A digital watermark system that realizes digital watermark for a cryptographic function, including a memory and a processor configured to take as input a security parameter and generate a watermark embedding key for embedding information representative of a watermark in a circuit that realizes the cryptographic function, and a watermark extraction key for extracting information representative of the watermark from a circuit in which a watermark is embedded; take as input a master private key used for the cryptographic function, the watermark embedding key, and information representative of a watermark, and generate a circuit in which the watermark is embedded and that realizes the cryptographic function; and take as input the watermark extraction key and the circuit in which the watermark has been embedded, and extract information representative of a watermark from the circuit.

Even in a case where a failure has occurred in a relay system or a cloud service, image data transmitted from a multi function peripheral is prevented from being lost. In an image processing apparatus that performs transfer setting of image data, at the time of a user designating a transfer destination, display control of a user interface screen is performed so that a storage server or the like other than the relay system is set as another transfer destination.

An image processing apparatus includes an acquirer that can acquire destination information from an external device, a job executor that executes a transmission job using the acquired destination information, and a controller. The controller controls display of the destination information in accordance with a screen mode of the transmission job, that has accepted a request to acquire the destination information.

An image output device, includes a controller and an image outputter. The controller, when a specific area that matches a specific condition is present in a first image, stores, in a storing area, information that is based on the specific area, generates an identification code that includes access information for accessing the stored information that is based on the specific area, and outputs a second image where the specific area of the first image is replaced with an image that includes the identification code.

An information processing apparatus includes a feeding unit that feeds a document placed on a document placement unit, a reception unit that receives an execution instruction, a first reading unit that reads an image of the fed document to generate first image data, a second reading unit that reads an image of a document placed on a platen to generate second image data, an execution unit that, based on the reception unit receiving a single execution instruction, executes first processing in which the first reading unit reads the image of the fed document to generate the first image data, and second processing in which the second reading unit reads the image of the document placed on the platen to generate the second image data, and a storage unit that executes processing for storing the first image data and the second image data.

The application relates to a method for operating a scanning system with a scan server arrangement and a scanning device that can be connected to the scan server arrangement. The scanning system is configured to obtain a scan job encrypted with a public scan job key from a scanning device and to receive a private scan job key encrypted with a public computer device key from a mobile user terminal. The received encrypted private scan job key is subsequently sent to the computer device for further processing.

Methods and systems for creating a security mark for a document. A first generation print can be rendered based on one or more patterns (e.g., pantograph pattern) for a security mark. Post-copy results of the pattern(s) can be then rendered. The first generation print and the post-copy results of the pattern(s) can be calibrated, and the output of the calibration of the first generation print and the post-copy results are then applicable for optimizing the design of the security mark for a print condition. Optimization of the design of the security mark for the print condition can be implemented by applying the output of the calibrating of the first generation print and the post-copy results for the print condition. The first generation prints and post-copy results of pantograph pattern samples can be calibrated to drastically reduce the time and labor involved in optimizing void pantograph designs for a particular print condition.

The disclosed computer-implemented method includes determining that audio quality is to be adjusted for a multimedia streaming connection over which audio data and video data are being streamed to a content player. The audio data is streamed at a specified audio quality level and the video data is streamed at a specified video quality level. The method also includes determining that a specified minimum video quality level is to be maintained while adjusting the audio quality level. Still further, the method includes dynamically adjusting the audio quality level of the multimedia streaming connection while maintaining the video quality level of the multimedia streaming connection at at least the specified minimum video quality level. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition section that acquires a document, a first extraction section that extracts elements that need processing regarding copyrights from elements constituting the acquired document, a second extraction section that extracts use conditions of the extracted elements, a first presenting unit that presents at least part of the extracted use conditions, a receiving section that receives designation of wanted and unwanted elements among the extracted elements, a second presenting section that presents a total fee obtained by adding fees indicated by use conditions of the wanted elements to a fee for outputting the document, and an output section that, in response to payment of the total fee, outputs the edited document. In the edited document, the unwanted elements have been edited to comply with the use conditions.

A method for an information processing apparatus searching for an image-processing device is provided. The method includes receiving a predetermined beacon transmitted from an image processing device, identifying an image processing device satisfying a predetermined condition based on the predetermined beacon among one or more image processing devices corresponding to the received predetermined beacon and issuing a request for a server certificate only to a identified device satisfying a predetermined condition about a position among one or more image processing devices found in a search by Bluetooth®.