1. An optical information recording medium comprising a substrate and a visual information recording layer which is formed directly or via another layer on the substrate and on which visual information is to be recorded by means of a laser beam to be applied from a label face side on the opposite side from the substrate side, characterized by having a reflectivity against a laser beam applied from the label face side of at least 15% and at most 50%.
2. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the visual information recording layer has an overcoat layer formed on the label face side thereof.
3. The optical information recording medium according to claim 2, wherein the overcoat layer is formed so that the lower limit of the thickness of the overcoat layer is 10 \u03bcm and the upper limit is 100 \u03bcm.
4. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the visual information recording layer is formed by such a material that its color developing properties or its transparency changes by a laser beam applied to the visual information recording layer.
5. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the visual information recording layer has a reflective layer formed on at least one side thereof.
6. An optical information recording medium comprising a substrate having guide grooves andor pits for recording and reading, and at least an electronic information recording layer on which digital information is to be recorded by means of a laser beam to be applied from the substrate side, a reflective layer and a visual information recording layer on which visual information is to be recorded by means of a beam to be applied from a label face side on the opposite side from the substrate side, laminated in this order on the substrate, characterized by having a reflectivity against a laser beam applied from the label face side on the opposite side from the substrate side, of at least 15% and at most 50%.
7. The optical information recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the visual information recording layer has an overcoat layer formed on the label face side thereof.
8. The optical information recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the overcoat layer is formed so that the lower limit of the thickness of the overcoat layer is 10 \u03bcm and the upper limit is 100 \u03bcm.
9. The optical information recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the visual information recording layer is formed by such a material that its color developing properties or its transparency changes by a laser beam applied to the visual information recording layer.
10. The optical information recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the visual information recording layer has a reflective layer formed on at least one side thereof.
11. An optical information recording medium comprising a substrate, and an electronic information recording layer on which digital information is to be recorded by means of a laser beam to be applied from the substrate side, a reflective layer formed on the opposite side of the electronic information recording layer from the substrate side, and a protective layer formed on the opposite side of the reflective layer from the substrate side, formed directly or via another layer on the substrate, characterized by having a visual information recording layer which is formed on the opposite side of the protective layer from the substrate side and on which visual information is to be recorded by means of a laser beam to be applied from a label face side on the opposite side from the substrate side, and an overcoat layer formed by a material transparent to a laser beam on the label face side of the visual information recording layer, and by having a reflectivity against a laser beam applied from the label face side on the opposite side from the substrate side, of at least 15% and at most 50%.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a processing unit that performs a process; and
a notification unit that is adapted to notify a display of a status of the process for the display to display the status, performs first communication from the information processing apparatus to the display in case that the status as a notification target occurs, and notifies the display of the occurring status by second communication that is to transmit a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) response in response to an HTTP request from the display to which the first communication has been performed.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein besides a first notification to notify the display of the occurring status through the second communication, the notification unit is adapted to perform a second notification to notify the display of the status through third communication that is originated by the information processing apparatus in response to the occurring status without performing the first communication, and performs the first notification or the second notification depending on the occurring status.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the notification unit determines whether to perform the first notification or the second notification depending on a type of the occurring status, a size of information representing the occurring status, or a degree of change in the occurring status.
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein in case that a predetermined operation is performed on the display after one of the first notification and the second notification is performed, the notification unit performs the other of the first notification and the second notification thereafter.
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein in case that a predetermined operation is performed on the display after one of the first notification and the second notification is performed, the notification unit performs the other of the first notification and the second notification thereafter.
6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a providing unit that provides the display with an image associated with the status of the process,
wherein the notification unit notifies the display of the status associated with the image, and
wherein the display displays the image associated with the notified status from among the provided images in response to the notification of the status.
7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a providing unit that provides the display with an image associated with the status of the process,
wherein the notification unit notifies the display of the status associated with the image, and
wherein the display displays the image associated with the notified status from among the provided images in response to the notification of the status.
8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a providing unit that provides the display with an image associated with the status of the process,
wherein the notification unit notifies the display of the status associated with the image, and
wherein the display displays the image associated with the notified status from among the provided images in response to the notification of the status.
9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a providing unit that provides the display with an image associated with the status of the process,
wherein the notification unit notifies the display of the status associated with the image, and
wherein the display displays the image associated with the notified status from among the provided images in response to the notification of the status.
10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a providing unit that provides the display with an image associated with the status of the process,
wherein the notification unit notifies the display of the status associated with the image, and
wherein the display displays the image associated with the notified status from among the provided images in response to the notification of the status.
11. An information processing system comprising an information processing apparatus and a display;
wherein the information processing apparatus includes a processing unit that performs a process, and
a notification unit that is adapted to notify a display of a status of the process for the display to display the status, performs first communication from the information processing apparatus to the display in case that the status as a notification target occurs, and notifies the display of the occurring status by second communication to transmit a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) response in response to an HTTP request from the display to which the first communication has been performed,
wherein the display is adapted to display the status of the process and transmits to the information processing apparatus an HTTP request requesting the status to be notified upon performing the first communication with the information processing apparatus.
12. The information processing system according to claim 11, wherein through the first communication, the notification unit notifies the display of information related to one of a type of the occurring status, a size of information representing the occurring status, and a degree of change in the occurring status, and
wherein the display determines whether to transmit the HTTP request that requests the status to be notified in response to the information notified in the first communication.
13. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus, comprising:
performing a process; and
in order to notify a display of a status of the process for the display to display the status, performing first communication from the information processing apparatus to the display in case that the status as a notification target occurs, and notifying the display of the occurring status by second communication to transmit a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) response in response to an HTTP request from the display to which the first communication has been performed.
14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for processing information, the process comprising:
performing a process; and
in order to notify a display of a status of the process for the display to display the status, performing first communication from the information processing apparatus to the display in case that the status as a notification target occurs, and notifying the display of the occurring status by second communication to transmit a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) response in response to an HTTP request from the display to which the first communication has been performed.