Provided is a method of operating an image forming apparatus. The method includes: calculating a remaining lifespan of at least one component consumed through an image forming job in the image forming apparatus; determining whether to proceed with a refill operation to refill a toner in a cartridge of the image forming apparatus, based on the remaining lifespan of the at least one component; and displaying guide information to guide the refill operation based on a result of the determining.

A processing system includes a job outputter, a processor, a first display, and a second display. The job outputter outputs a job from a terminal device to a processing apparatus. The processor processes the job in the processing apparatus. The first display displays, in accordance with a notification based on the processing of the job, a procedure corresponding to the notification on the terminal device. The second display displays a setting screen corresponding to the procedure on the processing apparatus.

The present invention is directed to an information processing apparatus, the method comprising: detecting whether a sheet is set in a measurement device in accordance with a detection condition; in a case where a sheet is detected as being set, measuring a patch formed on the sheet, using the measurement device; and setting a first detection condition for detecting that a sheet is set in the measurement device and a second detection condition for detecting that a sheet is not set in the measurement device to mutually-different conditions.

A reading apparatus includes a reading device and processing circuitry. The reading device reads a recording medium. The processing circuitry outputs maintenance information based on read information read by the reading device.

An image inspection device includes a processor coupled to a sensor. The processor reads, using the sensor, an image formed on a recording material by an image forming device and creates a read image; causes an analysis to detect an abnormality in the read image and creates an analysis result; and creates a normal image file including the read image in which the abnormality has not been detected based on the analysis result.

An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a first position shift between a reference image serving as a reference for a print product and a first read image obtained by reading the print product, and a second position shift between the reference image and a second read image obtained by reading the print product, and a determination unit configured to determine presence/absence of a position shift in the second read image based on the first position shift and the second position shift.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image processing apparatus comprising: a reader that reads an image from a document; a projection unit that projects an image; a printer that prints an image onto a sheet; an operation unit that accepts a first instruction for the projection unit to project the image read by the reader and a second instruction for the printer to print the image projected by the projection unit; and a control unit, wherein in a case where the first instruction is accepted by the operation unit, the control unit causes the projection unit to project the image read by the reader, and in a case where the second instruction is accepted by the operation unit, the control unit causes the printer to print the image being projected by the projection unit.

Features for analyzing one or more images with image recognition to detect bounds to accurately convert physical text (e.g., pilot logbooks, aviation-related documents, journey logbooks, aircraft mechanics work orders, airframe logbooks, propeller logbooks, and engine logbooks) into digital format. Based on the predefined bounds, character recognition, e.g., OCR/ICR/ICR engine(s), may be used to convert each cell to a digital format. A decision engine determines, based on reinforcement learning data, the correct value of each cell based on a confidence of the character recognition. The decision engine may be a series of logical filtering, sorting, context rules (e.g., REGEX rules for specific columns) and suggestions based on the reinforcement learning model used to normalize the imperfections associated with the character recognition technologies. The final result is a serialized digital format that can be exported to an endpoint (e.g., spreadsheets, database, etc.).

Provided is an image processing apparatus that enhances the distinctiveness of document having a color portion and outputs in monochrome. A monochrome visual determination unit determines whether or not the distinctiveness of the color portion is low when the document data having the color portion is output in monochrome. This color portion includes characters, electronic marks, and graphs, and they are after a specific keyword. A monochrome presentation unit presents to a user a warning or a result of modification when there is the color portion that the distinctiveness is determined to be low by the monochrome visual determination unit. The monochrome presentation unit presents a state in which the document data is output in monochrome by displaying a preview.

In an image forming apparatus, a controller allows a sound output device to output a starting sound and an ending sound at a start and end of diagnostic image formation processing, respectively, determines whether abnormal noise has occurred by identifying data ranging from the starting sound to the ending sound in an diagnostic spectrogram as a comparison target for data ranging from the starting sound to the ending sound in a normal spectrogram to match both the spectrograms in terms of width in a time-axis direction, and identifies a source of the abnormal noise by identifying the data ranging from the starting sound to the ending sound in the diagnostic spectrogram as a comparison target for data in ranging from a timing of start to a timing of end in a timing chart to match the diagnostic spectrogram with the timing chart in terms of width in the time-axis direction.