A plurality of electronic documents utilized in a transaction are automatically managed. For each separate document of the plurality, a custom printer driver receives instructions to a printer for printing the document. Instead of printing the document, the custom printer driver creates a file in a standard format such as PDF containing the document, based on the received print instructions. Content concerning the transaction is automatically added to at least one corresponding field of the file containing the document in the standard format. At least one electronic signature for the document is received, and automatically added to at least one corresponding location of the document in the standard format. The file containing the document in the standard format is saved with the added content concerning the transaction and the at least one electronic signature, and the saved file is associated with the transaction.

An information processing apparatus obtains scan images produced by collectively scanning a plurality of documents each of which includes one or more pages, divides the obtained scan images into divided scan images corresponding to the respective plurality of documents, converts the divided scan images into files in a predetermined format and thereby generates a plurality of files, and associates an identifier shared by the plurality of files with information identifying each of the plurality of the file.

An image processing apparatus includes: a gradation correction section that performs output gradation correction with respect to input multi-value image data; a conversion section that converts the multi-value image data, which is acquired after the output gradation correction is performed by the gradation correction section, into binary image data; a storage section that stores the multi-value image data or the binary image data; and a control section that performs control such that the multi-value image data, which is acquired before the output gradation correction is performed, is stored in the storage section in a case where content of the input image data is content which requires the output gradation correction, and such that the binary image data is stored in the storage section in a case where the content of the input image data is content which does not require the output gradation correction.

Disclosed is an image forming apparatus. The present image forming apparatus comprises: an input unit for receiving a scanning option; a communication unit for transmitting the received scanning option to another image forming apparatus; a scanning unit for scanning a first document according to the scanning option and generating first scanned data; and a control unit for receiving second scanned data in which a second document is scanned according to the scanning option in another image forming apparatus, and combining the first scanned data and the second scanned data.

An image forming apparatus includes a hardware processor including CPUs each including cores, a process being executed by the CPUs, wherein the hardware processor managing the cores causes a first process or a second process to be executed, when the first process is executed, while electric power is uniformly supplied to the cores, allocates a pre-process in which sequential processing is performed to a part of the cores and a post-process in which parallel processing is performed to another part of cores, and when the second process is executed, for a part of the CPUs, allocates the pre-process to a part of the cores while electric power is supplied thereto and causes electric power supply to another part of cores to be stopped, and for another part of the CPUs, allocates the post-process to at least a part of the cores while electric power is uniformly supplied to the cores.

An imaging device includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and generate image data; a display configured to display information including an image corresponding to the image data; a first recording slot mounting a first recording medium for recording the image data; a second recording slot mounting a second recording medium for recording the image data; a recording controller configured to set a recording mode between: an automatic switching mode in which recording of the image data is performed by repeatedly switching between the first and the second recording media in a predetermined order; and a simultaneous recording mode in which recording of the image data to the first and the second recording media is simultaneously performed; and a display controller configured to display setting mode information relating to the recording mode set by the recording controller in a different display mode for each recording mode.

The image processing apparatus capable of executing a transmission job for transmitting image data to a destination that accepts a setting for notifying an end of the transmission job, converts image data to image data of a first format without encrypting, and executes a first transmission job for transmitting the image data of the first format. In accordance with the setting, the image data of the first format and an end of the first transmission job are notified to a predetermined destination. In addition, the image data is encrypted to convert it to image data of a second format, and a second transmission job for transmitting the image data of the second format is executed. In accordance with the setting, an end of the second transmission job is notified to the predetermined destination.

An image processing apparatus obtains image data by photographing a document which is put on a document plate. The apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a correction unit. The obtaining unit photographs the document plate and obtains calibration image data. The correction unit uses the calibration image data obtained by the obtaining unit, so as to correct the image data obtained by photographing the document which is put on the document plate.

A system for and a method of extracting data from a non-digital medium and having the ability to move the derived (digitized) data, said method comprising: collecting desired information or applicable data in the form of text, picture, or any other type of file with readable text; and digitizing the desired information or applicable data into digitized data to form a digital image; and rendering the digitized data onto a digital canvas as interactive text.

An image processing apparatus receives a number of pages to be included in one file from a user, and reads an original. The image communication apparatus divides image data of the read original at each set of the received number of pages, and creates a file including the image data for each division of the divided image data.