IP Library Granted Patent US 11,954,392
Granted Patent B2
US 11,954,392 · App. 16/900,083 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Kazuhiro Ohkawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F3/1296G06F9/4887
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Patent No.
US 11,954,392
App. No.
16/900,083
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to create a group of jobs to be executed that have a common attribute, acquire, before execution of the jobs, information on materials used for execution of the jobs or a storage place for storing products obtained as a result of execution of the jobs, the information indicating that the materials or the storage place, which is not suitable for execution of the jobs at a time of creation of the group, reaches a state suitable for execution of the jobs after creation of the group, and create an execution plan so that the jobs are executed per group in a time window in which the materials or the storage place reaches the state suitable for execution of the jobs by using the information.

Claims (33)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising

a processor configured to:

create a group of jobs to be executed that have a common attribute,

acquire, before execution of the jobs, information on a storage place for storing products obtained as a result of execution of the jobs, the information indicating that the storage place, which is not suitable for execution of the jobs at a time of creation of the group, will reach a state suitable for execution of the jobs after creation of the group, and

create an execution plan so that the jobs are executed per group in a time window in which the storage place will reach the state suitable for execution of the jobs by using the information, wherein

the time window is a time window in which the storage place is available and that meets a deadline for the products, and

the deadline for the products is for one of execution of the jobs, completion of the jobs and delivery of the products.

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

the time window is a time window in which the storage place is in a state more suitable for execution of the jobs than other time windows available for the execution plan.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the time window in which the storage place is in the state more suitable for execution of the jobs is a latest one of time windows in which the storage place is available and that meet the deadline for the products.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the time window is an operating time window from start to end of operation of an apparatus that executes the jobs, and information on the operating time window is managed for each apparatus or each operator of the apparatus.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the time window is the operating time window in which the storage place becomes available or a later operating time window than the operating time window in which the storage place becomes available.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the time window is the operating time window later than the operating time window in which the storage place becomes available.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor creates an execution plan so that jobs of a group for producing a same kind of products are executed in a time window later than a time window in which jobs of a group for producing different kinds of products are executed.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

the processor creates an execution plan so that the jobs of the group for producing the same kind of products are executed in a latest time window in which a production deadline can be satisfied.

9. An information processing apparatus comprising a processor that is capable of creating an execution plan for executing jobs of a group made up of the jobs that have a common attribute,

the processor being configured to:

acquire, before execution of the jobs, information on a storage place for storing products obtained as a result of execution of the jobs, the information indicating that the storage place, which is not suitable for execution of the jobs at a time of creation of the execution plan, will reach a state suitable for execution of the jobs after creation of the execution plan, and

create the execution plan so that the jobs are executed per group in a time window in which the storage place will reach the state suitable for execution of the jobs by using the information, wherein

the time window is a time window in which the storage place is available and that meets a deadline for the products, and

the deadline for the products is for one of execution of the jobs, completion of the jobs and delivery of the products.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:

creating a group of jobs to be executed that have a common attribute;

acquire, before execution of the jobs, information on a storage place for storing products obtained as a result of execution of the jobs, the information indicating that the storage place, which is not suitable for execution of the jobs at a time of creation of the group, will reach a state suitable for execution of the jobs after creation of the group; and

create an execution plan so that the jobs are executed per group in a time window in which the storage place will reach the state suitable for execution of the jobs by using the information, wherein

the time window is a time window in which the storage place is available and that meets a deadline for the products, and

the deadline for the products is for one of execution of the jobs, completion of the jobs and delivery of the products.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2020
From: OHKAWA, KAZUHIRO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052927/0711 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-220542 · Dec 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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