Patent ID: 8949039
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A prediction apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires, from a transporting unit, an operation time during which the transporting unit is driving and a non-operation time during which the transporting unit is not driving, the transporting unit transporting a sheet-shaped medium and the transporting unit being roll-shaped or belt-shaped; and a prediction unit that predicts a change of a transporting time, in the future, of the sheet-shaped medium in the transport unit, and predicts a life end of the transporting unit using a change of the transporting time, the life end being determined based on when the transporting time will be equal to or larger than a predetermined value based on both (i) a relational expression between the operation time and the transporting time and (ii) a relational expression between the non-driving time and the transporting time, the transporting time being a time in which the medium transported by the transporting unit passes through a preset interval.