Abstract: A power converter includes first and second components on which male and female fitting members of each of a plurality of pairs of fitting members are arranged, with a pair of first alignment keys formed in the first and second components as reference positions. The first and second components are coupled to each other by the female fitting member clamping an insertion portion of the male fitting member inserted between first and second clamping portions of the female fitting member arranged so as to face each other in a state where the pair of first alignment keys are positionally aligned. The first and second clamping portions are each bent so as to form one of protrusions toward one of surfaces thereof facing each other. A gap is formed in a distal end portion of each of the first and second clamping portions.

Abstract: An electric power converter includes a first board, a second board, and a first board-to-board connector that electrically and mechanically connects the first board and the second board. The first board-to-board connector includes a male fitting member and a female fitting member. Each of a first clamp portion and a second clamp portion of the female fitting member includes a first contact forming portion and a second contact forming portion that are curved in a protruding shape, and a first spring portion and a second spring portion that are connected to the first contact forming portion and the second contact portion, respectively, and that are curved in corrugated shapes. An insert clamped between the first contact forming portion and the second contact forming portion forms an electrical contact, and the first spring portion and the second spring portion are independently deformable.

Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry to acquire an external system identification information identifying an external system to be linked through a touch point read with a user terminal used by a user, identify, based on registration information stored in the external system identified by the external system identification information and related to the user, attribute information indicating an attribute corresponding to a set location of the touch point through which a service corresponding to the attribute is to be provided, and transmit, to the user terminal, connection destination information indicating a connection destination of the service corresponding to the attribute.

Abstract: A service use system includes circuitry to set, for each of a plurality of attribute types, a corresponding one of a plurality of connection destinations of a service. Each of the plurality of attribute types is to be obtained from a user terminal reading a touch point through which the service is to be provided. Each of the plurality of connection destinations is indicated by connection destination information with which the user terminal is to be connected to the corresponding one of the plurality of connection destinations. The circuitry generates touch point information to be obtained in response to the user terminal reading the touch point. The touch point information includes the connection destination information.

Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry to acquire an external system identification information identifying an external system to be linked through a touch point read with a user terminal used by a user, identify, based on registration information stored in the external system identified by the external system identification information and related to the user, attribute information indicating an attribute corresponding to a set location of the touch point through which a service corresponding to the attribute is to be provided, and transmit, to the user terminal, connection destination information indicating a connection destination of the service corresponding to the attribute.

Abstract: A server for managing inspection information of one or more structures includes circuitry configured to store identification information uniquely assigned to an information source associated with a structure, and image data of the structure previously captured in association with each other as an inspection result of the structure; receive from a communication terminal, via a communication network, the identification information of the information source acquired by the communication terminal; create data of a screen used for displaying the image data of the structure previously captured corresponding to the identification information received from the communication terminal; and transmit the data of the screen used for displaying the image data of the structure previously captured to the communication terminal via the communication network.

Abstract: Provided is a service architecture support method with which the content of a new service provided by an application incorporated into a medical/nursing support system can be finely adjusted according to the needs of a patient or a person requiring care, or a medical professional or a nurse. To that end, when an application (220) developed using an application framework (200) is incorporated into a medical/nursing support system (30), an application ID is allocated to the application (220) and the application ID is associated with a group ID and stored, thereby enabling selective use of a new service provided by the application (220) by only a group member of a group with which the application ID has been associated. Furthermore, the specific function installed in the application (220) can be set in administrator settings according to the needs of a patient or a medical professional from said group.

Abstract: Provided is a service architecture support method with which the content of a new service provided by an application incorporated into a medical/nursing support system can be finely adjusted according to the needs of a patient or a person requiring care, or a medical professional or a nurse. To that end, when an application (220) developed using an application framework (200) is incorporated into a medical/nursing support system (30), an application ID is allocated to the application (220) and the application ID is associated with a group ID and stored, thereby enabling selective use of a new service provided by the application (220) by only a group member of a group with which the application ID has been associated. Furthermore, the specific function installed in the application (220) can be set in administrator settings according to the needs of a patient or a medical professional from said group.

Abstract: A medical/care support method is provided, which enables medical or care workers having different special fields such as physicians and nurses to share the medical or care information of each patient or care-needing person while protecting the privacy of the patient or care-needing person, and to support the provision of better-quality medical or care service to the patient or care-needing person based on the medical or care information shared. A patient ID, a disease ID, and a medical facility ID are associated and stored, thereby generating a group G11. A patient P1 designated by patient group registration participates in the group G11 after the patient's approval of an invitation request. Medical workers M1 and M2 and patient-related persons R1, R2, and R4 participate in the group G11 as supporters in response to respective invitation requests.

Abstract: A communication terminal communicable with a server for managing inspection information of one or more inspection targets via a communication network, includes circuitry configured to acquire identification information identifying a particular inspection target from an information source associated with the particular inspection target; transmit the identification information to the server via the communication network; receive information on an input item related to an inspection result of the particular inspection target, transmitted from the server based on the identification information; display the input item on a display; and receive input information with respect to the input item.

Abstract: A server for managing inspection information of one or more structures includes circuitry configured to store identification information uniquely assigned to an information source associated with a structure, and image data of the structure previously captured in association with each other as an inspection result of the structure; receive from a communication terminal, via a communication network, the identification information of the information source acquired by the communication terminal; create data of a screen used for displaying the image data of the structure previously captured corresponding to the identification information received from the communication terminal; and transmit the data of the screen used for displaying the image data of the structure previously captured to the communication terminal via the communication network.

Abstract: A communication system, a communication method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The communication system inputs a question received from a questioner, searches for a respondent to the question, performs a first communication to answer the question, and sets a second communication separately from the first communication.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus in accordance with the present disclosure includes an identification number detecting circuit configured to detect an identification number included in data to be printed, a conversion information obtaining circuit configured to obtain conversion information, associated with the identification number in the data to be printed, from association information associated with an item information displayed to be associated with the identification number in the data to be printed of an item, an information conversion processing circuit configured to convert the identification number, included in the data to be printed, according to the conversion information obtained from the association information by the conversion information obtaining circuit, and a print data generating circuit configured to generate print data for instructing an image forming apparatus to print an output image that includes the converted identification number.

Abstract: An information processing system includes at least one information processing terminal and a first information processing apparatus. When an instruction for selecting a user authentication mode, which is received, from a user, by a user interface of the information processing terminal, selects a second user authentication mode, circuitry of the first information processing apparatus determines whether a sum of charges for services used by the user while logging in the information processing terminal via the second user authentication mode after a most recent login via a first user authentication mode exceeds a predetermined amount, and generates an authentication result indicating that the user is not the authenticated user.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus in accordance with the present disclosure includes an identification number detecting circuit configured to detect an identification number included in data to be printed, a conversion information obtaining circuit configured to obtain conversion information, associated with the identification number in the data to be printed, from association information associated with an item information displayed to be associated with the identification number in the data to be printed of an item, an information conversion processing circuit configured to convert the identification number, included in the data to be printed, according to the conversion information obtained from the association information by the conversion information obtaining circuit, and a print data generating circuit configured to generate print data for instructing an image forming apparatus to print an output image that includes the converted identification number.

Abstract: An expense managing system based on a payment information generated by paying a charge executed by a near field wireless communication. The expense managing system is configured to obtain the payment information, obtain added information to be associated with a subject of the charge when the charge is paid, generate expense request information to request for the charge to be approved as an expense based on the payment information obtained and the added information obtained. The system is further configured to approve the expense based on the expense request information, and settle the expense based on the payment information that is included in the expense request information.

Abstract: An information processing system includes at least one information processing terminal and a first information processing apparatus. When an instruction for selecting a user authentication mode, which is received, from a user, by a user interface of the information processing terminal, selects a second user authentication mode, circuitry of the first information processing apparatus determines whether a sum of charges for services used by the user while logging in the information processing terminal via the second user authentication mode after a most recent login via a first user authentication mode exceeds a predetermined amount, and generates an authentication result indicating that the user is not the authenticated user.

Abstract: A medical/care support method is provided, which enables medical or care workers having different special fields such as physicians and nurses to share the medical or care information of each patient or care-needing person while protecting the privacy of the patient or care-needing person, and to support the provision of better-quality medical or care service to the patient or care-needing person based on the medical or care information shared. A patient ID, a disease ID, and a medical facility ID are associated and stored, thereby generating a group G11. A patient P1 designated by patient group registration participates in the group G11 after the patient's approval of an invitation request. Medical workers M1 and M2 and patient-related persons R1, R2, and R4 participate in the group G11 as supporters in response to respective invitation requests.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a login unit configured to receive a login of a user; a program storage unit; a function introduction unit configured to obtain a first program licensed to the user and license information of the first program, and to store the first program and the license information in the program storage unit without deleting a second program that is a different version of the first program from the program storage unit; a user information storage unit configured to store user information that registers license information of introduced programs and version information with user IDs; and a function providing unit configured to specify license information and version information that are associated with a user ID of a user who logs into the image forming apparatus in order to provide a function realized by a program corresponding to the license information and the version information to the user.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit to communicate with other electronic apparatuses and a license management apparatus; a license file management unit to obtain license files from the license management apparatus; a license information management unit to manage license information to determine licensed software programs; an apparatus management unit to manage apparatus-related information including component parts information; and a license distribution management unit. The license distribution management unit confirms that licensed software programs are present. When transferring licenses for the confirmed software programs, the license distribution management unit requests and obtains the license information and the apparatus-related information from the other electronic apparatuses.