Abstract:
Provided is an image forming apparatus that solves a problem of work related to copying becoming complicated when a test copy is performed. The image forming apparatus according to this disclosure includes a scanner unit, a printer-control unit, a storage device, a characteristic-extracting unit, and a system-control unit. The printer-control unit executes a printing process of image data. The storage device stores image data of a document having plural pages that is read by the scanner unit. The characteristic-extracting unit, based on an extraction instruction to extract characteristics of an object, extracts characteristics of the object by object recognition of image data for each of the pages. The system-control unit, based on a selection instruction to select characteristics of the object, instructs the characteristic-extracting unit to perform the extraction, and instructs the printer-control unit to print image data of a page having the object characteristics that are extracted by the characteristic-extracting unit.
Abstract:
A sales support system includes: an equipment use information receiving unit configured to receive equipment use information relating to equipment used by a customer; a user authorization unit configured to authorize a user; a user product price management unit configured to manage a price of a product associated with the user; a customer product price determination unit configured to determine the price of the product managed by the user product price management unit associated with the user authorized by the user authorization unit as the price of the product for the customer; and a product proposal information generation unit configured to generate product proposal information for proposing a product suitable for the customer, on the basis of the equipment use information received by the equipment use information receiving unit, and the price of the product for the customer determined by the customer product price determination unit.
Abstract:
A device management apparatus for notifying unauthorized use of an electronic device includes a connection status detecting circuit, a usage log acquiring circuit, and a notification circuit. The connection status detecting circuit detects a connection status of the electronic device to a network. The usage log acquiring circuit acquires a usage log of the electronic device. The notification circuit notifies an unauthorized use of the electronic device. The notification circuit notifies the unauthorized use if the usage logs acquired by the usage log acquiring circuit before and after a time period of disconnection of the electronic device from the network are varied, a reconnection of the electronic device to the network being detected by the connection status detecting circuit.
Abstract:
A sales support system includes: a used equipment information receiving unit configured to receive used equipment information regarding a used equipment of a customer; a product proposal information generating unit configured to generate product proposal information that is used to propose a product to the customer; and a selected process receiving unit configured to receive a process for generating the product proposal information selected from a plurality of processes for generating the product proposal information by the product proposal information generating unit. The product proposal information generating unit is further configured to generate the product proposal information using the process received by the selected process receiving unit based on the used equipment information received by the used equipment information receiving unit.