# US 11,907,598 B2 · Production method, production system and production program, in which list of matters and progress for each process are displayed

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- Number: US 11,907,598 B2
- Document ID: US11907598B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/820,571
- Filed: 2022-08-18
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2021-08-20
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inventors: Yuto Fukuchi; Yasuo Koyauchi; Yuka Kobayashi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907598B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/1259: {Print job monitoring, e.g. job status}
- G06F 3/1207: {resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission}
- G06F 3/1256: {User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks}
- G06F 3/1262: {by grouping or ganging jobs}
- G06F 3/1275: {Print workflow management, e.g. defining or changing a workflow, cross publishing}
- G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server}
- Y02P 90/30: Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

Provided is a production method including a reception step of receiving a plurality of matters as a group, a display step of displaying a list in which the received matters are grouped in a unit of the group and the group is configured to be distinguished from other groups, and a production step of producing a finished product by executing processing that includes a plurality of processes corresponding to the received matters, in which the display step displays a progress for each process together with the list.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A production method comprising:
receiving a plurality of matters as a group;
displaying a list in which the received matters are grouped in a unit of the group and the group is configured to be distinguished from other groups; and
producing a finished product by executing processing that includes a plurality of processes corresponding to the received matters, wherein
the displaying of the list includes displaying a progress for each process together with the list, and
in the displaying of the list, the group is hidden according to completion of the processes corresponding to all the matters included in the group, and in a state in which the processes corresponding to only a part of the matters included in the group are completed, all the matters included in the group and including the matters for which the processes are completed, and the group are displayed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The production method according to claim 1, wherein
the displaying of the list includes arranging and displaying the matters in a first direction, and arranging and displaying the processes in a processing order in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The production method according to claim 2, wherein
the displaying of the list includes displaying an icon, which indicates that processing is being executed, at a position corresponding to the process for which processing is being executed, and displaying the icon by moving the icon in the second direction according to the progress of the process.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The production method according to claim 1, wherein
in the displaying of the list, regarding the group, at least one of a name of the group, a name of the requester who requested the group, the delivery date of the group, and a priority level of the group is included in the list and displayed.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The production method according to claim 1, wherein
in the displaying of the list, regarding the matter, at least one of a name of a file as the matter, a production goal number of a product corresponding to the matter, and a preview of the product is included in the list and displayed.

### Claim 6

A production system comprising:
at least one processor constituting
a reception portion receiving a plurality of matters as a group;
a display portion displaying a list in which the received matters are grouped in a unit of the group and the group is configured to be distinguished from other groups; and
a production portion producing a finished product by executing processing that includes a plurality of processes corresponding to the received matters, wherein
the display portion displays a progress for each process together with the list, and
when the display portion displays the list, the group is hidden according to completion of the processes corresponding to all the matters included in the group, and in a state in which the processes corresponding to only a part of the matters included in the group are completed, all the matters included in the group and including the matters for which the processes are completed, and the group are displayed.