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Workflow auto generation from user constraints and hierarchical dependence graphs for workflows

Patent Number: 8442852
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A system and method of modeling and evaluating workflows that provides workflow auto generation and Hierarchical Dependence Graphs for workflows. Modeling and evaluation of workflows is accomplished by accessing a knowledge database containing service descriptions, generating valid workflows models, simulating workflow and obtaining customer requirements through a Graphical User Interface. This system and method generate and display workflows that satisfy a users requirements. In addition, ...

Scanning and capturing digital images using residue detection

Patent Number: 8441702
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A mechanism for scanning and capturing digital images using residue detection. Upon detecting a document placed on a scanning surface of a scanning device, the illustrative embodiments detect a residue deposited on the document. The illustrative embodiments determine a portion of the document to be scanned based on a location of the residue on the document. The illustrative embodiments then scan the portion of the ...

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and storage medium

Patent Number: 8441701
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a determination unit, a setting unit, and a processing unit to perform an image edge intensifying processing. The obtaining unit obtains image data by reading a document. The determination unit determines an image edge direction. The setting unit sets an edge intensifying processing intensity based on the image data and a processing intensity determined corresponding to a difference between resolution in a main scanning direction and ...

Image processing of a portion of multiple patches of a colorbar

Patent Number: 8441700
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An image processing apparatus for use with a printed substrate is disclosed. The image processing apparatus comprises an imaging device configured to receive light reflected from a portion of multiple patches of a colorbar on the printed substrate and configured to process color data from the light reflected from the portion of multiple patches of the ...

Image forming device having color density correction

Patent Number: 8441699
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An image forming device includes an image forming unit forms an image based on image data by using at least one of a plurality of colors of developer. A test image forming unit controls the image forming unit to form a test image based on test image data. A measuring unit measures density of the test image. A color density correction data creating unit creates the color density correction data based on the measured density. A color order setting unit sets a color order. A performing unit ...

Compact housing for a scan bar assembly

Patent Number: 8441698
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A scan bar assembly having a scan element including a length direction; a drive gear; a follower gear; and a housing having a mounting region for mounting the scan element onto the housing; a first mounting member for the drive gear; and a second mounting member for the follower gear, wherein the first and second mounting members and the housing are integrally formed as a single ...

Phase estimation distortion analysis

Patent Number: 8441697
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A method determines displacements between pixels in a captured image of a reference pattern and corresponding pixels in the reference pattern including the steps of capturing the image of the reference pattern having a source pattern modulated by a plurality of carrier frequencies in a corresponding plurality of directions in the source pattern, demodulating at least three of the carrier frequencies in the captured image to form an amplitude image and a wrapped phase image for each of the ...

Continuous scanning with a handheld scanner

Patent Number: 8441696
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A computer peripheral that may operate as a scanner. The scanner captures image frames as it is moved across an object. The image frames are formed into a composite image based on computations in two processes. In a first process, fast track processing determines a coarse position of each of the image frames based on a relative position between each successive image frame and a respective preceding image determine by matching overlapping portions of the image frames. In a second process, ...

Handheld scanner with high image quality

Patent Number: 8441695
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Method and an apparatus for adjusting a scanning target area of an image reproduction device

Patent Number: 8441694
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An image reproduction apparatus includes a scanning unit, a transparent scanning bed optically coupled to the scanning unit, and an adjustable shade associated with the scanning bed, wherein the adjustable shade is configured to be selectively placed across the scanning bed to reduce a portion of the scanning ...

Information processing apparatus, method, and program for selecting dynamic information with high priority for latent image printing

Patent Number: 8441693
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An information processing apparatus that generates print data sent to a printing device acquires variable information from a plurality of devices, the variable information being finalized when the printing device carries out printing. The apparatus selects variable information from the plural pieces of variable information acquired from the plurality of devices in accordance with its own operation environment and operating location. The apparatus then adds the selected variable information ...

Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method and computer readable medium

Patent Number: 8441692
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An image processing apparatus includes a binarization section, a determination section and an area setting section. The binarization section binarizes a given image. The determination section determines whether or not a pixel to be determined is effective in accordance with the number of pixels of one value of a binary value in each of determination areas. Each of the determination areas are placed so as not to contain the pixel to be determined in the binarized image and so as not to ...

Reducing the size of a high resolution profile lookup table

Patent Number: 8441691
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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What is disclosed is a system and method for generating a destination profile LUT. In a manner more fully described herein, a high resolution LUT (e.g., 100-cube LUT) is received. Regions of high curvature of the gamut of an image output device are identified. A non-parametric dynamic optimization node selection method is utilized to select a subset of nodes from the high resolution profile LUT which captures these nonlinearities. Down-sampling the high resolution LUT produces a low ...

Image processing apparatus and image processing method for processing screen-processed image

Patent Number: 8441690
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A multi-value code image generation part generates a multi-value code image by assigning first code information, which is obtained by encoding a dot pattern in a specific area, to each growth core. A multi-value code image affine transformation part performs affine transformation on the multi-value code image. A multi-value code image assignment part assigns second code information to each of the growth cores before the affine transformation according to the first code information of at ...

Image data creation device, image data creation method and ink-jet system

Patent Number: 8441689
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A host PC that creates image data used in an ink-jet printer capable of landing ink with a multi-pass method includes an image data creation means that creates the image data so that the ink-jet printer forms an image with a halftone dot which is configured so that a relationship between a pass number and a dot pitch in a vertical scanning direction of an ink-jet head does not become an integral multiple relationship when the pass number is odd number, and a dot pitch does not become even ...

Image processing apparatus and method thereof

Patent Number: 8441688
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A halftone screen applicable to an electrophotographic printer is created. Hence, minimum and maximum sizes of a halftone dot and a cluster size are input. When the halftone-dot size reaches the minimum size, the number of blackened pixels in the halftone dot is calculated. When the halftone-dot size is smaller than the minimum size, or when the number of blackened pixels doesn't reach the cluster size, and the halftone-dot size is smaller than the maximum size, the halftone dot is. When ...

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program

Patent Number: 8441687
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An image processing apparatus which may include a grayscale modulator forming a ΔΣ modulator. The modulator may include an adder that adds the pixel value of an image and an output of a feedback arithmetic unit, a quantizing unit that quantizes an output of the adder and outputs a quantized value including a quantization error as the result of ΔΣ modulation, a subtractor that calculates the quantization error, and the feedback arithmetic unit that filters the quantization error and ...

Image forming apparatus

Patent Number: 8441686
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An image forming apparatus includes a scanning unit which scans a light beam on a photosensitive member in accordance with image data, and a smoothing unit which performs a smoothing for a jaggy of a scan line of a light beam scanned on the photosensitive member by the scanning unit. The smoothing unit does not perform the smoothing when the scanning unit scans a light beam in accordance with image data representing a halftone ...

Optimal spot color recipes using variable GCR profiles

Patent Number: 8441685
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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What is disclosed is a novel system and method for obtaining optimum CMYK values for spot colors, with significantly lower computational effort, by using a set of printer profiles with different pre-computed GCR strategies. Various versions are discussed on how to utilize and/or choose among these profiles for each spot color. The present invention is applicable to spot color emulation for CMYK as well as N-color printing, and can be used to optimize one or more image quality attributes, ...

Between-segment discontinuity reduction for text vectorization using dominant point classification

Patent Number: 8441684
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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What is disclosed is a novel system and method for text vectorization for bitmap images with reduced artificial discontinuities. Dominant points are identified in a bitmap character image. An initial curve is fitted to edge points of the character image in a vicinity of a selected dominant point. A set of boundary parameters in a vicinity of the selected dominant point are estimated based upon the initial curve. The selected dominant point is then classified as one of a sharp dominant point ...

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium for correcting the density at an edge of an image to be printed

Patent Number: 8441683
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An image processing apparatus and image processing method perform adaptive correction at edges of an image to be printed in accordance with the conditions of output equipment outputting an image to be printed. The image processing apparatus includes: a printed sample generating component for generating a printed sample having a plurality of gray scale regions for correcting gray scale at edges of the image to be printed; a gray scale region selecting component for selecting from the printed ...

Print controlling terminal and color correction method generating print data using monitor profile changed based on comparison of printed test image to expected print image displayed on monitor

Patent Number: 8441682
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A color correction method includes displaying an expected print image of a test image of the image forming apparatus on a monitor, outputting the test image to the image forming apparatus, performing color matching between the output test image and an expected print image on the monitor, changing an ICC profile of the monitor according to the performed color matching, and generating a print data using the changed ICC profile. Also a print controlling terminal which performs the color ...

Printing apparatus for printing composite image, print data generating apparatus for generating print data of composite image, and print data generating program for generating print data of composite image

Patent Number: 8441681
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A printing apparatus, which prints a composite image formed of an enlargement portion and a non-enlargement portion of an original image on a printing medium, includes: an enlargement portion determining section which determines the enlargement portion, of the original image, which is to be enlarged in the composite image; an enlargement rate determining section which determines an enlargement rate of the enlargement portion with respect to the original image; a print data generating ...

Black point compensation in a TIPP architecture

Patent Number: 8441680
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A method for calibrating an image printing system that includes a plurality of parallel printers, where each of the printers has a minimum luminance value. The method includes determining a minimum luminance value profile for the plurality of printers in the image printing system based on the minimum luminance values of each of the printers in the image printing system, determining a black point compensation function based on the determined minimum luminance value profile, adjusting ...

Image forming device capable of completing access operation to RFID on recording medium

Patent Number: 8441679
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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There is provided an image forming device that includes a conveyor section, an image forming section, an accessing section and a control unit. The conveyor section conveys recording media in a conveying path, the recording media including a recording medium having a data storage unit attached thereto and a recording medium with no data storage unit attached thereto, the data storage unit storing data or being capable of storing data. The image forming section forms an image on the recording ...

Image forming apparatus and method

Patent Number: 8441678
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit to receives an XML paper specification (XPS) file, an XPS file processing unit which converts the XPS file into an output data corresponding to printing paper to print the XPS file using information regarding the height and width of a FixedPage in the XPS file, and a control unit which controls the image forming apparatus to print the output data. Accordingly, even when an XPS file does not include information regarding ...

Velocity calculation device, image forming apparatus, and computer readable storage medium

Patent Number: 8441677
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A velocity calculation device disclosed includes a computation section that, using as a reference period at each of plural predetermined points in time a individual period detected most recently by a detection section for one or another of plural generating sections, computes for each of the reference periods an average value of the reference period and one or more individual periods for other generating sections of the plural generating sections, detected separately prior to detecting the ...

Information processing apparatus for removing blank portions from a document and taking print setting into consideration

Patent Number: 8441676
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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In a case where both a first group and a second group obtainable by dividing a head rendering object of a second page can be disposed on a same surface of a same paper, the head rendering object of the second page is divided into the first group and the second group and the first group is located on the first ...

Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image forming apparatus thereof

Patent Number: 8441675
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An image processing apparatus includes an image processor which generates printing data of a document displayed as a preview image and a controller which controls the image processor to generate the printing data from which a hidden region is excluded, the hidden region not being displayed when the document is ...

Image forming apparatus

Patent Number: 8441674
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An image forming apparatus having a first image obtaining portion which obtains an image of a medium as a first image, a second image obtaining portion which can continuously obtain each image of a plurality of originals as a second image, and an image output section which outputs the image has: an input portion which inputs composition instruction information for instructing composition of first image and each second image; a control portion which makes said first and said second image ...

Image forming apparatus with reduced start-up time

Patent Number: 8441673
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A disclosed image forming apparatus forming a visible image on a recording medium includes: a functional element required for an image forming operation; a first control unit controlling the functional element; an input unit inputting an external instruction; and a second control unit communicating with the first control unit about information on the image, performing a process in accordance with the instruction input via the input unit, and outputting a return signal for starting the ...

Image forming apparatus and scanned data process method

Patent Number: 8441672
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An information processing system including an information processing apparatus that selects between transferring data and obtaining data, and controls transferring data or obtaining data based on the selection. The system also includes a server that stores data transferred from the information processing apparatus, and controls transferring data to the information processing apparatus based on a request for transferring data received from the information processing ...

Dynamic module configuration in a controller area network (CAN) with fixed sub-module board identification and plug-N-play support

Patent Number: 8441671
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided methods and systems for configuring modules and sub-modules in a control area network (CAN) of a printer system using machine data and network protocols. The machine data includes a file that describes the board types and application types for possible modules and sub-modules of a printer system. The machine data facilitates the process of identifying modules and the process of differentiating sub-module boards from other modules. ...

In-line system for the validation of a page description language within a print data stream

Patent Number: 8441670
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present specification discloses a printer in which the printer performs a first analysis of a print job data to identify a page description language and if no page description language is identified by the first analysis, performs additional processing activities, including but not limited to spooling and parsing, concurrent to a second analysis of the entire print job data to identify a page description ...

SG3-to-G3 fax spoof

Patent Number: 8441669
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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In one embodiment, an originating gateway receives a call menu (CM) signal from an originating fax machine. The CM signal may have been generated in response to an ANSam signal from a terminating fax machine. The originating gateway suppresses the CM signal after a preamble of the CM signal and generates a modified JM signal in response to receiving the CM signal. The modified JM signal indicates that V.34 half-duplex modulation is not an option. The originating gateway transmits the ...

Permanence estimation and policy enforcement for transient printing

Patent Number: 8441668
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A computer-implemented method can include receiving a transient printing policy and enforcing the transient printing policy. Enforcement of the transient printing policy can include receiving a request to print a document and, based on the transient printing policy, providing a printing recommendation for the ...

Printer driver and image forming apparatus

Patent Number: 8441667
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A printer driver and an image forming apparatus for appropriately combining additional information (such as a stamp) and an original to print the combined image data. The printer driver according to one embodiment of the present invention, relates to a printer driver connected to a printer for registering form data transmitted from the printer driver, and for combining the registered form data and contents data. The printer driver transmits transparent data as form data and a command ...

Printing control device and printing control method

Patent Number: 8441666
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A printing system and a printing control method for a printing system that enables automatically resumption of printing after recovering from a printing interrupt event without adding any changes to the conventional page printer, serial printer, line printer, or other type of printer and without needing to monitor which page is being printed when a printing interrupt event occurs. A reprint data management unit temporarily stores one page of print data to which page end information is ...

Print system including image-forming apparatus for providing workflow

Patent Number: 8441665
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An image-forming apparatus is capable of communicating with a server apparatus for performing a workflow. The image-forming apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive definition information of a flow defined in a workflow from the server apparatus and a control unit configured to control display of a screen of the image-forming apparatus based on the flow definition information received by the receiving unit. The image-forming apparatus further includes a notification unit ...

Printing apparatus, detection system, and method computer readable medium for creating document

Patent Number: 8441664
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A detection system includes: an acquiring unit that acquires document data representative of a document which includes a plurality of pages; a selector that selects, for each page of the document, a first printing sheet which contains a detected element or a second printing sheet which does not contain the detected element such that the first printing sheet is selected for at least one page; a supplier that supplies the first or the second printing sheet selected by the selector; a printer ...

Apparatus information obtaining apparatus, operation information providing apparatus, operation information providing method, operation information providing program and the recording medium

Patent Number: 8441663
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An apparatus information obtaining apparatus for obtaining apparatus information including model information of an image output apparatus from the image output apparatus via a network is disclosed. The apparatus information obtaining apparatus includes: an image output apparatus list database storing a list of image output apparatuses from which the apparatus information is obtained; an apparatus information send instruction sending unit for instructing the image output apparatus included ...

Print driver for printing policy-enabled electronic documents using locked printing

Patent Number: 8441662
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An approach is provided for printing policy-enabled electronic documents using locked printing. A client device includes a user interface, an application program and a print driver. The application program allows a user to generate an electronic document. The print driver corresponds to a particular printing device and is configured to cause a graphical user interface to be displayed on the user interface. The graphical user interface allows a user to specify one or more access policies to ...

Image processing apparatus with power control unit

Patent Number: 8441661
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An image processing apparatus includes a platform and plugins installed in the platform to cause devices to perform functions, wherein the platform includes a power control unit to control supply of power to the devices and a first power control interface to transmit to the plugins an advanced notice of shutdown, wherein each of the plugins includes a second power control interface to receive the advanced notice of shutdown and a power processing control unit to make a preparation for ...

Apparatus and method for print job redirection

Patent Number: 8441660
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An apparatus and method for print job redirection is disclosed. The method can include providing print job forwarding preference options. The print job forwarding preference options can include options for print job preferences based on printing device capabilities. The method can include receiving print job forwarding preferences at a printing device. The print job forwarding preferences can include at least one mandatory print job preference that specifies a mandatory printing device ...

Execution of function-restricted process flow

Patent Number: 8441659
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An image processing apparatus that enables a user who is restricted in use of a function to use the restricted function easily and exactly only for a specific process flow. A function restriction unit restricts execution of a function of the image processing apparatus based on restriction information set for every user. A process-flow generation unit generates a process that is achieved by combining a plurality of functions as a process flow according to an instruction from a user. An ...

Printing device

Patent Number: 8441658
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A printing device for printing on an image-receiving sheet includes an output unit for outputting printed image-receiving sheets to a finishing device. An interface is configured to connect to the finishing device. The interface is arranged for receiving an error signal from the finishing device. A communication unit outputs an error message to a user of the printing device. A control unit controls, when an error signal is received from the finishing device via the interface, a finisher ...

Print job management method and image forming apparatus

Patent Number: 8441657
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

In a system configured to enable a printing unit to execute another job preferentially to a job not prepared for printing, when no predetermined time has elasped from a timing in which it has been determined that the job was not prepared for printing, it is inhibited to execute the other job preferentially to the job. When the predetermined time has elapsed from the timing, it is permitted to execute the other job preferentially to the job. This configuration can prevent unconditionally ...

PDL data processing device

Patent Number: 8441656
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A PDL data processing device may obtain PDL data including plural sets of drawing part data and a set of deletion part data. The set of the deletion part data may include timing information and data information indicating a target set of the drawing part data of a deletion target. The PDL data processing device may store the PDL data in a memory, create drawing data by utilizing the plural sets of the drawing part data, and delete from the memory the target set of the drawing part data ...

Job-ticket optimized rendering

Patent Number: 8441655
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A print controller in a printing system includes a reprogrammable page description language (PDL) processor that defines a page-break function. The print controller also includes a job ticket interpreter. The print controller receives a printable file in the page description language that contains logical pages indicated by page-break indicators. The job ticket interpreter receives a job ticket associated with the printable file and containing layout parameters for the logical pages. The ...

Cable label forming apparatus, tape printing apparatus, method of forming cable label for cable label forming apparatus and program

Patent Number: 8441654
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

Provided herein is a cable label forming apparatus having an edit screen display device, a selection candidate display instructing device, and a selection candidate display device. The selection candidate display device displays a last selected candidate among the plurality of selection candidates on a priority basis in a normal edit screen when displaying the plurality of selection candidates is instructed, and displays a specific candidate among the plurality of selection candidates on a ...