Writing control system
View Patent ↗A writing control system includes a display holding medium, a reading unit, an identifying unit, a control unit and a writing unit. The display holding medium includes a display section capable of displaying and holding an image in a no-power state and a storage section having a storage area for storing information that identifies an electronic document associated with it. The reading unit reads the information from the storage section when the display holding medium is located in a predetermined position. The identifying unit identifies the electronic document associated with the display holding medium, based on the information read from the display holding medium. When the electronic document associated with the display holding medium is not identified, the control unit performs control so that a page image, which has not been written, of an electronic document, which is used in last image writing, is set as a writing target.
1. A writing control system comprising:
a display holding medium including
a display section capable of displaying and holding an image in a no-power state and rewriting the image, and
a storage section having a storage area for storing information that identifies an electronic document associated with the display holding medium;
a reading unit that reads the information from the storage section of the display holding medium when the display holding medium is located in a predetermined position;
an identifying unit that identifies the electronic document associated with the display holding medium, based on the information read from the storage section of the display holding medium;
a control unit, wherein when the electronic document associated with the display holding medium is not identified, the control unit performs control so that a page image, which has not been written, of an electronic document, which is used in last image writing, is set as a writing target; and
a writing unit that writes the page image of the writing target into the display section of the display holding medium.
2. The writing control system according to claim 1 , wherein when the electronic document associated with the display holding medium is identified, the control unit performs the control so that a page image of the identified electronic document is set to the writing target.
3. The writing control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a writing apparatus including
the reading unit,
the writing unit,
the identifying unit,
the control unit,
a storage unit that stores information that identifies the page, which has not been written, of the electronic document, which is used in the last image writing performed by the writing apparatus, and
an update unit that updates the information stored in the storage unit in response to image writing performed by the writing apparatus, wherein
when the electronic document associated with the display holding medium is not identified, the control unit performs the control so that the page image, which has not been written, of the electronic document, which is used in the last image writing, is identified based on the information stored in the storage unit and is set as the writing target.
4. The writing control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a writing apparatus including
the reading unit, and
the writing unit; and
a management apparatus including
the identifying unit,
the control unit,
a storage unit that stores (i) information identifying the writing apparatus and (ii) information identifying the page image, which has not been written, of the electronic document, which is used in the last image writing performed by the writing apparatus, in association with each other, and
an update unit that updates information, which relates to the writing apparatus and which is stored in the storage unit, in response to image writing performed by the writing apparatus, wherein
when the electronic document associated with the display holding medium is not identified based on the information, which is read by the writing apparatus from the storage section of the display holding medium, the control unit performs the control so that the page image, which has not been written, of the electronic document, which is used in the last image writing performed by the writing apparatus, is identified based on the information, which relates to the writing apparatus and which is stored in the storage unit, and is set as the writing target.
5. The writing control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage section of the display holding medium has the storage area, which stores information that identifies a display format of page images of the electronic document associated with the display holding medium,
the identifying unit further identifies the display format of the page images of the electronic document associated with the display holding medium based on the information read from the storage section of the display holding medium, and
the control unit performs the control so that the identified display format is set as a display format of the page image, which is the writing target.
6. The writing control system according to claim 1 , wherein when a page image which has not been written exists even after current image writing, the control unit includes an image that indicates the page image, which has not been written exists, in the writing target.
7. The writing control system according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit includes an image that indicates as to whether the electronic document is associated with a display holding medium, which is a destination of the image writing, in the writing target.
8. A writing apparatus comprising:
a reading unit, wherein
when a display holding medium is located in a predetermined position, the reading unit reads information from a storage section of a display holding medium, and
the display holding medium includes
a display section capable of displaying and holding an image in a no-power state and rewriting the image, and
the storage section having a storage area for storing information that identifies an electronic document associated with the display holding medium;
a storage unit that storing information that identifies a page image, which has not been written, of an electronic document which is used in last image writing performed by the writing apparatus;
an identifying unit that identifies the electronic document associated with the display holding medium based on the information read from the storage section of the display holding medium;
a control unit, wherein when the electronic document associated with the display holding medium is not identified, the control unit performs control so that the page image, which has not been written, of the electronic document, which is used in the last image writing and which is identified based on the information stored in the storage unit, is set as a writing target;
a writing unit that writes the page image of the writing target into the display section of the display holding medium; and
an update unit that updates the information stored in the storage unit in response to the writing of the page image of the writing target.
9. A writing apparatus, comprising:
a reading unit, wherein
when a display holding medium is located in a predetermined position, the reading unit reads information from a storage section of the display holding medium,
the display holding medium includes
a display section capable of displaying and holding an image in a no-power state and rewriting the image, and
the storage section having a storage area for storing information that identifies an electronic document associated with the display holding medium;
a communication unit that communicates with a management apparatus that identifies the electronic document associated with the display holding medium based on the information read from the storage section of the display holding medium, wherein when the electronic document associated with the display holding medium is not identified, the management apparatus performs control so that a page image, which has not been written, of an electronic document, which is used in last image writing, is set as a writing target; and
a writing unit that writes the page image of the writing target into the display section of the display holding medium.
10. A management apparatus comprising:
a communication unit that communicates with a writing apparatus, wherein
when a display holding is located in a predetermined position, the communication unit reads information from a storage section of the display holding medium,
the display holding medium includes
a display section capable of displaying and holding an image in a no-power state and rewriting the image, and
the storage section having a storage area for storing information that identifies an electronic document associated with the display holding medium, and
the writing apparatus writes a page image of the electronic document into the display section of the display holding medium, based on the information read from the storage section;
a storage unit that stores (i) information identifying the writing apparatus and (ii) information identifying a page image, which has not been written, of an electronic document, which is used in last image writing performed by the writing apparatus, in association with each other;
an identifying unit that identifies the electronic document associated with the display holding medium based on the information, which is read from the storage section of the display holding medium by the writing apparatus;
a control unit, wherein when the electronic document associated with the display holding medium is not identified based on the information, which is read from the storage section of the display holding medium by the writing apparatus, the control unit performs control so that the page image, which has not been written, of the electronic document, which is used in the last image writing performed by the writing apparatus, is identified based on information, which relates to the writing apparatus and which is stored in the storage unit, and is set as a target to be written by the writing apparatus; and
an update unit that updates the information, which relates to the writing apparatus and which is stored in the storage unit, in response to the writing of the page image of the target to be written by the writing apparatus.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer of a writing apparatus to execute a writing process, wherein
the writing apparatus includes a reading unit and a writing unit,
when a display holding medium is located in a predetermined position, the reading unit reads information from a storage section of the display holding medium,
the display holding medium includes
a display section capable of displaying and holding an image in a no-power state and rewriting the image, and
the storage section having a storage area for storing information that identifies an electronic document associated with the display holding medium, and
the writing unit writes a page image of the electronic document into the display section of the display holding medium based on the information read from the storage section, the writing process comprising:
storing information that identifies a page image, which has not been written, of an electronic document, which is used in last image writing performed by the writing unit;
identifying the electronic document associated with the display holding medium, based on the information read from the storage section of the display holding medium;
when the electronic document associated with the display holding medium is not identified, performing control so that the page image, which has not been written, of the electronic document, which is used in the last image writing, is identified based on the stored information is set as a writing target; and
updating the stored information in response to the writing, performed by the writing unit, of the page image of the writing target.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer of a management apparatus to execute a management process, wherein
the management apparatus communicates with a writing apparatus,
when a display holding medium is located in a predetermined position, the writing apparatus reads information from a storage section of the display holding medium,
the display holding medium includes
a display section capable of displaying and holding an image in a no-power state and rewriting the image,
the storage section having a storage area for storing information that identifies the electronic document associated with the display holding medium,
the writing apparatus writes a page image of the electronic document into the display section of the display holding medium based on the information read from the storage section, the management process comprising:
storing (i) information identifying the writing apparatus and (ii) information identifying a page image, which has not been written, of an electronic document, which is used in last image writing performed by the writing apparatus, in association with each other;
identifying the electronic document associated with the display holding medium, based on the information, which is read from the storage section of the display holding medium by the writing apparatus;
when the electronic document associated with the display holding medium is not identified based on the information, which is read from the storage section of the display holding medium by the writing apparatus, performing control so that the page image, which has not been written, of the electronic document, which is used in the last image writing performed by the writing apparatus, is identified based on information, which relates to the writing apparatus and which is stored, and is set as a target to be written by the writing apparatus; and
updating the information, which relates to the writing apparatus and is stored, in response to the writing of the page image of the target to be written by the writing apparatus.