Methods and apparatus for wireless operator remote control in document processing systems
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorJoseph Cosentino
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Abstract
Techniques for remote control of item transports used in financial document processing are described. An operator uses a handheld control unit to establish a communication session with a transport. The transport sends status and error messages to the control unit, and the operator uses the control unit to issue commands to the transport. The transport is able to notify the operator of exceptions and other conditions, and the operator is able to exercise full control over the transport, without a need for the operator to go to a central console in order to obtain information and issue commands.
Claims17
A document processing system, comprising:
- a document transport;
- a transport controller for directing the operation of the document transport, the transport controller being operative to sense exceptions and to generate operator messages in response to the exceptions;
- a transmitter interface for receiving operator messages from the transport controller and wirelessly transmitting the messages;
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- an operator control unit for wirelessly receiving operator messages from the transmitter interface and visually displaying the messages for an operator, the control unit being operative to receive operator commands and transmit the operator commands to the transport.
A method of document transport control comprising the steps of:
- establishing a communication session between the transport and a handheld operator control unit;
- transmitting status messages from the transport to the control unit;
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- transmitting commands from the control unit to the transport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.