A control apparatus includes a processor, a storage controller, and a boot loader memory. The processor executes a control process using data stored in a main memory. The storage controller includes a storage device, stores stored data in an encrypted state if an encryption function is enabled, and stores the stored data in the storage device in a non-encrypted state if the encryption function is disabled. The stored data includes a memory image related to a state of the main memory after completion of an activation process of an operating system. The boot loader memory is configured to store instructions that cause the processor to (a) activate the operating system using the memory image in response to a determination that the encryption function is disabled and (b) activate the operating system without using the memory image in response to a determination that the encryption function is enabled.

An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire group information about a group to which a user who has issued an instruction for performing a process belongs; acquire setting information specifying settings for processing regarding image and history information in which image information indicating content of target image data for which the process is performed and history information about the process are recorded in association with each other, the setting information being associated with the group identified based on the acquired group information, from an external apparatus; and perform, after performing the process instructed by the user, the processing regarding the image and history information in accordance with the settings specified in the acquired setting information.

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: when receiving an image forming instruction issued to an image forming apparatus, transmit image data and processing information to a server, the processing information including access information regarding access to the information processing apparatus and information for forming an image represented by the image data, and store the image data into the information processing apparatus; and perform control for transmitting the image data to the image forming apparatus in response to transmission of the image data being requested from the image forming apparatus.

Disclosed herein are display techniques that will allow sensitive data displayed on a computer screen to only be viewed by authorized users and will render computer screen unreadable to unauthorized users. One or more display techniques are capable of automatically scrambling and unscrambling display screen of the computing device in which only an intended viewer is able to view data on the display screen using deciphering glasses.

A communication system including a first communication apparatus having an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet and a first wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication, and a second communication apparatus having a second wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication and a reading unit for reading an image. The first communication apparatus registers first network information and prints a QR code based on second network information. The second communication apparatus reads the QR code-printed sheet to acquire the second network information, requests the first communication apparatus to establish direct wireless communication based on the second network information, acquires the first network information from the first communication apparatus using the direct wireless communication, and connects to a router based on the first network information to start wireless LAN communication.

The disclosed enhanced document creation and parsing systems deal with enhanced documents that allow for the presentation of document content in a preferred visual manner, while ensuring that the document content can be captured accurately by an automated parser with nothing being discarded or misrepresented. The enhanced document creation system may create an enhanced document by encoding document content in accordance with a defined schema, optionally encrypting the resulting structured data into an encrypted byte string, and embedding the encrypted byte string as non-visible metadata in a rendered document. The resulting enhanced document can be completely and accurately parsed by an enhanced document parsing system that is capable of extracting, decrypting and decoding the embedded document metadata.

The disclosed enhanced document creation and parsing systems deal with enhanced documents that allow for the presentation of document content in a preferred visual manner, while ensuring that the document content can be captured accurately by an automated parser with nothing being discarded or misrepresented. The enhanced document creation system may create an enhanced document by encoding document content in accordance with a defined schema, optionally encrypting the resulting structured data into an encrypted byte string, and embedding the encrypted byte string as non-visible metadata in a rendered document. The resulting enhanced document can be completely and accurately parsed by an enhanced document parsing system that is capable of extracting, decrypting and decoding the embedded document metadata.

This application provides a method for transmitting face image data and transferring value, apparatuses, an electronic device, and a storage medium, which belongs to the field of network technologies. The method for transmitting face image data includes acquiring a face data stream through the sensor, and transmitting the face data stream to the first processor; performing image screening on a face image in the face data stream by the first processor to obtain at least a target face image, the target face image meeting a target condition; retrieving a target web address from the memory by the first processor; and transmitting the target face image to the target web address by the first processor.

An encrypted gallery management system and an implementation method thereof, comprising a management server and at least one information device, wherein the system converts one or more sets of corresponding time digital information into a time digital information totem and an encryption key totem, the time digital information totem and the encryption key totem are synthesized into an encrypted image. After user scans the encrypted image with his information device to obtain the totems, the information device can upload the totems to the management server for verification and comparison so that the management server is enabled to respond a specific service information to the information device so as to restrict the access of the information and thus prevent other unauthorized persons from obtaining the service information.

A multi-function device (MFD) is disclosed. For example, the MFD includes a communication interface to establish a communication path with a remote server, a user interface to receive a request to create an electronic file based on a scan of a document, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions. The instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to scan the document to create the electronic file of the document, generate an encryption code associated with the electronic file of the document that is scanned, and transmit the electronic file to the remote server.