Abstract: An oil-resistant agent containing a modified natural product which is a bio-based compound having at least one carboxyl group and in which a hydroxyl group of a carboxyl group is substituted with an R group, or a carboxyl group is substituted with an Ra group. R group: —X—R1 or —X-D-X?—R1. Ra group: wherein X is a direct bond, —O—, —NR11—, or —S—, and R1 is a hydrocarbon group having 1-40 carbon atoms, or a polysiloxane, D is an alkylene group having 1-10 carbon atoms, X? is —C(?O)—O—, —O—(?O)—, —C(?O)—NR12—, or —NR12—C(?O)— (where, R11 and R12 are each hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1-40 carbon atoms). Also disclosed is a textile product, an oil-resistant paper, a food packaging material or a food container each including the oil-resistant agent, as well as a method of treating paper with the oil-resistant agent.

Abstract: A remote operation device capable of remotely operating an image processing apparatus includes a display, an operation acceptor that accepts an operation by a user, and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor displays any of a plurality of operation screens in the display, detects a position relative to the image processing apparatus, stores an operation state indicating an operation accepted by the operation acceptor in a current state before the current state is switched to a non-current state, based on a position detected after activation at which the non-current state is switched to the current state and an operation state last stored, determines an activation screen, and, in response to the non-current state being switched to the current state, displays the activation screen determined in the display.

Abstract: A remote operation device capable of remotely operating an image processing apparatus includes a display, an operation acceptor that accepts an operation by a user, and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor displays any of a plurality of operation screens in the display, detects a position relative to the image processing apparatus, stores an operation state indicating an operation accepted by the operation acceptor in a current state before the current state is switched to a non-current state, based on a position detected after activation at which the non-current state is switched to the current state and an operation state last stored, determines an activation screen, and, in response to the non-current state being switched to the current state, displays the activation screen determined in the display.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises: a controller storing therein a billing destination to which a fee for printing processing is charged, the controller operable to receive, from a user via an operation panel, an instruction for executing the printing processing while the user is logged in and to charge, to the billing destination, the fee for the execution of the printing processing; a card reader operable to receive a new billing destination while the user is logged in, without intervention of the operation panel, wherein when receiving the new billing destination, the controller updates the billing destination to the new billing destination by storing the new billing destination.

Abstract: An image processing system includes an information processing apparatus and one or a plurality of image processing apparatuses that can be connected to the information processing apparatus via a network. A function whose function set value is to be displayed on a function setting screen is identified from identifying information included in screen information made by the information processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes an identifying information storage part in which identifying information of a function is stored, and of the functions whose identifying information is stored, all function set values of the identified function are displayed on a display part in a mode that can be selected by a user.

Abstract: An image processing system includes an information processing apparatus and one or a plurality of image processing apparatuses that can be connected to the information processing apparatus via a network. A function whose function set value is to be displayed on a function setting screen is identified from identifying information included in screen information made by the information processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes an identifying information storage part in which identifying information of a function is stored, and of the functions whose identifying information is stored, all function set values of the identified function are displayed on a display part in a mode that can be selected by a user.

Abstract: A computer readable recording medium bearing a printer driver program for controlling a print device, which is installed in a print job data processing apparatus constituting a printing system together with the printing device, the printer driver program comprising computer executable instructions of; receiving a print job data from an application program which has a print command; analyzing the received print job data from the application program to identify respective objects included in the page description language data; calculating a position where each object is arranged on a printable area designated depending on output paper size; and modifying the object to allow the object to be accommodated within the printable area, thereby accomplishing a correct print operation such that a print region designated by a user is accommodated to a predetermined output paper size without depending on a function of an application.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises: a controller storing therein a billing destination to which a fee for printing processing is charged, the controller operable to receive, from a user via an operation panel, an instruction for executing the printing processing while the user is logged in and to charge, to the billing destination, the fee for the execution of the printing processing; a card reader operable to receive a new billing destination while the user is logged in, without intervention of the operation panel, wherein when receiving the new billing destination, the controller updates the billing destination to the new billing destination by storing the new billing destination.

Abstract: An image formation device includes: a job execution control part for controlling execution of a job; a storage part for storing therein a billing map to be used for billing calculation in response to execution of the job; a billing calculation part for performing billing calculation by referring to the billing map stored in the storage part, the billing calculation being performed in response to execution of the job by the job execution control part; and a billing map switching part for changing a billing map to be referred to by the billing calculation part when the progress of the job executed by the job execution control part satisfies a predetermined condition. So, the substance of billing calculation can be changed when the progress of a job satisfies the predetermined condition during execution of the job.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a writing-present document reading processing portion that executes processing for reading a plurality of page images that are images of pages constituting a document, a writing page determining portion that determines whether or not there is a writing in each of the pages based on each of the input page images, and a writing image extracting portion that extracts a writing image that is an image of the writing only from the page image of a page for which it has been determined that there is a writing.

Abstract: In order to facilitate setting of a printer's function, a computer program product executed in a server computer connected to a printer and a client computer includes computer instructions for transmitting an HTML file to the client computer, wherein the HTML file is used for displaying a screen on the client computer for prompting to input characters, and editing a printer function description file, in which a function of the printer is described, based on the characters inputted on the client computer when the inputted characters are transmitted from the client computer.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a writing-present document reading processing portion that executes processing for reading a plurality of page images that are images of pages constituting a document, a writing page determining portion that determines whether or not there is a writing in each of the pages based on each of the input page images, and a writing image extracting portion that extracts a writing image that is an image of the writing only from the page image of a page for which it has been determined that there is a writing.

Abstract: A system and method are provided that are capable of managing data of documents such as materials and data of information that is written into the documents in a user-friendly manner compared to conventional systems and methods. An image forming apparatus is provided with an original document registration process portion for performing a process of entering original document data used for reproducing an image of an original document, an additional information registration process portion for performing a process of entering additional data used for reproducing an image showing additional information that is information written into the document and of setting an access privilege and a document database for memorizing original document data of the entered document and additional data of the additional information for the document and additional information access privilege data indicating the set access privilege of the additional information in association with one another.

Abstract: The present method represents a three-dimensional shape model by polygons according to a plurality of object images information picked up by rotating a real object for every arbitrary angle to assign texture information on each polygon from object image information having the largest projection area of the relevant polygon. In order to improve the color continuity between adjacent polygons, the object image information having correspondence between a polygon of interest and an adjacent polygon thereof is selected so as to be the object image information approximating the shooting position and the shooting direction. An alternative method divides an object image into a plurality of regions, obtains difference between an object image and a background image in region level, outputs a mean value of the absolute value of difference in the region level, and detects the region having the mean value of absolute values of difference equal to or greater than a threshold value as the object portion.

Abstract: For an apparatus effectively providing a real three-dimensional model to a customer, three-dimensional shape data of a target is obtained at a data input section (10). The data is managed by a server which is connected to a network. A suitable formation section (14) is selected to form a real three-dimensional model based on the data. In addition, the formation completion is automatically notified to the customer via a completion display panel (260), a cellular phone (61), or the like.

Abstract: A three-dimensional model providing apparatus in which a customer can easily modify the input three-dimensional data. The apparatus comprises an input section (10) for inputting three-dimensional data, a server section (12) for managing the processes on the three-dimensional data from input to output, a providing section (14) for providing three-dimensional data, a communicating section for communicating the three-dimensional data between the input section, server section, and providing section, a receiving section (11) for receiving instruction contents from the customer, and a converting section (13) for modifying, processing, or converting the three-dimensional data according to the instruction contents.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shape modeling of a real object that reduces the limitations on the target shape and color. The rough shape of the target object is determined by a silhouette method (which has limitation on the target shape) and, at the same time, the detailed shape of the target object is determined by a triangulation method or the like (which has limitation on the target color). By using both sets of information, the consistency between the rough and detailed shape information are checked. For the portions where the consistency is not satisfied (points where detailed shape information is absent or points where detailed shape section is present outside the rough shape), rough shape is assumed to be the final object information and for other portions, the detailed shape is taken as the final object information. In this manner, three-dimensional shape modeling with reduced limitations on the target shape and color can be performed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for representing a three-dimensional shape model by polygons according to a plurality of object images information obtained by rotating a real object arbitrary angles to assign texture information on each polygon. The texture information is assigned according to the amount of texture information for a particular polygon. Various criteria are disclosed as factors in determining the amount of texture information.

Abstract: In order to facilitate setting of a printer's function, a computer program product executed in a server computer connected to a printer and a client computer includes computer instructions for transmitting an HTML file to the client computer, wherein the HTML file is used for displaying a screen on the client computer for prompting to input characters, and editing a printer function description file, in which a function of the printer is described, based on the characters inputted on the client computer when the inputted characters are transmitted from the client computer.

Abstract: Multiple ports that receive print jobs are logically set in a printing apparatus, and attributes used for specifying printing settings are assigned to at least one of these multiple ports. When a print job is received, the printing apparatus refers to attributes of the port that received the print job, and processes the print job based on these attributes. As a result, a printing apparatus is provided in which the burden of configuring various settings pertaining to print jobs, such as the printer settings that govern the printer driver, is reduced.