Abstract: Disclosed are a positioning method and related devices. The method includes: accessing a base station through a random-access process; and obtaining resources of a sounding reference signal distributed by the base station, and sending, according to a predetermined first period, the sounding reference signal to the base station using the resources of the sounding reference signal, to enable the base station to determine the arrival time of the sounding reference signal and determine the position of a terminal device according to the arrival time. According to the solutions provided by the present disclosure, a terminal device can be precisely positioned, and at the same time, the cost can be effectively reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positioning method, including: synchronizing, by a mobile terminal, with a network device according to preset configuration information; acquiring, from the configuration information, parameters for determining a time-frequency resource of a sounding reference signal (SRS); determining the time-frequency resource for sending the SRS, and sending, on the determined time-frequency resource, the SRS to a plurality of network devices; receiving, by each of the plurality of network devices, the SRS, determining an arrival time of the SRS and the time-frequency resource occupied, determining, according to the time-frequency resource occupied by the SRS, an identifier of the mobile terminal sending the SRS, and reporting the identifier to a location server; and determining, by the location server, a position of the mobile terminal sending the above SRS according to the arrival time of the SRS.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first group information concerning a user from authentication result information including an authentication result transmitted from an external apparatus in a case where the user is authenticated by the external apparatus; and a permission unit that permits the user to use a service provided by the information processing apparatus within a range of authority set for second group information concerning the user in a case where the acquired first group information is associated with the second group information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided. Assume that a user has signed into a first cloud service of operation source. In a case where the user signs in to a second cloud service of operation destination, and in a case where an account registered in the second cloud service is permitted to be cooperated with another account, the information processing apparatus allows the user to sign in to the second cloud service.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first group information concerning a user from authentication result information including an authentication result transmitted from an external apparatus in a case where the user is authenticated by the external apparatus; and a permission unit that permits the user to use a service provided by the information processing apparatus within a range of authority set for second group information concerning the user in a case where the acquired first group information is associated with the second group information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives an authentication request using first account information identifying an account for use of a service provided by a linkage source; and an inquiring unit that, in a case where the received first account information is associated with second account information identifying an account for use of a service provided by an external authentication apparatus, inquires the external authentication apparatus as to whether or not the second account information is registered.

Abstract: A sign-in unit of an information processing apparatus, in a case where a user, who has signed in to a first cloud service of cooperation source, signs in to a second cloud service of cooperation destination, when setting for permission for cooperation with another account is made to an account registered in the second cloud service, allows the user to sign in to the second cloud service.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for checking decoded data, an apparatus and a method for decoding, and a receiving terminal. The apparatus for checking decoded data includes: an arithmetic unit to perform a check computation on decoded bits output from decoders in every clock cycle to obtain a computation result, where the check computation is performed by: denoting each decoded bit as a polynomial, computing the sum of the polynomials and performing polynomial modular arithmetic on the sum; and an output unit configured to output a check result, where the check result is the sum of the computation results in all the clock cycles during a decoding process. A real-time check computation of decoded data may be realized, so that power consumption may be saved.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A document-type determining unit determines what type of document a document is on the basis of read information obtained as a result of reading the document by using a document reader. A compression-format setting unit sets, on the basis of the type of document determined by the document-type determining unit, a compression format used for generating image data from the read information. A generator compresses the read information by using the compression format set by the compression-format setting unit so as to generate image data corresponding to the document.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A document-type determining unit determines what type of document a document is on the basis of read information obtained as a result of reading the document by using a document reader. A compression-format setting unit sets, on the basis of the type of document determined by the document-type determining unit, a compression format used for generating image data from the read information. A generator compresses the read information by using the compression format set by the compression-format setting unit so as to generate image data corresponding to the document.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A document-type determining unit determines what type of document a document is on the basis of read information obtained as a result of reading the document by using a document reader. A compression-format setting unit sets, on the basis of the type of document determined by the document-type determining unit, a compression format used for generating image data from the read information. A generator compresses the read information by using the compression format set by the compression-format setting unit so as to generate image data corresponding to the document.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for checking decoded data, an apparatus and a method for decoding, and a receiving terminal. The apparatus for checking decoded data includes: an arithmetic unit to perform a check computation on decoded bits output from decoders in every clock cycle to obtain a computation result, where the check computation is performed by: denoting each decoded bit as a polynomial, computing the sum of the polynomials and performing polynomial modular arithmetic on the sum; and an output unit configured to output a check result, where the check result is the sum of the computation results in all the clock cycles during a decoding process. A real-time check computation of decoded data may be realized, so that power consumption may be saved.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a memory; an obtaining unit that obtains image data representing an image including concatenated pixels; an isolating unit that isolates a rendering element, the rendering element being an image surrounded by border lines of a color in an image represented by the image data; and a classifying unit that, in a case where a plurality of rendering elements has been isolated by the isolating unit, and in a case where color difference between two of the plural rendering elements or the distance between the two rendering elements is less than a threshold, classifies the two rendering elements into the same group, associates pieces of image data that represent rendering elements belonging to the same group with one another, and stores the pieces of image data in the memory.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a separating unit, a setting unit, and a determining unit. The separating unit separates an image into types of partial images other than a specific type, which is likely to be erroneously separated. The setting unit makes setting designating whether or not predetermined two types of partial images of the separated partial images are to be easily determined to be partial images of the specific type. The determining unit determines whether or not at least one of the predetermined two types of the partial images is the partial image of the specific type or not based upon the setting.

Abstract: A character recognition device includes: an acquiring unit that acquires image data describing pixel values representing colors of pixels constituting an image; a binarizing unit that binarizes the pixel values; an extracting unit that extracts boundaries of colors in the image; a delimiting unit that delimits plural image areas in the image; a specifying unit that specifies, with regard to first image areas arranged according to a predetermined rule, pixels binarized by the binarizing unit, as a subject for character recognition, and specifies, with regard to second image areas not arranged according to the predetermined rule, pixels of areas surrounded by boundaries extracted by the extracting unit, as a subject for character recognition; and a character recognition unit that recognizes characters represented by the pixels specified by the specifying unit as a subject for character recognition.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a separation section that separates image components having different attributes contained in electronic document data expressing an original image; a selection section that selects which mode from plural modes including a reusability emphasis mode for performing predetermined re-laying out of the image components with emphasis on reusability; and a generation section that re-lays the image components separated by the separation section according to the mode selected by the selection section, and generates software data corresponding to software for use.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A document-type determining unit determines what type of document a document is on the basis of read information obtained as a result of reading the document by using a document reader. A compression-format setting unit sets, on the basis of the type of document determined by the document-type determining unit, a compression format used for generating image data from the read information. A generator compresses the read information by using the compression format set by the compression-format setting unit so as to generate image data corresponding to the document.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a registering unit that registers a first language and a second language different from the first language, a character string extracting unit that extracts one or more character strings from reading information acquired by reading an original, plural feature character string creating sections that create a feature character string of the original on the basis of the one or more character strings extracted by the character string extracting unit, and a switching unit that switches the feature character string creating section used to create the feature character string on the basis of a combination of the registered first language and the registered second language.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a first determination unit that determines whether each of an image regions is for a vector image; a color number counting unit that counts the number of colors in the pixels of high-resolution image data; a frequency counting unit that counts a number of times where the difference between the colors of each of the pixels in the high-resolution image data and the colors of at least one pixel located around each of those pixels is greater than or equal to a threshold; a second determination unit that determines that the image region is not an image region for a vector image; and a generation unit that generates image data in which a process for rendering images in the image regions determined by the first determination unit to be image regions for vector images is defined by numerical values or numerical formulas.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a separating unit, a setting unit, and a determining unit. The separating unit separates an image into types of partial images other than a specific type, which is likely to be erroneously separated. The setting unit makes setting designating whether or not predetermined two types of partial images of the separated partial images are to be easily determined to be partial images of the specific type. The determining unit determines whether or not at least one of the predetermined two types of the partial images is the partial image of the specific type or not based upon the setting.