Information processing system and slip creation method

1. An information processing system comprising:

circuitry configured to

store a status of a work process;

receive an image including a color code, sent from at least one camera;

recognize identification information from the color code included in the image;

update the status of the work process corresponding to the identification information recognized from the color code included in the image sent from a certain camera from among the at least one camera, when the identification information is recognized; and

display the updated status of the work process to a user.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

detect first identification information that includes a work process ID identifying the work process;

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; and

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

3. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

acquire a photographed image of the slip captured by the at least camera, the at least one camera being provided to photograph a location corresponding to the work process associated with the status of the work process.

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

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

identify the work process ID corresponding to the color code ID, wherein the circuitry updates a work process status of the work process corresponding to the identified work process ID based on

identification information of the at least one camera that acquires the photographed image of the slip, and

the color code ID included in the photographed image corresponding to the work process ID.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to

generate the 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.

6. The information processing system according to claim 4 ,

wherein the at least one camera is configured to photograph the slip, and

wherein the circuitry is further configured to

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

7. The information processing system according to claim 4 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to

determine a direction of the 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.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7 ,

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.

9. The information processing system according to claim 8 ,

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.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

detect first identification information used to identify the work process;

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, the at least one camera being 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 work process 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 camera and the work process recognized by the circuitry, and

provide the information related to the progress of the work process whose number is plural and the photographed data of the slip photographed by the at least one camera to the user.

11. The information processing system according to claim 10 ,

wherein the circuitry further configured to cause a display device to display a list screen for listing the information related to the progress of a plurality of work processes and also display a detailed screen for displaying information related to a history of one of the plurality of work processes selected by the user from the list screen.

12. The information processing system according to claim 10 ,

wherein the circuitry further configured to cause the history of one of the plurality of work processes selected by the user from the list screen to be displayed using a traffic line on a map based on the information related to the history of the one work process selected by the user from the list screen.

13. The information processing system according to claim 12 ,

wherein the circuitry further configured to cause 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.

14. The information processing system according to claim 12 ,

wherein the circuitry further configured to display the information related to the progress of the plurality of the work processes on the list screen using a display object representing a location on the map of the plurality of the work processes and the number of the plurality of the jobs for each of the location.

15. The information processing system according to claim 10 ,

wherein the circuitry further configured to cause the display device to display a position of an intermediate product or a material of the work process 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 work process.

16. The information processing system according to claim 15 ,

wherein, if the information related to the plurality of the work processes is stored as the intermediate product or material in the temporary storage place, the circuitry further configured to cause to display an alert after a predetermined time has elapsed without changing information about the progress of the work process.

17. The information processing system according to claim 15 ,

wherein, if the information related to the plurality of work processes is stored as: the intermediate product or material in the temporary storage place, the circuitry further configured to cause not to update the information related to the progress of the plurality of the work processes until a state where the code image associated with the work process cannot be recognized from the data photographed by the at least one camera for photographing the temporary storage place continuously occurs for a predetermined number of times after the code image associated with the work process cannot be recognized from the data photographed by the at least one camera for photographing the temporary storage place.

18. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the certain camera is arranged to capture a location where a printed matter including the color code is placed.

19. The information processing system according to claim 18 , wherein the printed matter includes the color code and a bar code corresponding to the color code, and wherein the circuitry configured to perform the updating based on the identification information recognized from the color code.

20. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the color code includes the identification information expressed by using a plurality of color cells.

21. The information processing system according to claim 20 , wherein the plurality of color cells is adjacently connected to express the identification information.

22. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the work process includes a process of storage in a temporary storage place.

23. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the status of the work process includes a status in which a job is stored in a temporary storage place and a status in which the job is left from the temporary storage place.

24. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one camera is provided to capture a location corresponding to the work process.

25. An information processing method comprising:

storing a status of a work process;

receive an image including a color code, sent from at least one camera;

recognizing identification information from the color code included in the image;

updating the status of the work process corresponding to the identification information recognized from the color code included in the image sent from a certain camera from among the at least one camera, when the identification information is recognized; and

displaying the updated status of the work process to a user.

26. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

store a status of a work process;

receive an image including a color code, sent from at least one camera;

recognize identification information from the color code included in the image;

update the status of the work process corresponding to the identification information recognized from the color code included in the image sent from a certain camera from among the at least one camera, when the identification information is recognized; and

display the updated status of the work process to a user.

27. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium saving programs of causing a computer to implement the information processing method according to claim 25 .