In order to prevent wasteful power consumption, in various embodiments, advance activation of a printer is avoided in the event of an attack on a particular port if the printer is used in a network environment with a low security strength. For example, according to one embodiment, while a GPIO signal for activating the printer in advance is generated in response to reception of print data, the GPIO assert setting is disabled if a network to which the printer is connected has a low security strength.

A control method performed by an apparatus that communicates with a device and that includes a display screen includes causing the display screen to display a first screen including a scan object used for scanning and a predetermined object different from the scan object, and causing the display screen to display, as a screen corresponding to the scan object, a second screen including a scan setting item. In addition, the display screen is caused to display, as a screen corresponding to the predetermined object, a third screen that does not include the scan setting item and that includes information for prompting a user to put the apparatus close to the device.

In accordance with some embodiments, a protocol permits communications between platforms and image devices. This allows, for example, the platform to specify particular types of information that the platform may want, the format of information the platform may prefer, and other information that may reduce the amount of processing in the platform. For example, conventionally, in gesture recognition software, the platform receives an ongoing stream of video to be parsed, searched and processed in order to identify gestures. This may consume communications bandwidth between platforms and imaging devices, particularly in cases where wireless communications or other bandwidth limited communications may be involved.

In an information processing apparatus, when a receiving unit receives data from an external device, a power control unit returns a power state of the apparatus from a power saving state and a transmitting unit transmits a start instruction to a connected image forming apparatus, and when a power supply switch becomes on according to a user's operation, the power control unit returns the power state of the apparatus from the power saving state but the transmitting unit does not transmit the start instruction to the image forming apparatus. Thus, it is possible to achieve both a linkage start and an individual start for an external image processing controller and the image forming apparatus, in an image processing system including the information processing apparatus, the external image processing controller and the image forming apparatus capable of performing an image process in cooperation with others.

Synchronization of simultaneously captured media in a multi-camera system is performed using a consistent file structure within the cameras. A primary camera receives a bitmap describing the file and folder utilization of each of one or more secondary cameras. The primary camera selects a folder number and file position number that is commonly available across all cameras. The primary camera directs the secondary cameras to store subsequently simultaneously captured media content at the selected file number and folder position number. During post-processing, simultaneously-captured content is accessed based on common folder numbers and file position numbers. A post-processing system compares a timestamp associated with each content file in a group with matching folder numbers and file position numbers to identify false positive groupings.

Methods and devices for providing notifications for camera resource availability may include receiving requests from a plurality of applications for control of a camera resource. The methods and devices may include providing control of the camera resource to a selected application from the plurality of applications when another application does not have control of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include sending a control notification to one or more applications, including at least one of the plurality of applications indicating that the selected application has control of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include sending an availability notification to the one or more applications, including the at least one of the plurality of applications indicating that the selected application has released the control of the camera resource.

An apparatus that causes a device to print an image. The apparatus includes at least one processor, and a display screen. A state of the apparatus is changed from a first state to a second state when an image is settled as a print target by a user, the first state being a state in which the at least one processor does not cause the device to print the image even if the apparatus is put close to the device, and the second state being a state in which the at least one processor can cause the device to print the image if the apparatus is put close to the device. After the apparatus in the second state performs a short distance wireless communication with the device, the device prints the image.

In an information processing apparatus, when a receiving unit receives data from an external device, a power control unit returns a power state of the apparatus from a power saving state and a transmitting unit transmits a start instruction to a connected image forming apparatus, and when a power supply switch becomes on according to a user's operation, the power control unit returns the power state of the apparatus from the power saving state but the transmitting unit does not transmit the start instruction to the image forming apparatus. Thus, it is possible to achieve both a linkage start and an individual start for an external image processing controller and the image forming apparatus, in an image processing system including the information processing apparatus, the external image processing controller and the image forming apparatus capable of performing an image process in cooperation with others.

A mobile apparatus includes a user interface configured to allow a user to select an image scan apparatus, a communication interface configured to transmit a scan command to the selected image scan apparatus and receive a plurality of image data from the selected image scan apparatus via a streaming method, and a controller configured to generate a scan image using the plurality of image data.

A control method performed by an apparatus that communicates with a device and that includes a display screen includes causing the display screen to display a first screen including a scan object used for scanning and a predetermined object different from the scan object, and causing the display screen to display, as a screen corresponding to the scan object, a second screen including a scan setting item. In addition, the display screen is caused to display, as a screen corresponding to the predetermined object, a third screen that does not include the scan setting item and that includes information for prompting a user to put the apparatus close to the device.