IP Library Granted Patent US 9,285,896
Granted Patent B2
US 9,285,896 · App. 13/773,138 · Granted Mar 15, 2016

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

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Patent No.
US 9,285,896
App. No.
13/773,138
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a specifying unit, a calculating unit, and an evaluating unit. The obtaining unit obtains position information and time information. The position information indicates a position at which a writing action has been performed and which is specified in accordance with code information formed on a medium to which an operation result for operation items is input. The time information indicates a time at which the writing action was performed. The specifying unit specifies an operation item for which the writing action has been performed. The calculating unit calculates an operation time taken to perform an operation of the operation item for which the writing action has been performed. The evaluating unit detects an operation item in which a time difference between the calculated operation time and a predetermined standard operation time is longer than or equal to a predetermined time.

Claims (59)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an obtaining unit that obtains position information and time information, the position information indicating a position at which a writing action has been performed and which is specified in accordance with code information formed on a medium to which an operation result for operation items is input by the writing action, the time information indicating a time at which the writing action was performed;

a specifying unit that specifies, in accordance with the position information, an operation item for which the writing action has been performed;

a calculating unit that calculates, in accordance with the time information, an operation time taken to perform an operation of the operation item for which the writing action has been performed; and

an evaluating unit that detects an operation item in which a time difference between the operation time calculated by the calculating unit and a predetermined standard operation time taken to perform the operation of the operation item for which the writing action has been performed is longer than or equal to a predetermined time.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the calculating unit calculates a time difference between an end time of a writing action for a first operation item and an end time of a writing action for a second operation item, the writing action for the second operation item being performed next to the writing action for the first operation item, the time difference being regarded as an operation time taken to perform an operation of the second operation item.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, if the evaluating unit detects an operation item in which a time difference between the operation time calculated by the calculating unit and the standard operation time is longer than or equal to the predetermined time, the evaluating unit outputs a warning in accordance with a time difference between a total sum of operation times of all operation items for which the operation result has been input and a total sum of standard operation times of all the operation items.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein, if the evaluating unit detects an operation item in which a time difference between the operation time calculated by the calculating unit and the standard operation time is longer than or equal to the predetermined time, the evaluating unit outputs a warning in accordance with a time difference between a total sum of operation times of all operation items for which the operation result has been input and a total sum of standard operation times of all the operation items.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the calculating unit further calculates, in accordance with the time information, an order in which operations of the individual operation items have been performed, and

wherein the evaluating unit further detects an operation item for which an operation has been performed in an order different from a predetermined standard operation order.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the calculating unit further calculates, in accordance with the time information, an order in which operations of the individual operation items have been performed, and

wherein the evaluating unit further detects an operation item for which an operation has been performed in an order different from a predetermined standard operation order.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the calculating unit further calculates, in accordance with the time information, an order in which operations of the individual operation items have been performed, and

wherein the evaluating unit further detects an operation item for which an operation has been performed in an order different from a predetermined standard operation order.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the calculating unit further calculates, in accordance with the time information, an order in which operations of the individual operation items have been performed, and

wherein the evaluating unit further detects an operation item for which an operation has been performed in an order different from a predetermined standard operation order.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the evaluating unit compares an operation result which has been input to a first medium provided to an operation target and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, with an operation result which has been input to a second medium different from the first medium and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, and outputs a comparison result.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the evaluating unit compares an operation result which has been input to a first medium provided to an operation target and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, with an operation result which has been input to a second medium different from the first medium and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, and outputs a comparison result.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the evaluating unit compares an operation result which has been input to a first medium provided to an operation target and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, with an operation result which has been input to a second medium different from the first medium and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, and outputs a comparison result.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the evaluating unit compares an operation result which has been input to a first medium provided to an operation target and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, with an operation result which has been input to a second medium different from the first medium and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, and outputs a comparison result.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the evaluating unit compares an operation result which has been input to a first medium provided to an operation target and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, with an operation result which has been input to a second medium different from the first medium and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, and outputs a comparison result.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the evaluating unit compares an operation result which has been input to a first medium provided to an operation target and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, with an operation result which has been input to a second medium different from the first medium and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, and outputs a comparison result.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the evaluating unit compares an operation result which has been input to a first medium provided to an operation target and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, with an operation result which has been input to a second medium different from the first medium and which has been specified in accordance with the position information, and outputs a comparison result.

16. An information processing method executed by a processor a memory storing instructions for executing operations comprising:

obtaining position information and time information, the position information indicating a position at which a writing action has been performed and which is specified in accordance with code information formed on a medium to which an operation result for operation items is input by the writing action, the time information indicating a time at which the writing action was performed;

specifying, in accordance with the position information, an operation item for which the writing action has been performed;

calculating, in accordance with the time information, an operation time taken to perform an operation of the operation item for which the writing action has been performed; and

detecting an operation item in which a time difference between the operation time calculated by the calculating and a predetermined standard operation time taken to perform the operation of the operation item for which the writing action has been performed is longer than or equal to a predetermined time.

17. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a detecting unit that detects that a writing action has been performed on a medium;

a reading unit that reads position information on the medium when the detecting unit detects that a writing action has been performed on the medium;

an obtaining unit that obtains time information indicating a time at which the detecting unit detects that a writing action has been performed on the medium;

a memory that stores the position information and the time information in association with each other;

an operation item memory that stores operation items and pieces of position information in association with each other;

a time specifying unit that specifies first time information indicating a time at which a writing action was performed for a first operation item and second time information indicating a time at which a writing action was performed for a second operation item, by referring to the memory and the operation item memory, the first operation item and the second operation item being included in the operation items stored in the operation item memory, the first time information and the second time information being included in the time information obtained by the obtaining unit; and

a calculating unit that calculates a difference between the first time information and the second time information, the difference being regarded as an operation time of the first operation item.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17 , further comprising:

an evaluating unit that evaluates whether or not the operation time calculated by the calculating unit is longer than an operation time which is predetermined for the specified operation item.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17 ,

wherein the time specifying unit specifies third time information indicating a time at which a writing action was performed for a third operation item, by referring to the memory and the operation item memory,

wherein the information processing apparatus further comprises an end time obtaining unit that obtains fourth time information indicating a time at which a writing action for the third operation item finished,

wherein the calculating unit calculates a difference between the second time information and the third time information, the difference being regarded as an operation time of the second operation item, and also calculates a difference between the third time information and the fourth time information, the difference being regarded as an operation time of the third operation item, and

wherein the information processing apparatus further comprises an evaluating unit that evaluates whether or not a total time of the operation times of the first operation item, the second operation item, and the third operation item is longer than a predetermined time.

20. The information processing apparatus according to claim 19 , further comprising:

a warning unit that outputs a warning in accordance with how much the total time of the operation times of the first operation item, the second operation item, and the third operation item is longer than the predetermined time.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2013
From: MIYAMOTO, SHINICHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029859/0512 →