An information processing apparatus includes an output unit. When pieces of additional information are extracted, the pieces of additional information being disposed in copies of an identical image and satisfying a predetermined condition, the output unit outputs data in which combined additional information is disposed in the image. The combined additional information is information in which the pieces of additional information are combined.

An image processing apparatus of the present invention displays a transmission setting screen for a user to set a transmission destination of image data, and when a transmission instruction is received from a user, transmits the image data to a destination set via the transmission setting screen. Meanwhile, if destination information is received from an external apparatus, a screen displayed on a display unit is changed to a transmission setting screen, and a destination designated by the received the destination information is set as a transmission destination of the image data.

Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing metadata-based photo and/or video animation. For instance, multiple images (e.g., still images) of a scene may be combined into an image sequence. An image may be selected from the multiple images to represent the scene. Such an image may be referred to as a primary image. Metadata may be associated with the primary image. The metadata may include a reference to the image sequence.

According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a banner page control unit, an image formation control unit, and a printer unit. The banner page control unit acquires banner page setting information indicating setting conditions of a banner page which is inserted between one sheet and another sheet, on which an image is formed by a plurality of jobs. The image formation control unit determines whether or not to form an image of the banner page by a printer unit, based on the banner page setting information. The printer unit forms the image of the banner page, if it is determined by the image formation control unit that the image of the banner page is formed.

There is provided a method for controlling an image processing apparatus, including storing histories of a predetermined number of jobs in a storage unit, displaying the histories of the jobs stored in the storing, performing control to, in a case where the histories of the predetermined number of jobs are stored in the storage unit, delete, from the storage unit, one of the histories of the jobs stored in the storage unit in accordance with execution of a job and store a history of the executed job in the storage unit, and making settings in such a manner that a history of a job selected by a user is not deleted from the storage unit under the control.

A terminal device performs operations includes: a file information receiving process to receive M pieces of file information for identifying M image files from a printer storing M image files; a specific signal receiving process to receive a specific signal from the printer; a determination process to determine whether an inter-device distance is equal to or less than a predetermined distance by using a received radio field intensity of the specific signal; a selection process to select N pieces of file information, which is a part of the M pieces of file information when it is determined in the determination process that the inter-device distance is equal to or less than the predetermined distance; and a print instruction transmission process to not transmit the print instruction to the printer when it is determined that the inter-device distance is not equal to or less than the predetermined distance.

An aspect of the present invention: stores, as print setting histories, contents of print setting as of the time of performing printing and information of documents subjected to printing processing in a print setting history holding unit; displays a list of the print setting histories stored in the print setting history holding unit on a print setting screen on which print setting is performed; and performs a print setting on the basis of a print setting history selected from the list of print setting histories displayed on the print setting screen. Then, in displaying the list of print setting histories on the print setting screen, only the latest print setting history is displayed from among the print setting histories classified into the same group satisfying predetermined conditions.

An image forming system capable of changing a print speed includes an execution unit that executes a print job in accordance with a set print speed, and an output unit that displays or prints history information of the print job including information representing the print speed set when the print job was executed.

Content management for virtual tours including exposing, within a virtual tour, a hotspot, the hotspot having an associated hyperlink to a third-party content management provider and access code for accessing content from the third-party content management provider; receiving an invocation of the hotspot; invoking the hyperlink associated with the hotspot; invoking the access code for accessing content from third-party content management provider; receiving content from the third-party content management provider; and displaying the received content within the virtual tour.

Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing metadata-based photo and/or video animation. For instance, multiple images (e.g., still images) of a scene may be combined into an image sequence. An image may be selected from the multiple images to represent the scene. Such an image may be referred to as a primary image. Metadata may be associated with the primary image. The metadata may include a reference to the image sequence.