An image forming device includes: a scanner section; a print section; an operation panel; a communication section configured to communicate with a cloud server; and a controller, wherein the controller transmits document data scanned by using the scanner section to the cloud server and causes the cloud server to store the document data in storage in accordance with an operation performed on the operation panel, and when the document data is specified in accordance with data identifying the document data kept in the storage of the cloud server in accordance with an operation performed on the operation panel, the controller displays a two-dimensional code enabling access to the document data stored in the storage of the cloud server.

An authentication control apparatus includes a first authenticating unit, a second authenticating unit, a controller, and an outputting unit. The first authenticating unit performs first authentication using authentication information stored in association with a memory area. The second authenticating unit performs second authentication using authentication information stored in association with a user. The controller performs control to perform one of authentication operations that are the first authentication and the second authentication when the user uses the memory area. The outputting unit outputs information if the one of the authentication operations performed under the control of the controller does not succeed. The information prompts the user to input authentication information to be used in an authentication operation performed when the user uses the memory area.

An image processing device acquires first and second image data respectively representing first and second images. The first image includes an object image showing a part of an object. The second image shows another part of the object. The first image and the object image respectively include an edge and an object-image edge with respect to a direction. The first image includes first pixels that is located between the edge and the object-image edge and not included in the first object image. The device selects one of arrangement methods according to a condition that the number of first pixels continuously arranged in the direction is larger than a prescribed level. The device determines a relative position between the first and second images using the selected method. The device generates arranged image data representing an arranged image in which the first and second images are arranged according to the relative position.

The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for directly adding one or more supporting documents to an application form. The systems and methods include storing an electronic wallet of a user, including one or more supporting documents of the user. Further, the method includes receiving an application form for a pre-defined function including printing or scanning. Once received, a user interface is provided to the user to provide input on addition of the one or more supporting documents to the received application form. Thereafter, the received application form is processed. Further, based on the input from the user, one or more supporting documents and/or content of the one or more supporting documents are added to the received application form. Finally, the application form including the one or more supporting documents and/or content of the one or more supporting documents in the submitted application form is outputted.

An image scanning method includes: logging into a cloud server by a terminal to confirm login information based on the login; generating a scan cloud ticket as a data file including content of job for storing scan data into the cloud server using the confirmed login information; sending the scan cloud ticket from the terminal to the image scanning apparatus; receiving the scan cloud ticket and accepting an initiation operation for initiating the job in response to the receiving; performing, in the image scanning apparatus, in response to the accepting of the initiation operation, the image scanning to generate the scan data; obtaining, in the image scanning apparatus, the login information from the scan cloud ticket and logging into the cloud server by the image scanning apparatus using the obtained login information; and uploading the scan data from the image scanning apparatus to the cloud server.

A multi-function peripheral (MFP) includes a function of performing a setting to attach an electronic signature to a file including data acquired by executing scanning of a document, attaching, based on the setting, at least one of a plurality of electronic signatures to the file including the data acquired by executing scanning of the document in response to a request received from a smartphone, the electronic signatures including a user signature corresponding to an authenticated user and a device signature corresponding to the MFP, and transmitting the file to which the electronic signature is attached to a communication terminal or the like.

A image processing system which make it possible to reduce user time and effort in checking OCR error image data. The image processing system performs OCR processing on image data generated by an image forming apparatus in response to selection of an object by a user and stores the image data in a folder having a folder name formed by using a character string obtained by the OCR processing. The system includes a storage control unit configured to store the image data, in a case where the character string obtained by performing the OCR processing on the generated image data does not satisfy a predetermined condition, in a folder associated with the object.

An information processing system includes a storage storing flow information in association with application identification information, for each application for executing a sequence of processes, the flow information defining program identification information and an execution order of the programs; a storage storing screen information in association with the application identification information for each application; a transmitter for sending, to a device, the screen information associated with the application identification information, when a first request including the application identification information is received from the device; a receiver for receiving a second request including information relating to the electronic data specified by a user in the screen displayed on the first device; an acquirer for acquiring the flow information associated with the application identification information; and an executor for executing the programs identified by the program identification information, in the execution order, to execute the sequence of processes.

An image processing apparatus capable of shifting to a power saving mode. The image processing apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store a document in a storage device, a notification unit configured to periodically notify an apparatus of a predetermined destination of information about a document that has been newly stored by the storing unit into the storage device, and a control unit configured to restrict shifting to a power saving mode in which the notification unit cannot make the notification after storage of a document by the storing unit has been completed and until the notification unit notifies at least information about the document.

Visual representations of gadgets, each of which is configured to perform a different function, are displayed by an electronic device. The gadgets are arranged in a sequence to build a workflow. The gadgets are executed in the sequence to execute the workflow on a project.