A computing device comprising a processor, the processor configured to: receive, from an image capture system, an image captured in an environment and image metadata associated with the image, the image metadata comprising an image capture time; receive a sound recognition message from a sound recognition module, the sound recognition message comprising (i) a sound recognition identifier indicating a target sound or scene that has been recognised based on captured audio data captured in the environment, and (ii) time information associated with the sound recognition identifier; detect that the target sound or scene occurred at a time that the image was captured based on the image metadata and the time information in the sound recognition message; and output a camera control command to said image capture system based on said detection.

The disclosure includes a fixed retail scanner including a data reader comprising a main board, one or more camera modules, and a multi-port network switch disposed within a housing of the data reader. The multi-port network switch is configured to provide a network backbone for at least some internal devices within the housing of the data reader and for at least some external devices positioned external to the housing of the data reader and operably coupled with the data reader through the multi-port network switch. Related systems may include a remote server operably coupled to the fixed retail scanner through the multi-port network switch such that image data to the remote server may be communicated via the multi-port network switch from at least one of the main board or the at least one camera coupled to the multi-port network switch.

An image processing apparatus having a reading unit that can read both sides of an original in parallel has a processing unit that processes image data obtained by the reading unit reading an original. The apparatus controls to execute processing by the processing unit on image data of a first surface of the original and reading of a second surface of the original in parallel. The apparatus determines whether or not to start processing by the processing unit on image data of the second surface of the original when processing by the processing unit on the image data of the first surface of the original completes, and in accordance with the determination result, the apparatus controls of a start of processing by the processing unit on the image data of the second surface of the original.

A control device includes: a receiving unit that receives a request for processing; a determination unit that determines a processing apparatus to be moved from among a plurality of processing apparatuses based on a predetermined standard in a case where the receiving unit receives a request for processing; and a control unit that controls movement of the processing apparatus based on a result of determination performed by the determination unit.

An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit which receives jobs, an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet, a storage unit, and a controller. Each of the jobs is a first type job or a second type job. The first type job includes recipient-specific information that specifies a recipient of a sheet on which an image related to the first type job is formed, and the second type job does not include the recipient-specific information. In a case that a job is received by the receiving unit while not executing any job, the controller controls the image forming unit to form an image related to the job on a sheet. In a case that another job is received by the receiving unit while executing the job, the controller stores the another job in the storage unit.

This invention provides a data processing apparatus operable to execute processing requested by an application, where the apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to, if there is an instruction for processing, execute the processing in accordance with a command list indicated by the instruction; and a control unit configured to, upon receiving a request for processing from the application, generate a command list corresponding to the request and instruct the processing unit to perform the processing, wherein the processing unit comprises a switching unit configured to, upon receiving, from the control unit, a second instruction during execution of a command list for a first instruction, switch to execution of a command list for the second instruction at a timing of execution of a command that is a control point preset in the command list for the first instruction.

A described example system may include a connection engine, a capture engine, and a command engine. In that example, the connection engine wirelessly connects to an imaging device having a media location for placing media; the capture engine captures an image of media at the media location; and the command engine coordinates movement of the media in response to a capture operation or in preparation to perform the capture operation. In another example, an imaging device includes a media tray, a pick, a processor resource, and a memory resource having executable instructions that cause coordination of the pick to, in response to an indication that a sheet of media is captured from a capture device, generate movement of the sheet of media away from the media tray or movement the sheet of media on to the media tray.

In a case where data synchronization between a server and a client is performed by difference synchronization, when the data of the server is restored by backup data, a mismatch occurs between the data held in the client and the data held in the server. If the previous synchronization with the client has been performed before restoring, the client is synchronized with all the data held in the server. If the previous synchronization with the client is after restoring, the server notifies the client of data update contents in the server since the previous update with the client and causes the client to update the held data.

An information processing apparatus to which a plurality of users can log in includes: a display unit configured to display an image; and a display controller configured to display personal region images corresponding to the respective users in a plurality of personal display regions at different positions in a display face of the display unit, display common images in the same common display region among the users in the display face of the display unit, and display images of data acquired on the authority to access of a corresponding user in the personal display regions to be movable, respectively, wherein when any of the users logs out, the display controller finishes displaying the image arranged in the personal display region among the data acquired on the authority to access of the user who logs out, and continues to display the image arranged in the common display region.

An image processing apparatus inquires to an external apparatus for information as to whether or not a first database relating to setting items of the image processing apparatus exists, when initially connecting to the network; obtains setting values of the first database when it is confirmed that the first database exists; and reflects the obtained setting values to a second database held in the image processing apparatus and requests to the external apparatus to update information of the first database with the reflected setting values of the second database.