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US 12,019,932 B2Granted
Workflow system, information processing apparatus, quality report data creation method, and media
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKimio Hayashi, Yoshiji Kanamoto, Toshihiko Iida
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus is provided, which performs: acquiring an inspection result obtained by inspecting quality of a print product; receiving quality request data including an evaluation criterion; specifying a quality level of the print product based on the evaluation criterion included in the quality request data and the inspection result; creating quality report data including the inspection result and the quality level; and transmitting the quality report data to a predetermined external apparatus.
Claims13
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory in which at least one program is stored, wherein the at least one program is configured to cause the at least one processor to:
- acquire an inspection result obtained by inspecting a printed product;
- determine whether an evaluation of the acquired inspection result is to be performed;
- in a first case where it is determined that the evaluation of the acquired inspection result is to be performed:
- receive quality request data from an external apparatus, the quality request data including an evaluation criterion;
- specify a quality level of the printed product based on both of the evaluation criterion included in the quality request data received from the external apparatus and the acquired inspection result;
- create first quality report data including both of the acquired inspection result and the quality level of the printed product specified based on the both of the evaluation criterion included in the quality request data received from the external apparatus and the acquired inspection result;
- and
- transmit the first quality report data to the external apparatus;
- and
- in a second case where it is determined that the evaluation of the acquired inspection result is not to be performed:
- create second quality report data including the acquired inspection result and excluding a specified quality level of the printed product;
- and
- transmit the second quality report data to the external apparatus.
13 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in which at least one program is stored, wherein the at least one program is configured to cause a computer to:
- acquire an inspection result obtained by inspecting a printed product;
- determine whether an evaluation of the acquired inspection result is to be performed;
- in a first case where it is determined that the evaluation of the acquired inspection result is to be performed:
- receive quality request data from an external apparatus, the quality request data including an evaluation criterion;
- specify a quality level of the printed product based on both of the evaluation criterion included in the quality request data received from the external apparatus and the acquired inspection result;
- create first quality report data including both of the acquired inspection result and the quality level of the printed product specified based on the both of the evaluation criterion included in the quality request data received from the external apparatus and the acquired inspection result;
- and
- transmit the first quality report data to the external apparatus;
- and
- in a second case where it is determined that the evaluation of the acquired inspection result is not to be performed:
- create second quality report data including the acquired inspection result and excluding a specified quality level of the printed product;
- and
- transmit the second quality report data to the external apparatus.
10 more elements
A workflow system comprising:
- an information processing apparatus;
- an image forming apparatus;
- an inspection apparatus configured to inspect a quality of a printed product generated by the image forming apparatus, wherein
- the information processing apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory in which at least one program is stored, wherein the at least one program is configured to cause the at least one processor to:
- acquire an inspection result obtained by inspecting a printed product;
- determine whether an evaluation of the acquired inspection result is to be performed;
- in a first case where it is determined that the evaluation of the acquired inspection result is to be performed:
- receive quality request data from an external apparatus, the quality request data including an evaluation criterion;
- specify a quality level of the printed product based on both of the evaluation criterion included in the quality request data received from the external apparatus and the acquired inspection result;
- create first quality report data including both of the acquired inspection result and the quality level of the printed product specified based on the both of the evaluation criterion included in the quality request data received from the external apparatus and the acquired inspection result;
- and
- transmit the first quality report data to the external apparatus;
- and
- in a second case where it is determined that the evaluation of the acquired inspection result is not to be performed:
- create second quality report data including the acquired inspection result and excluding a specified quality level of the printed product;
- and
- transmit the second quality report data to the external apparatus.
17 more elements
A quality report data creation method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- acquiring an inspection result obtained by inspecting a printed product;
- determining, in a first case, that an evaluation of the acquired inspection result is to be performed, and then:
- receiving quality request data from an external apparatus, the quality request data including an evaluation criterion;
- specifying a quality level of the printed product based on both of the evaluation criterion included in the quality request data received from the external apparatus and the acquired inspection result;
- creating first quality report data including both of the acquired inspection result and the quality level of the printed product specified based on the both of the evaluation criterion included in the quality request data received from the external apparatus and the acquired inspection result;
- and
- transmitting the first quality report data to the external apparatus;
- and
- determining, in a second case, that the evaluation of the acquired inspection result is not to be performed, and then:
- creating second quality report data including the acquired inspection result and excluding a specified quality level of the printed product;
- and
- transmitting the second quality report data to the external apparatus.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.