# US 2021/0277599 A1 · Sheet manufacturing apparatus and control method for sheet manufacturing apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0277599 A1 - Document ID: US20210277599A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/328,391 - Filed: 2017-08-21 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-31 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Takao MIKOSHIBA; Yoshinobu MONBETSU; Masanori KOJIMA; Takeshi KIMOTO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210277599A1 ## CPC - D21C 5/02: Working-up waste paper (mechanical part D21B1/08, D21B1/32) - G06Q 50/04: Manufacturing - B27N 3/04: from fibres - D04H 1/736: characterised by the apparatus for arranging fibres (D04H1/728, D04H1/732 take precedence) - D21H 17/33: Synthetic macromolecular compounds - D21H 23/20: Apparatus therefor - D21H 23/78: Controlling or regulating not limited to any particular process or apparatus - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06Q 10/06315: {Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis} - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - Y02P 90/30: Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing - D21C: PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; APPARATUS THEREFOR - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B27N: MANUFACTURE BY DRY PROCESSES OF ARTICLES, WITH OR WITHOUT ORGANIC BINDING AGENTS, MADE FROM PARTICLES OR FIBRES CONSISTING OF WOOD OR OTHER LIGNOCELLULOSIC OR LIKE ORGANIC MATERIAL (containing cementitious material B28B; shaping of substances in a plastic state B29C; fibreboards made from fibrous suspensions D21J; drying F26B17/00) - D04H: MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL (weaving D03; knitting D04B; braiding D04C; net-making D04G; sewing D05B; tufting D05C; finishing non-woven fabrics D06); FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING {; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION}(non-woven fabrics having an intermediate or external layer of a different kind, e.g. of woven fabric, B32B) - D21H: PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - 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 A sheet manufacturing apparatus is supplied with a raw material including fibers and manufactures a sheet by processing the supplied raw material. The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a control unit that displays a user interface in which raw material information related to the supplied raw material, manufacturing information related to the manufactured sheet, and processing information related to processing of the sheet are displayed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sheet manufacturing apparatus that is supplied with a raw material including fibers and manufactures a sheet by processing the supplied raw material, the apparatus comprising: a control unit that displays a user interface in which raw material information related to the supplied raw material, manufacturing information related to the manufactured sheet, and processing information related to processing of the sheet are displayed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the raw material information includes at least any one information of information related to an amount of the raw material supplied and consumed in a predetermined period, information related to a remaining amount of the raw material, and information related to the amount of the raw material consumed after manufacturing of the sheet based on the supplied raw material is initiated. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the manufacturing information includes at least any one information of information related to the number of sheets manufactured in a predetermined period and information related to the number of sheets manufactured after manufacturing of the sheet based on the supplied raw material is initiated. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the raw material has a paper shape. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured with a plurality of blocks corresponding to a content of displayed information, and the raw material information and the manufacturing information are displayed in the same block. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sheet of a predetermined color is capable of being manufactured, and the processing information includes information related to a color of the manufactured sheet. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: a plurality of resin cartridges that retain resin of a plurality of colors by color, wherein in a predetermined step of manufacturing the sheet, resin is supplied from one or the plurality of resin cartridges with respect to a predetermined material based on the raw material, and the processing information includes information related to a color of resin supplied with respect to the predetermined material as the information related to the color of the manufactured sheet. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processing information includes information related to a proportion of each color as the information related to the color of resin supplied with respect to the predetermined material. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sheet of a predetermined size is capable of being manufactured, and the processing information includes information related to a size of the manufactured sheet. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sheet of a predetermined thickness is capable of being manufactured, and the processing information includes information related to a thickness of the manufactured sheet. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays warning information related to warning as a list in the user interface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays state information related to a state of an apparatus main body in the user interface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the state information includes information that indicates whether or not a process of manufacturing the sheet is being executed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the state information includes information related to an operation time from initiation of manufacturing of the sheet based on the supplied raw material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user interface includes an operation button that provides an instruction to initiate a process of manufacturing the sheet, and the control unit initiates the process of manufacturing the sheet in a case where an operation performed on the operation button is detected. ### Claim 16 A control method for a sheet manufacturing apparatus that is supplied with a raw material including fibers and manufactures a sheet by processing the supplied raw material, the method comprising: displaying a user interface in which raw material information related to the supplied raw material, manufacturing information related to the manufactured sheet, and processing information related to processing of the sheet are displayed.