Back to results
US 12,335,451 B2Granted
Printed material management system and shredder
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoki Kusumoto
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A printed material management system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a management program, a server, and a shredder. The management program is configured to cause a controller of a device to execute a print data acquisition process, a generation process, a printing process, and a transmission process. In a case where the shredder receives specific information, the shredder is configured to execute a reading process of conveying a printed material input from the inlet and reading the code printed on the printed material by using the scanner. In a case where the shredder does not receive the specific information, the shredder is configured to convey a printed material input from the inlet and shred the printed material using the cutter without executing the reading process.
Claims13
A printed material management system comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a management program;
- a server;
- and
- a shredder,
- wherein the management program is configured to cause a controller of a device in which the management program is installed to execute:
- a print data acquisition process of acquiring print data;
- a generation process of determining a printed material ID for each page to be printed based on the print data acquired in the print data acquisition process, and generating a code by encoding the determined printed material ID;
- a printing process of printing the code generated in the generation process and an image on a page corresponding to the printed material ID encoded in the code on the same sheet using a printer;
- and
- a transmission process of transmitting, to the server, a print log including the printed material ID and first data indicating that disposal is not completed,
- wherein the print log transmitted by the management program is stored in the server,
- wherein the shredder includes an inlet, a cutter, an input interface, and a scanner, and is configured to receive specific information via the input interface,
- wherein, in a case where the shredder receives the specific information, the shredder is configured to execute:
- a reading process of conveying a printed material input from the inlet and reading the code printed on the printed material by using the scanner;
- an ID acquisition process of acquiring the printed material ID encoded in the code read in the reading process;
- a rewriting process of transmitting a rewriting request associated with the printed material ID acquired in the ID acquisition process to the server, and causing the server to rewrite the first data included in the print log corresponding to the printed material ID associated with the rewriting request among print logs stored in the server to second data indicating that disposal is completed;
- and
- a shredding process of shredding, using the cutter, the printed material subjected to the reading process, and
- wherein, in a case where the shredder does not receive the specific information, the shredder is configured to convey a printed material input from the inlet and shred the printed material using the cutter without executing the reading process.
16 more elements
A shredder comprising:
- an inlet;
- a cutter;
- an input interface configured to receive specific information;
- and
- a scanner,
- wherein the shredder is configured to execute, in a case where the shredder receives the specific information:
- a reading process of conveying a printed material input from the inlet and reading a code printed on the printed material by using the scanner, the code being generated by a management program installed in a device different from the shredder, the management program determining a printed material ID for each page to be printed, generating the code by encoding the determined printed material ID, causing a printer to print the generated code and an image on a page corresponding to the printed material ID encoded in the code on the same sheet, transmitting a print log including the printed material ID and first data indicating that disposal is not completed to a server, the transmitted print log being stored in the server;
- an ID acquisition process of acquiring the printed material ID encoded in the code read in the reading process;
- a rewriting process of transmitting a rewriting request associated with the printed material ID acquired in the ID acquisition process to the server, and causing the server to rewrite the first data included in the print log corresponding to the printed material ID associated with the rewriting request among print logs stored in the server to second data indicating that disposal is completed;
- and
- a shredding process of shredding, using the cutter, the printed material subjected to the reading process, and
- wherein, in a case where the shredder does not receive the specific information the shredder is configured to convey a printed material input from the inlet and shred the printed material using the cutter without executing the reading process.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.