US 12,464,078 B2
Printed material management system including system and method for controlling a shredder
Naoki Kusumoto, Toyohashi (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,073.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-019492 (JP), filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249192 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B02C 18/00 (2006.01); B02C 25/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00334 (2013.01) [B02C 18/0007 (2013.01); B02C 25/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/32122 (2013.01); H04N 1/32133 (2013.01); H04N 1/4473 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3202 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3269 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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, and a scanner, and
wherein the shredder is configured to convey a printed material input from the inlet and execute a reading process of reading the code printed on the printed material using the scanner,
wherein, in a case where the code is successfully read in the reading process, the shredder is configured to execute:
a rewriting process of transmitting a rewriting request associated with the printed material ID encoded in the code read in the reading 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 the printed material, which is read in the reading process, using the cutter, and
wherein, in a case where the code is not successfully read in the reading process, the shredder is configured to execute:
a discharge process of discharging the printed material subjected to the reading process to the outside of the device without executing the rewriting process and the shredding process and shredding the printed material,
wherein the management program is configured to, in the generation process:
acquire a user ID;
determine the printed material ID including the acquired user ID for each page to be printed based on the print data acquired in the print data acquisition process; and
generate the code by encoding the determined printed material ID, and
wherein the shredder is configured to continuously convey a plurality of printed materials one by one,
wherein the shredder is configured to, in a case where the shredder reads the code from a leading printed material which is a printed material conveyed first among the plurality of printed materials in the reading process, execute a storage process of storing, in a memory, a leading user ID that is a user ID included in the printed material ID encoded in the read code, and
wherein the shredder is configured to, in a case where the shredder reads the code from a subsequent printed material which is a printed material conveyed after the leading printed material among the plurality of printed materials in the reading process and the user ID included in the printed material ID encoded in the read code matches the leading user ID, execute the rewriting process and the shredding process on the subsequent printed material, and
wherein the shredder is configured to, in a case where the shredder reads the code from the subsequent printed material in the reading process and the user ID included in the printed material ID encoded in the read code does not match the leading user ID, execute the discharge process on the subsequent printed material without executing the rewriting process and the shredding process on the subsequent printed material.