An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire sound data representing a sound emitted by an apparatus; generate plural pieces of section sound data by dividing the sound data into sections where detection of words is not possible; and transmit specific section sound data among the plural pieces of section sound data, and operation information that indicates an operation of the apparatus and corresponds to the specific section sound data, to an external apparatus that analyzes the sound data of the apparatus, in association with each other.

An image inspection system includes a hardware processor that generates a reference image to be used for inspecting an image formed on a recording medium and performs inspection of an inspection target image generated by reading the image formed on the recording medium on the basis of the reference image. The hardware processor controls not to perform the inspection on the basis of a predetermined state occurring in a process of generating the reference image.

A method for controlling production of color products includes receiving a reference image for a color product; producing a plurality of color products corresponding to the color product in the reference image; acquiring a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of color products; determining whether an appearance defect exists for each of the plurality of color products by comparing each image of the plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of color products to the reference image; for each detected appearance defect, determining a severity of the appearance defect; generating a visualization of appearance defects on an image of the color product based on the severity of the appearance defect and a frequency of occurrence of the appearance defect; and adjusting production of the color product in response to the visualization of appearance defects to reduce the severity or frequency of occurrence of the appearance defect.

The embodiments disclose an electronic pen system, including an electronic pen having a digital writing nib to allow a user to create digital nib writing strokes and a microphone to record voice dictation data, an electronic pad wirelessly coupled to the electronic pen to receive the digital nib writing strokes, a scanning device coupled to the electronic pad to scan handwritten data and convert into editable text, a beacon coupled to the electronic pad and a computer with a plurality of writing styles and genre proofreading templates stored, a handwriting converter to covert nib writing strokes into editable text, a voice to text converter for converting dictation into editable text, and editing software installed on the electronic pen and coupled to the beacon to receive the plurality of writing styles and genre proofreading templates selectable by the user to allow editable text to be proofread.

A color management method is for a color management apparatus that performs color management related to an image forming engine, based on data read by a reading apparatus that includes a colorimeter and a scanner installed at a conveyance path of a sheet printed by the image forming engine and that reads the printed sheet. The color management apparatus switches modes between a mode of obtaining data based on a first pattern and a mode of obtaining data based on a second pattern. For the first pattern, the colorimeter is moved in a sheet width direction by a first width and reads all or part of patches arranged in the sheet width direction. For the second pattern, the colorimeter is stationary or moves in the sheet width direction by a second width, and the scanner reads all or part of the patches arranged in the sheet width direction.