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Granted Patent B2
US 11,023,699 · App. 16/519,165 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Information processing system and slip creation method

Inventors: Hajime Kawasaki (Chiba, JP); Makoto Aoki (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Ogawa (Kanagawa, JP); Koichi Kudo (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
G06K7/1447G06K7/1443G06K7/1456
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Patent No.
US 11,023,699
App. No.
16/519,165
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing system including a circuitry configured to detect first identification information used to identify a job, generate second identification information associated with the first identification information, and create a slip on which the first identification information and the second identification information are displayed.

Claims (61)

1. An information processing system comprising:

circuitry configured to

detect first identification information that includes a job ID identifying a job;

generate a color code image that includes second identification information, the second identification information being a color code ID associated with the first identification information;

create a slip on which the first identification information and the second identification information are displayed;

acquire a photographed image of the slip captured by at least one photographing unit installed in a printing factory, the at least one photographing unit being provided to photograph a location corresponding to a job process associated with the job status;

restore the color code ID encoded in the color code image of the photographed image of the slip; and

identify the job ID corresponding to the color code ID, wherein

the circuitry updates a job status of the job corresponding to the identified job ID based on

identification information of the photographing unit that acquired the photographed image of the slip, and

the color code ID included in the photographed image corresponding to the job ID.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the color code image expresses a value using a transition of colors respectively of cells, which are adjacently connected.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one photographing unit is configured to photograph the slip.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to provide

job progress information relating to progress of a plurality of jobs and data of the photographed image of the slip to a user.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to

cause the display device to

display a list screen that lists the job progress information of the plurality of the jobs;

accept a selection by the user of a job from among the plurality of jobs listed in the list screen; and

display a detailed screen that displays history information relating to a history of the selected job.

6. The information processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to

cause the history of the selected job to be displayed using a traffic line by connecting the job history with a curve on a map based on the history information of the selected job.

7. The information processing system according to claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to

cause the display device to display the data of the photographed image of the slip when the slip is photographed at the location in the printing factory corresponding to a work process associated with the location, based on the work process selected by the user on the detailed screen.

8. The information processing system according to claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to

display the job progress information relating to the progress of the plurality of the jobs on the list screen using a display object representing a location on the map of the plurality of the jobs and the number of the plurality of the jobs for each of the location.

9. An information processing system comprising:

circuitry configured to

detect first identification information used to identify a job;

generate second identification information associated with the first identification information; and

create a slip on which the first identification information and the second identification information are displayed; and

at least one photograph unit configured to photograph the slip, wherein

the circuitry is further configured to

recognize the second identification information from an image of the photographed slip,

manage information related to progress of the job and photographed data of the photographed slip, based on a work process corresponding to a place where the slip is photographed by the at least one photograph unit and the job recognized by the circuitry, and

provide the information related to the progress of the job whose number is plural and the photographed data of the slip photographed by the at least one photograph unit to a user.

10. The information processing system according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

generate a color code image of the second identification information, the color code image expressing a value using a transition of colors respectively of cells, which are adjacently connected.

11. The information processing system according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to

determine a direction of a code image of an image of a first slip, on which the code image corresponding to at least one of the first identification information is displayed; and

scale down the image of the first slip in accordance with the direction of the determined code image,

wherein the circuitry creates a second slip image, on which the code image is newly displayed on an empty area formed by scaling down the image of the first slip.

12. The information processing system according to claim 11 , wherein the circuitry

scales down the first slip image in a direction that does not impair a function of the code image displayed on the first slip image.

13. The information processing system according to claim 12 , wherein the circuitry

scales down the first slip image in a longitudinal direction when the direction of the determined code image is in the longitudinal direction, and scales down the second slip image in a lateral direction when the direction of the determined code image is in the lateral direction.

14. The information processing system according to claim 9 , wherein

a provision unit causes the display device to display a list screen for listing the information related to the progress of the plurality of the jobs and also display a detailed screen for displaying information related to a history of one of the plurality of jobs selected by the user from the list screen.

15. The information processing system according to claim 14 , wherein

the provision unit causes the history of one of the plurality of jobs selected by the user from the list screen to be displayed using a traffic line on the map based on the information related to the history of the one job selected by the user from the list screen.

16. The information processing system according to claim 15 , wherein

the provision unit causes the display device to display the photographed data when the slip is photographed at a location corresponding to the work process based on the work process selected by the user on the detailed screen.

17. The information processing system according to claim 15 , wherein

the provision unit displays the information related to the progress of the plurality of the jobs on the list screen using a display object representing a location on the map of the plurality of the jobs and the number of the plurality of the jobs for each of the location.

18. The information processing system according to claim 9 , wherein

the provision unit causes the display device to display a position of an intermediate product or a material of the job at a temporary storage place so as to overlap a background as the photographed data when the slip is photographed when the work process is stored in the temporary storage place of the intermediate product or material of the job.

19. The information processing system according to claim 18 , wherein,

if the information related to the plurality of the jobs is the work process of storing the intermediate product or material in the temporary storage place, the management unit causes the provision unit to display an alert after a predetermined time has elapsed without changing information about the progress of the job.

20. The information processing system according to claim 18 , wherein, if the information related to the plurality of the jobs is the work process of storing the intermediate product or material in the temporary storage place, the management unit does not update the information related to the progress of the plurality of the jobs until a state where the code image associated with the job cannot be recognized from the data photographed by the at least one photograph unit for photographing the temporary storage place continuously occurs for a predetermined number of times after the code image associated with the job cannot be recognized from the data photographed by the at least one photograph unit for photographing the temporary storage place.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2019
From: KAWASAKI, HAJIME; AOKI, MAKOTO; OGAWA, TAKESHI; KUDO, KOICHI
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049830/0322 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP JP2018-142989 · Jul 30, 2018 · national
JP JP2018-142990 · Jul 30, 2018 · national
JP JP2018-142991 · Jul 30, 2018 · national
JP JP2019-049124 · Mar 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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