Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that controls a user authentication and a switching action for switching into a specific operation mode (either one of first and second power saving modes, and emergency stop), depending an alarm level of disaster information. A user authentication function circuit is for performing the user authentication. An operation mode switching circuit is for switching a current operation mode into the specific operation mode. A disaster information acquire circuit is for receiving disaster information representing the alarm level. A system control circuit controls, depending on the alarm level, the user authentication operation by the user authentication function circuit and a switching of one of the operation modes by the operation mode switching circuit. The aforementioned specified operation mode is either one of the user authentication mode, the first power saving mode, the second power saving mode, and the emergency stop.

Abstract: A control unit makes a screen of a display unit display a plurality of pattern display areas to which a predetermined respective plurality of patterns are uniquely assigned at random as a pattern random array in the same layout as that of a plurality of input keys capable of inputting numerical values. The control unit determines a shortest path to go through a sequence of patterns serving as a password of a user in the pattern random array, and replaces a sequence of all patterns existing on the shortest path with a sequence of codes assigned to the respective plurality of input buttons according to a correspondence relationship between the plurality of input buttons and the plurality of pattern display areas to generate a one-time password. The control unit then compares the one-time password with a sequence of codes input by the user by using an input unit to perform authentication.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device that includes a piezoelectric film, which is formed by a sputtering method and which has a columnar structure, and electrodes disposed in contact with the piezoelectric film. The piezoelectric film has a composition containing an element which can substitute Nb and has an oxidation number of 2 or more and less than 5 when oxidized in a proportion of 3.3 mol or less relative to 100 mol of potassium sodium niobate represented by a general formula (K1-xNax)NbO3, where 0<x<1.

Abstract: There is provided a further saving in power consumption which is achieved by establishing an optimal transition from an ordinary operation mode to a power consumption saving mode. A mode switching management part (11c) as a mode switching part, while a communication of a managing part (11a) as a communication part to a mobile terminal (20) is being established, maintains an ordinary operation mode and when the communication of the management part (11a) to the mobile terminal (20) terminates, switches from the ordinary operation mode to a power consumption saving mode before an elapse of a specified power consumption saving time period.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming system that has a portable terminal and an image forming apparatus. The portable terminal includes a preview image data request notice transmitting circuit, a preview image data receiving circuit, a preview image display circuit, a preview image confirmation input circuit, and a preview image data deletion notice transmitting circuit. The image forming apparatus includes a preview image data request notice receiving circuit, a preview image data generating circuit, a preview image data transmission circuit, a preview image data deletion notice receiving circuit, and an image forming apparatus preview image data deletion circuit. The portable terminal transmits a preview image data deletion notice to an image forming apparatus, when it inputs that the preview image is confirmed. Then, the image forming apparatus deletes preview image data.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a portable terminal. The image forming apparatus includes: a preview-image-data generating circuit that generates preview image data from image data; and a preview-image-data transmitting circuit that transmits the preview image data to the portable terminal. The portable terminal includes: a preview-image-data receiving circuit that receives the preview image data from the image forming apparatus via wireless communication; a preview-image display circuit that displays an image of the preview image data; and a rotation detecting circuit that detects rotation of a main body of the portable terminal with a predetermined rotation procedure. When the rotation detecting circuit detects rotation of the main body of the portable terminal while the image of the preview image data is displayed, the portable terminal displays an image of the preview image data corresponding to a back side of the displayed image.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that controls a user authentication and a switching action for switching into a specific operation mode (either one of first and second power saving modes, and emergency stop), depending an alarm level of disaster information. A user authentication function circuit is for performing the user authentication. An operation mode switching circuit is for switching a current operation mode into the specific operation mode. A disaster information acquire circuit is for receiving disaster information representing the alarm level. A system control circuit controls, depending on the alarm level, the user authentication operation by the user authentication function circuit and a switching of one of the operation modes by the operation mode switching circuit. The aforementioned specified operation mode is either one of the user authentication mode, the first power saving mode, the second power saving mode, and the emergency stop.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that performs appropriately changing to the power-saving mode according to environment (luminosity) of a place that user exists, without increasing in a cost. When there is access from a portable terminal, communication circuit requests to the portable terminal for transmission of illuminance information detected by an illuminance sensor in a side of the portable terminal. Then, based on the illuminance information, mode switching circuit changes to the power-saving mode.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch panel, a time information obtaining section, and an authentication section. The time information obtaining section obtains time information for user authentication. The authentication section executes user authentication based on the time information obtained by the time information obtaining section. The time information obtaining section changes the time information according to a user's touch duration on the touch panel and changes an amount of change in time that the time information indicates according to a user's manner of touching the touch panel.

Abstract: A control unit makes a screen of a display unit display a plurality of pattern display areas to which a predetermined respective plurality of patterns are uniquely assigned at random as a pattern random array in the same layout as that of a plurality of input keys capable of inputting numerical values. The control unit determines a shortest path to go through a sequence of patterns serving as a password of a user in the pattern random array, and replaces a sequence of all patterns existing on the shortest path with a sequence of codes assigned to the respective plurality of input buttons according to a correspondence relationship between the plurality of input buttons and the plurality of pattern display areas to generate a one-time password. The control unit then compares the one-time password with a sequence of codes input by the user by using an input unit to perform authentication.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that performs appropriately changing to the power-saving mode according to environment (luminosity) of a place that user exists, without increasing in a cost. When there is access from a portable terminal, communication circuit requests to the portable terminal for transmission of illuminance information detected by an illuminance sensor in a side of the portable terminal. Then, based on the illuminance information, mode switching circuit changes to the power-saving mode.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a portable terminal. The image forming apparatus includes: a preview image creating circuit that creates preview image data from image data; and a preview image transmitting circuit that transmits the preview image data to the portable terminal. The portable terminal includes: a preview image data receiving circuit that receives the preview image data from the image forming apparatus; a preview image display circuit that displays an image of the preview image data; and a page orientation setting circuit that sets the page orientation whether a top side of the original document is an upper side, or a top side of the original document is a left side corresponding to a direction of the image of the preview image data.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming system that has a portable terminal and an image forming apparatus. The portable terminal includes a preview image data request notice transmitting circuit, a preview image data receiving circuit, a preview image display circuit, a preview image confirmation input circuit, and a preview image data deletion notice transmitting circuit. The image forming apparatus includes a preview image data request notice receiving circuit, a preview image data generating circuit, a preview image data transmission circuit, a preview image data deletion notice receiving circuit, and an image forming apparatus preview image data deletion circuit. The portable terminal transmits a preview image data deletion notice to an image forming apparatus, when it inputs that the preview image is confirmed. Then, the image forming apparatus deletes preview image data.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a portable terminal. The image forming apparatus includes: a preview-image-data generating circuit that generates preview image data from image data; and a preview-image-data transmitting circuit that transmits the preview image data to the portable terminal. The portable terminal includes: a preview-image-data receiving circuit that receives the preview image data from the image forming apparatus via wireless communication; a preview-image display circuit that displays an image of the preview image data; and a rotation detecting circuit that detects rotation of a main body of the portable terminal with a predetermined rotation procedure. When the rotation detecting circuit detects rotation of the main body of the portable terminal while the image of the preview image data is displayed, the portable terminal displays an image of the preview image data corresponding to a back side of the displayed image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image region determining unit, an image color determining unit, and a change processor. The image region determining unit is configured to determine a colored region where an inside of an outline is filled with a single color from color image data. The image color determining unit is configured to determine a color of the colored region determined by the image region determining unit. The change processor is configured to change the colored region determined by the image region determining unit to a patterned region with a pattern different in each of the colors determined by the image color determining unit.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch panel, an operation position detecting unit that detects an operation position, in a locked state, at which a touch operation has been made on the touch panel, an ear pinna determining unit that determines whether the touch operation has been made by a user's ear pinna, according to the detected operation position, and an ear pinna operation accepting unit that, if the touch operation is determined to have been made by the user's ear pinna, accepts an operation input made by the touch operation by the ear pinna.

Abstract: A display device according to the present invention has: a display section; an image storage section that stores, as subjects to be displayed on the display section, a plurality of combinations of images, each of which is configured by a plurality of items associated with hierarchical levels; a display controller that sequentially scroll-displays on the display section the images stored in the image storage section; a touch panel that accepts from an operator designation of a coordinate position within a display area of the display section; and a speed detector that detects a speed change at which the coordinate position designated from the touch panel changes, wherein the display controller reduces the number of items of each of the images scroll-displayed on the display section, as the speed of change detected by the speed detector increases.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a display condition setting unit that defines a specified display point in a specific screen as a display point of a one-time password for a specified user and sets a display condition for the one-time password, and a password display unit that displays, to the specified user, the one-time password at a display point included in the display condition based on the display condition set by the display condition setting unit when the specific screen is displayed in the display panel.

Abstract: An acronym-management program causes a computer to extracts an acronym from a list-updating reference for updating an acronym list; extracts, from the list-updating reference, a candidate for an expanded form corresponding to the extracted acronym; and, when the likelihood of the extracted acronym being used in the list-updating reference to refer to the extracted expanded-form candidate reaches or exceeds a specific level, increase, in the acronym list, the frequency corresponding to the acronym and the expanded form.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a document evaluation program executable by a computer in a document evaluation apparatus includes first program code that causes the computer to determine that a plurality of pages from each of which the same type of object has been detected are in the same group and to detect the plurality of pages in the same group from the document, second program code that causes the computer to evaluate consistency in the plurality of pages, in the same group, that have been detected by the first program code, and third program code that causes the computer to display an evaluation result obtained by the second program code.