A printing system that is communicable with an image management server through a network includes an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus controls a display to display a print setting screen for receiving a print setting that designates printing of a specific color image superimposed on an image to be printed, transmits the specific color image corresponding to the print setting to the image management server, acquires storage location information from the image management server, and transmits print data to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a printer. The image forming apparatus receives the print data, acquires the specific color image from the image management server, generates image data for overprinting the specific color image on the image to be printed, and controls the printer to perform printing based on the image data.

An image processing device includes an input device and circuitry. The input device inputs data. The circuitry converts text information to be printed included in the data to generate converted information and outputs data for image formation including the converted information.

An image capturing apparatus capable of suppressing reading of a two-dimensional code not intended by a user when the two-dimensional code is present within a photographing view angle without taking time and labor for the user to operate is provided. The image capturing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image, a first detecting unit configured to detect a specific subject from the image, a second detecting unit configured to detect an identifier from the image, a reading unit configured to read predetermined information from the identifier, and a processing unit configured to execute a processing based on the predetermined information. The processing unit is configured to selectively execute the processing based on a distance from the center of a photographing view angle of the obtained image to a region that the specific subject is detected and a distance from the center of the photographing view angle of the obtained image to a region that the identifier is detected.

A printing system includes an image forming apparatus capable of performing visible printing and invisible printing and a terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes first circuitry. The first circuitry adds a printing command instructing to invisibly print an image of a two-dimensional code obtained by two-dimensionally encoding a print target image to print data generated based on the print target image. The first circuitry transmits, to the image forming apparatus, the print data to which the printing command is added. The image forming apparatus including second circuitry. The second circuitry visibly prints the print target image based on the print data transmitted from the terminal apparatus, and invisibly prints the image of the two-dimensional code according to the printing command added.

A method for identifying print control elements for quality data acquisition includes encoding position information in a human-readable identification code, encoding specific print job information and the human-readable identification code in a machine-readable data code, positioning the codes alongside their associated print control element on a printing substrate, photographing the printed print control element and adjacent machine-readable data code using information from adjacent identification code, and processing data with a mobile communication device having a camera function and communications interface. Image data produced are exporting to a support computer via the communications interface. Machine-readable data code are decoded, image data on the computer are analyzed using information obtained from decoded machine-readable data code, the results of analysis are transmitted from the computer to the mobile communication device, and erroneous settings, found by image analysis, in a printing press producing printed products, are corrected.

Methods for selecting a binding-element are provided. The method comprised of different steps. A first mixture is formed using at least one target molecule and a plurality of oligomers, followed by incubating the first mixture to form a second mixture comprising at least one target-bound oligomer and at least one target-unbound oligomer. Then a first accelerator is added to cleave the target-unbound oligomer and the target-bound oligomer is separated from the target molecule. This is followed by addition of a second accelerator for ligation, and a third accelerator for amplification followed by sequencing and post sequence analysis to select the binding-element.

A novel process and system for flexibly adding supplemental digital program content such as, for example, transactional advertising content, games, polls, contests, interactive music videos, and e-commerce content generally and the like, into pre-prepared digital media files, such as an MP3 audio file or the like, for playback by digital playback apparatus, wherein the pre-prepared media file is modified by embedding therein executable code representing such supplemental program content, and enabling the playback apparatus to decode and execute the presentation of the supplemental program material as an addition to the playback of the pre-prepared media file content.

An information processing apparatus is for arranging at least one dot, which expresses information relating to image data, in the image data. The information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to create an edge image of the image data; determine a position near an edge in the edge image to be a position of the at least one dot; and arrange the at least one dot at the determined position in the image data.

A system and method for detecting counterfeit document. The invention evaluates identifying the Region of Interest (ROI) where patterns such as VOID/COPY Pantographs are located; forming an image of the ROI; cropping the image of ROI; applying multichannel filtering for texture/pattern analysis; detecting object/edges; partitioning a group of data points into clusters; converting gray scale image to binary form using thresholding; applying motion blur to the binary image and further applying thresholding; determining bounding area of bounding boxes to make the identified characters machine readable for OCR. A counterfeit document is detected where the characters under pattern (e.g. VOID/COPY Pantograph) are not detected.

In an image processing apparatus, upon input of first identification information through an identification information input device and a first document image through an image input device, a control device functioning as a controller recognizes a first text in the first document image, extracts a plurality of words constituting the first text, selects first symbols or characters from the first identification information in a predetermined first order, selects first words from the plurality of words in a predetermined second order, inserts, upon each selection of the first symbol or character and the first word, a predetermined sign and the first symbol or character between the first word and the next first word to generate a first character string, converts the first character string to a first 2D barcode, and assigns the first 2D barcode to the first document image. An output device outputs the first 2D barcode-assigned first document image.