes the multi-value image data to produce binary image data having a second resolution for the document image, the second resolution being greater than the first resolution. The target pixel in the multi-value image data is binarized based on pixels adjacent to the target pixel.

Abstract: Automatic generation of hypertext markup language (HTML) files based on bitmap image data, which faithfully preserves layout information of an original document from which the bitmap data was obtained. Generally, multi-column document layouts result in automatic generation of HTML files that use HTML "table tags" to display each of the different columns. More particularly, a bitmap image is obtained such as by scanning or retrieval of a pre-existing image, and the bitmap image is segmented into blocks. The location of each block is determined, each block is analyzed in preparation for insertion of appropriate data into an HTML file, and layout analysis is performed to identify layout relationships between the blocks based on the relative locations of the blocks in the bitmap image.

Abstract: Image processing method and apparatus are provided. A histogram of image information is obtained. A peak position is detected from the histogram obtained. A small area is decided by using the detected peak position as a reference. A histogram of the decided small area of the image information is obtained. A specific point is determined from the peak position of the histogram of the small area obtained. The size of small area is decided in accordance with a peak width of the histogram of the image information. The image information is inputted by a scanner. A table can be used as image information and the specific point which is decided is an intersection of ruled lines of the table. A cell area of the table is judged from the intersection decided.

Abstract: An image recognition method and apparatus in which a character region is setmented from input image information and the segmented character regions are recognized. Segmenting and recognition of character regions are performed in parallel with the input of image information. In response to to an interruption in input of image information, the recognition process is halted until the segmenting process is completed. Thereafter, recognition processing may be performed on any desired ones of the segmented character regions.

Abstract: In a character recognition method and apparatus, image information is input, the input image information is displayed, a desired area in the input image information is assigned, the number of characters contained in the assigned area is calculated, and the size of a picture frame for displaying a result of character recognition of the image information is determined according to the calculated number of characters.

Abstract: A pattern recognizing apparatus comprises a feature vector extractor to extract a feature vector of an input pattern; a converting unit to convert the feature vector extracted by the feature vector extractor into the feature vector which is effective for selection between categories; a classification processing unit for calculating an inner product with a predetermined basic vector for the converted vector after the conversion was performed by the converting unit; and a category selecting unit for selecting and outputting a category group to which the input pattern belongs with reference to a predetermined category table on the basis of the result of the calculation by the classification processing unit.