A system and method for natural language communication between a user and a multifunction peripheral incorporates a chatbot. The chatbot response to verbal user commands or inquiries with corresponding device reports or operation. The chatbot operates in conjunction monitored multifunction peripheral states and document processing jobs, and tenders a verbal reply accordingly, supplying information to inform the user of additional matters related to the inquiry and of likely usefulness to the user.

There is provided an image processing system including: an image processing device; a microphone that is capable of acquiring speech; a retaining unit configured to retain, in a history database, setting values for image processing utilized in the past; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, based at least on that a specific word has been recognized in a result of speech recognition on speech acquired by the microphone, one or more setting values from the history database using an extraction condition corresponding to the specific word, and a setting unit configured to set up a new job to be executed by the image processing device based on the one or more setting values.

The processor of an information processing apparatus includes serves, by executing an information processing program, as: a function determiner; a morpheme analyzer configured to analyze a message input by a user in morphemes; a word detector configured to detect a predetermined time-representing word indicating temporal nearness or farness and a predetermined keyword which is modified by the time-representing word and which indicates settings associated with the function from the message analyzed in morphemes by the morpheme analyzer; a setting selector configured to select a newest set value when the word detector has detected the time-representing word indicating temporal nearness and to select a set value used when the user used the function in the past when the word detector has detected the time-representing word indicating temporal farness; and a function executor configured to execute the function determined by the function determiner using the set value selected by the setting selector.

The present invention relates to a document processing system using augmented reality and virtual reality, and a processing method therefor. The document processing system of the present invention shares contents of an object so that one user can write the contents of the object at the location of the object displayed in an augmented reality or virtual reality image to write and store various types of virtual documents and allow other users to view the virtual documents in the augmented reality or virtual image. The document processing system writes and shares the virtual documents by using a mobile terminal capable of expressing augmented reality or virtual reality. The document processing system shares the virtual documents between mobile terminals in a P2P method or a method of using a server. According to the present invention, a new document sharing platform can be implemented to provide a differentiated service to a user by displaying a virtual document written by using augmented reality or virtual reality to be shared in real time.

An information processing device includes an extraction unit and a confirmation unit. The extraction unit extracts a parameter different from an initial setting from among information about a combination of parameters related to a formation of an image, the information being saved in an image forming device to be operated. The confirmation unit presents the extracted parameter to a user, and prompts the user to confirm a desire to change.

A printing system includes a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus coupled to the printing apparatus via a network, and displays a screen on a display section. The information processing apparatus includes an information acquisition section that acquires information including a keyword included in a print instruction by voice from a voice intermediary apparatus, a preview processing section that displays a print preview screen corresponding to a content based on the acquired keyword on the display section, and a print data transmission section that generates print data that uses the content and transmits the print data to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus receives the print data and executes printing according to the print data.

A server of a printing system includes a print instruction acquisition unit acquiring a print instruction of a content contained in a content group by a voice from a voice mediation device, a selection unit selecting the content to be printed from the content group according to the print instruction, and a transmission unit transmitting print data for printing of the selected content to a printing apparatus of the printing system, wherein the content group contains a plurality of time-dependent contents having different probabilities for selection according to a time when the print instruction is acquired, the selection unit selects the content to be printed from the content group so that each of the plurality of time-dependent contents is selected with the probability according to the time when the print instruction is acquired. The printing apparatus receives the print data and executes printing according to the print data.

A server of a printing system includes a print instruction acquisition unit configured to acquire a print instruction indicated by a voice that is a print instruction of a content included in a content group from a voice intermediation device, a selection unit configured to select a content to be printed from the content group according to the print instruction, and a transmitter configured to transmit print data for printing the selected content to the printing device. The selection unit totalizes a printing count of each content included in the content group for a plurality of users, and selects the content to be printed from the content group based on the totalized printing count. The selection unit may select the content to be printed from the content group based on an attribute applicable to a user. The printing device receives the print data and performs printing according to the print data.

An image forming system capable of improving the usability of an interactive agent function. The image forming system receives voice input thereto as an instruction related to execution of a job. The image forming system executes a job based on settings indicated by voice input thereto, and in a case where a specific word is included in the input voice, the image forming system executes the job based on a plurality of types of settings registered in advance in association with the specific word.

An information processing system that is configured such that a plurality of speakers are coordinated with one information processing apparatus and is capable of coping with a state of competition between instructions to the speakers. An information processing system includes an image forming apparatus, a first voice control device that receives a voice instruction to the image forming apparatus, and a second voice control device that receives a voice instruction to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus is controlled to execute a job based on information on which of the first voice control device and the second voice control device is a device which is to be preferentially used.