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Granted Patent B2
US 11,467,524 · App. 17/357,062 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Image forming system and abnormal sheet information display method

Inventor: Kazunari Shimono (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
G03G15/55B41J29/38G03G15/5016
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Patent No.
US 11,467,524
App. No.
17/357,062
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image forming system includes: a sheet feeder; an image former that forms an image on a paper sheet; a conveyor that conveys a paper sheet to a sheet ejection destination; a switcher that switches sheet ejection destinations; a reader that optically reads a paper sheet, and outputs a read image; an abnormal sheet detector that detects an abnormal paper sheet by analyzing the read image; a storage; a display; and a hardware processor that performs: ejection destination switch control to control the switcher to eject an abnormal paper sheet and a succeeding paper sheet to a second ejection destination different from a regular ejection destination; storage control, for each of the abnormal paper sheet and the succeeding paper sheet, to associate sheet information, the read image, and a stacking order with one another, and store them into the storage; and display control to cause the display to display them.

Claims (37)

1. An image forming system comprising:

a sheet feeder;

an image former that forms an image on a paper sheet;

a conveyor that conveys a paper sheet supplied from the sheet feeder to a sheet ejection destination via the image former;

a reader that optically reads a paper sheet being conveyed by the conveyor between the image former and the sheet ejection destination, and outputs a read image;

an abnormal sheet detector that detects an abnormal paper sheet by analyzing the read image; and

a display that displays a cause of abnormality of each paper sheet for which abnormality has been detected by the abnormal sheet detector and an item for indicating display of an image read by the reader in a list format.

2. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display displays an image that has been output by the reader and corresponds to the item in response to selection of the item.

3. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display displays an image that has been output by the reader and corresponds to the item in response to a press operation on the item.

4. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display displays a page number of each paper sheet for which abnormality has been detected by the abnormal sheet detector on the list.

5. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display displays a date and time of ejection of each paper sheet for which abnormality has been detected by the abnormal sheet detector on the list.

6. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display displays a numerical value for a stacking order of each paper sheet for which abnormality has been detected by the abnormal sheet detector at the ejection destination on the list.

7. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein

the reader reads both sides of a paper sheet conveyed by the conveyor.

8. The image forming system according to claim 1 , further comprising

a switcher that switches sheet ejection destinations to which paper sheets that have passed through the reader are ejected.

9. The image forming system according to claim 8 , wherein

the switcher switches sheet ejection destinations such that a preceding paper sheet prior to an abnormal paper sheet is ejected to a sheet ejection destination different from a sheet ejection destination to which the abnormal paper sheet and a succeeding paper sheet following the abnormal paper sheet are ejected.

10. The image forming system according to claim 9 , wherein

the sheet ejection destination to which the abnormal paper sheet and a succeeding paper sheet following the abnormal paper sheet are ejected is set beforehand.

11. The image forming system according to claim 9 , wherein

the succeeding paper sheet includes all paper sheets that are in a conveyance path on an upstream side of the switcher when the abnormal paper sheet is detected.

12. The image forming system according to claim 1 , further comprising

a storage that stores a cause of abnormality of each paper sheet for which abnormality has been detected by the abnormal sheet detector and an image read by the reader by associating the cause and the image with each other.

13. An abnormal sheet information display method comprising:

optically reading a paper sheet being conveyed with a reader on a downstream side of an image former to acquire a read image;

detecting an abnormal paper sheet by analyzing the read image; and

displaying a cause of abnormality of each paper sheet for which abnormality has been detected and an item for indicating display of an image read by the reader in a list format.

14. The abnormal sheet information display method according to claim 13 , wherein

an image that has been output by the reader and corresponds to the item is displayed in response to selection of the item.

15. The abnormal sheet information display method according to claim 14 , wherein

an image that has been output by the reader and corresponds to the item is displayed in response to a press operation on the item.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2021
From: SHIMONO, KAZUNARI
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 056657/0360 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-049684 · Mar 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16821296 · Mar 17, 2020
Related Publication 20210318653A1 · Oct 14, 2021
Cited By (1)
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