An information processing apparatus includes an imaging device to image a medium, a communication device provided so as to communicate with a plurality of information processing apparatuses, and a processor to acquire a use state of the image reading apparatus, set an information processing apparatus capable of executing imaging control of the imaging device, and control the imaging device according to an instruction signal from the set information processing apparatus. The processor determines whether to set a second information processing apparatus as the information processing apparatus capable of executing the imaging control, based on the use state, when receiving a request signal of the imaging control from the second information processing apparatus in a state where a first information processing apparatus is set as the information processing apparatus capable of executing the imaging control.

The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for generating multiple scanned files when scanning a document. The method includes receiving a document for scanning from a user. Once received, a user interface is displayed to the user to input one or more keywords based on which multiple scanned files are to be generated. A single scanned file is generated in a pre-defined format. One or more pages having the keywords as input by the user are identified from the scanned file. Based on the one or more identified pages having the keywords input by the user, separate multiple scanned files are automatically generated. As a result, a single scan activity performed by the user generates multiple scanned files.

An image reading device includes: an area sensor in which color filters of three colors of R, G, and B are arranged in a Bayer array and a light receiving amount is detected by a light receiving element for each color filter; and a hardware processor that: reads a document by using the light receiving elements in a first group in the area sensor, reads the document by using the light receiving elements in a second group in the area sensor, at a region shifted by ½ pixels in a sub-scanning direction from a reading region of the light receiving elements in the first group, and interpolates R-color read data and B-color read data using G-color read data and synthesizes image data having a resolution twice the resolution of the area sensor.

The present disclosure helps prevent scan image data obtained by bulk reading of a plurality of documents from being divided at a position unintended by a user. An apparatus according to the present disclosure can display, on a screen, a list of a plurality of page images obtained by reading a plurality of documents in bulk, display, on the screen where the list of the plurality of page images is displayed, one or more page images similar to a page image specified by a user as one or more sectioning position candidates in a manner discriminable from other page images of the plurality of page images, and correct the one or more sectioning position candidates based on a correction instruction from the user.

A technique reduces the possibility of a leak of authentication information for a chat service. An image processing apparatus that communicates with a chat server configured to perform control to display received image data in a talk room of the chat server based on received information about the talk room includes a reception unit configured to receive predetermined information corresponding to a user by transmitting authentication information for the user logging in to a chat service to the chat server, a storage unit configured to store the predetermined information received by the reception unit, and a display unit configured to display the talk room that corresponds to the predetermined information and not to display the talk room that does not correspond to the predetermined information.

A surface object comprises a surface with a boundary, the surface having a background color. At least one optical marker is provided on the surface for assisting of image processing for improving appearance of an image of the surface with the boundary. At least one optical marker includes at least one color which is lighter or darker than the background color and the color different ΔE between the background color and the at least one color of the optical marker being between ΔE=2 and ΔE=18.

An image forming apparatus includes a document conveyance portion, an image reading portion that performs feed reading-in in which a document as conveyed is read or table reading-in in which a document on a table is read, a job execution portion that, based on image data, performs a job, an operation panel that accepts setting of a destination, and a control portion. In a continuous read-in mode, the control portion performs control so that reading-in of a document as placed is continuously performed until an input to end reading-in is made. When an automatic continuous read-in condition is satisfied, the control portion performs control so that the image reading portion and the job execution portion automatically operate in the continuous read-in mode. The automatic continuous read-in condition is that table reading-in has been started in a state where a destination corresponding to a particular transmission method is set.

An image forming apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data, an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material based on the input image data, a reading unit configured to read the image formed on the recording material, and a control unit configured to, based on the input image data and the image read by the reading unit, acquire a plurality of change amounts from the read image, and determine a type of an abnormal image based on a plurality of the acquired change amounts.

A color parameter generation apparatus includes a hardware processor that generates color parameters to be used for printing a sample image based on a read image, in which the hardware processor determines a flare degree at a predetermined position of the read image, and executes predetermined processing for correcting the color parameters in the predetermined position based on the determined flare degree.

A communication apparatus includes a data sender and a processing record sender. The data sender sequentially sends data to m destinations, where m is an integer of two or greater. The processing record sender sends a processing record concerning the data sent to the first destination through a processing record concerning the data sent to the n-th destination to the n-th destination when the data sender sends the data to the n-th destination, where n is an integer of 1 to m. The processing record sender sends the processing record concerning the data sent to the first destination through a processing record concerning the data sent to the m-th destination to the first through (m−1)-th destinations when the data sender sends the data to the m-th destination.