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 collecting system includes: an information processing apparatus; and an image forming apparatus that form an image on a recording material in accordance with an image formation command received from the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes an information acquisition unit that acquires specific information and a transmission control unit that transmits transmission data including the specific information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the image forming apparatus by using a communication protocol for the image formation command. The image forming apparatus includes an information extraction unit that extracts the specific information from the transmission data received from the information processing apparatus and an information holding unit that holds the specific information extracted from the transmission data by the information extraction unit.

Abstract: A relay apparatus includes a transmission/reception unit, a relay processing unit, a holding unit, an acquisition unit, and an inspection unit. The transmission/reception unit transmits and receives information via a network. The relay processing unit relays terminal information transmitted from a terminal apparatus via the transmission/reception unit, and transmits the terminal information to an information management apparatus that manages the terminal information which is acquired by the terminal apparatus. The holding unit holds the terminal information which is relayed by the relay processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires the terminal information which is managed by the information management apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material, an obtaining unit that obtains information from a device, which is installed in a room and obtains information regarding the room, a processing unit that generates information to be used by an external apparatus by processing the information obtained by the obtaining unit, and a transfer unit that transfers the information obtained by the obtaining unit to an external processing apparatus that processes the information.

Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a radio wave intensity information obtaining unit that obtains radio wave intensity information indicating intensity of radio waves transmitted from a terminal device being managed; a radio wave intensity examination unit that examines a change in intensity of radio waves transmitted from the terminal device, on the basis of the obtained radio wave intensity information; an arrangement information obtaining unit that obtains arrangement information of an item installed indoors; a terminal information holding unit that holds information on the terminal device; and a disturbance determination unit that determines presence and type of radio disturbance, on the basis of a pattern of the change in intensity of radio waves detected by the radio wave intensity examination unit, the arrangement information obtained by the arrangement information obtaining unit, and the information on the terminal device held by the terminal information holding unit.

Abstract: An image management system includes an image output apparatus and an image management server. The image output apparatus displays and outputs an image. The image management server manages the image output from the image output apparatus. The image output apparatus captures, as image files, an image that is based on a specific data file and an image that is not based on the specific data file, in accordance with a predetermined capture condition, and transmits the image files to the image management server. The image management server includes a management unit that holds the image files received from the image output apparatus, and manages the image that is not based on the specific data file in association with the specific data file, and a communication controller that transmits, when receiving a request for an image, the request specifying the specific data file, the image associated with the specific data file.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material; an acquiring section that acquires information from plural devices that are disposed in a room and acquire information on the room; a processing section that processes the information acquired by the acquiring section, and generates information that is used by an external device; a program acquiring section that acquires a program having an operation record in a partial device included in the plural devices disposed in the room; and a transmitting section that transmits the program acquired by the program acquiring section to another device included in the plural devices disposed in the room.

Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a connection unit that connects, through a network, to a terminal apparatus to be managed, an authentication unit that authenticates the terminal apparatus using predetermined authentication information, a specific state determination unit that determines whether a predetermined specific state, in which a normal connection is not established, has occurred in relation to the terminal apparatus, and a connection controller that controls data communication with the terminal apparatus on a basis of a result of the authentication performed by the authentication unit and a result of the determination made by the specific state determination unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material; an acquiring section that acquires information from plural devices that are disposed in a room and acquire information on the room; a processing section that processes the information acquired by the acquiring section, and generates information that is used by an external device; and an initializing section that initializes the plural devices disposed in the room.

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.