A laundry treating appliance includes a treating chamber provided for receiving laundry for treatment, a controller having a memory in which is stored a set of executable instructions including a set of cycles of operations. The laundry treating appliance also includes a user interface operably coupled with the controller and having a touchscreen configured to provide an input and output function for the controller.

An image forming apparatus which eliminates the need for a paper thickness detection sensor and saves time and effort for a user when performing remote scanning. An image reading unit of the image forming apparatus is connectable to an external client via a network and generates image data by reading an original. In the remote scanning, the image reading unit reads the original conveyed by a conveying unit in accordance with an instruction from an external client. A conveying speed at which the original is conveyed by the conveying unit when the remote scanning is performed is set in accordance with an original thickness setting. A first original thickness setting made on the image forming apparatus and a second original thickness setting made on the external client are obtained. When the second original thickness setting is different from the first original thickness setting, the original thickness setting is set to the second original thickness setting.

A terminal device includes a display capable of displaying a reception screen that accepts settings of a job using destination information, a controller capable of outputting an instruction for executing the job to an image processing apparatus based on the settings of the job accepted through the reception screen, an obtainer capable of transmitting a request for obtaining the destination information to the image processing apparatus and obtaining the destination information from the image processing apparatus, and a storage capable of storing the destination information. The controller displays the destination information stored in the storage and the destination information obtained from the image processing apparatus on the display in a selectable manner.

An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to convey a recording medium, and form an image on the recording medium based on an image forming condition; and a controller configured to control the image forming unit to form a test image and a scale image extending a conveyance direction in which the recording medium is conveyed, obtain user instruction information related to a density fluctuation of the test image in the conveyance direction, and to generate the image forming condition to suppresses image density unevenness in the conveyance direction to an image to be formed by the image forming unit based on the user instruction information.

A system and method for pay-to-print printing allows a pay-to-print user to pay from any source currency to target currency through the use of a cryptocurrency service. A user selects a job to be performed on an MFP, and a job cost is generated and displayed. The MFP generates and displays a barcode on its touchscreen. The user scans the barcode and their smartphone is directed to a payment service portal, such as Google Pay or Apple Pay. The user directs payment to a crypto currency sever, along with payment target and target currency for the job. The cryptocurrency server converts payment to its cryptocurrency, and then to the target currency, and relays the target currency to target. The MFP completes the job once payment has been made.

An image forming system includes a mobile terminal apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The mobile terminal apparatus displays a captured image of an operation panel of the image forming apparatus, extracts from the captured image, in response to a user operation on the captured image, an operation partial image including an operation part designated by the user operation, and transmits operation partial image data indicating the operation partial image to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus identifies the operation part corresponding to the operation partial image data received from the mobile terminal apparatus, and executes an action corresponding to the identified operation part.

An image forming system includes a mobile terminal apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The mobile terminal apparatus displays a captured image of an operation panel of the image forming apparatus and transmits, in response to a user operation on the captured image, captured image data indicating the captured image and operation position data indicating a position of the user operation to the image forming apparatus. Based on the captured image data and the operation position data received from the mobile terminal apparatus, the image forming apparatus identifies an indirectly operated part of the operation panel, and executes an action corresponding to the identified part.

A method includes displaying, in a first display area, a first display image obtained by reducing a first image, and a second display image obtained by reducing a second image, which has a size different from the first image, displaying, when the first display image is selected, a first intermediate image based on the first image in a second display area, calculating and storing, when the first intermediate image is commanded to be enlarged and moved, the display coordinates of the first intermediate image with respect to an enlargement ratio and a prescribed position, and displaying, when the second display image is selected, a second intermediate image based on the second image and enlarged with respect to a position of the second image, the position corresponding to the prescribed position, in the second display area, according to the stored enlargement ratio and display coordinates.

Systems and methods for presenting marine information are provided herein. A system includes an array of a plurality of sonar transducer elements associated with a watercraft and a display. The system causes presentation of a chart of a body of water, including a representation of the watercraft at a current location. The system also operates the array to cause transmission of sonar beams into the underwater environment and receives sonar return data from the array. The system further generates, based on the sonar return data, a two-dimensional live sonar image, determines a facing direction of the array, and causes presentation of the sonar image in the facing direction on the chart and relative to the representation of the watercraft. Accordingly, live sonar imagery is presented on the chart to visually provide a relationship between objects within the live sonar imagery and the real-world position of those objects.

A system and method for minimizing customer churn in device service businesses commences with execution of a customer service contract. Ongoing customer data capture is made for each contract. Customer data includes contract events, environmental events, service events, device usage analytics and personnel events. Machine learning is applied to captured customer data, which machine learning is based on a state of customer data at the time of contract determination. Customer data is assigned weights, and aggregate data for each customer is compared to a preselected threshold level. Customers above a threshold are deemed happy and customers below the threshold are deemed to be at risk. Remedial measures relative to at risk customer data generates remedial measure suggestions.