There is provided a focus control apparatus including: a first adjustment unit configured to adjust a focus distance; a second adjustment unit configured to adjust an addition amount of the focus distance adjusted with the first adjustment unit; and a focus control unit configured to control a focus based on the focus distance adjusted with the first adjustment unit and the addition amount adjusted with the second adjustment unit. Also provided are a focus control method, a camera apparatus and a focus control method in the camera apparatus.

An information processing apparatus that acquires captured image data; determines whether a position determining unit of the information processing apparatus detects a location of the information processing apparatus; controls a user interface to prompt a user to enter information when it is determined that a location of the information processing apparatus has not been detected; and receives location information that is extracted based on a user input received at the user interface in response to the prompt.

An optical apparatus includes: a body part in which a close-contact optical system type reading section having an image sensor that reads light concentrated by a lens is disposed and in which a document platen glass and a first base contact member are disposed on an upper surface; and a covering part in which a second base contact member is disposed, which comes into contact with the first base contact member to perform base contact through a closing operation of a user and which separates from the first base contact member and releases the base contact through an opening operation of the user.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a storage configured to store information about a plurality of color assignment areas included in an image editing tool displayed on a screen of the electronic device, a display configured to display the image editing tool including the plurality of color assignment areas on the screen of the electronic device, and a controller configured to run a preset application installed in the electronic device in response to an input related to color extraction, and display a color selected in at least one area of an execution screen of the application in the color assignment areas of the image editing tool.

A color integration system for medical images includes: first and second profile setting sections configured to set first and second profiles, respectively, for color reproduction; a storage section configured to store a plurality of pieces of conversion information for converting the first profile to the second profile; and a control section, wherein if conversion information corresponding to an output environment for using a medical image for a second time is not stored, the control section acquires a profile for color reproduction in the output environment, generates the conversion information based on a profile in the storage section and one or more pieces among the plurality of pieces of conversion information stored in the storage section, and uses the generated conversion information to convert the first profile to the second profile.

Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of presenting to a user movies that show operation steps for solving a maintenance event occurring in the apparatus without increasing the number of times the user needs to perform the operation of playing the movie. A CPU is configured to play a combination of a plurality of movies as a series of movies that show operation steps for solving a maintenance event occurring in the image forming apparatus. The CPU is further configured to determine a stop point at which the series of movies that is playing stops playing, based on stop point information set for each of the combination of the plurality of movies. The CPU is further configured to stop the series of movies that is playing at the determined stop point.

Techniques for transmitting information to a recipient under their control are described. In some situations, the techniques are used in conjunction with a fax delivery system to provide, as part of a connection established to perform a fax transmission, a variety of functionalities to a human recipient that is participating as part of the connection, such as when the human recipient is contacted in error. In addition, in some situations, an interactive voice response system is used to receive and interpret input from a human recipient, such as in response to one or more control selections or options provided to the human recipient.

There is provided a focus control apparatus including: a first adjustment unit configured to adjust a focus distance; a second adjustment unit configured to adjust an addition amount of the focus distance adjusted with the first adjustment unit; and a focus control unit configured to control a focus based on the focus distance adjusted with the first adjustment unit and the addition amount adjusted with the second adjustment unit. Also provided are a focus control method, a camera apparatus and a focus control method in the camera apparatus.

The book page turning operation of an automatic page turning apparatus is controlled by a tablet. Every time the automatic page turning apparatus completes a page turning operation, the tablet photographs the page and stores its image. During this processing, the tablet stops the series of page turning operations of the automatic page turning apparatus every time a sequential page-turning count m reaches a preset interruption page count M. Then, the tablet restarts the series of page turning operations in response to a photographing restart instruction from the user. As a result of this configuration, the user is freed from an operation of stopping a page turning operation during image photographing.

An information processing apparatus including a display unit configured to display a message for indicating information to a user, includes a determination unit configured to determine, when displaying the message on the display unit, whether to display the message on the display unit by a predetermined display aspect; and a display control unit configured to display, when it has been determined by the determination unit that the message is to be displayed on the display unit by the predetermined display aspect, the message on the display unit while dynamically changing a region having the message reflected.