Abstract: An image forming system is configured to receive an input of natural language speech. Regardless of whether the natural language speech includes a combination of first words or second words, the image forming system can recognize the natural language speech as an instruction to select a specific print setting displayed on a screen.

Abstract: An image matching apparatus according to the present invention includes: a common region specification unit configured to specify a common region between a first image and a second image; a date replacement unit configured to generate a first replaced image in which a brightness value of the common region of the first image is replaced based on a pixel in the first image, and a second replaced image in which a brightness value of the common region of the second image is replaced based on a pixel in the second image; and a matching unit configured to perform matching between the first image and the second image based on frequency characteristics of the first replaced image and the second replaced image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: extract, if a facsimile document is received, information indicating a contact associated in advance with a telephone number of a person who has transmitted the facsimile document; and perform control for posting an electronic document, which is obtained by digitizing the facsimile document, to a message exchange service including the contact as a member while determining the contact as a notification target of the electronic document.

Abstract: An image matching device includes a weight determination unit and a matching unit. Based on a synthesized frequency characteristic obtained by synthesizing a frequency characteristic of a first image with a frequency characteristic of a second image and an ideal synthesized frequency characteristic that is an ideal one obtained by synthesizing the frequency characteristic of the first image with the frequency characteristic of the second image, the weight determination unit determines a weight relating to frequency in performing matching of the first image and a third image. The matching unit performs matching of the first image and the third image based on the determined weight.

Abstract: A traveling assistance apparatus controls a safety apparatus for avoiding collision between an own vehicle and an object, based on detection information from an object detection apparatus. The assistance apparatus calculates a predicted time to collision of a target object and the own vehicle, and operates the safety apparatus in response to the predicted time to collision being equal to or less than a predetermined operation timing. In response to a steering operation by a driver for collision avoidance of the own vehicle being performed, the assistance apparatus performs operation-stop in which operation of the safety apparatus is stopped or operation-delay in which the operation timing is delayed. The assistance apparatus suppresses the operation-stop or the operation-delay in response to a target object serving as a collision avoidance target being recognized in a path of the own vehicle after the steering operation by the driver, based on the detection information.

Abstract: An image capturing device, configured to illuminate an object by an illumination means and capture reflected light from the object as a reflection image by a capturing means, includes an irradiation angle range determination means. The irradiation angle range determination means determines, assuming that a group of pieces of unevenness existing at the same position on the surfaces of a plurality of individuals of an object is an unevenness group, an irradiation angle range for irradiating the object by the illumination means, on the basis of a statistic value of the inclination angles of the unevenness group in which variations in the inclination angles of the unevenness between individuals is larger than other unevenness groups, among the plurality of unevenness groups.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing system including: an image processing device; a microphone that is capable of acquiring speech; a retaining unit configured to retain, in a history database, setting values for image processing utilized in the past; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, based at least on that a specific word has been recognized in a result of speech recognition on speech acquired by the microphone, one or more setting values from the history database using an extraction condition corresponding to the specific word, and a setting unit configured to set up a new job to be executed by the image processing device based on the one or more setting values.

Abstract: A method for producing an oxymethylene copolymer, in which a copolymer starting material containing a trioxane and a comonomer is subjected to a polymerization reaction in the presence of a polymerization initiator that contains an acidic compound (A), and where: the copolymer starting material contains a basic compound (B); an acidic compound (C) that is different from the acidic compound (A) is added into the copolymer starting material before performing the polymerization reaction, thereby causing a reaction between the basic compound (B) and the acidic compound (C) in advance; and the polymerization reaction is carried out by means of melt polymerization.

Abstract: An array antenna device includes: a ground plate that is a flat-plate shaped conductor; an element antenna array in which a plurality of tapered slot antennas are linearly arranged on the ground plate along an electric field direction; and a metal plate provided at both ends or one end of an antenna aperture formed in the element antenna array arranged on the ground plate along the electric field direction, the metal plate having a height from the ground plate higher than a height of the tapered slot antenna.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to: perform a control for displaying on an operation screen a candidate for a thread on a service screen for a message exchange service in which information for accessing an electronic document generated by scanning a document is displayed in such a manner that a thread is able to be selected; and receive, on the operation screen, an operation for selecting a candidate for a thread and an operation for posting the electronic document into the message exchange service.

Abstract: A high frequency circuit includes: a first wire provided on a front surface of a board and being in contact with a heat generation part; a second wire provided on the front surface of the board and connected to ground; and a chip resistor connected between the first wire and the second wire and having a thermal conductive characteristic and an electric insulation characteristic, and the first wire includes: a wire part which is disposed between the heat generation part and the chip resistor, and which has a characteristic impedance equal to an impedance as a reference for impedance matching in the first wire; and a wire part which is disposed on a low temperature side with the chip resistor being set as a boundary, and which has a thermal resistance higher than that of the chip resistor.

Abstract: A toner including a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a crystalline polyester, wherein the binder resin contains a polyester having a structure represented by the following formula (1): in formula (1), Rs each independently represent hydrogen, a methyl group, or a phenyl group; A represents a polyester segment; B represents a polyester segment or any functional group selected from the group consisting of —R1OH, —R1COOH, and —R1NH2 wherein R1 represents a single bond or a C1-4 alkylene group; and the average repeat number n is 10 to 80.

Abstract: An alloy particle contains: total content of Fe and Co: from 82.2 to 96.5 parts by mass; Co: 0 to 30.0 parts by mass; P: 0 to 4.5 parts by mass; B: more than 0 to 5.0 parts by mass; C: 0 to 3.0 parts by mass; Si: 0 to 6.7 parts by mass; Ni: more than 0 to 12.0 parts by mass; Cr: more than 0 to 4.2 parts by mass; total content of Mo, W, Zr, and Nb: 0 to 4.2 parts by mass; total content of P and Cr: 7.4 parts by mass or less; multiplication product of the parts by mass of Ni and Cr: 0.5 or more; and total content of Fe, Co, and Ni: 97.0 parts by mass or less. The alloy particle contains an amorphous phase, and a volume percentage of the amorphous phase is 70% or higher.

Abstract: A computer system gives an object to a player who has satisfied a given game condition in a game in which a plurality of players participate. The computer system gives a given prize to an owner player having the object when the owner player has satisfied a given prize giving condition. In the case where an owner player lost in a competition between the owner player and another player, the computer system confiscates an object from the owner player, thereby turning the owner player to a non-owner player, and turning another player to a new owner player.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing an oxymethylene copolymer, which is capable of producing an oxymethylene copolymer having a high molecular weight with high yield and high economic efficiency. This problem is able to be solved by a method for producing an oxymethylene copolymer, in which a copolymer starting material containing a trioxane and a comonomer is subjected to a polymerization reaction in the presence of a polymerization initiator that contains an acidic compound (A), and wherein: the copolymer starting material contains a basic compound (B); an acidic compound (C) that is different from the acidic compound (A) is added into the copolymer starting material before performing the polymerization reaction, thereby causing a reaction between the basic compound (B) and the acidic compound (C) in advance; and the polymerization reaction is carried out by means of melt polymerization.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing system including: an image processing device; a microphone that is capable of acquiring speech; a retaining unit configured to retain, in a history database, setting values for image processing utilized in the past; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, based at least on that a specific word has been recognized in a result of speech recognition on speech acquired by the microphone, one or more setting values from the history database using an extraction condition corresponding to the specific word, and a setting unit configured to set up a new job to be executed by the image processing device based on the one or more setting values.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: generate an identification image in response to at least one of a thread and a digital document posted on the thread being specified, the thread being displayed on a service screen of a message exchange service, the identification image being linked with information for accessing the thread; and perform control to output the generated identification image in a readable format.

Abstract: An individual identification system includes: a storing unit for storing an image capture parameter in association with data characterizing a surface of a reference object; an acquiring unit that, when data characterizing a surface of an object to be matched is input, calculates an approximation degree between the input data and each data stored in the storing unit, and acquires the image capture parameter applied to the object to be matched from the storing unit based on the calculated approximation degree; a condition setting unit that sets an image capture condition determined by the acquired image capture parameter; an image capturing unit that acquires an image of the surface of the object to be matched under the set image capture condition; an extracting unit that extracts a feature value from the acquired image; and a matching unit that matches the extracted feature value against a registered feature value.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to: perform a control for displaying on an operation screen a candidate for a thread on a service screen for a message exchange service in which information for accessing an electronic document generated by scanning a document is displayed in such a manner that a thread is able to be selected; and receive, on the operation screen, an operation for selecting a candidate for a thread and an operation for posting the electronic document into the message exchange service.

Abstract: A light emitting element drive device includes a driving circuit that supplies a variable drive current to a light emitting unit having one or more light emitting elements so that the light emitting unit can emit light, a drive reference voltage generation circuit that generates a drive reference voltage defining the upper limit value of the drive current and supplies the same to the driving circuit, and a specific external terminal capable of connecting to an external resistor. The drive reference voltage generation circuit operates selectively in a first mode to generate the drive reference voltage regardless of the state of the specific external terminal, or a second mode to generate the drive reference voltage in accordance with a second mode current through the specific external terminal.